Apple TV’s thriller Lucky stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a woman on the run forced to flee, marking her return to television after The Queen’s Gambit . The series is based on Marissa Stapley’s memoir of her own family’s real scam . Critics describe it as a thrilling ride , though some suggest it may have worked better as a movie . The plot weaves crime with questions of belonging and survival. Taylor-Joy plays a grifter taking lives, unraveling under constant danger .