‘Mrs. Davis’ review: Hog-riding nun battles evil AI in wild dark comedy
nypost.comwhat to make of “Mrs. Davis” — other than it’s entertaining, with an offbeat, oft-absurdist sense of humor and a storyline (and cast) which doesn’t take anything too seriously.
It’s billed as a drama, but I would quibble with that designation (OK, maybe … but just barely).The eight-episode Peacock series from Tara Hernandez (“The Big Bang Theory”) and Damon Lindelof (“Lost,” “Watchmen”) is certainly relevant — positing a present-day world in which a nun, Simone (Betty Gilpin), is tasked with destroying an AI being alternately referred to as “The Algorithm,” “IT,” “HER” and, yes, “Mrs.
Davis” that’s controlling the world’s population. The plotline is all over the place but there are twists and turns around every bend and you’d be well-advised to just go along for the enjoyable ride.The series opens in Paris in 1307 with that ever-elusive search for the Holy Grail (“the most overrated MacGuffin ever,” a character wryly observes later) before fast-forwarding to the present (“Across the sea, present-day.
Not Paris, obviously,” onscreen text tells us). Before too long we meet Simone, who, along with her fellow nuns, jars strawberry preserves at Our Lady of the Immaculate Valley, their convent outside of Reno, Nevada — oh, and she moonlights as a motorcycle-riding prankster who confides in the mysterious Jay (Andy McQueen) about some strange force.
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