The Beast in Me
Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis, a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife's disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for the truth chasing his demons while fleeing her own in a game of cat and mouse that might turn deadly.
- Metascore71
- 2025-2025
- 1 season
- Netflix
- Drama, Suspense
- TV-MA
Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis, a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife's disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for the truth chasing his demons while fleeing her own in a game of cat and mouse that might turn deadly.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2025
Episode 1
Sick Puppy
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 53 mins
Aggie Wiggs lives a carefully constructed quiet life, writing in solitude until Nile Jarvis moves in next door. He's charming, wealthy, and possibly a murderer. His first wife died under suspicious circumstances, and now he's setting his sights on Aggie's world. She watches him through windows, collects whispers from neighbors, and feels the walls of her sanctuary closing in. The air thickens with menace dressed in expensive taste, and Aggie must decide whether her suspicions are paranoia or survival instinct kicking in just in time.
Episode 2
Just Don't Want to Be Lonely
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 46 mins
Aggie wrestles with devastating news that threatens to unravel everything she thought she knew. She turns to Brian, testing the boundaries of trust while her world tilts on its axis. Meanwhile, she circles Nile with a dangerous proposition, one that could either save her or seal her fate. Secrets multiply in the spaces between words. The pressure builds as allegiances blur and Aggie realizes isolation might be her only honest companion. Every conversation becomes a minefield where one wrong step could detonate the fragile peace she's desperately trying to maintain.
Episode 3
Elephant in the Room
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 53 mins
Aggie excavates fragments of Nile's buried history, each revelation sharper than the last, and she drags Brian into complicity whether he's ready or not. The past isn't just resurfacing. It's demanding witnesses. Meanwhile, Nina circles Shelley's work with predatory curiosity, her interest feeling less like admiration and more like acquisition. Trust fractures in real time. Everyone's carrying something too heavy to name, and the room itself seems to shrink under the weight of what no one will say aloud.
Episode 4
Thanatos
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 45 mins
Aggie tears through Madison's parents' carefully constructed grief like a detective who forgot how to knock politely. The stakes tighten around every character as Nile and Martin weaponize their anger toward a City Council that probably deserves worse. Meanwhile, Brian's desperation to unlock that hard drive hums with the kind of quiet panic that makes you lean closer to the screen, waiting for something to crack wide open.
Episode 5
Bacchanal
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 52 mins
Aggie plunges into the chaotic heart of a political rally where the stakes feel dangerously personal. Nile navigates a haze of alcohol and sudden intimacy that threatens to shatter his carefully constructed defenses. Nina watches from the shadows, her intuition flaring as she pieces together a puzzle that most would ignore. While the crowd roars for Olivia, a silent conspiracy between Martin and Rick begins to tighten like a noose around the evening's festivities.
Episode 6
The Beast and Me
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 41 mins
Aggie races toward Brian with a revelation that might crack everything wide open, but the universe has other plans. What she finds instead pulls the floor out from beneath her feet, dragging her into a truth so suffocating it rewrites the entire story she thought she understood. Meanwhile, Nina stands at a crossroads, news arriving that will reshape her world in ways she never anticipated. Trust fractures, shadows deepen, and the line between hunter and hunted blurs into something unrecognizable.
Episode 7
Ghosts
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 48 mins
The Jarvises, Nina, and Brian circle each other like wolves in 2019, their paranoia sharpening as Madison's disappearance unravels into something uglier than anyone imagined. Suspicion calcifies into accusation. Betrayal becomes the only currency left. The truth, when it finally surfaces, doesn't offer relief but confirmation that some wounds were always meant to fester. The web tightens until no one can move without implicating themselves, and the ghosts they've been running from demand their due.
Episode 8
The Last Word
Thu, Nov 13, 2025 54 mins
Aggie's carefully constructed world fractures as enemies close in from all sides. With nowhere left to run, she must gamble everything on a desperate alliance with the last person she ever expected to need. Survival hinges on whether trust can bloom in the ruins of betrayal, and whether her sharp mind can outmaneuver the forces determined to destroy her.