Peacock Debuts 8-Episode 'The Five-Star Weekend' as Jennifer Garner Leads Grief Drama Without a Murder Hook
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Updated · Variety · Jul 9
Peacock Debuts 8-Episode 'The Five-Star Weekend' as Jennifer Garner Leads Grief Drama Without a Murder Hook
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jul 9
Summary
All 8 episodes of Peacock’s limited series are now streaming, with the review highlighting its unusual choice to center medium-term grief and friendship rather than a mystery death.
Jennifer Garner plays food influencer Hollis Shaw, who gathers four friends for a 72-hour Nantucket retreat six months after her husband dies in a car accident.
That setup lets the show focus on midlife strain—resentments, online backlash, a biopsy scare and misconduct fallout—instead of clue-planting, with the ensemble led by Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall, D’Arcy Carden and Gemma Chan.
The review says the series stands out from affluent-location dramas such as 'Big Little Lies,' 'The White Lotus' and 'The Perfect Couple' by treating wealth as backdrop, not the engine of punishment or crime.