Louise, Adele, and Rob are able to astrally project, lifting their consciousness out of their bodies and traveling around to spaces where their physical minds and bodies have been. The metaphysical aspect of Behind Her Eyes is quite intriguing.

Adele befriends a quirky cis-gay white man named Rob (Robert Aramayo), a heroin addict who is seemingly bewitched by Adele.Īdele and Rob are released from the institution and reunite for a weekend at her country mansion where Rob and David, the two men, in her life will meet. Replacing the insecure white woman with a Black woman, hmmm-what’s the message there? David’s wifey Adele’s storyline is split between current day and flashbacks to her time living in a mental institution after being the sole survivor of a traumatic fire. In the book, Louise Barnsley was an insecure overweight dowdy white woman in the limited series Louise is played by a 25-year-old, petite, beautiful dark skinned Black British female actor. In the space of six episodes, the audience is taken on a journey that includes mental institutions, heroin addiction, astral projection, and soul shifting. The relationship triangle aspect of the series coexists with a murder mystery. For the first time in a long time, Louise is happy. Louise meets Adele weekly for gym/spa dates, and she’s having the best sex of her life with David. As Louise reads and follows the practices in the journal, she’s finally able to get a peaceful night’s rest. Adele shares a handwritten journal with Louise that offers guidance in overcoming bad dreams by lucid dreaming exercises. The women bond at Adele’s gym where Louise reveals that she suffers from insomnia due to terrible nightmares. Louise tries to resist Adele’s charm but accepts an invitation to Adele’s posh health club for a day of self-care. Adele, new in town and lonely, initiates a friendship. The women end up having tea and realize Louise is David’s secretary. Louise and David vow to keep their relationship strictly business, but can’t resist their mutual attraction and end up having an affair and falling in love.Īfter Louise drops her son Adam (Tyler Howitt) off to school one morning, she literally bumps into and knocks over Adele on a random street corner. David turns out to be Louise’s new boss and is married to Adele (Eve Hewson) a young wealthy cis-straight woman. They share a delicious kiss after an evening of unexpected soul connection. Behind Her Eyes is the tale of a lonely young British working class cis-straight single mom of one Louise Barnsley (played beautifully by Simona Browne) who meets David Ferguson (Tom Bateman), a tall sexy Scottish cis-straight man in a bar.

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