Ripley
II SEVEN MERCIES
TV Flash files “II SEVEN MERCIES” as a desk essential hour — Ripley (2024) on Netflix, season 1, episode 2, aired 2024-04-04, 49 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 8 in the Ripley guide, hour 2 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2024-04-04 (49 min). The listed hour before it is “I A HARD MAN TO FIND” (S01E01). Next is “III SOMMERSO” (S01E03).
Essential hour: “II SEVEN MERCIES”. II SEVEN MERCIES as the second numbered mercy: Scott still slipping, Zaillian still treating furniture like plot, still no color to hide in.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
On Italy's Amalfi Coast, Tom settles into Dickie's grand villa, but not without arousing suspicion from his girlfriend Marge.
Viewer FAQ
Where does II SEVEN MERCIES sit in the Ripley guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 8 — hour 2 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Ripley S01E02 air?
II SEVEN MERCIES aired 2024-04-04 and is listed at 49 minutes.
Do I need the Highsmith novel or other Ripley films?
No. Zaillian's limited series is its own monochrome craft flex. Purists will compare; Scott's grifter in Italy is built to trap you in close-ups regardless.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Andrew Scott in high-contrast monochrome, slipping into a rich man's Italian life one lie at a time. Steven Zaillian's Highsmith adaptation is streaming as a craft flex: every staircase, every suitcase, every ugly pause. Watch for literary crime that treats close-ups like traps, and for evil that looks suspiciously like good taste.
So about "how hot is evil" — that discourse is the extra season. Ripley, 2024 on Netflix, is Steven Zaillian's Patricia Highsmith limited series: Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in high-contrast monochrome, Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood, Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf. A broke grifter slips into a rich man's Italian life and keeps lying. Every staircase, every suitcase, every ugly pause. Literary crime as a craft flex. Close-ups like traps. Evil that looks suspiciously like good taste. Eight episodes, one limited…
Filed against
- Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley
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- Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood
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- Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf
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