Apple TV+'s star-studded Palm Royale is a hilarious, weird, and soapy series, offering Desperate Housewives drama by way of the glorious '60s.
, which paints itself as prestige while stumbling through classic tropes and melodrama with a bit of a visible wince,employs backstabbing, identity-swapping, affair-ridden drama with a delicious smirk, all elevated by humor that insists the creative team is more than in on the joke—but doesn’t allow its cast to getwink-wink-nudge-nudge-y, lest they undercut the popcorn-worthy twists and turns in store every single episode.
Maxine herself is an incredible character, and the perfect anchor for a series that features so many figures that are larger than life, with problems that feel untouchable in so many ways. Wiig leans hard into Maxine’s cringe-worthy moments, especially as she spends the first episode groveling at Dinah’s feet.
However, in that grand finale, it commits what has quickly become the cardinal sin of any streaming series: refusing to truly wrap up any of its plotlines, and instead cutting to black with a massive cliffhanger in a move that feels more suited to a midseason finale than a true season-ender.
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