I sent a text to about every single person I knew that looked a little something like this: “Hey, I’m watching this new show on Netflix, Behind Her Eyes, I think you’d like it.” Although we had the cheating plot that I hate, there were aspects that I was enjoying: the multiple POVs of different characters, seeing some characters in the past, the sex, etc.Īround the halfway mark of the final episode, I thought to myself (I live alone, so likely aloud), “This has a pretty predictable ending, but it’s a little different and has been pretty good, so I’m giving it a solid 7/10.” But then, we arrived at the last 25 minutes… which changed everything. Last night, I binge-watched the most shocking piece of media I’ve consumed in my life… and I feel like no one else is talking about it.Ībout halfway through the series, I started texting a few people I knew. However, I did love The Undoing which involved infidelity quite a bit, so I gave this show a chance too. So when I saw this show revolved around cheating quite a bit, I paused. It’s old, boring, and personally not something I find horrifying anymore we get it-men aren’t to be trusted. There are few things I despise in a thriller: “wife kills cheating husband,” “cheating husband kills mistress,” “husband kills wife because she finds out he’s cheating,” and yada yada. It sounds predictable, so I admittedly had very low stake in the show. It follows a secretary and mom, Louise, after she begins a relationship with her psychiatrist boss while simultaneously striking a friendship with his mysterious wife. But last night, I binge-watched the most shocking piece of media I’ve consumed in my life… and I feel like no one else is talking about it.īehind Her Eyes is a Netflix-original thriller limited series based on a book with the same name by Sarah Pinborough that was released in February. Have I seen too much? Am I somehow too in-tune with the tricks of the trade? Somehow, I find everything predictable, and once it’s predictable, it’s downgraded immediately to a 5/10. And before that, it wasn’t since my favorite thriller of all time, Get Out. There have been thrillers and dramas I’ve loved ( The Undoing, Home Before Dark by Riley Sager, I’m Thinking of Ending Things -the book… not that wretched film- The Haunting of Hill House, to name a few), but I haven’t experienced the shock factor of googling every hidden message and theory since I saw Us in theaters. I like when a book, show, or movie can truly shock me.
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