Review of Based on a True Story

First, I'll begin with my biases: I HATED HATED HATED "Big Bang Theory," which I thought was deeply insulting to the so-called "smart people" (led by Johnny Galecki's "Leonard"), essentially equally insulting to the "hot chick," Penny (as played by Kaley Cuoco) and, all his awards aside, insulting to the obviously (kinda prototypically) gay actor, Jim Parsons, who enthusiastically portrays the King of the Geniuses, Sheldon. As I have with other initially promising yet ultimately disappointing long-running series like "Lost" & "The Walking Dead," I soon stopped watching the utterly pointless and needlessly repetitive "nerds are funny" & "blondes are dumb" show. Then, soon after that series skidded to a halt, a new limited streaming series debuted, starring Cuoco and titled, "The Flight Attendant." Much to my astonishment, I liked that a lot (the first season better than the second, but nonetheless) and now a limited series on the NBC Peacock streaming TV network, adds to Cuoco's comedic résumé: "Based on a True Story" costarring Chris Messina as her aging midlife-crisis ex-tennis-pro husband (am I imagining that Kaley Cuoco was married to a professional tennis player IRL?!). She's quite good in this one, too, as a true-crime obsessed pregnant real-estate agent/housewife, whose handsome plumber may or may not be a genuine, stab'em 37 times & lop off their heads serial killer! Ah the era of social media/podcasts! So I rate this, Ms. Cuoco's latest over-the-top satirical effort, and in spite of its often ludicrous, Swiss-cheese plot, 7/10 stars (rounding up).