Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic and I watch things with audio description. This has audio description on Netflix produced by Post house.

I love Jon Bernthal. I’m almost always on board with any walking Dead alum. Tessa Thompson is one of the brightest talents of her generation, and I’d say in line to get an Oscar nomination in the next five years. the two of them together should be magic, and it kind of is, but not because of them. This review will mention at least one big spoiler. My goal here is to briefly give you a dab of the story, and then tell you why my rating is where it is.

A murder in a small town brings a detective (Bernthal) and his estranged wife (Thompson) back together as they uncover mysteries of their past, while trying to move their careers ahead. one murder begets another, and soon they, ad those around them are trying to figure out just who is killing, and who might be next. hell, it might even be one of them. Pablo Schreiber, Chris Bauer, and Crystal Fox are among the supporting cast.

I thought the show wasn’t written well enough. it felt too silly, but played to straight. There was something about Bernthal and Thompson’s setup and chemistry like they were about to topline a new quirky procedural to follow High Potential on ABC.It wasn’t bad, it just was never great. And then… the ending.

Sometimes, and this is the spoiler, a show has an ending so utterly bonkers, so unnecessary, so legendarily off its rocker, that it is remembered for generations to come. people who have never even seen St Elsewhere and Newhart know how those shows end. Netflix had a limited show called Behind Her Eyes that had an absolute insane ending.

The thing about His and hers, is that the show actually does end with a satisfying twist. The end of episode five sets it up, and the show competently lands it in the first quarter of the finale. But even I noticed how much time was left, and I wondered why. We see Thompson’s life getting back to normal, she and Bernthal rekindle their passion, she’s pregnant, she got the job she wanted, and everything looks fantastic.

Then, she’s at her mother’s house, Alice (Fox), who has been playing around a little with early onset dementia. Thompson picks up a letter she finds, and begins reading. Even though we had an ending, the writers asked us to hold all of the beers, as they Thelma and Louised this thing right off a cliff.

Thomson reads a confession, and it was in her voice, so I wondered if Thompson maybe had a split personality disorder or something, then it flips, and we hear a new voice. We hear her mom’s voice. It even has this sinking sound to it, as her tone drops. Oh. My. God. What?

So, because no one would suspect an older grandmother with dementia would be a productive serial killer, she did it to both get revenge on some girls who watched her daughter get assaulted on her birthday, and also to get Thomson back together with her husband, as they were estranged over the loss of their child, which Alice feels responsible for.

Yup. The grandmother did it. A show that was just a little above the middle just flew right up my list. I truly will never forget how utterly nuts this was, how it can’t possibly make sense, but the chutzpah of it all, the sheer audacity is why I think so many have responded positively on Netflix.

The audio description was pretty good. It has a decent amount of gory bits to it, in terms of the bodies left behind, and some mystery elements described well. I can’t imagine anyone went through this predicting this ending, but it might be a wild ride if you haven’t seen it yet, and I just told you how it ends. I’ll never have that experience, of going into it, and looking for hints, I already know what was there. I think it is an impossible twist, and it should be remembered for it.

His And hers has one of the most audacious endings to a television series ever. A truly jaw dropping twist no one will see coming.

Fresh: 7.5/10