The Perfect Couple

Warning ! Spoilers ahead for the end of The Perfect Couple .

The Perfect Coupleshowrunner Jenna Lamia explain the show ’s surprise murderer uncover and its deviation from Elin Hilderbrand ’s novel . release on Netflix in the first place this calendar month , the murder mystery series chronicles the unsparing wedding between Amelia Sacks ( Eve Hewson ) and Benji Winbury ( Billy Howle ) , and how it fall aside when the maid of honor , Merritt Monaco ( Meghann Fahy ) , washes up deadened on the beach . Also starring Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber , The Perfect Coupleendswith the surprisal reveal that Abby Winbury ( Dakota Fanning ) advisedly vote out Merritt , a deviation from the novel in which she does it incidentally .

In a recent audience withIndieWire , Lamia last deep onThe Perfect Couple ’s termination , explaining why they made Abby ’s killing of Merritt intentional instead of the result of an accident . accord to the showrunner , the alteration in sensitive from book to television involve the change , asa novel is better able to flesh out the intimate thoughts of the characters . In the end , Lamia enjoin that she believes making the murder intentional reach the news report " more substantial for the audience . " Read her full comment below :

The Perfect Couple (2024)

“ In the Bible , you are secluded to a lot of Merritt ’s mentation and her mentality when she cast into the water to angle her ring out of the depths . And in a video show , unless we were heavy , heavily using voiceover that was n’t blend to work or be as effectual as the tone of this show need it to be . So I realized that it may be more cheering for the hearing to witness out that there was a liquidator who in full intended to dispatch the person they murdered . …

So for the show , and Elin was totally supportive of this , we decide that the killer had intended to kill the individual she kills , and that she had a very clear motive for doing so , and it was n’t just jealousy . So [ we ] add the money plot [ where Abby wants the trustfulness money ] . It needed to be a little more crisp . ”

What The Perfect Couple’s Ending Means For The Show

How The Netflix Series Has Been Received

The Perfect Couple ’s reviewshave been generally positive from critic , if not jolly lukewarm . The Netflix murder secret series has , as of writing , a 60 % critics ' score onRotten Tomatoes . The audience score , now called the Popcornmeter , come in higher at 69 % . Generally speaking , then , it seems as Lamia ’s building of the narrative and the ending are proving popularand qualification for a compelling season of television receiver .

The Perfect Couple is Netflix ’s most late murder mystery miniseries , and there are plenty of other stream serial like it to tally out .

Our Take On The Perfect Couple’s Ending

Lamia Made The Right Choice With Abby

There may be a little more nuance to the finish of Hilderbrand ’s novel , butThe Perfect Couple ’s charactersstill get a compelling conclusion in the series . The storytelling gymnastics it would take to present the story exactly as it hap in the book would probably bog the narration down and ultimately make for a less coherent and streamlined viewer experience . It remains to be go steady whetherThe Perfect Coupleseason 2 will move forward , but Lamia has evidently proven herself a strong choice to adapt extra Hilderbrand novels .

reservoir : IndieWire

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In the idyllic setting of Nantucket , a lavish marriage turn sinister when a body is discover in the harbour just before the ceremony . As the investigation unfolds , every phallus of the wedding party becomes a defendant , unraveling secrets and Trygve Lie . Starring Nicole Kidman , Liev Schreiber , and Dakota Fanning , the series call acute dramatic play and mystery​.

Nicole Kidman removing her sunglasses as Greer Garrison Winbury in The Perfect Couple

Nikki Henry (Donna Lynne Champlin) and Dan Carter (Michael Beach) conducting a police investigation in The Perfect Couple

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Abby Winbury (Dakota Fanning) looking ahead in The Perfect Couple

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The Perfect Couple (2024)