The Stranger (Harlan Coben) - Netflix - (Spoilers)

Tandey · 10-02-2020 01:29PM

Blanco100 wrote: »

Exactly, glossy crap. was amazed to see the positive reviews of this. Must be from people who enjoy hollyoaks and home and away and the like.

I don’t watch any of those you mentioned or any soaps for that matter.

Finished watching the stranger yesterday. Very enjoyable watch. Interesting storyline which came together quite well.

MICKEYG · 10-02-2020 10:55PM

A few open questions for me;
Why did the cop have to kill Jennifer Saunders. Was he not looking to track down the two 'stranger' girls. Killing her made that harder.

What happened to the mother who was poisoning her kid and why was she doing it.

It seemed to me that Corinne should have spilled the beans on everything when she was caught faking a pregnancy. She has no right to ask for more time.

ibarelycare · 11-02-2020 10:45AM

MICKEYG wrote: »

A few open questions for me;
Why did the cop have to kill Jennifer Saunders. Was he not looking to track down the two 'stranger' girls. Killing her made that harder.

What happened to the mother who was poisoning her kid and why was she doing it.

It seemed to me that Corinne should have spilled the beans on everything when she was caught faking a pregnancy. She has no right to ask for more time.

I finished it last night, and this was something I was really confused about. At the end of episode 7 I was wondering how they were going to wrap it all up in one last episode, and then it was so rushed and unbelievable and left lots of unanswered questions. I enjoyed it for the most part, but disappointed with the ending.

correction · 11-02-2020 10:50AM

They made quite a big deal out of Corrine saying to the husband 'there is so much more to this' or something to that effect after he confronted her about the pregnancy. But there wasn't was there? The stolen money and the sick girl had absolutely nothing to do with the fake pregnancy or am I missing something? They kept seeming to suggest that these things were linked but I don't see it.

DvB · 11-02-2020 01:53PM

Finished watching this last night with the Mrs, I thought it was an absolute disjointed mess of a story line & had some terrible acting thrown in for good measure. If theres a follow up to it addressing any of the gaps I'll leave it to herself to watch as I'd happily leave this well enough alone now.

gmisk · 12-02-2020 08:28PM

Up to episode 5....it is kind of awful but strangely compelling.
The acting from some people in it... especially the fat friend....terrible.
Will still watch rest of it.
Hopefully it's all tied up by end of episode 8

gmisk · 12-02-2020 08:28PM

I also could do without another bloody flashback to Dervla Kirwan and the fake baby loss zzz

beertons · 13-02-2020 09:07AM

Got through 3 episodes areir. Only for work today, I'd probably have watched 2 more. Very good so far. Burst out laughing when I heard the woman name all the white Alpacas, my wife didn't get it at all.

gmisk · 13-02-2020 10:12PM

I watched the rest of it to get it out of the way.
Rubbish with rubbish storyline it is a total hate watch.
Some of the acting and so called twists absolutely awful the majority were telegraphed..the others made little sense..it was just utter nonsense...

cdgalwegian · 13-02-2020 11:16PM

Utter scutter.

DrumSteve · 14-02-2020 02:07PM

I still don't get how they blamed Katz on killing Tripp at the end... Made literally no sense. When was he meant to have killed him? Why would he have even been there?

gmisk · 14-02-2020 08:55PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

I still don't get how they blamed Katz on killing Tripp at the end... Made literally no sense. When was he meant to have killed him? Why would he have even been there?

I thought they planted gun back at crime scene and same gun used to kill Tripp.
Ah look it makes little sense when you look at it close...it sucked

14-02-2020 11:40PM

It's very more-ish and tense yet full of holes. It'd fairly ridiculous. I wouldn't be watching this if the gf didn't want to but I'm being polite and finding mildly enjoyable.

yerwanthere123 · 15-02-2020 03:54PM

Some harsh comments on here. Watched the whole series, overall it was ok. Something to watch whilst you're waiting for a better series to start but certainly not one of Netflix better shows. A lot left unexplained at the end, also I think it would've been much better without the sub-plot of Thomas and his two dopey friends. Perhaps my interest had just waned too much by the end, but was it ever actually explained why Corinne faked the pregnancy?

bottlebrush · 15-02-2020 04:04PM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Some harsh comments on here. Watched the whole series, overall it was ok. Something to watch whilst you're waiting for a better series to start but certainly not one of Netflix better shows. A lot left unexplained at the end, also I think it would've been much better without the sub-plot of Thomas and his two dopey friends. Perhaps my interest had just waned too much by the end, but was it ever actually explained why Corinne faked the pregnancy?

She thought her husband was having an affair and wanted to get back his attention?

Unearthly · 15-02-2020 10:40PM

Thought this show was the definition of average. Seen it all before. Zero creativity. Cast and crew phoning it in

beertons · 15-02-2020 11:30PM

Terrible ending.

stronglikebull · 17-02-2020 05:09PM

I thought this was very good after the first two episodes. It made it appear that all the different stories were somehow connected, and that it would all tie in together in the end. It did however, not do that. So much made no sense. Katz killing Jennifer Saunders just didn't seem like it would help him, and it's not like they portrayed him as a deranged killer or anything, he's just looking to get some quick scam-cash from the televangelist of some sort. Speaking of which, that was a story to go nowhere too.

The ending with them framing Katz for killing Tripp was just too far for me. Tripp's death would be after Katz was either on the run, kidnapping other cops and his wife, and then already in custody. Also, was it to be believed that he also beat Corinne to death and buried her, for some unknown reason? Maybe they just expected people to believe it was connected to him going after The Stranger and anyone connected to her, in the way he went for Saunders.

