Lady in the Lake may make history as Natalie Portman’s foray into television, but it may just be the star vehicle that Moses Ingram (Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Queen’s Gambit) has long deserved. Even Portman’s protagonist, Madeleine Schwartz, is obsessed with Ingram’s doomed character, if only because she died under eerie circumstances. The series, created by Honey Boy director Alma Har'el, opens with a brief glimpse of the future: Cleo Johnson (Ingram) is already dead, which allows her to narrate the events of the series with a shrewd eye.
