Hulu's Murdaugh Death in the Family dramatizes 2021 murders

Hulu’s limited series Murdaugh Death in the Family, which premiered October 15, dramatizes the 2021 murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh and the unraveling of a prominent South Carolina legal dynasty. The eight-episode drama, based on reporting by journalist Mandy Matney and co-created by Erin Lee Carr and Michael D. Fuller, stars Patricia Arquette as Maggie and Jason Clarke as Alex Murdaugh and traces events that led investigators to charge and ultimately convict Alex Murdaugh in the killings. New episodes debut weekly through a season finale on November 19.

The series opens with Alex calling 911 to report that his wife and younger son had been shot and then flashes back to examine family dynamics, long-buried secrets and other incidents that drew public scrutiny. Among those events depicted is a 2019 boating crash in which Paul Murdaugh was driving and a passenger, 19-year-old Mallory Beach, was killed; Paul later faced felony boating under the influence charges. The show draws on Matney’s reporting, and Matney is an executive producer on the project.

Arquette and Clarke lead an ensemble cast that includes Johnny Berchtold as Paul, Will Harrison as elder son Buster, Brittany...