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Summary Author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) has been a hermit and unable to write since the death of her son. When Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), who was a suspect in his wife's disappearance, buys the house next door, she begins investigating him in the thriller miniseries created by Gabe Rotter.
Created By: Gabe Rotter
The Beast In Me
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 13, 2025
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Summary Author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) has been a hermit and unable to write since the death of her son. When Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), who was a suspect in his wife's disappearance, buys the house next door, she begins investigating him in the thriller miniseries created by Gabe Rotter.
Created By: Gabe Rotter
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$6.67/mth
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
71
68% Positive
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32% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
71
68% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
32% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Nov 13, 2025
It’s a classic thriller executed with such panache that at times you feel you’re in the middle of someone’s nervous breakdown. But you won’t want to look away for a second.
Nov 13, 2025
This is a cerebral thriller of the highest order, and that’s reflected in the writing, acting — Danes, Rhys and Snow are all deserving of accolades — and the direction.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 42 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
19% Mixed
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17% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 42 User Ratings
6.8
64% Positive
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
19% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
17% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Nov 14, 2025
LOVE THIS SERIES! Omg so intense. I binged the whole thing in one night. Literally could not turn it off. Claire Danes is incredible and Matthew Reese is TERRIFYING!!!
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Nov 13, 2025
The Beast In Me benefits from a focused story that puts its Emmy-winning leads in a good position to do their best work, especially when they’re on screen together.
Nov 13, 2025
With each revelation that's made, including one shocking discovery that Brian makes in the third act, the series becomes more of a nail-biter.
Nov 13, 2025
The psychological character study, which seems, if not novel, at least imaginative by Netflix thriller conventions, is quickly supplanted by binge-worthy thrills. It makes the show easily digestible, but also quicker to fade. There’s a much more brutal, though perhaps less commercial, version of this story buried somewhere.
Nov 13, 2025
It just doesn't go quite right enough to live up to the talent and credentials of its two leads. And no matter how strong your actors are, it doesn't make up for weak scripts surrounding them.
Nov 13, 2025
It's the kind of daft assembly line thriller that you'd normally expect to see fired out of Netflix's Harlan Coben machine, or perhaps aired across three consecutive nights on 5; but the money and star-power behind this one does give it a certain charm.
Nov 15, 2025
Un thriller psychologique haletant Claire Danes et Matthew Rhys sont brillants et portent une intrigue captivante qui explore les zones d'ombre de l'âme humaine. La dynamique complexe entre les deux personnages est rafraîchissante et la mise en scène est très efficace. Une série jouissive à ne pas manquer pour les amateurs de suspense !
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Dec 5, 2025
I keep trying to like this series, but I can't Claire Danes has got to find a part where she isn't a whimpering and constantly emoting mess. Beyond being unattractive - it is annoying. And WHY OH WHY did they choose to crank the mic up so we can constantly hear her heavy breathing? She can't sit in a car without carrying on as if she just ran a marathon. The story seems interesting but as the series moves forward it seems to be getting away from the writers and borders on ludicrous. Not sure if I'll be able to make it to the end - my wife is enjoying it so I'll give it a try but if it were just me - I'd have been out after episode 1.
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Nov 29, 2025
Claire Danes plays a successful writer, who’s disturbed by her new neighbor (Matthew Rhys), a rich man who was suspected of killing his first wife. After several confrontations, she agrees to pen a book about him, hoping to set the record straight. Of course, her digging leads to revelations. In terms of plot and predictability, this is pretty standard fare. Danes creates a character who’s in continual distress (which gets a bit tiresome) and Rhys is effectively creepy. Thanks to the chemistry, their cat-and-mouse game is interesting, but the back-and-forth does get repetitive. Like so many of these thrillers, the situations veer into unrealistic and there’s one glaring misstep: Every time she interviews someone for the book (except the last), she never takes notes or records the conversations. That’s pretty standard procedure for a researcher. Overall, it’s a cerebral thriller that only really gets interesting in the final eps…if you can make it that long.
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Nov 24, 2025
Décidément, toujours le même rôle stéréotypé pour Claire Danes qui mérite pourtant sensiblement mieux que ça… Le rôle de la névropathe paranoïaque bipolaire s’avère en effet très fatigant à suivre ici : une impression de déjà vu qui tourne en boucle et qui énerve également, car tous les clichés y passent aussi : son petit clébard idiot, ses factures à payer et bien entendu, le psychodrame familial qui va avec tout ça ! Et en face, ce n’est guère mieux… Le voisin est en effet gros comme une maison, je veux dire qu’il est écrit sur son front que c’est un mafieux… et/ou un tueur en série bien évidemment. Et un comploteur aussi, car il complote dans cette banlieue de bourges, il complote à fond pour faire chier l’écrivaine (la parano bipolaire) qui a -aussi- le syndrome de la page blanche… Nous, on a le syndrome de l’endormissement par contre : les paupières sont lourdes, l’attention est en baisse… on scrolle de la chiasse sur TikTok… non, quand même pas… « on est pas des animals » (réplique d’un film célèbre de Scorsese…). Bref, donc, on a arrêté rapidement les dégâts avec cette daube de chez Netflop (une de plus) parce que franchement on a autre chose à foutre, quand même (d’autres séries attendent).
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