Season 1
Not every dream has a perfect ending.
Synopsis
Love & Death (2023), Season 1 streams online on iFILM — a seven-episode crime drama drawn from a real 1980 case in small-town Texas. Two women who sing in the same church choir, two settled marriages, and an affair that ends with an axe.
Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) is the one who proposes it. She tells Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons) they can do this with rules and no feelings attached. The rules last right up until the feelings arrive. The season takes its time, moving from those first careful meetings toward the June afternoon when Betty stops answering the phone, then pivots into interrogations, defense attorney Don Crowder, and a courtroom. Olsen plays the friendly homemaker whose smile gives nothing away.
The miniseries comes from David E. Kelley, who made Big Little Lies, for HBO Max. Seven episodes that work less through pace than through the creeping discomfort of ordinary life carrying on after something irreversible. Watch Love & Death Season 1 online on iFILM.
7 episodes
S1·E1The Huntress
After a surprisingly charged moment at a church volleyball match, Candy proposes that she and Allan have an affair. Though he initially refuses, the pair soon begin strategizing their secret arrangement.
S1·E2Encounters
As their affair continues, Candy fears that she and Allan are at risk of breaking their first rule – no feelings. Later, Candy bristles at news that Allan and Betty have signed up for a Christian marriage retreat.
S1·E3Stepping Stone
A sense of normalcy returns after Candy is forced to take stock of her own marriage, but Pat soon makes a discovery that leads him to seek answers from Sherry.
S1·E4Do No Evil
Following a grisly struggle, Candy attempts to go about her day as normal, while Allan grows concerned when his repeated calls to Betty go unanswered.
S1·E5The Arrest
After detectives intensify their questioning, Candy retains Don Crowder as her attorney. Later, Allan admits his affair to Betty’s relatives, and Pat becomes frustrated over being kept in the dark about the case.
S1·E6The Big Top
1980. As the trial gets underway, Allan’s testimony about Betty’s state of mind rankles her father, while Candy gets a visit from an incensed Pastor Jackie.
S1·E7Ssssshh
Despite Don’s concerns about her mental clarity, Candy testifies that she feared for her life. As they await the verdict, Pat tells Candy their lives will never be the same.
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