“Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” is the new season of Netflix’s anthology series.

“Monsters: The Lizzie Borden Story” takes viewers to late-19th-century America, where behind the respectable facade of a wealthy family lie strained relationships, domestic cruelty, and long-standing resentment. At the center of the story is Lizzie Borden, a young woman whose name would become forever linked to one of the most notorious double murders in the United States.In August 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden are found dead in the family home. Suspicion quickly falls on Lizzie, who lived with her father and stepmother. She is arrested and put on trial, but after a highly publicized case, the jury acquits her. The central question remains: if Lizzie was not guilty, then who actually committed the murders?The series does not attempt to turn the mystery into a conventional detective story. Instead, the creators focus more closely on Lizzie herself and the environment in which she lived. Her relationship with her father is portrayed as complicated and tense, while life within the family gradually becomes a trap. Against this backdrop, Bridget Sullivan, the Bordens’ maid, also becomes an important figure as she finds herself caught up in the dangerous family dynamic.At the same time, the series should be viewed as a fictionalized interpretation of the famous case. The creators take liberties with the story, shifting emphasis, developing relationships between characters, and filling historical gaps with their own interpretations. Viewers expecting strict historical accuracy should therefore distinguish between documented facts and dramatic invention.