TV News - This psychological horror series is yet another Apple TV+ product worth checking out, even if it is under-promoted on the seemingly publicity-shy streaming service. Produced and occasionally directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Servant is a true oddity. At turns. Read more at www.tnp.sg
When
Servant first debuted in late 2019, the fact that the Turners rarely left their Philadelphia townhouse seemed like an effective device to amplify tension in Apple TV+’s psychological thriller. But now, 11 months into quarantine, Sean (Toby Kebbell) and Dorothy’s (Lauren Ambrose) reclusive behavior is normal. As a result, watching
Servant’s second season is a decidedly different experience. I remain gripped by the Turners’ erratic unraveling. But I also find myself preoccupied by how lucky they are to at least be able to fall apart in such a beautiful brownstone.
Servant has always treated the Turners’ home with as much thought as any of its equally haunted characters. The shadowy townhouse constantly teeters between stately and stifling. And while the brownstone remains a place where nightmares come true in season two, the events and increased stresses of the past year have turned the Turners’ claustrophobic cage into my quarantine fantasy.
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Digital Spy some intriguing thoughts on who the ultimate evil of the show truly is.
While the first season juxtaposed the potentially sinister motivations of nanny Leanne (Nell Tiger Free) with the grieving family she was working for, the latest episodes have unravelled a deeper mystery.
The reborn doll, Jericho, that grieving mum Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) believed was her actual daughter might actually have been an avatar for the fact that her daughter is still alive – but kidnapped by Leanne s mysterious Aunt May. Or is someone else entirely behind Jericho s disappearance, as Leanne suggests?
Servant Is the Weirdest Show on TV You Should Watch It 23 Shares
Apple TV+ is best known for being the home of
Ted Lasso, but the streamer also houses the most unabashedly weird show on television. That show is
Servant, and you should definitely watch it. Granted, you ll spend most of each episode confused, horrified, and flummoxed by the events unfolding in front of you, but that s all part of its (dark) magic.
In a nutshell,
Servant is about a couple, Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean (Toby Kebbell), struggling to cope after the death of their infant son, Jericho. Sadly, Dorothy doesn t accept that her son is dead, and at the start of the series, she s clinging to a reborn doll to get her through her grief. However, her family believes the only way for Dorothy to move forward is for her to return to work in the hope that she might begin to accept the fact that Jericho is gone. Enter Leanne (Nell Tiger Free), a sheltered young nanny hired to placate D