Overview

• The six-episode psychological thriller debuted September 10 on Prime Video, adapting Michelle Frances’s novel.
• Critics single out the show’s split-episode structure that alternates between Laura’s and Cherry’s viewpoints, sustaining ambiguity over motive and truth.
• Reviewers praise the glossy production, propulsive twists, sharp class commentary, and a tone that slides from microaggressions into high-camp melodrama.
• Wright and Cooke draw widespread acclaim for intense lead performances, with Wright also directing multiple early episodes and serving as executive producer.
• Viewers began bingeing immediately, with outlets noting strong early Rotten Tomatoes scores and lively social media discussion of the series’ unsettling mother–son dynamic.