synopsis

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“The Housemaid” is far from the formulaic thriller its trailers and general synopsis suggest.

From Salon

If that synopsis sounds unfair, here’s how the academic authors put it: “Rather than examining a justice’s ideology or purported method of statutory and constitutional interpretation, our focus is on outcomes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

According to the show's synopsis, his plan initially works and tourists begin to arrive, but unfortunately, the locals were right.

From BBC

“I said, well, it’s a really good synopsis and it’s pretty positive, let’s put it out there,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to the synopsis, these “fierce, brilliant, and emotionally complicated” women will “navigate high-stakes breakups, scandalous secrets, and shifting allegiances.”

From Los Angeles Times