Ripley
VII MACABRE ENTERTAINMENT
TV Flash files “VII MACABRE ENTERTAINMENT” as hour 7 of 8 in the TV Flash guide — Ripley (2024) on Netflix, season 1, episode 7, aired 2024-04-04, 58 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 8 in the Ripley guide, hour 7 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2024-04-04 (58 min). The listed hour before it is “VI SOME HEAVY INSTRUMENT” (S01E06). Next is “VIII NARCISSUS” (S01E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
As Inspector Ravini expands his murder investigation, an elusive Tom plots his next moves from Sicily.
Viewer FAQ
Where does VII MACABRE ENTERTAINMENT sit in the Ripley guide?
S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 8 — hour 7 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.
When did Ripley S01E07 air?
VII MACABRE ENTERTAINMENT aired 2024-04-04 and is listed at 58 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
Dakota Fanning’s Marge Sherwood walks Ripley in high-contrast monochrome — Steven Zaillian’s Highsmith adaptation as a streaming craft flex, every staircase a trap, Andrew Scott slipping into a rich man’s Italian life. Fanning is the gaze…
- Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf
Johnny Flynn’s Dickie Greenleaf is the rich man’s Italian life in Ripley — Andrew Scott in high-contrast monochrome, Steven Zaillian’s Highsmith adaptation as a streaming craft flex. Every staircase, every suitcase, every ugly pause.…