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The Undoing: perfect whodunnit gripping more than one nation

David E Kelley show has confidence in its own abilities and offers respite from world’s insoluble problems

Do we love or hate Grace’s green coat? And who foresaw this thrilling third act of Hugh Grant’s career?

These and more are important questions raised by David E Kelley’s latest creation and HBO’s new hit miniseries, The Undoing. But they all stem from the one thing central to the drama, the one after which the whole genre from which The Undoing so successfully springs is named – whodunnit?

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