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the woman in the house across the street from the girl in the window

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Amandasummers · 28/01/2022 21:04

Anybody watched it yet? I binged watched the whole thing this morning 😳

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Egghead68 · 30/01/2022 17:39

Did anyone understand the very end scene?

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 30/01/2022 17:47

I'm half way through this and have been enjoying it so far. But it's like it only remembers it's supposed to be a spoof of this genre once or twice an episode. Feels pretty standard 'wine drinking woman suspects criming is happening' thriller stuff so far.

the80sweregreat · 30/01/2022 19:59

The gravestone keeps on changing the words on it ? Or am I wrong ?

Ionlydomassiveones · 30/01/2022 20:02

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Chrysanthemum5 · 30/01/2022 20:04

@Egghead68 I think it's setting up for a second series?

Pinkflask · 30/01/2022 20:06

I like it but it’s barely a spoof IMO. It’s no more ridiculous than Stay Close, for example. It’s enjoyable!

the80sweregreat · 30/01/2022 20:11

Ahh, yes , I get it now !
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the80sweregreat · 30/01/2022 20:22

It was pretty good , I liked how it was fairly straightforward and easy to follow and kept you guessing with a bit of humour too
' the mailbox still isn't fixed '! The same casserole dishes etc.
Most films of this kind were parodied here , as I tend to read books like this I got most of it ( apart from the headstone thing , which makes sense now, thought it was me seeing things!!)
I hope they make another season.

Egghead68 · 30/01/2022 20:49

[quote Chrysanthemum5]@Egghead68 I think it's setting up for a second series?[/quote]
Thank you - that makes sense.

whoopstheregoesmyshouldet · 30/01/2022 22:48

I'm watching it right now and it's bonkers. I laughed out loud at a few things and me and DH are just puzzled about what it's trying to be. Think I'll give it up

Heartofglass12345 · 31/01/2022 00:10

I'm watching it now, it's so funny in places, really enjoying it Grin

EachandEveryone · 31/01/2022 00:57

I couldnt get into it at all

the80sweregreat · 31/01/2022 06:31

It was superior to ' stay close ' and I didn't mind that either ! Just easier to understand and got on with the story.
Clever spoof.

AsYouWishButtercup · 31/01/2022 10:53

Just watching this now, on first episode, I couldn’t stop laughing at her having frozen peas on both her hands Grin

sociallydistained · 31/01/2022 11:25

Can we talk about how her daughter died? 🤣🙈 I can't get over it.
I'm only just about to start ep 4 but I'm enjoying it.

AsYouWishButtercup · 31/01/2022 11:26

How many casserole dishes does this woman bloody have?! 😂

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 31/01/2022 11:31

When they remember it's supposed to be a spoof and then shoe-horn in a mention of how the daughter died it just feels a bit weird. Is it supposed to be funny?

the80sweregreat · 31/01/2022 11:45

Spoiler alert ....

I think it is meant to be funny , as if you would leave your daughter in the cell with a criminal! Plus they were only outside the room too !! As if it's just black humour there , but I can see why it would upset people.
I watched a thriller film ( a serious one ) where the woman had agoraphobia and couldn't go out and was watching her neighbours and also had a therapist on speed dial etc. She was hallucinating some things too , might have been Nicole Kidman in it or someone like that ?
Cant recall the films name. It was very similar to this.
It is a mash up of every type of thriller and book in this kind of genre.
I guess you either like spoofs or you don't and this one is pretty well done I thought , but then I watch and read a lot of these type of things.

BlingLoving · 31/01/2022 11:49

Is it supposed to be a piss take? Because I assumed it was, but every single trailer I've seen does not look like a piss take. If it IS a pisstake, I'd like to watch it, because that bloody book annoyed me so much that I didn't even bother finishing it - just skipped to the last chapter to confirm I knew who the baddie was. I absolutely hated it. I do love the actress but even something slightly serious would irritate me.

StrychnineInTheSandwiches · 31/01/2022 11:51

The scene with the detective where she was talking about Anna's daughter and the serial killer and his polygraph test it was a bit like a scene from the Scary Movie franchise, and felt to me like they couldn't find a way to blend the spoofy bit with the thriller bit. Same as when her gardener/handyman guy held up the raccoon corpse. Just random scenes spliced in. It just felt like someone else had written those scenes. Which I suppose they may have!

Hoppinggreen · 31/01/2022 11:51

It is sort of a spoof but stands up in its own right if that makes sense

the80sweregreat · 31/01/2022 12:08

I bet that season two will be a bit more serious !
Maybe ?

sociallydistained · 31/01/2022 12:18

@BlingLoving

Is it supposed to be a piss take? Because I assumed it was, but every single trailer I've seen does not look like a piss take. If it IS a pisstake, I'd like to watch it, because that bloody book annoyed me so much that I didn't even bother finishing it - just skipped to the last chapter to confirm I knew who the baddie was. I absolutely hated it. I do love the actress but even something slightly serious would irritate me.
Yes it is and worth watching if you think that book and others like it are ridiculous... as I do haha.

Episode 5 the text messages about bread had me howling 😂

BlingLoving · 31/01/2022 12:20

Yes it is and worth watching if you think that book and others like it are ridiculous... as I do haha

@sociallydistained thank you. I might give it a try then. I love a show that doesn't take itself too seriously (hence my love of The Witcher. Dh keeps wondering in to find me giggling as monsters are being ripped apart of whatever)

myrtleWilson · 31/01/2022 12:20

I binge watched it yesterday morning too and enjoyed it.. Loved the stuffed lamp!

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