‘Meddling’
If practically nonstop Winter Olympics coverage just ain’t enough for you, then you gotta break up your live feeds of curling and ice dancing rehearsals with episodes of the Peacock docuseries Meddling: The Olympic Skating Scandal That Shocked the World. The four-part series tells a truly wild true tale of love, competition, devastation, espionage, and vindication that dominated the 2002 Winter Games. The gist: Canadian skating pair Jamie Salé and David Pelletier set out to challenge Russian duo Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze and break Russia’s 40 year gold medal streak. So if the Russians had a slip up in their routine and the Canadians nailed a perfect skate that made the entire stadium give a standing ovation, why did the Russians still get the gold? The answer is well worth spending four episodes unpacking, because truth is stranger than fiction.