Overview
- Emilia Jones has been cast as Gabby Clemente, a New Haven bartender and student teacher who becomes a central figure in the story after a traumatic egg retrieval.
- The limited series dramatizes reporting that a nurse stole large amounts of fentanyl, leaving some IVF patients to undergo egg retrievals without anesthesia and then pursue legal action against Yale University.
- Molly Smith Metzler is the writer, executive producer and showrunner, and Lila Neugebauer will direct the pilot and serve as an executive producer.
- Production is led by LuckyChap and Metzler’s Quiet Coyote banner with executive producers that include Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Colin McKenna, Caitlin Roper for The New York Times, and podcast host Susan Burton.
- The project is in active development at Netflix and is based on a Peabody-winning NYT/Serial podcast, but no production start date or release timetable has been announced.