Hulu's eight-episode miniseries, Murdaugh: Death in the Family , handles its troubling true crime source material with an investigative yet suspenseful lens, bringing more to the table than another needless or insensitive dramatization of "based on real events" murder and mystery.

The series may extrapolate to weave a compelling narrative between the jaw-dropping headlines, but it successfully does so to paint a tragic portrait of how one family legacy can become more meaningful than the individuals within the family itself. Compared to Hulu's other true crime adaptations, like Candy or American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez , Death in the Family holds purpose and value beyond entertainment alone.

What's more, Murdaugh is also a highly immersive family crime drama thanks to

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