Genre: Thriller/ Drama/ Crime
Number of episodes: 8
Year: 2020
Starring: Richard Armitage, Shaun Dooley, Siobhan Finneran, Jennifer Saunders, Jacob Dudman, Misha Handley, Brandon Fellow, Anthony Head, Paul Kaye, Stephen Rea, Hannah John-Kamen
Description: Follows the lives of suburban families whose secrets and lies are made public by the appearance of a stranger.
Review: The story revolves around Adam Price, a loving father of two boys and married to Corrine. Is wife is a teacher and treasurer of their son’s football club. When Adam is approached by a stranger, who tells him his wife faked a pregnancy, his life falls apart.
A good novel doesn’t make for a good TV series. “The Stranger, bases on the book by author Harlan Coben, proves that. The series is filled with tension and unexpected plot twists, but “The Stranger” feels a bit schizophrenic.
It starts with the theme song, which clearly doesn’t fit the overall series. And although it looks like a quality show, it’s more like a soap opera. The screenplay is fine and works, that’s not the problem, it’s they way it is executed. It has its moments, but overall the show misses logic and several important questions stay unanswered (and will probably always stay that way, because it’s not hinting a second season).
The series is just long enough to stay interesting, but overall it’s not the best Netflix has brought us when it comes to crime/ thriller series. You don’t miss out if you skip it.
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