If Hulu's latest series "The Girl From Plainville," which released its first three episodes on March 29, sounds familiar, that's because the real crime it's based on made headlines in 2017.
In the series, Elle Fanning ("The Great") plays Michelle Carter, who encourages her 18-year-old boyfriend Conrad Roy III (Colton Ryan, "Dear Evan Hansen") through text messages to kill himself. Over the course of eight episodes, Hulu dramatizes the events leading up to the 2014 suicide and the subsequent investigation and trial that eventually convicted Carter of involuntary manslaughter.