What was the deal with Stranger/Chrissy going to see her dad in the hospital then too. That just seemed like a bit of the story was dropped on the cutting room floor, or did I fall asleep and miss something?

Anyway, I'm sorry I ever watched this. It was crap, rubbish, and not at all good. I'll be deleting it from my watchlist in case there's ever a season 2.

17-02-2020 05:31PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

I still don't get how they blamed Katz on killing Tripp at the end... Made literally no sense. When was he meant to have killed him? Why would he have even been there?

They made it look like a suicide. Four self inflicted shots to the chest.

ibarelycare · 18-02-2020 10:20AM

Was it explained why Martin kept referring to his son Christopher, when in fact it turned out that his child was a daughter?

Mantis Toboggan · 18-02-2020 10:38AM

ibarelycare wrote: »

Was it explained why Martin kept referring to his son Christopher, when in fact it turned out that his child was a daughter?

Think he referred to her as Chris, we presumed it was a boy when in fact her name was Chrissy.

ibarelycare · 18-02-2020 02:29PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Think he referred to her as Chris, we presumed it was a boy when in fact her name was Chrissy.

Hmmm I felt sure that he’d referred to the child as a son/boy but maybe it was worded carefully so that the gender was never used.

Shelga · 18-02-2020 06:18PM

I thought this was rubbish- it held my attention for the first couple of episodes, and then I started doing other things while the episodes were on- laundry etc :pac:

The dad, Adam, was extremely hot, which is probably the only reason I watched til the end. The end was dire too. And yeah, the storyline with the kids went nowhere really.

Schlocky, forgettable nonsense.

El Duda · 24-02-2020 01:06PM

This was just the worst. A couple of decent episodes to start and no pay off. I'd completely checked out after they demolished the house and it revealed the 'thing'...

Hilariously contrived. Awful acting. Plot holes EVERYWHERE. Most plot threads had no conclusion.

DavyD_83 · 25-02-2020 08:28AM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Some harsh comments on here. Watched the whole series, overall it was ok. Something to watch whilst you're waiting for a better series to start but certainly not one of Netflix better shows. A lot left unexplained at the end, also I think it would've been much better without the sub-plot of Thomas and his two dopey friends. Perhaps my interest had just waned too much by the end, but was it ever actually explained why Corinne faked the pregnancy?

It's far from the worst thing I've ever watched, but I think most of the comments are pretty fair. The production/direction was decent, so at a glance it looks better than it is. But the acting, and overall story was just a bit dodge. They built questions on question, with the promise that it would all tie up into a bigger mystery or conspiracy, but in the end it was pretty much a bunch of unrelated events.
The most annoying to me was that there really wasn't anything 'so much more' to Corinne's story.
If this was Irish, it would be slated for being a mystery Fair City by now, and it wouldn't be far wrong (except we got British soap level acting at least).

Dick Turnip · 27-02-2020 02:59PM

Agree with the general consensus so far - got pulled in by the first few episodes but by the end it was all over the shop. Too many threads that never came together.

One thing that seemed odd from the start was how Tripp, a school teacher, was living in a millionaire's pad and driving a Range Rover. Obviously his wife may well be the bread winner, but then again she was shown doing yoga in the garden in the middle of the day when the kids snuck back to Thomas' house across the street, so we're given the impression she may well be a stay at home mother.

This just became jarring by the end because we're meant to believe that Tripp was embezzling funds to fuel this lifestyle?! How much cash does a local soccer club take in that a portion can be siphoned off to bridge the gap between a teacher's salary with that of a partner in a law firm so that they can live on the same road??

Perhaps not the most glaring of holes in the script, but definitely up there I feel.

osnola ibax · 27-02-2020 11:46PM

How much money does a local soccer club have, what happened to the dude who chased Dante with an axe. Why was he rain man for a few minutes remembering car regs etc? Htf did Katz kill the track suit dude after he was arrested. Surely forensics can tell time of death.

All in all reminded me of a bad episode of Jonathan's Creek.

HOWEVER, oddly enjoyable as a dark comedy.

Corcaigh84 · 02-03-2020 11:17AM

I'm watching this begrudgingly at the mo with the missus ('one of the girls' from work recommended it), and we're about 5 episodes in.

What is the actual genre of this show? I am finding it extremely gimmicky, and get annoyed every time another character's mystery backstory is revealed. It's like 10 whodunnit's at once. I don't know what the point of it all is - we get a big 'AHA' moment in the last episode to make up for X amount of build up (time wasting) episodes?

At this stage I am half expecting the milkman to be introduced so we can learn of his murky past as a drug mule.

It's safe to say I won't be reading this author on the back of this. Funnily enough I said to herself this would be far more believable in a US setting, and a previous poster mentioned it was originally set in New Jersey

Slydice · 04-03-2020 10:46PM

5: What?! Hold on!

So .. it was Stephen Reas former cop character who did it? 3 episodes left.. can't be him! Has to be more to it!

Slydice wrote: »

5: :eek:

Woops! That was actually episode 4! Can't edit the post

Slydice · 07-03-2020 01:56PM

6: Alright,

not Stephen Rea. Hrmmm.. also feels like the show is moving further away from Corinne and the kid in the coma instead of closer.

But I guess this show is called The Stranger

and it's sticking to events around Hannah John-Kamens characters.

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