Swimming with Sharks
When Lou Simms (Kiernan Shipka) starts her internship at Fountain Pictures she seems like a naïve Hollywood newcomer, awestruck by the studio’s notorious CEO, Joyce Holt (Diane Kruger). In truth, Lou has done extensive research on Joyce and landing this internship was no happy accident. As Lou’s obsession grows, she will do anything to get close to her idol.
- Metascore60
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- The Roku Channel
- Drama, Suspense
- TV-MA
When Lou Simms (Kiernan Shipka) starts her internship at Fountain Pictures she seems like a naïve Hollywood newcomer, awestruck by the studio’s notorious CEO, Joyce Holt (Diane Kruger). In truth, Lou has done extensive research on Joyce and landing this internship was no happy accident. As Lou’s obsession grows, she will do anything to get close to her idol.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Chapter One
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
An intern arrives to her job as flunky to a powerful CEO, but she has her sights set much higher than being a gopher.
Episode 2
Chapter Two
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
Lou is on the outs, until her after-hours overachieving yields fruitful results; an anticipated power transfer doesn't go as planned; as Lou's star rises, things don't go as well for her co-workers.
Episode 3
Chapter Three
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
Joyce tries in vitro fertilization, and while she undergoes the procedure, her husband goes on a date. Meanwhile, Lou benefits from Alex's death, arousing suspicions of her origins.
Episode 4
Chapter Four
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
Joyce and Lou spend the day at Joyce's beach house, where things get personal and kinky, Marty is tasked with getting dog food and botches this simple task--or was he set up? And Lou uses a clandestine recording of a phone call to her advantage.
Episode 5
Chapter Five
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
Joyce Struggles for control, Personally and professionally.
Episode 6
Chapter Six
Fri, Apr 15, 2022
In the season finale, Lou pays a surprise visit to Redmond, then vanishes on a stormy night at the beach. Flashbacks reveal the childhood trauma Lou endured. At the movie premiere, she returns to witness the triumph she engineered. Afterward, she confronts Joyce and Miles.
