New Show (sort of): The Slap (US)

[ninetydegrees]

The Slap premieres on February 12 on NBC. It is an eight-episode miniseries, adapted from Christos Tsiolkas's novel The Slap and the Australian TV series of the same name.


Meet Hector, a public servant, husband, father and valued friend on the cusp of his 40th birthday. Meet Aisha, Hector's beautiful and intelligent wife who is planning his party filled with friends and his very boisterous Greek family. Sounds like the makings of a great day, right? Wrong.
As Hector tries to navigate family politics, awkward friendships and the young woman he is dangerously captivated by, the built-up tension explodes when Hector's hotheaded cousin slaps another couple's misbehaving child. Everyone is understandably stunned, and the party abruptly ends with the child's parents vowing legal action. What the hosts and guests don't know, however, is that this moment will ignite a chain of events that will uncover long-buried secrets within this group of friends and family... and vigorously challenge the core values of everyone involved.


Cast
Peter Sarsgaard as Hector
Uma Thurman as Anouk
Melissa George as Rosie
Thandie Newton as Aisha
Zachary Quinto as Harry
Brian Cox as Manolis

Links
Official site
@ IMDb
@ Wikipedia
@ Episode Calendar

Poll #16428 The Slap

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I plan to check it out.
1 (5.0%)

I might check this out at some point.
7 (35.0%)

I have no plans to watch this at this time.
9 (45.0%)

I'd never even heard of this show before today.
11 (55.0%)

Comments

[glitteryv]

OK, seriously, is there some kind of random TV show generator? The premise for The Slap hints at a lot of twists and turns. And yet, this is literally the first time I've heard of it. Which, when you think about it, is a tad weird since it features well-known actors like Thandie Newton, Zachary Quinto, and Uma Thurman. O_o!

[ninetydegrees]

*nods* If I didn't keep track of things I wouldn't have heard about most of them. The amount of new shows and miniseries popping up this year is astounding. Seems like everybody's shooting in every direction trying to find the new hit or making miniseries so ratings don't matter as much.