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Its also about addiction, lucid dreaming, British classism, lies, and trauma.
Mostly, though,Behind Her Eyesis a series about its ending.
The pieces are set up with straightforward clarity.
That massive black hole of a final episode explains a lot about how the rest ofBehind Her Eyescomes off.
Its first episodes are oddly hollow.
Louise, a Black woman with a young son and a nice-but-distant ex-husband, has few distinctive qualities.
Shes a smooth surface, gliding into the groovesBehind Her Eyeshas created for her.
But always, theres a sense thatBehind Her Eyesis fundamentally shallow.
Even for Adele, though, the core quality is still that shes an enigma.
Seeing the end does help explain the shallowness and heady ungrounded slickness of the previous five episodes.
Why are these peoplelikethis?
Whats with all the trippy dreams?
Who am I supposed to care about right now?
The end illuminates all of that.
(In fact, the ending has a fantastic commitment to not making any sense whatsoever.)
Its an ending thats so unmistakably absurd that it feels like being trolled.
But the end is very obviously the whole game.
There is no animating energy here beyond luring the audience toward those last several minutes.
Its a jack-in-the-box show, and to be fair,Behind Her Eyesis hardly disguising that aim.
You know the pop of surprise is coming.
Sure, its a shocking experience.
This is not an attempt to write off the experience ofBehind Her Eyesentirely.
If thats an exciting prospect, thenBehind Her Eyesis waiting for you, ready to take you by surprise.
