Sophie Turner Is Thrilling in The CW’s Tense and Engaging Jewel Thief Drama ‘Joan’: TV Review
variety.comAramide Tinubu Based on Joan Hannington’s memoir, “I Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief,” and adapted for television by Anna Symon, The CW‘s “Joan” is a stellar crime series about opportunity, motherhood and the chances we are willing to take to go after the lives we desire.
Sharp and slick, Sophie Turner is magnificent as Joan, a young mother desperate to take her life into her own hands. and obtain the lavish social status she has always coveted. “Joan” begins in 1985 on the Kent Coast, an hour outside London.
The audience finds Joan, a 20-something mother, celebrating her birthday in her tiny flat above a Chinese takeout restaurant with her young daughter Kelly (an absolutely precious Mia Millichamp-Long).
Unfortunately, their mother/daughter euphoria is short-lived. The next day, Joan is awakened in the middle of the night by gangsters looking for her boyfriend, Gary.
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