Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy Lead Peacock's The Good Daughter, Premiering November 12

Peacock's limited series The Good Daughter premieres on Thursday, November 12, with Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy playing sisters at its centre. A limited series is a show made for one fixed run of episodes, with no plan for new seasons after that.

The series is adapted from the novel of the same name by Karin Slaughter, who is credited as its creator. That means she is named as the person who developed the story for television. The Hollywood Reporter lists the cast, which also includes Brendan Gleeson, Olivia Williams and Michael Dorman in principal roles. Steph Green directed the series.

Byrne plays Sam, the elder daughter of Rusty. Gleeson plays Rusty, a defence attorney, meaning a lawyer who represents people accused of crimes. Fahy plays Charlie, Sam's sister, and Williams plays Gamma, the mother of both women.

Charlie is separated from her husband, Ben, played by Dorman. Harper Steele also appears in the cast.

The series also goes back in time. Audrey Grace Marshall plays young Sam and Drew Cheek plays young Charlie in the flashbacks, so the story moves between the sisters as children and as adults. A flashback is a scene set earlier than the main timeline of the story.

For viewers, the practical details are simple. The first episode is scheduled for Thursday, November 12, and the series will be available on Peacock. Anyone who has read Slaughter's novel will recognise the source material, while everyone else can start from the first episode with no reading needed.

Peacock is a streaming service, which means viewers watch on demand through an app or website rather than on a fixed television schedule. Limited series often suit that model well, because the whole run is ready to watch at once. The full episode count has not been announced, so the length of the run is not yet clear.