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re: The Beast in Me (Netflix)

Posted on 11/23/25 at 2:20 pm to
Posted by ATLsuTiger
Johns Creek
Member since Aug 2009
5751 posts
Posted on 11/23/25 at 2:20 pm to
Quality stuff here. Absolutely worth a watch.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
56844 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 12:30 pm to
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Conan O'Brien & Jodie Foster have production credits on this.



We watched this over the last 2 days, and my gf said that Nile Jarvis reminded her of Conan O'Brien. Initially I was like "what?" but I pretty quickly started to see it. Lo and behold. Weird.

Really solid show.
This post was edited on 11/26/25 at 12:31 pm
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
16636 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 12:44 pm to
Good show. Enjoyed it overall.

My only complaint was the lead lady acting over anxious and panicky in legitimately every scene. Made me hate her character.
Posted by Rza32
Member since Nov 2008
4562 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 12:57 pm to
I think that was done intentionally.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
56844 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 1:00 pm to
Daines is one of the best actresses out there, but she's almost TOO good at playing the twitchy, anxiety-riddled spazoid. She is good at making you uncomfortable.
Posted by coolpapaboze
Parts Unknown
Member since Dec 2006
21775 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 1:28 pm to
I like Danes and think she's a good actress. But her chin quivering tic is incredibly distracting. I don't know if it's something she has any control over, but I've never seen anything like it and can't think of another actor with such a trademark tic. I first noticed it in Homeland and thought it was kind of funny, but it's so prevalent in this series that I got to the point where I started laughing every time she did it, which happens multiple times per episode. It's stupid, I know, but I find it highly annoying.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
95598 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 2:01 pm to
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John Tucker must die


By sheer coincidence I realized today that Betty Thomas (the blonde gal cop, Bates, from Hill Street Blues) directed that.
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
10959 posts
Posted on 11/26/25 at 5:46 pm to
Finished the series, thought Miles' first wife could have been inserted earlier in the series. Overall was good.
Posted by thermal9221
Youngsville
Member since Feb 2005
15101 posts
Posted on 11/27/25 at 9:04 pm to
Just finished.
I loved it.
Very good.
Posted by Lsudx256
DFW
Member since Mar 2016
3469 posts
Posted on 11/27/25 at 9:06 pm to
She is everything a mentally ill, middle aged, highly educated, suburban, white female is. It’s a hard pass for me.
Posted by ILurkThereforeIAm
In the Shadows, Behind Hedges
Member since Aug 2020
828 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 5:40 pm to
I loved it. I’ve missed crazy, manic Claire Danes since Homeland ended and this filled that void. I can see how she can annoy some people, but it doesn’t bother me. Matthew Rhys was so creepy it made me forget his Americans character. And good on Brittany Snow for all the work she’s getting now. She’s a good actress.
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
71066 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 5:59 pm to
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And good on Brittany Snow for all the work she’s getting now. She’s a good actress.



I think so as well. I was so surprised to see her in "X" but the last two series she has been in, she killed it. Really like her.


Watched this today and like others said, it was a solid watch. Not too long and not a lot of wasted film. Good acting, well done.


Posted by TouchedTheAxeIn82
near the Apple spaceship
Member since Nov 2012
7380 posts
Posted on 12/5/25 at 7:51 pm to
I really liked this series, and it was refreshing that it didn't have some forced unexpected twist.

However, it had Uncut Gems levels of nervous energy and I probably will never watch it again.


quote:

Matthew Rhys was so creepy it made me forget his Americans character.

I call him "serious Zach Braff." And I found him creepy even in The Americans. He was perfectly cast.
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