Netflix’s ‘Behind Her Eyes’ Can’t Escape Its Baffling, Deeply Silly Ending: TV Review

Let’s face it: television’s digital menu is overstuffed. Even with the luxuries of delayed viewing, anytime-streaming and on-demand, it’s impossible to watch everything on so many platforms with too many shows.So it’s somewhat of a relief, then, that “Behind Her Eyes,” streaming on Netflix, follows the traditional six-episode British TV series model.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEvery new teen drama wants to be the one that actually, finally Gets It.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticHalfway through the pilot of “Debris,” I realized I had no idea what might be going on, both because of the show’s deliberately opaque design and its tendency to lapse into the kind of corporate conspiracy jargon that binds too many network procedurals. And yet, by the end of the pilot of “Debris,” I realized that was basically fine by me.

There’s a new Netflix hit that’s got people talking, and it’ll leave you scratching your head with its weird and cryptic storyline.

Netflix. Simona Brown is Louise, whose otherwise uneventful life takes a turn when she becomes romantically involved with her handsome - and married - boss, psychiatrist David Ferguson.

Behind Her Eyes has been labelled racist after portraying Scots as 'stingy', 'bad tempered' and 'miserable'.Amongst those to point out the 'outdated stereotypes' in the show are SNP’s MP for Dundee East Stewart Hosie, SNP MP for Dunfermline and West Fife Douglas Chapman, and singer Eddi Reader.

Behind Her Eyes might be the new Netflix big hit but fans have been slamming Tom Bateman's dodgy Scottish accent.

Behind Her Eyes is the thriller that is on everyone’s lips right now.

Netflix has released a series of new shows and films for us to get stuck into as we spend another weekend in lockdown.And for those who may have already very nearly completed Netflix, other streaming platforms have a lot to offer too.Netflix, Sky, Amazon, BBC iPlayer and NOWTV have been keeping us entertained during these trying times, as we continue to sink our teeth into something to help us escape from reality.This week, Sky Documentaries broke records for its highly talked about documentary

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn trying to explain the man and phenomenon that is Tekashi 6ix9ine, Showtime’s new docuseries does its best to embody him.“Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine,” directed by Karam Gill, alternates between self-consciously shaggy found footage and slick, stylized interludes. Like its subject, “Supervillain” depends on social media to build itself up.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticHaving already plumbed the depths of the Superman well for “Smallville,” which survived the demise of the WB network to run for a full decade, The CW’s gone back to its Kansan/Kryptonian roots for “Superman and Lois,” a strangely grim take on one of comics’ brightest heroes.From Greg Berlanti and Todd Helbing (“The Flash”), “Superman and Lois” dispenses with the Superman story that’s been told a million times before in an efficient opening voiceover, as Superman

Now that we’ve all have had our fill of pancakes, or perhaps you’re opting for another round two over the next couple of days, it’s time to sort out our weekend viewing.

There's a delicate line that so much of the best gothic and neo-gothic fiction walks, one where the supernatural seems just around every corner, as literal or metaphorical as you want it to be. There are interpretations of Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre that bring in all manner of unexplainable phenomena, not that any of that is there in literal readings.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticKenan Thompson’s been on television for the better part of three decades. His broad smile and enthusiastic delivery immediately broke him out from the crowded cast of Nickelodeon’s “All That” years before he did the same on “Saturday Night Live,” the adult inspiration for the show that first made clear he was a star.

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic“Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy” opens with the actor striding down a bustling Naples street in a perfectly tailored summer suit, dodging Italians on Vespas and scanning the sidewalks for his next delicious meal.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe first time we meet Nadiya Hussain in the “Great British Baking Show” tent, she’s trying to convince the judges that making a cake with green cardamom is a good idea. “Is that the only flavor?” Mary Berry asks, delicately but with enough of a point to convey her skepticism.