A Different Angle on Genesis

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Minnie Driver as ‘Sarah’

Fox’s new limited series “The Faithful” keeps things simple: it retells familiar stories from Genesis, but through the women who lived them.

The six-episode drama, which premiered March 22, unfolds across three weeks leading up to Easter. Each installment centers on figures like Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah and Rachel, tracing their relationships, tensions and decisions across generations.

Instead of treating these stories as distant history, the show leans into everyday realities — marriage, rivalry, motherhood and belief. The series follows women navigating love, marriage, motherhood and faith, while their families shape what becomes three major world religions.

Minnie Driver leads the cast as Sarah, alongside Natacha Karam’s Hagar and Alexa Davalos’ Rebekah. The structure connects their lives into one continuous narrative rather than separate retellings, which helps the series feel more grounded than episodic.

Fox has framed the show as an event series timed to the Easter season, with episodes airing in two-hour blocks over consecutive Sundays.

In its release, the network describes the show as a retelling that “reimagines” Genesis through these women’s perspectives, offering a different angle on stories many viewers already know.

“The Faithful” doesn’t try to reinvent the material. It just slows down long enough to look at it from another side.