- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 1, 2026
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The tone is low-key and Midwestern. Sex runs through the series, always coming with a hefty dose of awkwardness. The performances are great, but ultimately the whole thing tries too hard to be quirky and offbeat.
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“DTF St. Louis” has a bit of the feel of a character piece about midlife mores smushed into the currently more commercial format of the crime-based limited series. It might not satisfy fans of that genre, while if anything, I found myself wanting it weirder and less bound by its format.
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The opening hours, presented in more comedic terms, are a little funny, but not in a way that left me demonstrably laughing. The next two hours, presented in more dramatic terms, are humane, but not in a way that quite reaches poignancy.
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DTF is a tricky show, one whose apparent inconsistencies might turn out to be deliberate choices. It has an offbeat, sometimes surreal sense of humor. The writing and acting alternate between stylized stiffness and heartwrenching realism.
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Conrad writes most acutely when he’s sitting in the malaise of midlife, probing the gallows-humor resignation to the reality that few people’s lives turn out the way they wanted. .... A more confident show, or a more honest one, might have stuck with that feeling, rather than ginning up a plot better suited for a true-crime podcast. But maybe it’s the final proof of the characters’ banality that not even a murder mystery can make them interesting.
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