Six promising college seniors celebrate their bright futures at a carefree beach party — ensuring something horrible will happen to them. And in Apple TV+'s Spanish- and English-language thriller, "Now and Then," it does.
Set in Miami, this eight-episode bilingual thriller is one part murder mystery, one part melancholy drama about the perils of growing old, and growing apart, with regrets, secrets and a murder (or two) under your belt.
The first three episodes, which premiered last week, are twisty and captivating, but also brooding and dense. Each hourlong installment requires a viewer's full attention, no matter one's native language, because there's a lot of history and backstory to keep track of. Is it worth it? Yes, if you liked Netflix's Mexican mystery thriller "Who Killed Sara?" Like that 2021 streaming series, "Now and Then" is a compelling soap mixed with well-crafted drama and an even better cast (more on that below). The plot is similar too: Someone gets killed and all the central characters make astoundingly bad decisions. Class matters. Sex, lies and videotape abound.
