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Alison Herman
TV Critic
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Courtesy of Peacock This is going to sound like an odd way to praise a television show, but it’s how I feel, so here goes: I’m so glad “The Five-Star Weekend” doesn’t have a dead body. Ever since “Big Little Lies” started the trend in 2017 and “The White Lotus” kicked it into overdrive three years later, prestige television about affluent people in beautiful locations has come with a lethal caveat. Partly a hook (as if the scenery and stars aren’t enough), partly a karmic comeuppance (we can’t bear to watch these people enjoy their riches undisturbed), a suspicious death is the unwritten rule of otherwise escapist entertainment. Even “The Perfect Couple,” the first major series to be adapted from the works of “The Five-Star Weekend” author Elin Hilderbrand, featured murder as a crucial component of its New England destination wedding.
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