Binge Black Bird on Apple TV
Binge Black Bird on Apple TV – After Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison without parole, he cuts a deal with the FBI to enter maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend a suspected serial killer, Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser).
Keene’s job is to elicit a confession from Hall in order to slam the door on Hall’s appeal and find the buried bodies of as many as eighteen women.
But is Hall a serial killer?
Or a serial confessor?
Storyline for Black Bird on Apple TV
Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer.
Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
Our hero is Jimmy Keene (Egerton), a onetime high school football star turned drug dealer.
After a bust that also yields illegal firearms, Jimmy is sentenced to 10 years in prison, much to the chagrin of his ex-cop father (Liotta).
Because he’s confident, hunky and a good listener, Jimmy gets an offer from a comely FBI agent (Sepideh Moafi’s Lauren).
An accused serial killer (Hauser’s Larry Hall) might be sprung on appeal if somebody doesn’t draw a fuller confession out of him.
“Not for all the fucking money in the world,” Jimmy says when it’s suggested he give up his reasonably cushy status in a reasonably relaxed hoosegow to transfer to a different maximum-security prison and go undercover to befriend a guy whose body count might number in the dozens.
Lauren emphasizes that he’d be doing it for his freedom, which means a lot after Jimmy’s father has a serious stroke.
Episodes of Black Bird on Apple TV
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: if he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, he will be freed; completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
S1.E1 ∙ Pilot
Jimmy Keene is living in the fast lane – until he gets a 10-year prison sentence.
Behind bars, he’s approached about a high-stakes deal for freedom.
Episodes of Black Bird on Apple TV S1.E2 ∙ We Are Coming, Father Abraham
Agent McCauley prepares Jimmy for the mission.
Detective Miller questions Larry about the missing women, leading to a polygraph test.
S1.E3 ∙ Hand to Mouth
Struggling with his transition to maximum security prison, Jimmy initiates a friendship with Larry.
New holes in Larry’s stories are uncovered.
Episodes of Black Bird on Apple TV S1.E4 ∙ WhatsHerName
In the aftermath of a prison riot, Jimmy and Larry find themselves with time to learn more about each other.
S1.E5 ∙ The Place I Lie
Jimmy’s mounting fear and paranoia compel him to provoke Larry.
McCauley and Miller have a breakthrough. Larry’s therapist grows concerned.
Episodes of Black Bird on Apple TV S1.E6 ∙ You Promised
Jimmy reaches his breaking point. Larry becomes suspicious.
McCauley and Miller talk to an important person in Larry’s life.
Binge Black Bird on Apple TV
Dennis Lehane‘s new six-part drama, Black Bird, is based on James Keene’s memoir In With the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption.
Despite its true-crime trappings, the Apple TV+ adaptation is never especially authentic or convincing on any factual level.
It is, however, thoroughly unsettling and anchored by exceptional performances by Paul Walter Hauser, Taron Egerton and Ray Liotta, who collectively more than compensate for myriad flaws of structure and focus.
