Behind Her Eyes
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before they were revealed?
Okay, now keep your hands up if you managed to figure it all outwithouthaving read the book?
Im guessing nobodys hands are still up.
Its not your fault!
Back at the estate ten-ish years ago, Rob and Adele agreed to try swapping spirits.
before then administering a fatal overdose on his former physical self.
My lips were curdled into a sneer the whole time that ending unfolded.
Its not that the ending was unexpected.
Its that, I believe, the ending was cheating.
Look, a movie or a show cant just switch genres two-thirds of the way through.
Somewhere in the fifth episode,Behind Her Eyessaid, Guess what?
This is actually sci-fi make-believe!
but the story still manages to completely conceal its climax.
I will now reveal a twist ending of my own: I finished reading the book.
I had to know ifBehind Her Eyesended the same way in its original literary form.
Spoiler alert: It does.
I feel cheated in other ways, too.
He turned on her in an instant, with seemingly no remorse, because why?
Because Davids hot, and he wanted access to a more upper-crust life?
Best friends dont kill best friends, not when there are other options.
I feel like Adele wouldveneverlet Rob go without.
What good isseeingsomeone inside a burning building if you cant actuallydoanything about it?
David is gonna have to prescribe me some pills, because these questions are making me fucking crazy!
Also, this show killed its only mom, and that just doesnt sit right with me.
When Louise spoke her last word Adam, said through Adeles body it really did twist my gut.
), and for what?
There were some fun and funny and clever and likable moments in this episode Ill give it that.
(By the way, in the book, Rob/Adele killed Mariannes cat!)
(Louise even modifies her hairstyle to be more like Rob/Adeles blunt-cut bob.)
I thought overall, strictly from a writing-exercise standpoint, this was a strong book-to-show adaptation.
Despite how shortchanged I feel by the ending, I dont want to shortchange the ending of this recap.
