Other than You, Netflix has been rather quiet on the drama front of late, but that will all change with the release of a new British thriller that looks set to have millions of viewers on the edge of their seats and has already sparked quite a reaction.
Richard Armitage takes the leading role in the series, which is Netflex's latest collaboration with bestselling author Harlan Coben, with the cast also including Jennifer Saunders and Anthony Head.
The official synopsis for The Stranger, which was made available on Netflix on Thursday, January 30 , reads “Adam Price seems to have a charmed existence. Two wonderful sons, a career in law, and most of all, a watertight marriage to his soulmate, Corinne, a teacher at the local school. Adam is living the dream.
Until one night a stranger sits down next to him in a bar. ‘She lied, Adam. Corinne made it up, she was never pregnant. One more thing, if I were you, I’d run DNA checks on your two boys.’
“As quickly as the stranger came, she is gone. Adam tries going after her, but it’s too late. As the stranger’s words eat away at Adam, he begins to investigate his wife. To his horror, his greatest fears are realised. When Adam confronts Corinne with evidence that she faked a pregnancy, she flees, leaving only a text message: ‘MAYBE WE NEED SOME TIME APART. YOU TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS. DON’T TRY TO CONTACT ME. IT WILL BE OKAY. JUST GIVE ME A FEW DAYS… PLEASE’.”
Consider us well and truly hooked already!!! Richard Armitage plays Adam, while Dervla Kirwan plays Corinne and Jacob Dudman and Misha Handley play their sons Thomas and Ryan. The Stranger is played by Hannah John-Kamen, famous for being Ornela in Game of Thrones.
And within hours of The Stranger's released onto Netflix, many people were flocking to Twitter to declare how good it is.
One viewer wrote "The stranger’ on Netflix is mad" and another tweeted "I have just seen episode 1 of The Stranger and it is soooo beyond BRILLIANT!!!!!"
