Ryan Murphy's TV shows haven't exactly been on a winning streak in the last few years; Netflix's Monster series, which explores the true stories of the Menendez Brothers and Ed Gein, has been widely criticized, and now the new Hulu show All's Fair is being added to the pile.
In fact, it's gone straight to the bottom as mulch, scoring a jaw-dropping 0% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing. The Guardian's review even gave it zero stars, writing, "not even Glenn Close can save this Ryan Murphy disaster from its dismal plots, clueless characters – and the worst kissing scenes ever filmed".
Anyone expecting All's Fair to be prestige TV deserves their own trial – enjoy the mess
When I found out about the All's Fair Rotten Tomatoes score, I roared with laughter. But what got me even more was watching Emerald (Nash) tell Allura (Kardashian) to "glue her wig down" because the truth about her cheating partner will "blow it off" – an Academy Award is needed for that line alone.
Then there's Paulson dressed as Kardashian's twin, Kardashian herself having a Beyoncé Lemonade moment while smashing up her ex's car, and Close trying to keep a straight face amongst the chaos. I'm honestly not sure what Watts is doing, and she doesn't look too sure either.
The names, the outfits and the incredibly guessable plots are everything a chronically online person could hope for.
Where most people have missed the show's charm, Zillennials (that's what I'm calling the young millennial-old Gen Z crossover) have been quick to latch on to what makes All's Fair a worthy binge.
One fan wrote on X/Twitter: "All’s Fair on Hulu dares to ask the question 'Does a show need to be good?' & the answer is no, it doesn’t. We have legendary actresses here giving the worst performances of their careers, it takes a special kind of talent to pull that kind of inability out of them. Amazeballs."
A second added: "All's Fair series is fun, c**ty, women led, high fashion, terrible script, horrible acting and believe it or not Kim K is not the worst part of it. Anyway, Ryan Murphy has done it again, I'm sat."
In essence, Murphy has made something to be exclusively enjoyed by the generation that has rooted for him through thick (American Horror Story season 2) and thin (American Horror Story season 12). It's a thank you gift for our relentless passion that has helped Murphy's 2000s TV empire to exist in the way it has.
If you don't get it, that sounds like a you problem. I don't think we can go so far as to call the backlash outright sexist – the show isn't good enough to not be slated – but it's my belief that there's almost always something good to be found in everything we stream.
The even better news for me is we're only three episodes into All's Fair. If it's gone this chaotic so early on, what comes next will rival a season of Real Housewives, and that's the highest compliment I could ever give (picture me rubbing my hands in glee).
All's Fair is streaming now on Hulu in the US and Disney+ internationally.
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