3 min readJan 9, 2026 04:40 PM IST
Even with all its dark twists—and there are quite a few of them—the six-part series His & Hers remains a crime drama without much thrill. Interestingly, the series has many things that should have worked in its favour — good performances by the cast, an evocative setting and intriguing characters. Yet, they don’t add up to deliver a bingeable limited series.
The first few minutes of the opening episodes build up the intrigue with a montage with glimpses of a woman soaked in blood breathing her last as she lies atop a scarlet-hued car on a rainy night and of another woman — Anna Andrews (Tessa Thompson) — returning to her apartment wet and wearing muddied shoes. Soon, the voiceover tells the viewers that “There are at least two sides to every story. Yours and mine. Ours and theirs. His and hers. Which means that someone is always lying.” It sounds like the viewers would be sucked into a web of deceit and lies. That does happen. Yet, the story lacks depth in spite of weaving in all the familiar tropes of past trauma, cracks within a community and the pain of losing someone dear to you.
This adaptation of Alice Feeney’s novel tells the story of a sleepy north Georgia town shaken by the murder of a resident. This makes everyone a suspect — including the journalist Anna and lead investigator, Detective Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal). Turns out they are an estranged couple since Anna turned reclusive following the death of their child. She returns to the television news channels she was employed at after being on leave for about a year and asks for her job. She is especially keen to cover a murder investigation in her hometown. Created by William Oldroyd, director of Lady Macbeth (2016) and Eileen (2013), the series pits the wife and husband against each other as they try to outdo and hurt each other.
The series tries to create an undercurrent of tension and something sinister as the story unfolds the trauma that most of the characters are carrying within. Thompson as Anna is able to whip up salacious intrigue as well as convincingly portray her manipulative streak. But the show does not come close to capturing the intensity she had brought to the screen as the titular protagonist of ‘Hedda’, director Nia DaCosta’s provocative reimagination of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play ‘Hedda Gabler’.
Though Bernthal as the hassled lead detective and husband delivers a good performance, his character does not arouse the audience’s curiosity. That can be blamed on the way it’s written. As his fellow detective Priya Patel, Sunita Mani makes a strong impression.
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His & Hers tries to combine mourning, murder and memory into a compelling mystery, but its intention is marred by a mostly predictable plot and sluggish writing.
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His & Hers cast: Tessa Thompson, Jon Bernthal, Pablo Schreiber, Crystal Fox, Sunita Mani, Rebecca Rittenhouse
Creator: William Oldroyd
His & Hers rating: 2 stars
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