The series follows the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, the brilliant, beautiful and talented Southern Belle who becomes the original flapper and icon of the wild, flamboyant Jazz Age in the 20s. Z starts before she meets the unpublished writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, and moves through their love affair and their marriage.
In spite of Z's flaws, I couldn't look away from Ricci's portrayal of Zelda as a woman trapped by her own desire to make others believe that her life is exactly what she wants it to be.