CABLE | Anya Taylor-Joy Runs Out of 'Lucky' on Apple TV

"I don't have time for your cowboy haikus right now."

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The talented and wide-eyed Anya Taylor-Joy stars capably in the entertaining crime thriller miniseries Lucky, based on bestselling author Marissa Stapley's novel of the same name. Created by screenwriter Jonathan Tropper and showrun by Cassie Pappas, audiences are dropped into the eponymous con woman's exciting identity-swapping dealings on the run when she wakes up alone in Las Vegas with no memory of what was supposed to be a getaway after one last big score.

Surrounding Taylor-Joy's energetic performance are Drew Starkey as her co-conspirator husband, who suddenly takes off, Annette Bening as his crime boss mother, Timothy Olyphant as her imprisoned con man father, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the dogged FBI agent hunting them all. Her Lucky must outsmart and outmaneuver her many enemies each episode while figuring out her limited options with few resources and everyone wanting what she stole but no longer has.

There's a general lightness to the beach read adaptation's formulaic yet enticing tone. It's a lean genre series, half-directed by Brit Jonathan Van Tulleken, that captures both the stress and excitement of stealing money, chasing criminals, and evading the law. As Taylor-Joy's character succinctly sums up the events, call them "a series of bad decisions over an extended period of time," where everybody's choices lead to some interesting turns.

Lucky's seven-episode season is available to stream weekly on Apple TV.


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