The End of the Grief Cycle: How "The Five Star Weekend" Subverts a TV Trope The prestige television landscape has long been enamored with stories centered around death, particularly those featuring affluent characters in picturesque locations.
Since the success of "Big Little Lies," it's become common for shows to introduce a suspicious or untimely demise that sets off a chain reaction of events, often used to explore darker aspects of human nature.
Jennifer Garner's latest vehicle, "The Five Star Weekend," takes a refreshingly contrarian approach by eschewing this trope in favor of everyday grief.