Ari Graynor is the MVP of Ryan Murphy's "Monsters" Netflix series as Leslie Abramson, the chain-smoking defense lawyer who was vilified at the time for defending the Menendez brothers in the brutal 1989 shotgun killings of their parents.

In a 1990 article titled "Nightmare on Elm Drive," Vanity Fair reporter Dominick Dunne noted Abramson's reputation as the "most brilliant Los Angeles defense lawyer for death-row cases" and said she was both "fearless and tough" in and out of the courtroom.

After weeks of eerie teasers and building anticipation, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story finally arrived on Netflix one week ago.The new limited series stars actors Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch as the infamous brothers,