Ryan Murphy's latest series, The Beauty, marks a triumphant return to form after the disastrous All's Fair, which received a zero rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The new show, based on a comic book by Jeremy Haun and Jason A Hurley, is a body horror that blends gore with social commentary on unrealistic beauty standards and Ozempic culture.
The plot follows FBI agents Jordan Bennett (Rebecca Hall) and Cooper Madsen (Evan Peters) as they investigate a sexually transmitted virus that makes infected people spectacularly beautiful before killing them. The series opens with model Bella Hadid breaking necks at a catwalk show and punching paparazzi, sparking an epidemic of 'Catwalk Carnage' as supermodels explode or burn from the inside out.
Social commentary is woven throughout, from Jordan's breast implants as a response to school bullying to the character of Jeremy (Jeremy Pope), an incel transformed by a plastic surgeon into a 'Chad' via the virus. The virus was invented by tech billionaire Byron Forst (Ashton Kutcher), who tries to control the chaos with the help of an assassin (Anthony Ramos).
Isabella Rossellini appears as Franny Forst, likely related to Byron, in a role that promises delightful scenes with Kutcher. With its bingeable plot and sharp satire, The Beauty is a must-watch for fans of Murphy's earlier anthology hits.
