Servant review – a decent M Night Shyamalan show? Now there's a twist
by Lucy Mangan from Technology | The Guardian on (#4VV19)
Be afraid " Apple TV+ is serving up creepy dolls, creepier nannys and all sorts of supernatural shenanigans thanks to M Night Shyamalan
Apple TV+'s new show Servant centres on Dorothy and Sean, a wealthy couple with exhaustingly successful lives: she is a local newscaster with family money, he is a chef to the rich and famous. They dwell in a sumptuous if slightly gothic Manhattan townhouse with their new baby whom they have named, because we live in a morally derelict age with no sense of decorum or shame any more, Jericho.
OR DO THEY? For this is a supernatural thriller, created by Tony Basgallop and executive produced by M Night Shyamalan, so nothing can be straightforward. Or quick. Or unbeautifully framed. But we'll get to that.
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