Art dealers were even arrested for handling them. It became the subject of stock gags on the old Keith-Orpheum circuit, and inspired an anonymous couplet that swept the country: ...

You might as well have called them the Lanskys or the Siegels or the Berkowtizes. And it’s not like Lady in the Lake is above being a little wink-wink with its nomenclature.

Her “Lady in the Lake” is a shiny, attractive bauble, but its artificiality wears you down. Mike Hale is a television critic for The Times. He also writes about online video, film and media.

That’s based on the fact that Lady in the Lake went into production in Baltimore in 2022. So it takes at least two years to produce a season of the series.

'Lady in the Lake,' premiering Friday on Apple TV+, is based on Laura Lippman's novel, and the TV adaptation, under the helm of Alma Har’el, aims to center two women's voices.