‘All Her Fault’ Review: Sarah Snook, Dakota Fanning and Jake Lacy Anchor Peacock’s Satisfying Domestic Mystery
Michael Peña joins the cast of this tense eight-part thriller focused on the disappearance of a five-year-old boy from an affluent Chicago neighborhood.
“We’d do anything for our kids. Anything,”
Marissa Irvine (Sarah Snook) declares, a desperate mother at the center of Peacock’s All Her Fault. Like many parents who utter those words, she means them. For her missing son, Milo (Duke McCloud), Marissa is willing to sacrifice everything—no measure too desperate, no cost too high—to bring him home safe.
Yet even the deepest love faces the daily strains of parenthood: patience erodes after countless tantrums, bedtimes slip away to late work hours, and reality sets boundaries that even devotion cannot always cross. The series explores these cracks with emotional precision as Marissa and her husband Peter (Jake Lacy) endure the nightmare of their child's disappearance.
Though not quite reaching the heights of flagship domestic thrillers like Big Little Lies, this mystery holds strong with sharp twists, keen insights into maternal guilt and paternal pride, and a probing look at the thin line separating protection from control. For much of its run, the truth of Milo’s fate feels almost secondary to the tension within the family—and that’s where the show’s strongest pulse lies.
Cast Highlights
- Sarah Snook as Marissa Irvine
- Jake Lacy as Peter Irvine
- Duke McCloud as Milo
- Michael Peña in a supporting role
- Dakota Fanning in a key dramatic turn
Author’s Summary: A gripping domestic thriller that examines parental devotion and control, using suspense and emotion to expose the fragile balance between love and fear.