Overview
- Netflix released the eight-episode thriller on Thursday, June 18, and it quickly reached No. 1 on the platform’s English TV list with roughly 24 million views in its first days.
- Sam Worthington stars as David Burroughs, a father serving a life sentence who escapes custody after photographic evidence suggests his presumed-dead son may be alive.
- Showrunner Robert Hull and director Brad Anderson set a tight, fast pace with many episodes running around 30 minutes and the series is set in the U.S. but was filmed in Toronto, Canada.
- Critics praise the show’s emotional core, brisk pacing and watchability while noting recurring Coben devices, contrived plot conveniences and occasional implausibilities.
- The series is the 13th Coben adaptation for Netflix and its strong debut reinforces the studio pipeline for more Coben projects and book sales while raising questions about how tech like deepfakes could affect future mystery plots.