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Toni Collette: "Unbelievable"

Everyone has been buzzing about the Netflix series "Unbelievable," so I'm not offering anything contrarian here. But in case you haven't started, do start to watch. The first episode combines the talents of Lisa Cholodenko ("The Kids Are All Right") and Michael Chabon, so--no shock--it's an unusual hour of TV. I didn't want to pay attention to Ayelet Waldman after all the "I love my spouse more than my children" nonsense (as if the love issue needed to involve a contest), but I guess, now, I need to pay attention to Ayelet Waldman. A few observations about the first hour, which is generating a great deal of the critical breathlessness: *The title "Unbelievable" refers to the label that cops attach to Kaitlyn Dever's story--but of course the title is double-edged. "Unbelievable" also refers to the way that Dever's character is treated, not just by her assailant, but additionally by her interrogators. *Chabo...