We are reading from the fictional depiction, not the real events.
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who was The Watcher in Netflix's The Watcher?īefore we dive too deep into any explanation here, we should probably make an important qualification-any speculation within the rest of this story is based on the events that Netflix presented in the series The Watcher, which is only loosely based on the loose events. Therefore, Ryan Murphy and friends does not give his version of events any definitive answer to the questions either. And the case presented in that story was never solved. Things worth considering as we discuss the ending of The Watcher: the series is only loosely based the real events documented in the story that ran on The Cut. For a story about a stalker at best and a haunted house at worst, The Watcher is relatively grounded. And at only 7 episodes long-all coming in comfortably under an hour-it's to succinct in structure alone to come off the rails in the same way that many other Ryan Murphy-produced projects tend to. The show has one of the best casts of the year, led by Naomi Watts and Bobby Cannavale with Jennifer Coolidge, Margot Martindale, Richard Kind, Noma Dumezweni, Christopher McDonald, and Mia Farrow among those in supporting roles.
And The Watcher is without question one of his best efforts.
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There have been lots of critiques of co-creator Ryan Murphy and his numerous TV shows through the years, but no one has ever doubted the man's ability to make watchable TV. While the show doesn't make up an explicit ending or a real answer to any of the questions presented, it does tell a fairly focused story-a family moves into their dream New Jersey home only for bizarre letters to begin coming in and strange things to begin to happen-and manages to captivate along the way. Still, I gave The Watcher a shot-and I'm glad I did. It's part of the reason why I've actually found myself way more into watching movies and short limited series of late as opposed to long-running traditional television: it can be nice and rewarding to start something, finish it, and feel like you've gotten a beginning, middle, and end. I'm the guy whose favorite true crime documentary of all-time is The Jinx-because it's the only one, really, with a sturdy ending. But after learning that the case upon which the series was set was never solved, my enthusiasm waned a bit. A real-life haunted house story, set in New Jersey-where I grew up-and starring Bobby Cannavale and Naomi Watts, two of my very favorite actors? Hard to ask for much more. The following story contains spoilers for the ending of Netflix's The Watcher.Īs soon as I heard about Netflix's The Watcher-a based-on-a-true story horror/mystery series based on a 2018 piece published in The Cut-I was sold.
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