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This week’s best home entertainment: from Sorry for Your Loss to The Cry

Facebook launches TV on demand with an Elizabeth Olsen sadcom, while The Cry attempts to fill a Bodyguard-sized hole

You read that right: Facebook enters peak-era TV with this Elizabeth Olsen-starring sadcom about a woman coming bruisingly to terms with her husband’s death. As that blurb suggests, heavy stuff, but it’s tightly scripted with strong turns from Olsen and The Last Jedi’s Kelly Marie Tran as her sister. Plus, in keeping with this week’s Guide, all of it is free!
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