Karin Slaughter’s new thriller sequence formally bounces again from a career-low Rotten Tomatoes rating.
Slaughter is greatest identified for her bestselling Will Trent books, which impressed ABC’s hit sequence starring Ramón Rodríguez. Her 2018 novel, Items of Her, additionally made the leap to Netflix in 2022, with Toni Collette main the forged. Slaughter has written greater than twenty-five novels, together with the standalone thrillers Blindsighted (2001), Cop City (2014), Fairly Ladies (2015), False Witness (2021), and extra.
Now, the day after its launch, Karin Slaughter’s new thriller sequence, The Good Daughter, has bounced again from a career-low Rotten Tomatoes report, with its rating rising to 67%. The restricted sequence nonetheless solely has 12 evaluations from critics, so its rating remains to be topic to alter as extra are printed.
Premiered on Peacock on November 12, The Good Daughter initially debuted with a 50% rating from six evaluations, a profession low for Karin Slaughter exhibits after Will Trent season 1 (89%) and Items of Her (51%). With fewer than 50 rankings from customers, The Good Daughter nonetheless doesn’t have an viewers rating.
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Created and tailored to tv by Karin Slaughter, primarily based on her 2017 novel of the identical title, Peacock’s The Good Daughter follows two sisters who, twenty years after their lives had been fractured by a single evening of violence, one other violent assault takes place of their hometown of Pikeville, Georgia, and the next investigation brings previous recollections and household secrets and techniques to the floor.
The present stars Oscar nominee Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I might Kick You), Emmy nominee Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus season 1), Michael Dorman, Emmy winner Harper Steele (Saturday Evening Dwell), Jake McDorman, Shayna Benardo, Paula Malcomson, Olivia Williams, and Oscar nominee Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin) in most important roles. Jayson Warner Smith and Jason Davis visitor star.
In ScreenRant‘s overview of The Good Daughter, Liz Hersey rated the present three out of 10 stars and writes, “Peacock’s trauma-saturated mess wastes its stellar forged… Regardless of starring Meghann Fahy and Rose Byrne, Peacock’s The Good Daughter is a tonally chaotic thriller that revels means an excessive amount of in feminine trauma.” She continues:
The Good Daughter is rather more eager about punching its everything-bad-that-can-happen-to-a-woman bingo card than it’s in telling a good story.
Total, the evaluations are divided, however leaning optimistic, with the present successful reward for its terrific forged, notably Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy, whose difficult sisterly chemistry offers the sequence its emotional punch. There are many twists, darkish humor, and gripping household drama – making it an entertaining binge regardless of its grim material.
Not everyone seems to be offered, although. Some critics discover the homicide thriller overly contrived, predictable, and weighed down by acquainted thriller clichés. Nonetheless, even the much less enthusiastic evaluations acknowledge the sturdy performances, with many agreeing that The Good Daughter works greatest when it focuses on household relationships relatively than the crime itself.
- Launch Date
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November 12, 2026
- Community
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Peacock
- Showrunner
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Karin Slaughter
- Administrators
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Steph Inexperienced
- Writers
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Debbie Ezer, Karin Slaughter
Forged
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Meghann Fahy
Charlotte Quinn
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Rose Byrne
Samantha Quinn
