5.551 minSeason 1 • Episode 7
LatestAn arrest that reveals what happened to Joy shocks the West Palm Beach community, shattering the Delaney family and leaving questions about Joy’s fate.
Follow the Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family. Former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are parents to four adult children. After fifty years of marriage, they have finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. But after Joy disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ marriage and their family history with fresh eyes.
Acting
Annette Bening and Sam Neill serve decades of resentment in every glance.
Writing
Marnich cracks the Moriarty code: big secrets, small moments, devastating reveals.
Production
That tennis academy? Character itself. All that green, all those games.
Creator
Melanie Marnich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bening trained with actual tennis coaches for months—her serve is genuinely competent, not actor-swinging-a-racket.
The novel's Australian setting became Florida in the series, swapping Melbourne's class anxiety for American retirement dream decay—same rot, different humidity.
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