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 adapts Marissa Stapley’s memoir of her own family’s actual con. Critics describe it as a thrilling ride , though some argue it may have worked more effectively as a film. The plot weaves crime with questions of belonging along with survival. Taylor-Joy plays a woman who steals names , struggling with constant danger .