Prime Video's 56 Days Is a Taut Eight-Episode Mystery

Prime Video released 56 Days in February, an eight-episode adaptation of Catherine Ryan Howard’s novel that departs from its source but keeps the story’s core intact. The series follows Oliver (Avan Jogia), a man from generational wealth who works at a Boston architecture firm, and Ciara (Dove Cameron), new to town with a working-class background.

They meet in a grocery store, bond over outer space and rush into a sexual relationship while ignoring mounting questions about one another. Flashforwards mark the 56 days between their meeting and a shocking crime: a partially dissolved body discovered in the bathtub of the apartment they share.

The narrative shifts between then and now as authorities try to reconstruct the timeline and the show reveals surprises that keep the tension building. Jogia plays Oliver as both charming and unsettling, a portrayal whose vulnerability helps sell the story’s more dramatic beats.

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