Starz’s ‘The Couple Next Door’ Is an Absurd Yet Sexy Thrill: TV Review
variety.comAramide Tinubu While often picturesque, full of perfectly manicured lawns and neighborly people, suburbia typically has more going on than what meets the eye. “In Starz’s six-part psychological thriller “The Couple Next Door” (which first aired in the U.K.
on Channel 4 in 2023), a young couple is thrilled to put down roots in the suburbs of Leeds, England. Pete (Alfred Enoch, of “How to Get Away With Murder”) and Evie (Eleanor Tomlinson) are excited to embark on a new chapter of their lives.
Still, they don’t expect to establish a friendship with their neighbors, Danny (“Outlander” star Sam Heughan) and Becka (a particularly good Jessica De Gouw), to forever alter their relationship and their lives.
Based on the Dutch series “Nieuwe Buren,” and written by David Allison, the show is highly bingeable, deliciously sexy and completely ridiculous.” “The Couple Next Door” opens with a bang.
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