Obsession is a new Netflix sensual thriller that has already captivated fans.
Richard Armitage plays William, who lusts for – and becomes fascinated with – his son’s fiancée, portrayed by Charlie Murphy, and unleashes an irrational side as he forges secrets to begin a stormy romance – with tragic repercussions – in the four-part series.
What began as a series of covert emails ends with William accompanying Anna and his son Jay to Paris, granting Anna permission to accept Jay’s [Rish Shah] proposal but being powerless to resist her.
While his daughter Sally investigates the possibility that he is having an affair, William conceals his dark secret from his wife Ingrid [Indira Varma].
Meanwhile, viewers learn about Anna’s terrible history as they find her overwhelming urge is a reaction to trauma she had as a youngster at the hands of her brother.
Jay grows more sceptical as William and Anna become closer, especially when his father recites one of Anna’s statements to him at his stag-do.
William tells him: ‘None of us really know what’s going to happen. Maybe we just all need to love the questions,’ something which Anna has previously told Jay.
Jay walks in on Anna and William engaged in BDSM in the last episode, with Anna’s arms bound behind her back and a blindfold on.
When Jay steps in, William notices immediately, but it’s too late – he staggers back and goes over a bannister to several stories below, with the camera panning to his body and a pool of blood on the floor.
After his sudden death, William tells his wife the awful truth, but his fascination with Anna continues, with him wondering where she is during Jay’s burial and attempting to find her.
At Anna’s home, her mum tells her: ‘Just promise me that was the last time’, having already indicated that Jay shared a surprising resemblance to Anna’s brother Aston.
‘You could’ve had such a beautiful life with Jay. These poor boys that fall for you so intensely. Didn’t stand a chance, did he? Neither did your brother. Aston loved you so much,’ Anna’s mum tells her, making viewers aware that she always knew about Aston’s abuse of her throughout her childhood.
The programme then switches to a vacation spot in Europe, where Anna has gone for what was intended to be her honeymoon, before William comes and declares his desire for a future with her.
Anna, on the other hand, reveals that she wishes they’d never met, that she regrets their actions and Jay’s death, and requests him to never hunt for her again.
William comes at Anna’s flat weeks or months later, but instead of seeing her, an estate agent walks him through the place as a possible buyer, explaining that it’s for sale.
The closing shot depicts Anna in a therapy session, where the cycle appears to be repeating itself.
She asks her therapist: ‘Should I just start at the beginning? I’ve never really done this, so I don’t know the rules.’
He replies: ‘Would it help to have some rules? Is that something you feel you need?’
‘How strange,’ she laughs to the camera.
Damage, based on Josephine Hart’s 1991 novel, was turned into a film in 1992 starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche.
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, the creator, pondered modifying the conclusion from the previous versions.
She told press at the premiere: ‘I always have the through line in my head of where everyone is heading to, but you also do have to think about what each chunk is going to do and where we’re going to lead up to in terms of each episode.
‘In terms of the through line, you’ve always got that endpoint in your head and you’ve just got to try and figure out how to flow your way there.
‘I know where I’m going.. .we have so many conversations about that and have a hope for where it’s going and that endlessly changes.
‘The ending did change quite a few times but the heart of it is always the through line.
‘The heart of the characters and where they’re headed and everything else is a massive conversation.’
Obsession is available to watch on Netflix.
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