When Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Oscar in 2005 for playing an ambitious, ambivalent, alcoholic Truman Capote, his performance seemed like the last word. Who could possibly outdo him?, everyone said at the time. Who could possibly tolerate any more Capote?, they also privately wondered. Well, Tom Hollander had to wait nearly 20 years to give it a go, but in the latest installment in Ryan Murphy’s Feuds series, he picks up where Hoffman left off, and to captivating effect. Based on Capote’s Women, Laurence Leamer’s 2021 book, the Gus Van Sant-directed series uses its 10-episode runway and a flush ensemble of preening, ageless swans—Naomi Watts and Diane Lane are particularly strong as Babe Paley and Slim Keith, respectively—to show the fluttering, bitchy, and still alcoholic author as his success wanes, albeit in a more resplendent, metropolitan habitat than the spartan Kansas of Capote. Focusing on the turbulent La Côte Basque and Answered Prayers period, when the In Cold Blood author burned bridges like Chesterfields, Hollander flirts with insufferability, tap-dancing over the surface of Jon Robin Baitz’s script like a man who’s scorched himself on the flames of his own desperation. In moments when the character is too pitiful to bear, you can seek relief in the sets, which will make you wonder where Billy Baldwin has been hiding out all this time. At long last, it’s safe to say that we’ve had enough of Capote. At least until the next lost manuscript turns up. —Nathan King

Feud: Capote vs. The Swans premieres on FX January 31st. It arrives on Hulu February 1st.