Like the book, it toggles between the stories of the two women.
(Cleo is married to struggling comedian Slappy Johnson, played by Byron Bowers.)
It is Thanksgiving, 1966, whenLady in the Lakebegins.
Mikey Madison and Natalie Portman in ‘Lady in the Lake’Apple TV+
Cleo is constantly flitting from job to job, alliance to alliance, crisis to crisis.
The Cleo-focused material in the miniseries first half is dynamite.
Its Portman whos the problem.
Shes an enormous talent, capable of titanic performances like her Oscar-winning one fromBlack Swan.
This is unfortunately one of those instances.
In the early episodes, the energy level drops precipitously whenever the action cuts from Cleo to Maddie.
Ive seen all seven episodes.
