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What/If - Season 1
A series of thriller events about a couple who are experimenting with a unique experience. She is an exemplary scientist and her husband who are making a heinous deal with a mysterious investor. Both spouses put their trust at stake, both looking at things to new proposals with this investor. The series revolves around selections that deal with a different ethical story, and the effect of a single resolution ripple changes everything.
20 February 1987, Oakland, California, USA
11 February 1970, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
25 September 1942, New York City, New York, USA
22 July 1989
31 October 1977, Covina, California, USA
9 December 1976, San Diego, California, USA
5 December 1955, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
20 November 1986, Houston, Texas, USA
2 January 1984, Red Lake, Ontario, Canada
May 21, 2019
Had What/If been The Renee Zellweger Show, it would have been fantastic. As it stands, she's the only thing saving the series from terminal mediocrity.May 23, 2019
There is a prestige drama version of the show in which Anne's long game is actually surprising, and there is a guilty-pleasure version of the show that burns through twice the plot in half the time.May 22, 2019
What/If does not jump the shark - it begins with the shark in its rearview mirror and it never looks back.May 23, 2019
Zellweger's primary role here is just to deliver lines deliciously. She not only succeeds in the task, but she turns it into a three-course banquet... She makes the best of what she's given - if only the rest of What/If could keep pace with her.May 23, 2019
The 10-part drama is also very addictive and you may well find yourself devouring episodes as if polishing off an extra large plate of chips even though you're already stuffed.May 21, 2019
As it stands, it's a captivating bit of cheese, anchored by a star making the most of a very strange moment.May 22, 2019
A show in which Renée Zellweger is biting off chunks of scenery, shredding them with her dainty white teeth, and digesting them on camera while everyone else sits limply in her shadow.May 23, 2019
Still, whatever sizzle there is baked into the premise, in the execution, "What/If" feels a little too close to "So what?"May 23, 2019
When Zellweger's not on screen, What/If is a mostly empty, broad strokes neo-noir soap, frothy and forgettable. When she appears, it's still all of those things-- but dear lord, please pass the popcorn.