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What/If - Season 1
A thriller series captures the impact of a couple who are fighting a real battle with life. An ideal scientist and her husband decided to conclude a heinous deal with a mysterious investor where they put their trust to the test by proposing to deal with that notorious investor. The series tells about different topics that deal with different ethical tales, and the effect of a single decision ripple may change things.
5 July 1956, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
20 March 1979, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
15 May 1963, Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA
27 August 1992, Miami, Florida, USA
25 April 1969, Katy, Texas, USA
20 February 1987, Oakland, California, USA
10 June 1989, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
May 21, 2019
As it stands, it's a captivating bit of cheese, anchored by a star making the most of a very strange moment.May 23, 2019
The 10-part drama is also very addictive and you may well find yourself devouring episodes as if polishing off an extra large plate of chips even though you're already stuffed.May 23, 2019
Still, whatever sizzle there is baked into the premise, in the execution, "What/If" feels a little too close to "So what?"May 22, 2019
What/If does not jump the shark - it begins with the shark in its rearview mirror and it never looks back.May 23, 2019
When Zellweger's not on screen, What/If is a mostly empty, broad strokes neo-noir soap, frothy and forgettable. When she appears, it's still all of those things-- but dear lord, please pass the popcorn.May 22, 2019
A show in which Renée Zellweger is biting off chunks of scenery, shredding them with her dainty white teeth, and digesting them on camera while everyone else sits limply in her shadow.May 21, 2019
Had What/If been The Renee Zellweger Show, it would have been fantastic. As it stands, she's the only thing saving the series from terminal mediocrity.May 23, 2019
Zellweger's primary role here is just to deliver lines deliciously. She not only succeeds in the task, but she turns it into a three-course banquet... She makes the best of what she's given - if only the rest of What/If could keep pace with her.May 23, 2019
There is a prestige drama version of the show in which Anne's long game is actually surprising, and there is a guilty-pleasure version of the show that burns through twice the plot in half the time.