"The Beast in Us"

In this psychological drama from Netflix, Claire Danes brings the same sort of manic intensity to her role as the writer Maggie Wiggs as she displayed playing the bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison in "Homeland". Also memorable is Jonathan Banks, who played the same sort of ruthless, tough-minded character as he played in "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul". I single these two out because they are both favorites of mine, but really the whole cast is simply awesome.

When Aggie reads from her new book in the last scene, the audience at the book-signing is mesmerized, as we are listening to her summarize the themes of this powerful story--guilt and inocence, grief and loss, good and evil, retribution, justice, vengeance, rage, and karma.

i binge-watched the eight episodes of this limited series in one day. Probably better would have been to stretch it out more, so as to better digest this intricate psychological story as it unfolds.