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Spoilers follow for all six episodes ofThe Perfect Couple.
Nicole Kidman is here as a beleaguered matriarch, makingThe Perfect Coupleamotherthrillerwith all the murder-sex-intrigue that entails.
Yes, yes, and yes.
But allow me to surprise you, asThe Perfect Couplesurprised me because this show is wonderfully, preposterously hilarious.
What a time for television!
And her father, with all his investigative skills, somehow did not notice this!
Appreciably self-aware,entertainingly ludicrous.
Everything about the sequence where Amelia Sacks (Hewson) wakes up at the Winbury estate, named Summerland.
Its a ladybug, you have time to put a shirt on!
My expectations, they were upended!
This mans cluelessness in the face of Amelias discomfort with this overly fawning gift is giggle-worthy.
Buddy, you gotta pick up on some social cues!
Shes awful and the best.
Drag him, Isabel!
What does that even mean?!
Why would you tell the police this?!
Abby, you dead-eyed maniac!
With NDAs,has that ever been the case?
All of that culminates in Kidmans totally unimpressed delivery of the line Thirsty?
Dont you have a carafe by your bed?
when Amelia tries to say she was looking for water in Tags office.
Shes so dismissive that I guffawed.
But the series most blissfully nonsensical example of retail-as-narrative occurs in this episode at the Winburys dinner table.
During incredibly awkward small talk between Benjis family and Amelias parents, everyone starts talking about … Frito-Lay chips?
Thats bossy and bitchy and beautiful.
Could the series not get a band name cleared?
Could no one agree on exactly which throw in of music Amelia would listen to?
I am chuckling at the possibilities for why such a little character detail could not be clarified!
This house is, conservative estimate, 5,000 square feet.
They absolutely, truly cannot hear whatever Greer and Tag are getting up to.
The rapid, dramatic zoom in on Amelias face when she walks in on Shooter showering intentionally amusing.
The intensity of his no doughnut!
dictate is very Soup Nazi and very good.
and also made me wonder: Are we supposed to think Greer is actually a good author?
Shes phenomenally successful, has rabid fans, and supports the entire Winbury family on her book sales.
But this extremely generic description makes me think … no?
Tag is terrible, and I love him.
Related: Flanagans roguish grin when he asks housekeeper Gosia about refreshments: Did you say something about snacks?
Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated Amelias moms preferred Doritos flavor.
We regret the error.
