KEY POINTS
- What the series dramatises versus the court record in the Murdaugh case
- Murdaugh's response from prison: why he says the show gets his family wrong
- Where the legal appeals stand — and what viewers should know as they watch
Is Hulu's Murdaugh: Death in the Family really based on a true story? Yes — but not in the way its subject, convicted killer Alex Murdaugh, would agree with. The eight-part drama, which premiered on 15 October, is a scripted retelling of the rise and catastrophic fall of South Carolina's most infamous legal dynasty. Starring Jason Clarke as Murdaugh and Patricia Arquette as his wife Maggie, the series dramatizes the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, the subsequent investigations, and the unraveling of Alex's secret life of fraud and addiction.
