Jennifer Garner is swapping picture-perfect recipes for grief, secrets and one very uncomfortable luxury reunion weekend, with BINGE picking up new Peacock drama The Five Star Weekend.
Premiering day-and-date with the U.S, the eight-part series stars and executive produces Jennifer Garner as Hollis Shaw, a celebrity cook and bestselling author whose seemingly perfect life begins to unravel following a devastating personal loss.
Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s 2023 novel of the same name, the series follows Hollis as she invites friends from different stages of her life to her Nantucket home for a getaway that quickly turns emotional, awkward and increasingly messy.
Rather than dropping the full season at once like NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock in the U.S, Australian viewers will instead get a double episode launch before the remaining instalments roll out weekly.
There is probably a joke in there somewhere about not actually bingeing this series on BINGE, but the streamer appears to be pacing itself this time around.
The ensemble cast includes D’Arcy Carden, Gemma Chan, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Timothy Olyphant, Harlow Jane, Rob Huebel, David Denman, Josh Hamilton, West Duchovny, Judy Greer, Tory Devon Smith, Morrison Keddie and Roberta Colindrez.
Created by Bekah Brunstetter, the drama is produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, with Minkie Spiro directing the pilot episode.
Brunstetter executive produces alongside Sue Naegle, Ali Krug, Minkie Spiro, Jennifer Garner, Merri Howard, Beth Schacter and author Elin Hilderbrand.
The official synopsis describes the series as a story where “boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed” as Hollis and her guests are forced to confront long-buried tensions, fractured relationships and the pressure of maintaining perfect lives.
Watch the trailer for The Five Star Weekend in the player below.
