8.047 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestThe Gettys and the Italians deal with the repercussions of the kidnapping, and Chace embarks on a new journey.
The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.
Acting
Donald Sutherland's reptilian patriarch is career-capping
Production
Lavish period detail that makes wealth look suffocating
Direction
Danny Boyle's kinetic fingerprints in early episodes
Creator
Simon Beaufoy
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