There is so much recycled material in “Fatal Affair” that its carbon footprint must have been zero. That’s the good news in this Netflix dance of déjà vu, one with scarcely a camera move, plot swerve or line of dialogue that hasn’t already graced myriad romantic thrillers and special-victim police procedurals. At its center is the aspirational marriage and luxurious beachfront home of Ellie (Nia Long) and Marcus (Stephen Bishop, likely lamenting his far juicier role as a playboy in the ridiculously entertaining BET series “Being Mary Jane”). Ellie is a lawyer who’s rarely to be found lawyering; instead, she has sex (in a shower, in front of a fireplace) and near-sex (in a public bathroom). This last occurs after an ill-advised slow dance with David (Omar Epps), an old friend from school hired by her firm as a technical consultant.

Source: New York Times July 16, 2020 06:56 UTC