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Stephen King nearly ruined this series for me but he did get me to watch it. I had to quickly adjust my expectations but this is what he had to say:
"SERVANT, on Apple+: Extremely creepy and totally involving. Two episodes and I'm hooked." (December 5, 2019)
"SERVANT is back on Apple+.
M. Night Shayamalan, spooky as hell, crawls right up your nerve-endings, need I say more?" (January 15, 2021)
He oversold this series by miles. 'Servant' isn't creepy, it doesn't crawl right up your nerve-endings. I just finished the 2nd season and it's essentially a drama:
1. Dorothy is responsible for killing her own newborn. Creates a fantasy while the family enables her.
2. Leanne, a member of a religious cult, manages to become a part of the household (Leanne remembers Dorothy from when she was a child).
3. Religious cult seems spooky but they only appear to harm their own. Lots of ominous music when they make appearances. Also, difficult to leave this cult...
4. Lots of creepy music and insinuation that Leanne might have some kind of dark power (which is also very easily explained by coincidences).
5. Some dumb stuff: Sean (the husband) constantly pulling out large splinters throughout his body (he barely questions this), loses his sense of smell (does not have this checked out), complete loss of feeling from a hand (so he lights it on fire).
In the end, it's a good drama (crazy mother and her family take on a religious cult) in a long, drawn out (but engaging) story with lots of mood music. Good acting, small cast of characters, each episodes is only 30 minutes but feels longer (so they really make this work).
It's pretty good if you go in with the right expectations - ie; a drama dealing with unusual circumstances. It's long and boring if you believe what Stephen King had to say about this.
Stephen King nearly ruined this series for me but he did get me to watch it. I had to quickly adjust my expectations but this is what he had to say:
"SERVANT, on Apple+: Extremely creepy and totally involving. Two episodes and I'm hooked." (December 5, 2019)
"SERVANT is back on Apple+.
M. Night Shayamalan, spooky as hell, crawls right up your nerve-endings, need I say more?" (January 15, 2021)
He oversold this series by miles. 'Servant' isn't creepy, it doesn't crawl right up your nerve-endings. I just finished the 2nd season and it's essentially a drama:
1. Dorothy is responsible for killing her own newborn. Creates a fantasy while the family enables her.
2. Leanne, a member of a religious cult, manages to become a part of the household (Leanne remembers Dorothy from when she was a child).
3. Religious cult seems spooky but they only appear to harm their own. Lots of ominous music when they make appearances. Also, difficult to leave this cult...
4. Lots of creepy music and insinuation that Leanne might have some kind of dark power (which is also very easily explained by coincidences).
5. Some dumb stuff: Sean (the husband) constantly pulling out large splinters throughout his body (he barely questions this), loses his sense of smell (does not have this checked out), complete loss of feeling from a hand (so he lights it on fire).
In the end, it's a good drama (crazy mother and her family take on a religious cult) in a long, drawn out (but engaging) story with lots of mood music. Good acting, small cast of characters, each episodes is only 30 minutes but feels longer (so they really make this work).
It's pretty good if you go in with the right expectations - ie; a drama dealing with unusual circumstances. It's long and boring if you believe what Stephen King had to say about this.