what is love and death about

Love and Death is a limited series on HBO Max that premiered on April 27, 2023, based on the true story of Candy Montgomery, a housewife from Wylie, Texas. The series follows Montgomery, who is living a stereotypical life of a housewife in a small Methodist community in Collin County, Texas, before she kills the wife of a man she was having an affair with. The series is based on Jim Atkinson and Joe Bob Briggs 1984 book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs. The story is a dramatization of actual events, and some events have been modified or created for dramatic purposes. The series features Elizabeth Olsen as Candy Montgomery, with Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit, Krysten Ritter, Tom Pelphrey, Elizabeth Marvel, and Keir Gilchrist. Montgomery was acquitted of the murder charge on Oct. 29, 1980, the Dallas Morning News reported, sending shockwaves through the small religious Texas community.