Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not have the happy marriage she always believed and begins to piece together the times and dates of her husband's frequent absences, her fears begin to take hold, and her sanity deteriorates.
Acting
Mirren elevates every unhinged breakdown to prestige level.
Direction
Hayman wrings genuine dread from suburban mundanity.
Director
David Hayman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a '90s wave of British TV thrillers exploring domestic violence through genre lenses, overshadowed by theatrical releases like 'Sleeping with the Enemy.'
Helen Mirren reportedly took this role during a deliberate 'anti-prestige' phase, rejecting several period dramas to play against type as a unraveling housewife.
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