The Beast in Me
The Beast in Me

The Beast in Me

2025 1 Season 7.1 Ended

A famous author is pulled into a twisted mind game with her rich, powerful new neighbor — who might be a murderer.

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Reclusive author Aggie Wiggs' life is upended by the arrival of wealthy, arrogant new neighbor Nile Jarvis — who quite possibly murdered his first wif...

Still reeling from shock over the news, Aggie shares her suspicions with Brian and approaches Nile with an intriguing proposal.

As Aggie delves deeper into Nile's past, she pushes Brian to use the information she's getting. Nina takes an interest in Shelley's work.

Aggie interviews Madison's parents about her disappearance. Nile and Martin take aim at the City Council. Brian enlists help to crack the hard drive.

Nile and Aggie cross boundaries with a drunken heart-to-heart, rousing Nina's suspicions. Martin and Rick conspire to make waves at Olivia's rally.

Anxious to share her latest discovery with Brian, Aggie unexpectedly uncovers an even darker truth. Nina receives surprising news.

In 2019, a complex web of suspicion and betrayal forms between the Jarvises, Nina and Brian, and the truth behind Madison's disappearance is revealed.

Backed into a corner, Aggie must use all her wits to keep her world from crashing down — and place all her trust in an unlikely ally.

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7.1/10

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Dean

Dean

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7 months ago

5/10

Story's interesting, but sadly it's poisoned with propaganda. I would give it more ratings if not that...

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7 months ago

7/10

The truly outstanding aspect of this show was its cinematography. Hands down a beautifully shot series. It is intrinsic to the psychological game it plays, as the viewer's perspectives move, expand and retract with the position of the characters and their own perspectives reflected in the camera lens and it almost makes of cold blooded murder something cozy. Other than that, it unfortunately falls by its own weight. There's nothing crazy, much less innovative about the story's development, it's a cliché murder mystery that depicts the consequence of taunting with humanity's darkest desires.

Some characters go underutilized, while others supply nothing. I have to specially commend the female characters that, aside from Danes, we see so little of despite being instrumental to the characterization (like Shelley), or to the storyline (like Nina). I wish we could've seen far more interaction between them than I cared to see for all the men. Aggie and Shell's relationship, what remained of it... whew, their emotional scenes were devastating.

The rest of social/class commentaries feel almost satirical with how on the nose they are, and make a caricature out of the male characters, though it is an added layer of complexity for their female counterparts.

All in all, would recommend if you're just in the mood for a simple murder mystery with an arrogant lesbian author as protagonist. I guess.

Marco-Hugo Landeta Vacas

Marco-Hugo Landeta Vacas

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7 months ago

9/10

(CASTELLANO) Hay miniseries que juegan a ser “thriller correcto” y ya. Esta no. Esta va a morder, y lo hace desde el minuto uno con una energía rara, incómoda, como si te estuvieran mirando desde una ventana que no sabías que existía. Me la he tragado con gusto porque no se conforma con intrigar: te mete en una espiral de sospecha, obsesión y paranoia que cuesta soltar.

El gran gancho es el duelo. Claire Danes está en ese punto en el que parece que se rompe, pero a la vez controla la escena con la mandíbula apretada. Y Matthew Rhys… madre mía. Aquí está desquiciado, sí, pero lo peor (lo mejor) es que no lo interpreta como un payaso. Lo hace peligroso de verdad: alguien que puede ser encantador dos segundos y, al tercero, darte mal cuerpo. Esa mezcla de carisma y amenaza es gasolina pura para una historia así.

Lo que más me ha gustado es lo retorcida que es sin necesidad de ir todo el rato a lo fácil. Hay giros, claro, y algunos episodios te dejan con esa sensación de “vale, uno más y paro” (mentira). A ratos se nota que estira un poco ciertas vueltas, como si quisiera tensar el muelle más de la cuenta… pero en general me ha compensado, porque el ambiente está muy bien sostenido.

También ayuda mucho la atmósfera: casas bonitas que parecen seguras pero no lo son, silencios que duran lo justo para que te dé tiempo a pensar lo peor, y una puesta en escena que te va encerrando con los personajes. Es una serie de miradas, de detalles, de gestos mínimos que te dicen “aquí pasa algo” incluso cuando nadie habla.

No es una miniserie perfecta ni pretende serlo. Si buscas algo que reinvente el género, no. Pero si lo que quieres es un thriller psicológico muy adictivo, de los que te dejan un poco tenso y con la cabeza dándole vueltas, aquí hay material de sobra. Y sí: Rhys está muy, muy, muy zumbado… y eso es exactamente lo que la hace tan disfrutable.

(ENGLISH) There are miniseries that play at being a “solid thriller” and that’s it. This isn’t one of them. This...

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