A supernatural murder-mystery unfolds in a New Mexico retirement community designed for older residents. Sam Cooper arrives after his wife Lily died, still grieving and angry about a contract issue tied to the village. The community provides like-aged neighbors, shops, sports and exercise classes, a community center, and a lavish care home for future needs. Residents share health updates early, and the story develops at the pace of village life. A neighbor’s friendliness helps Sam’s mood shift. A skittering monster that extracts small amounts of body fluids adds an unsettling element as the plot gradually builds toward murder and mystery.
"Protagonist Sam Cooper (Alfred Molina) doesn't know how lucky he is, any viewer native to these cramped isles might think, as his daughter and son-in-law drop him off at his new home in The Boroughs. There he will find like-aged neighbours, multiple shops, sports and exercise classes, a community centre and numerous other facilities, including a lavishly appointed care home (The Manor) for if and when the time comes. A skittering monster extracting a modicum of body fluids from you every now and again seems a small price to pay. But we'll get to that."
"The Boroughs takes its time to crank up the plot. It moves, you might say, at the pace of its inhabitants. Which is only to the good. It means there is time to build their world. Sam, whose wife Lily (Jane Kaczmarek) died suddenly and more or less in his arms five months ago, is mired in grief. It was Lily's dream to retire here and Sam is furious with the owner of the village, Blaine Shaw (Seth Numrich), for not letting him break the contract."
"His neighbour Jack (Bill Pullman) is a cheery sort, not least because single men like him are a rare local commodity (though he has recently met someone special), whose bonhomie gradually improves Sam's own mood. Wally I have stage-four prostate cancer Baker (Denis O'Hare) most Boroughlingians open with their health status; it saves time is"
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