The Perfect Couple Premieres on Netflix on Thursday, September 5

The cast of The Perfect Couple walk on the shoreline of a beach in single file.

The Perfect Couple, a limited series based on the 2018 novel by Elin Hilderbrand, premieres on Netflix on Thursday, September 5, 2024. The American mystery drama series stars an ensemble cast, including Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Dakota Fanning, and Eve Hewson.

Kidman leads the cast as novelist Greer, the matriarch of the wealthy Winbury family. The story unfolds as Greer’s husband, Tag (Schreiber), prepares for the wedding of their son Benji (Billy Howle) to Amelia Sacks (Hewson). However, the discovery of a dead body on the beach disrupts the wedding festivities and casts suspicion on the entire family.

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As the local cops, played by Michael Beach and Donna Lynne Champlin, investigate the mysterious death, they encounter a web of secrets and half-truths. No one in the Winbury family seems to be telling the whole truth, and the lines between innocence and guilt become blurred.

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The Perfect Couple premieres on Netflix on Thursday, September 5, 2024.

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