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His & Hers Netflix Series Made Me Scream at My TV (In the Best Way)
- Sakshi D
- 1 hour ago
- 4 min read
Netflix’s chaotic murder mystery is frustrating as hell, until the twist hits
I started Netflix Series His & Hers at like 10 PM on a random weeknight with zero expectations.
Didn’t read the synopsis, didn’t watch a trailer, just saw “murder mystery” and “six episodes” and thought fuck it, why not. By 2 AM, I was still awake, yelling at my screen, texting my friends incoherent messages with way too many exclamation points. This show is a mess. But god, what a beautiful, unhinged mess.
Here’s the thing: I love a good twist. I live for the moment a show looks me dead in the eye and says, “you’re an idiot,” while pulling the rug out from under me.
His & Hers does exactly that, and somehow makes every frustrating minute leading up to it feel worth it.
TMJ Rating: 🍿🍿🍿/5
So What’s This Thing Even About?
Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal) is a small-town detective investigating a brutal murder: woman stabbed 40 times, left in her car in the woods, the whole gruesome deal.
His estranged wife Anna (Tessa Thompson) rolls back into their Georgia hometown as a journalist covering the same case, trying to rebuild her career after disappearing for a year following their daughter’s death. Shared trauma, teenage secrets, bodies piling up, you know the drill.
The first episode hooked me immediately. The show does this thing where it shows you stuff rather than explaining everything to death, which I really appreciated.
You’re piecing things together as it unfolds, and the mystery feels legit compelling early on.
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Then Netflix Does Its Thing
Look, I need to be real with you: the middle chunk of this show made me want to throw my laptop across the room.
Characters start making the dumbest possible decisions purely because the plot needs them to. The dialogue gets stiff and clunky. Everyone becomes a complete idiot because otherwise the story falls apart.
Jack Harper might genuinely be the worst detective I’ve ever seen on television. This man
slept with the victim the night she died, left his DNA everywhere, found her phone in his damn car, and then—I kid you not—swabs his niece’s cheek to fake his own DNA sample.
He spends half the show trying to frame the husband with literally zero evidence while everyone around him goes “oh that’s classic Jack!” like his catastrophic incompetence is charming. I was losing my mind.
My neighbors probably heard me screaming, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” through the walls at 11 PM.
The Stuff That Slaps
Jon Bernthal is phenomenal as Jack.
Watching him spiral into full dirty-cop territory, covering up evidence, sabotaging his own investigation, projecting his guilt everywhere, is uncomfortable in the best possible way. He makes you feel the weight of every terrible decision.
Tessa Thompson brings real emotional depth to Anna, especially in the quieter grief moments. The scenes between them on the porch or when they’re fighting feel raw and lived-in, like you’re watching actual people with history tear each other apart.
The show also doesn’t fuck around with its dark themes. The backstory reveal about Rachel and Helen being absolute monsters in high school (forcing their friends to drink piss, blackmail, and selling them to grown men for assault) is genuinely disturbing.
This show handles heavy stuff like sexual violence, childhood cruelty, and revenge without softening it or making it palatable, which I respect.
That Ending Though
I don’t want to spoil anything because the twist is the entire reason this review exists. But holy shit. HOLY SHIT. I went from yelling in frustration to yelling in complete shock.
The mom reveal broke my brain in the best way possible. It’s unhinged, it’s campy, it’s uncomfortable, and somehow it ties everything together and makes the whole frustrating journey feel intentional.
The last episode gets a little Scooby-Doo with how fast everything wraps up, and there are definitely some plot holes if you think too hard.
But that final twist? Chef’s kiss. Iconic. Made me immediately text three people, “YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS NOW.”
My Final Verdict: Should You Watch His & Hers Netflix Series?
There’s a really tight two-hour movie buried somewhere inside these six episodes. The ideas are incredible, but the execution gets messy.
It’s like the show can’t decide if it wants to be a dark David Fincher procedural or a campy revenge soap opera, so it tries to be both and lands somewhere in the middle.
But you know what? I still had a really good time. The mystery kept me guessing, the performances were strong, and that ending made every frustrating moment worth sitting through.
Every single one of those stars belongs to Jon Bernthal’s performance and that absolutely bonkers final twist. Watch it if you love unhinged reveals and can forgive some messy storytelling along the way.
Have you seen His & Hers? Did that ending wreck you too? Drop your reactions below (no spoilers for people who haven’t watched yet, but feel free to scream with me in the comments).
