Their friendship will have a lasting impact.īack in London, Adele befriends Louise, establishing the aforementioned triangle with David that quickly spirals out of control - as long-simmering psychological and physical manifestations bubble to the surface and take a very dark turn. That’s where Adele bonds with Rob Hoyle (Robert Aramayo), who’s battling his own personal demons with self-defensive biting humor. We learn, through flashbacks, that, a decade before, Adele survived a horrific fire that destroyed her family’s country estate, killed both of her parents, injured David and left her extremely wealthy but recovering emotionally in a sanitarium.
Tom Bateman and Simona Brown as David and Louise. She and David meet-cute in a bar she’s unaware that he’s married - and is even more astonished, as she discovers shortly thereafter, that he’s also her new boss. Louise Barnsley (Brown) is a divorced single mom with a young son who works, part-time, as a secretary in an upscale psychiatric office. They appear to be the perfect couple, though it’s apparent, even early on, that there are chinks in their relationship. The psychological thriller, shot in and around London and Scotland, is based on Sarah Pinborough’s 2017 novel and stars Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman and Simona Brown as lovers (and spouses) snared in a triangle of love, deceit and deeply disturbing secrets.īateman and Hewson play David and Adele Ferguson, a Scottish-born psychiatrist and his younger British wife who move to central London, where he’s starting a new job. It needs to get to the point quickly - and, once it does, to keep the storyline humming along without too many distracting detours before reaching its conclusion.
Behind her eyes series#
So it’s somewhat of a relief, then, that “Behind Her Eyes,” streaming on Netflix, follows the traditional six-episode British TV series model. Even with the luxuries of delayed viewing, anytime-streaming and on-demand, it’s impossible to watch everything on so many platforms with too many shows. Let’s face it: television’s digital menu is overstuffed. 'Superman of the Mundane' Colin Robinson back in 'Shadows' season finale
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