Fall TV is going to bring back many of your favorite broadcast network shows, but Netflix has its own star-studded series to kick off the last quarter of 2024 with the limited series The Perfect Couple.
Based on the New York Times best-selling book of the same name by Elin Hilderbrand, The Perfect Couple is a high-class mystery series that on the surface kind of looks like Netflix's version of The White Lotus (it even has a White Lotus season 2 star to boot). But there is plenty more going on that could make this a popular binge on the streaming service.
Here is everything we know about The Perfect Couple.
The Perfect Couple release date
Netflix will drop all six episodes of The Perfect Couple on the streaming service on Thursday, September 5. In order to watch the limited series you must subscribe to one of the Netflix plans.
The Perfect Couple plot
Susanne Bier (The First Lady, The Night Manager) and Jenna Lamia (Good Girls, Awkward) co-executive produced the adaptation of Hilderbrand's novel, with Bier also directing all six episodes of the limited series. Here is the official synopsis for the Netflix adaptation:
"The Perfect Couple follows Amelia Sacks, a bride marrying into one of Nantucket's wealthiest families. Greer Garrison Winbury, the groom's mother and a famous novelist, spares no expense on the high-society wedding. But when a dead body appears on the beach, everyone's Champagne dreams quickly vanish and are replaced by suspicion. As secrets bubble up to the surface, an investigation takes hold that feels plucked from one of Greer's books. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect."
The Perfect Couple cast
The star-studded The Perfect Couple cast is led by Nicole Kidman. The Oscar-winner and recent AFI Lifetime Achievement recipient has really taken to TV in recent years, with acclaimed work in Big Little Lies, The Undoing (which she worked on with Bier) and Nine Perfect Strangers. In The Perfect Couple she is playing the character of Greer Garrison Winbury.
The rest of the cast is also filled with recognizable faces. Here’s a rundown of the cast and who they are playing:
- Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan, Asteroid City) plays Tag Winbury, the groom’s dashing father
- Dakota Fanning (The Watchers, The Equalizer 3) plays Abby Winbury, the groom's sister-in-law
- Eve Hewson (Flora and Son, Bad Sisters) plays Amelia Sacks, the bride
- Billy Howle (Under the Banner of Heaven, The Serpent) plays Benji Winbury, the groom
- Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus, The Bold Type) plays Merritt Monaco, the bride's best friend
- Ishaan Khatter (Beyond the Clouds, A Suitable Boy) plays Shooter Dival, the groom's best friend
- Jack Reynor (Midsommar, The Peripheral) plays Thomas Winbury, the groom's brother
- Mia Isaac (Not Okay, Black Cake) plays Chloe Carter, the chief of police's daughter
- Sam Nivola (Maestro, White Noise) plays Will Winbury, the groom's brother
- Michael Beach (Mayor of Kingstown, DAHMER — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) plays Dan Carter, the chief of police
- Donna Lynne Champlin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The First Lady) plays Nikki Henry, the detective
- Isabelle Adjani recurs as Isabel Nallet, the family friend
The Perfect Couple trailer
Say hello to the Winbury family with the official teaser trailer for The Perfect Couple directly below:
You can also watch this behind-the-scenes video to get better sense of the show:
