THE SMART TRICK OF BETFLIX THAT NO ONE IS DISCUSSING

The thumbnail summary — “Aubrey Plaza will become a thief” — conjures up a bone-dry comedy where her deadpan persona produces ironic friction with the criminal underworld. But “Emily the legal” isn’t that movie in any way; it’s a “chilly, certain thriller,” a Michael Mann-ish procedural with nary a wink in sight, and it Totally