What is Alias Grace about?

Alias Grace is a critically-acclaimed six-part miniseries based on Margaret Atwood's 1996 novel. The Canadian drama series, aired on Netflix, dives deep into the complex psyche of Grace Marks, a young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada. In 1843, she and stable hand James McDermott were convicted of brutally murdering their employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery. Marks, sentenced to life imprisonment, claims innocence, but her spotty memory and increasingly unnerving dreams weave a narrative thread that seems to indicate the contrary. A psychiatrist brought in to determine her mental state only deepens the mystery. The series deftly explores themes of memory, guilt, punishment, and ultimately, the ambiguity of truth, presenting viewers with an engrossing, thought-provoking watch.

The first episode of Alias Grace aired on September 25, 2017 and the most recent episode to air was on October 30, 2017.