April 9, you old, dirty bastards.
THEM is a limited anthology series that explores terror in America. The first season, 1950s-set COVENANT centers around a Black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white Los Angeles neighborhood during the period known as The Great Migration. The family’s idyllic home becomes ground zero where malevolent forces, next door and otherworldly, threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.
I guarantee there was a committee meeting where someone said
“that Jordan Peele stuff, but like — a series.“
Oh, absolutely. There’s more room at that table, as long as it’s good.
Peele was strong out of the directing gate, but I must admit I was mildly disappointed with Us and then fucking bummed out by his Twilight Zone reboot. Having said that, those could easily be chalked up to sophomore slump and studio interference respectively, and I’m still excited to see what he comes up with next.