'Say Nothing' To Quietly Arrive in November

Since being brought under the Disney banner, FX has struggled to find its footing as a network. Initially developed by 20th Century to be Fox’s answer to cable channels like AMC and HBO, Disney recognized it had landed a valuable asset — the House of Mouse lacked a network/streaming service that regularly rolled out awards darlings — but wasn’t sure what to do with it, at first creating “FX on Hulu” in a bizarre attempt to combine the Emmy voter favorites before abandoning that plan mid-stream. At this point, “FX” is more like “Marvel” or “Pixar,” a sub-brand whose identity is centered around high-end, must-watch prestige TV like Shogun, The Bear, and its newest limited series, Say Nothing.

Based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s critically adored true crime/nonfiction book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, the series adapts Keefe’s deep dive into the 1970s history of “The Troubles.” One part gripping mystery of the kidnapping of Jean McConville in 1972, who was “disappeared” by the IRA, one part historical record of those who participated in a fight for freedom that suddenly vanished out from under them in 1997, Say Nothing is an accounting of the tragedy of the “armed struggle” using the story of one mother who never came home to capture a larger truth.

The series centers around four actual IRA members, some of whose names will be recognizable to everyone: Gerry Adams, Brendan Hughes, Marian and Dolours Price. The former became heralded for the Good Friday Accords in 1997, and the latter two never fully recovered from their time in prison; Dorours took her own life in 2013.