"Netflix is in the business of keeping our presence on its platform: it doesn't even really seem to care if we're watching anymore. There's a reason the streamer's new mantra is "What's Next?" - it's less about the substance of the stories it has to offer, or their capacity to hold our attention, as it is keeping the binge model running. And it's why, with some exceptions, one Netflix Original is indecipherable from the next."
"Its mystery kicks off when a beautiful corpse - stabbed dozens of times and dumped on the hood of her car - is found in the middle of the woods, but the question of who murdered this woman comes second to the complications (and myriad infidelities) that her demise dredges up. His & Hers is mostly a show about steamy secrets: everyone is beautiful, everyone is horny, and everyone is a suspect."
Netflix prioritizes viewer presence with a binge-driven, quantity-first mantra, favoring churn over distinctive storytelling. Many Netflix Originals feel interchangeable, particularly crime thrillers. His & Hers is a glossy Southern thriller about betrayal and lies that follows familiar beats. The mystery begins when a beautiful corpse, stabbed dozens of times and dumped on a car hood, is found in the woods; the plot focuses more on complications and infidelities than on whodunit. The series foregrounds steamy secrets: everyone is beautiful, everyone is horny, and everyone is a suspect. Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal anchor the show as an estranged, married couple whose perverse reconciliation offers its chief appeal.
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