Notwithstanding its many faults, Hulu's "Candy" assuredly understands the terror of the repressed housewife – that which she feels, and that which she instills in others. Michael Uppendahl set that tone in the first episode's direction with a close-up on the face of Jessica Biel's Candy Montgomery as she's rehearsing a story to tell her Vacation Bible School kids.
Warmly giggling at some spots, she weaves a fable about a beautiful young tree that does everything right. Then she frowns when a woodcutter enters the picture and, despite the tree's protests, cuts it down. The supposedly happy denouement is that the tree's timber ends up being used to make Jesus' cross.
