The Lady and the Dale: Season 1

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Lady And The Dale: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: January 31, 2021

Summary: The four-part documentary series produced by Mark and Jay Duplass looks at the life of Elizabeth Carmichael, her promise of a fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car in the 1970s and the fraud case that exposed her past that included her life as Jerry Dean Michael and being involved in a counterfeiting operation.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E4. Episode 4
Air Date: February 14, 2021
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S1:E3. Episode 3
Air Date: February 7, 2021
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S1:E2. Episode 2
Air Date: January 31, 2021

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IndieWire Jude Dry

Feb 1, 2021

Her trans-ness is explored with tender nuance; carefully extricated from the more complicated parts of her story and contextualized in trans history. While not the whole story, this is one of the reasons “The Lady and the Dale” is essential viewing. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Jan 29, 2021

The overarching, constant idea is that Liz was indeed brilliant, but you had to live in her world. How powerful to see a docuseries that deeply reminds the viewer just how complicated someone's honesty and goodness can be, even if they have a long criminal record. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Jan 25, 2021

The narrow lane “The Lady and the Dale” must stay within is at once telling the rollicking yarn of the Dale, a fascinating con, while keeping an eye on the lady, who really lived and whose story deserves care. Gratifyingly, it succeeds. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Jan 27, 2021

HBO’s The Lady and the Dale, directors Nick Cammilleri and Zackary Drucker (a consultant and cast member on Transparent) do right by their subject’s multitudes, presenting a rollicking and twist-filled bio-doc in four parts that doesn’t shy from Carmichael’s many flaws while supplying ample context for the transgender experience a half-century ago. TV’s longform documentaries are seldom so illuminating, or entertaining. Read full review

Ashlie D. Stevens

Feb 1, 2021

"Lady and the Dale" is almost like embarking on a road trip; you have an idea of your destination, but it's really the stops and detours along the way that make it memorable, and that make the periods where things kind of stall-out easily forgivable. Read full review

Tom Long

Jan 27, 2021

It leaves some questions hanging and spins on a bit when it comes to trans history, but “The Lady and the Dale” is undeniably a gas. Read full review

Nick Schager

Jan 26, 2021

The Lady and the Dale thrives when it remains focused on Liz’s audacious scam, bolstered by first-hand accounts from relatives and colleagues who describe her as both a wily crook and loving wife and mother. For the majority of its first three episodes, it proves an entertainingly gonzo portrait of rebellious self-definition, as Liz strives to buck legal and social norms to make something of herself. Unfortunately, though, by the time its final installment rolls around, Cammilleri and Drucker’s series leans a bit too heavily into eliciting sympathy for its subject. Read full review

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Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 31, 2021
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: February 14, 2021
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: February 7, 2021
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  S1:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: January 31, 2021
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: January 31, 2021