45 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestAs pressure mounts and hidden agendas collide, the family is thrust into a confrontation that forces long-buried secrets to the surface. Zoe must make a life-altering choice before it's too late.
George, a diabetic father moves next door to daughter Zoe Dalton. Zoe seems to have it all, including successful husband Chris, but when she hires an au pair, Sandrine, the beguiling young French woman triggers an unsettling shift in the household as instincts and suspicions arise, hinting at hidden agendas.
Acting
Ludmilla Makowski's Sandrine — charming, chilling, never quite readable.
Direction
Kearney turns mundane spaces into pressure cookers.
Writing
Every polite exchange drips with what goes unsaid.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kearney previously directed episodes of 'Normal People' — her intimate, invasive camera style translates perfectly to psychological horror.
The 'sinister au pair' trope gets a 2025 refresh: here the fear isn't evil childcare, but the erosion of adult identity through domestic labor.
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