Pick of the week
The Beast in Me
This psychological thriller stars Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs, a prickly author traumatised by the death of her son. What she really doesn’t need is a difficult new neighbour. Then real estate magnate Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys) arrives, with plans to pave over a nearby wood. Worse still, Jarvis may or may not be a killer – the disappearance of his wife hangs over him. But their relationship becomes surprisingly complex. They sort of hate each other but a counterintuitive frenemy vibe develops too. Before long, Jarvis is intervening in Wiggs’s life in disturbing ways. The show is melodramatic and overripe but undeniably gripping – and Danes does nervy, self-destructive anguish quite brilliantly. Phil Harrison
Netflix, from Thursday 13 November
