The eyes with which we personally see Ellis’ sprawling, autofictionized past are in for a treat, it turns out. There’s a touch of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet here, a touch of The Bling Ring, a touch of The Great Gatsby. And a touch of everything Murphy and Ellis clearly love to dramatize about the darkness within, power dynamics, rewritten pasts, and sexual identities. “You always embellish everything,” Susan says, mocking Bret’s suspicions about new boy Robert, who is acting seriously sus from the get-go. We watch him follow the squirrely Robert around as he yearns to uncover both him and his secrets.