There’s just something about Elizabeth Olsen as a housewife with a dark side that is endlessly appealing. Not every Marvel star gets to turn their time as a CGI-laden superhero into heavier stuff, but the HBO miniseries “Love & Death” feels almost like a direct result of “WandaVision.” It’s full of Olsen doing her best to keep up appearances in a world that’s desperate to keep her from what she wants.
In “WandaVision,” her family was a literal illusion created by magic. In “Love & Death,” her family’s happiness is the illusion. Her happiness is the illusion, one that’s only sustained by her business-like affair with a friend’s husband and carefully but also casually crafted lies.