Apple TV’s thriller new series stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a woman on the run forced to flee, marking her TV comeback after The Queen’s Gambit . The series adapts Marissa Stapley’s memoir of her own family’s actual con. Critics call the show a thrilling ride , though some suggest it may have worked more effectively as a film. The plot blends crime with themes of identity and survival. Taylor-Joy plays a grifter taking lives, unraveling under constant threat.