The Staircase
There is no truth without lies.
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5/5/2022Runtime
8 eps, 521 minsOverview
An exploration of the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
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A meticulous unraveling of a death that refuses to declare itself innocent or guilty: the series turns the Peterson household into a maze of competing versions of truth, where each new detail destabilizes what you thought you knew. It's a slow burn that accumulates dread through ambiguity rather than revelation.
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Heads up
Colin Firth
Michael Peterson
Toni Collette
Kathleen Peterson
Michael Stuhlbarg
David Rudolf
Dane DeHaan
Clayton Peterson
Olivia DeJonge
Caitlin Atwater
Patrick Schwarzenegger
Todd Peterson
Sophie Turner
Margaret Ratliff
Odessa Young
Martha Ratliff
Rosemarie DeWitt
Candace Zamperini
Tim Guinee
Bill Peterson
Vincent Vermignon
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
Parker Posey
Freda Black
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