'Olive Kitteridge' the best television we'll see all year

By Ruth Ritchie
January 16 2015 - 11:45pm
Brutally honest: Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge.
Brutally honest: Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge.
Brutally honest: Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge.
Brutally honest: Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge.
Brutally honest: Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge.
Brutally honest: Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge.
Brutally honest: Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge.
Brutally honest: Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge.

The thorniest, most difficult character I have ever seen portrayed on stage or screen has a unique quality. Over the course of her turgid life, she finds an uncanny empathy, a dog-like hearing for people who are about to take their own lives. She pulls them back from the brink.

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