What would you do if an infamous real estate tycoon accused of killing his first wife moved in next door? If you’re like Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes), a renowned writer who has receded from public life after the tragic death of her young son, your instinct is to uncover the truth, even if it costs you your sanity.
Over the course of the eight episodes of Netflix’s The Beast in Me, Aggie and Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys) professionally court each other, sussing out what will make the other flinch. As Aggie gets to know Nile under the guise of writing a biography about him, she presses in closer on the skeletons in his closet, threatening to bring down both his real estate empire and his life. But she’s not entirely innocent either; she’s holding a grudge against a young man named Teddy Fenig (Bubba Weiler), whom she blames for the car accident that killed her son—an event that also ended her marriage to Shelley (Natalie Morales), an amateur painter. Nile’s close proximity gives him access to her secrets, weaponizing that information to get what he wants.
