Acorn TV’s 'Irish Blood' Is a Mysterious Delight
There’s something so comforting about a beloved star headlining a TV show. Especially when it’s been a while since they’ve taken center stage. Think Kathy Bates on Matlock; viewers are rooting for them and, by extension, their series to succeed. That feeling is even more apparent when a star, who was adored in their youth, comes to the small screen.
It’s not that Alicia Silverstone (forever, well, Cher-ished for her star turn in the now legendary 1995 movie Clueless) hasn’t been on TV before. I personally loved her in the too-short-lived 2003 series Miss Match. She was also great as Kristy’s mother in the (also-too-short-lived) Netflix series The Baby-sitters Club. But the new Acorn TV series, Irish Blood, truly suits her.
In the six-episode series, Silverstone stars as Fiona, a high-end and very successful divorce attorney living in Los Angeles. Everything in her life is pretty great except that she’s still haunted by the fact that her father Declan (Jason O’Mara) abandoned her on her tenth birthday. That traumatic experience has shaped who she has become. With her clients, she is a relentless advocate for justice — ensuring she takes soon-to-be ex-husbands to court for all they are worth. But she doesn’t exactly know when to turn off her cutthroat intuition. “You want my advice? Trust no one. Don’t be fooled by charming narcissists. They will use you and abuse you,” she tells a group of young scouts as the series begins.
