In Defense Of 'All's Fair'

Kim Kardashian's acting could use some work, but her new Hulu legal drama is wildly addictive.

By now, you’ve probably seen all the absolutely terrible reviews of Ryan Murphy’s new Hulu series “All’s Fair.” Critics have excoriated the series calling it a “clumsy, condescending girlboss fantasia,” “empty and unforgivably dull,” and “fascinatingly, existentially terrible.” It received a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

But you should ignore these headlines and watch the show anyway. “All’s Fair” is must-see TV.

The legal drama has a star-studded cast including Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson and Teyana Taylor.

Here’s the overall gist of the show: Allura Grant (Kardashian) and Liberty Ronson (Watts) leave a stodgy, male-dominated law firm to start their own firm, “Women representing women, only” as Liberty calls it. They get the blessing to leave the firm from Dina Standish (Glenn Close) who lets them take one person with them, and that ends up being Emerald Greene (Niecy Nash-Betts). That pisses off Carrington “Carr” Lane (Sarah Paulson), another lawyer at the firm, who has a dramatic crash out for not getting Dina’s approval to leave first. Ten years later, Carr is still pissed and promises to rain hell on the ladies any chance she can get.

In the first three episodes of the series — subsequent episodes will be released weekly on Tuesdays on the streamer — Allura, Liberty and Emerald take on new divorce cases. There are a bunch of incredible special guests in each episode, including Judith Light, Jessica Simpson and Elizabeth Berkley who serve as their clients. Meanwhile, there’s drama afoot in Allura’s personal life: Chase (Matthew Noszka), her football-playing husband of five years, wants a divorce and has been cheating on her several times over.