From the scattered pilot onward, each episode of TheFirstLady toggles between its timelines seemingly at random.
’s Eleanor Roosevelt, whose defining characteristic is a distracting set of false teeth. The high wattage trifecta of Davis, Pfeiffer, and Anderson makes for an undeniably impressive lineup. But not even they, nor showrunner Cathy Schulman or director Susanne Bier , can make up for the fact that the series often feels like a dramatization of several Wikipedia pages all at once.
A welcome exception is the third episode, which is comprised entirely of flashbacks to each woman’s younger self — played by the solid trio of Jayme Lawson , Eliza Scanlen , and Kristine Froseth — meeting their eventual husbands, played in their respective present days by O-T Fagbenle , Kiefer Sutherland , and Aaron Eckhart . This chapter, at least, has the distinction of a clear and recognizable through line that ties all three stories together with ease.
The most successful aspect of “The First Lady,” and the one that raises the question of why this first season didn’t just belong to her in the first place, is Pfeiffer’s Betty Ford. As a woman thrust so suddenly into the role that she could barely catch her breath before throwing her first State dinner, Pfeiffer immediately clicks into Betty’s bewildered amusement, private pain, and eventual determination to do some actual good.
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