The fact that I had not heard of His & Hers even once before Netflix popped it up on their “coming soon” banner is a travesty. Both for myself not being on the up and up for a Jon Bernthal/Tessa Thompson vehicle, and for media outlets for not hyping this up at all!
Even more so, I had no clue this was based on a novel by Alice Feeney of the same name. Having not ever read the source material, I have no clue how closely the events in the series follow what gets laid out in the book, but for my money, I really liked this! At just six episodes, a true miniseries, there were plenty of juicy details that kept me guessing until the end! In the series, Thompson plays Anna Andrews, an Atlanta-based news reporter, who has just returned to the game after skipping town for the past year. Even her estranged detective husband, Jack, couldn’t find her. Imagine his surpise when she’s got a camera pointed at her from a fresh crime scene in their small home town of Dahlonega.
Things become more complicated as the show goes on because it’s revealed that Jack was hooking up with the first victim, Rachel, while Anna was away. And then later it’s revealed that Anna and Rachel used to be in the same friend group. Maybe the latter point doesn’t matter so much, but then it definitely starts to when more women from their former friend group wind up dead, too. If Anna were smart she’d skip town for good this time, but she loves a good story for which she claims her innocence. And she also need to stick around for her mother, who seems to be really struggling with what is likely dementia. Even though her mother is a reason to stay, she’s also the reason she left for a year in the first place. Well, part of the reason.
I don’t want to spoil too much because every reveal seems so selacious! But while many moments just seem like your standard, juicy gossip, and especially for a small town where everyone knows each other, the information that pops up in the final two episodes really floored me. In a good way! Jack, of course, seems like the most likely culprit for the murders given how close he was to these women added with the fact that he’s being super shifty. He’s too close to the case. But Anna, as a reporter is also way too close. Though she at least seems to be more neutral in her actions. I don’t know if these two actors are people I would have ever paired together, but they are just so good that it completely works.
While I might have thought the first four episodes were a bit slow, the final two episodes really turned it around and totally upped the ante for me! It’s got me really curious for how the book might compare, and it also makes me want to check out some of Alice Feeney’s other works. I hope this miniseries get some love before being buried by Netflix’s algorithm.