![]() “It’s surprising, but even more than that, it’s stupid.” “Here’s the thing about the ending of Behind Her Eyes,” the reviewer elaborates. While praising Hewson as “terrifying”, it despaired as Behind Her Eyes goes from “taut thriller to the realm of the bizarre and downright fantastical”. Variety, for instance, dismissed it as “ridiculous”. Reviewers have been down the middle over whether the twist – entirely true to the 2017 Sarah Pinborough novel – pays off. As opposed to the more obvious possibility of her being a supernatural soul-vampire floating around north London (and spying on Louise’s trysts with David). So, just like the rest of us, she started off thinking of Adele as merely a highly-strung wife. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, director Erik Richter Strand explained that Eve Hewson, when reading for Adele, was familiar only with the scripts for episodes one and two. The supernatural angle apparently came as a shock to the cast, too. I’m not even writing this, I’m astral projecting it on to my laptop from the kitchen, where I’m maniacally chopping asparagus. It was all in Adele’s head however – or, technically, in Rob’s head inside Adele’s head. There’s also a cameo from Co Wicklow actress Eva Birthistle, as a Brighton cafe owner whom Adele has accused of conducting an affair with David. This leaves Rob, who had been jealous of Adele’s perfect life and fancied the pants off David, to claim it all as his own. ![]() Actually, the corpse contains the mind of Adele to whom Rob had administered a fatal heroin shot after talking her into swapping bodies via astral projection. In Scotland, Adele tells David that Rob overdosed on heroin and convinces her husband to help her dispose of the body. The implication in previous episodes had been that David, in a fit of pique over Rob’s closeness to Adele, murdered Rob and tossed him into the gloom.īut no. We’ve already seen Rob’s body at the bottom of that well in Scotland. Adele dies, with Louise’s mind trapped inside. Louise then uses her own powers of astral projection – as picked up from Adele – to float upstairs Why? Who knows, apart from the fact that the plot requires it.Īnd that’s because it allows Rob – whoa this is confusing to write down – whoosh downstairs as a twinkly Lovecraftian blob, and then possess Louise. They’re soon in a romantic clinch – until David mutters sorry and runs away.Īs he has correctly predicted, this causes Louise, traumatised by her mother’s suicide, to dash over in an rescue attempt. But that’s okay because she bumps into charming newcomer David (Tom Bateman). The story begins with frustrated single mum Louise (Simona Brown) heading out to a singles bar where she is stood up by her pal. A tip for all the Adeles out there: you might want to keep your weird, floaty cosmic powers to yourself. Her true identity is drug addict Rob (Robert Aramayo), who bodysnatches the real, non-sociopathic Adele after she shares with him the secret of astral projection during their stint in rehab together. There turns out to be a logical explanation. The first thing to note is that Eve Hewson’s Adele hasn’t really seemed like herself for much of the series. With that preamble out of the way, let’s get into it. And then, like a magician reaching into a hat, it reveals itself to be supernatural romp, with all the trimmings. ![]() ![]() All along, Behind Her Eyes has encouraged us to believe we are watching a glossy whodunit. The show’s shock ending isn’t so much a twist as a fearless act of genre-flipping. Here's your guide to the cast of Behind Her Eyes.So you’ve made it through all six hours of Netflix thriller Behind Her Eyes and now you’re picking your jaw off the floor. Though they may seem unfamiliar to American viewers, you might be surprised to realize where you've seen them before. For now, get to know the cast who so brilliantly brings Pinborough's thrilling tale to life. We won't spoil it for you, but the story has an insane twist that you'll have to see for yourself. It's the kind of show that makes your stomach crawl and leaves you suspended in that second-guessing feeling, wanting more but afraid of what might happen next. Based on Sarah Pinborough's chilling novel, it has the familiar beats of other adaptations from recent years: A beautiful, mysterious woman with a haunted past whose true motivations are difficult to piece together, plus an unreliable narrator whose reality is punctuated by disturbing night terrors. The six-part series follows a single mother who begins an affair with her boss and a secretive friendship with his wife, winding up dangerously entangled in the couple's web of lies. With its latest Top 10 hit, Behind Her Eyes, Netflix enters the psychological crime thriller territory of the likes of Gone Girl, Big Little Lies, and Girl On the Train. ![]()
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