It's one of those shows where you know the plot is illogical and full of holes, but somehow you can't stop watching cause you're a closeted masochist. I'm not a fan of Coben's writing to begin with, as he uses the same formula over and over again in all of his books i.e. something from the past is back to haunt someone, and parallel sub-plots somehow intersect in the most implausible ways . Now Coben gets to do his lazy shtick yet again via Netflix, who obviously have no minimal standards of what should be brought to screen anymore. The show somehow started off OK, but deteriorated quickly with each mandatory yet ridiculous plot twist like an ex cop who is such a criminal mastermind that even all the multiple warnings about the intended demolition of his house, couldn't think of moving the body elsewhere. Also, how convenient is it to have a creepy care taker at the football club, who just happens to be around to memorize licence plate numbers for fun?! I also couldn't put up anymore with the super annoying synthesizer music that at some point seemed to be playing every time a character was driving a car or walking through a door for "dramatic" effect. I only watched it for the the pretty good cast who all deserve much better than this, and did the best they could with their one dimensional characters (especially the massively underrated Richard Armitage and the always excellent Stephen Rea), but perhaps they all have massive credit card bills to pay. Worst of all, did they really have to kill poor alpaca Louie?I found him to be the most interesting murder victim of the series!
Review by TabbyloverBlockedParent2022-01-04T02:24:35Z— updated 2023-05-26T20:01:54Z
It's one of those shows where you know the plot is illogical and full of holes, but somehow you can't stop watching cause you're a closeted masochist.
I'm not a fan of Coben's writing to begin with, as he uses the same formula over and over again in all of his books i.e. something from the past is back to haunt someone, and parallel sub-plots somehow intersect in the most implausible ways . Now Coben gets to do his lazy shtick yet again via Netflix, who obviously have no minimal standards of what should be brought to screen anymore. The show somehow started off OK, but deteriorated quickly with each mandatory yet ridiculous plot twist like an ex cop who is such a criminal mastermind that even all the multiple warnings about the intended demolition of his house, couldn't think of moving the body elsewhere. Also, how convenient is it to have a creepy care taker at the football club, who just happens to be around to memorize licence plate numbers for fun?!
I also couldn't put up anymore with the super annoying synthesizer music that at some point seemed to be playing every time a character was driving a car or walking through a door for "dramatic" effect.
I only watched it for the the pretty good cast who all deserve much better than this, and did the best they could with their one dimensional characters (especially the massively underrated Richard Armitage and the always excellent Stephen Rea), but perhaps they all have massive credit card bills to pay.
Worst of all, did they really have to kill poor alpaca Louie?I found him to be the most interesting murder victim of the series!