Feud
Tells the story of the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) during their collaboration on the Academy Award®-nominated thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and after the cameras stopped rolling. The series explores how the two women endured ageism and misogyny while struggling to hang on to success and fame in the twilight of their careers.
- Metascore76
- 2017-2024
- 2 seasons
- FX Network
- Documentary, Drama
- TV-MA
Tells the story of the legendary rivalry between Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon) during their collaboration on the Academy Award®-nominated thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and after the cameras stopped rolling. The series explores how the two women endured ageism and misogyny while struggling to hang on to success and fame in the twilight of their careers.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2024
Episode 1
Pilot
Wed, Jan 31, 2024 60 mins
Truman Capote is the toast of New York society. But a dishy excerpt published in Esquire Magazine threatens to topple him from his precarious perch.
Episode 2
Ice Water in Their Veins
Wed, Jan 31, 2024 55 mins
In the aftermath of the Esquire article, Truman starts on a downward spiral. The Swans form a unified front.
Episode 3
Masquerade 1966
Wed, Feb 7, 2024 54 mins
In 1966, documentary filmmakers the Maysles brothers capture the events leading up to and following Truman's iconic Black and White Ball.
Episode 4
It's Impossible
Wed, Feb 14, 2024 50 mins
Babe makes peace with a harsh reality. Truman makes an effort to get sober.
Episode 5
The Secret Inner Lives of Swans
Wed, Feb 21, 2024 46 mins
In November 1975, the day after the Esquire article is published, Truman receives an inspiring visit from a fellow writer.
Episode 6
Hats, Gloves and Effete Homosexuals
Wed, Feb 28, 2024 54 mins
In New York, it's the end of an era. In California, Truman tries to usher in a new era with a hunky beau.
Episode 7
Beautiful Babe
Wed, Mar 6, 2024 55 mins
An increasingly frail Babe learns that she has only six months to live and makes peace with her mortality. She dies in the summer, surrounded by her family, and has a dying vision of reuniting with Truman, whom she praises as being one of the greatest and most important relationships in her life. The Swans attend her funeral, from which Truman has been banned, and begin to go their separate ways. Truman, grieving Babe and regretting their failure to reconcile, slips further into alcoholism and drug abuse, culminating in a disastrous and incoherent appearance on Stanley Siegel's talk show. Jack cuts ties with him and leaves him with Joanne Carson, Truman's only remaining friend. Joanne tries to support Truman's writing efforts, but Truman instead continues to drink heavily as his health declines. He hallucinates Babe comforting him as he dies of organ failure, and Joanne informs Jack that Truman's final words were "Beautiful Babe."
Episode 8
Phantasm Forgiveness
Wed, Mar 13, 2024 49 mins
In 1984, Truman visits Babe's grave and lies down on top of it, longing to be reunited. He later visits Jack's apartment while pursuing sobriety, and the two reconcile and part ways as Truman vows to finish Answered Prayers as an apology to his former friends. As he writes, he envisions himself reconciling with the Swans by selflessly granting their deepest wishes. Between chapters, he has a vision of his combative mother, which drives him back to drinking and using drugs. During one such episode, he recalls her suicide, and hallucinates Ann, who informs him that Answered Prayers will never restore his friendships, as he wrote it with the intent of destroying high society out of revenge for himself and his shunned mother. He destroys the completed manuscript in secret and departs for his final stay with Joanne. In 2016, Truman's ashes are sold at auction for $45,000 (with Kate Harrington in attendance) as the ghosts of the Swans critique the proceedings.
