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“The Essex Serpent”

Dive into the new Apple TV+ fictional historical drama “The Essex Serpent,” available on the streaming platform Friday, May 13. A six-episode miniseries based on the 2016 book of the same name by Sarah Perry, the drama follows newly widowed Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes, “Homeland”). With her husband’s death releasing her from an abusive marriage, Cora, intrigued by the superstition of a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent, decides to leave Victorian London for the small