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Positive:
7
Mixed:
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Critic Reviews
The PlaylistOct 13, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Even if you know how it ends, the manner in which “Murdaugh: Death in the Family” unfolds does wonders in keeping engagement levels high. .... It may project the image of just another true crime yarn, but much like the monster that is Alex, there’s more to this story.
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Oct 24, 2025
Oct 15, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Clarke and Arquette are a dynamic pair, portraying the dysfunction and denial that led to the tragic slayings. .... The first episode of “Death in the Family” starts out a bit slow and lays the colloquialisms a little too thick, but it leads to a captivating story that sheds new light on an oft-trod story.
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The Daily BeastOct 15, 2025
The GuardianOct 14, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The Murdaughs are atrocious in so many different ways, it’s difficult to maintain a useful understanding of all of them at once. However well made and performed Death in the Family is, it prompts the same question as so much other true-crime telly: why am I making myself watch?
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The TimesOct 14, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The performances are superb, especially from Clarke. .... However, fantastic characters do not make for compelling drama without jeopardy and, even if you haven’t caught the reams of commentary on the case, it would help if its destination didn’t feel quite so obvious.
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Oct 14, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Creators Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee Carr are, instead, most interested in how the Murdaughs found themselves here to begin with — specifically, in the toxic combination of privilege and desperation that propelled them. But if their exploration of that theme is thoughtful and thorough, it’s also one that, over eight moderately watchable hours, sticks to familiar territory rather than blazing new ground.
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