Fool Me Once | |
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Genre | Thriller |
Based on | Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben |
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Directed by | David Moore Nimer Rashed |
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Theme music composer | David Buckley Luke Richards [1] |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Producer | Jessica Taylor |
Running time | 35–55 minutes |
Production company | Quay Street Productions |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | 1 January 2024 |
Fool Me Once is a British thriller television series, produced by Quay Street Productions for Netflix. It was adapted by Danny Brocklehurst from Harlan Coben's 2016 novel of the same name. It features Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Dino Fetscher, Richard Armitage and Joanna Lumley.
It premiered on Netflix on 1 January 2024. As of 31 March 2024, it is the seventh-most viewed English language Netflix series of all time with 98.2 million viewers and 630 million hours watched. [2]
Following the murder of her husband Joe Burkett (Richard Armitage), Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan) was given a nanny cam by her friend, Eva Finn (Adelle Leonce) to watch over her daughter, Lily. However, after watching the camera footage, she sees Joe, who was presumed dead, visiting their daughter. Meanwhile, Abby (Dänya Griver) and Daniel (Daniel Burt), her niece and nephew, seek to find the truth about their mother, Claire Walker's (Natalie Anderson) murder and the possible connections between both cases. [3]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [4] |
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1 | "Episode 1" | David Moore | Danny Brocklehurst | 1 January 2024 |
2 | "Episode 2" | David Moore | Danny Brocklehurst | 1 January 2024 |
3 | "Episode 3" | David Moore | Charlotte Coben | 1 January 2024 |
4 | "Episode 4" | Nimer Rashed | Yemi Oyefuwa | 1 January 2024 |
5 | "Episode 5" | Nimer Rashed | Nina Metivier | 1 January 2024 |
6 | "Episode 6" | Nimer Rashed | Tom Farrelly | 1 January 2024 |
7 | "Episode 7" | David Moore | Danny Brocklehurst | 1 January 2024 |
8 | "Episode 8" | David Moore | Danny Brocklehurst | 1 January 2024 |
The series is set in the United Kingdom as opposed to the American setting of the novel. Coben, who wrote the original novel, was an executive producer on the show. It is one of several adaptations of Coben's work by Netflix. [5] Danny Brocklehurst was head writer and executive producer, and Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee were executive producers via Quay Street Productions. The episodes were directed by David Moore and Nimer Rashed. [6]
Filming began in Manchester, England, in February 2023, [7] and other locations in the northwest, [8] with additional filming in Spain. Production wrapped in August 2023. [9]
The series has been available worldwide on Netflix since 1 January 2024. [10] Eight episodes were released.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 67% approval rating with an average rating of 5.2/10, based on 12 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Fool Me Once's reliance on twists might be too much a turnoff for some to check it out twice, but game performances by Michelle Keegan and Joanna Lumley ensure that there'll be no shame for those who stick around". [11] Metacritic gave a weighted average score of 55 out of 100 based on 23 critic reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Within its first week, it was watched by over 37.1 million Netflix accounts with 238,200,000 hours watched, one of the largest debuts of Netflix. [12] All episodes appeared in the BARB Top 50 most viewed programmes of the week, with the opening episode attracting 6.34 million viewers, making the Top 10. [13]
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