Lady in the Lake
Lady in the Lake Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 6.9 |
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About
"Two women's fates orbit a city's buried secrets"
Set in 1960s Baltimore, this limited series follows a housewife who abandons her comfortable life to chase a career in journalism after becoming fixated on a missing girl's case, while a Black mother's own disappearance runs in parallel. It's moody, visually lush, and slow-burning, more interested in atmosphere and dual character studies than tidy plotting. The two women's stories circle each other for most of the run, and the show leans hard into style, period detail, and interior monologue rather than propulsive mystery beats.
the lead performances and richly stylized 1960s Baltimore atmosphere.
you want a fast-moving, plot-driven mystery rather than a slow character study.
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All Seasons

| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Did You Know Seahorses Are Fish? | 6.7 | 509 | 54 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | It Has to Do With the Search for the Marvelous. | 7.0 | 419 | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Was the First to See Her Dead. You Were the Last to See Her Alive. | 6.9 | 329 | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Innocence leaves when you discover cruelty. First in others, then in yourself | 7.0 | 299 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Every time someone turns up dead in that lake, it does seem to lead to you. | 7.3 | 315 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | I know who killed Cleo Johnson | 4.9 | 485 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | My story | 6.9 | 278 | 55 min |