"When they meet, explosively, Aggie is riding the tail end of the success of a bestselling memoir, and running out of money. Her marriage collapsed in the aftermath of their son's death in an accident, and Aggie's behaviour towards the young man she believes was responsible has landed her with a restraining order. I really grew to enjoy her company, says Danes."
"Aggie is experiencing writer's block on her new book, a worthy analysis of the friendship, across the political divide, of the US supreme court justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Antonin Scalia. I think it's a story that could offer hope, Aggie says, uncertainly, over lunch with Nile (Matthew Rhys), her sinister new friend. No one wants hope, he snaps back. People want gossip and carnage."
Aggie Wiggs is a bestselling memoirist grieving her young son's death, divorced and financially strained, living alone in a large house. She develops a volatile fascination with neighbor Nile Jarvis, a charismatic property developer who may have killed his first wife. Aggie struggles with writer's block on a book about the friendship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia while contending with a restraining order over her behavior toward a young man she blames. The relationship escalates into a tense, morally ambiguous contest in which both figures possess predatory instincts and much to lose.
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