I found this an exceptionally well written script.
At first it feels very predictable--Aurora is with her new love interest, Nick Miller. A young girl shows up and appears to be jealous of Nick's attention toward Aurora, Then another girl, a student at the university where Nick teaches also shows signs of jealousy--and it felt like I knew where the story was going even before it got started.
But then the script adds a sort of Agatha Christie twist. The perpetrator is leaving taunting clues, for Aurora in particular as to who the next attack victim will be. Another mystery cliché, true. But it adds a nice layer of complexity and makes events seem less predictable.
Then, Aurora's best friend, Sally Allison is attacked and almost dies. This ratchets up the suspense immensely, especially when the last clue seems to be indicating that the last victim is going to be Aurora herself, and she won't be as lucky as the other participants in this "cat and mouse game".
Yes, all this is standard mystery stuff--but what matters is how it is put together. This was filmed in 2019. No one can write anything original in the mystery genre anymore. All anyone can do is to reassemble the pieces in a new and exciting way. And the producers did just that, IMO. The episode does a wonderful job of building regret, guilt, and tension.
Finally, mystery-wise, the actual perpetrator did come as a surprise to me, and not in an unfair way. The taunting nature of the clues being left made the perpetrator a logical choice even if I never suspected.
At first it feels very predictable--Aurora is with her new love interest, Nick Miller. A young girl shows up and appears to be jealous of Nick's attention toward Aurora, Then another girl, a student at the university where Nick teaches also shows signs of jealousy--and it felt like I knew where the story was going even before it got started.
But then the script adds a sort of Agatha Christie twist. The perpetrator is leaving taunting clues, for Aurora in particular as to who the next attack victim will be. Another mystery cliché, true. But it adds a nice layer of complexity and makes events seem less predictable.
Then, Aurora's best friend, Sally Allison is attacked and almost dies. This ratchets up the suspense immensely, especially when the last clue seems to be indicating that the last victim is going to be Aurora herself, and she won't be as lucky as the other participants in this "cat and mouse game".
Yes, all this is standard mystery stuff--but what matters is how it is put together. This was filmed in 2019. No one can write anything original in the mystery genre anymore. All anyone can do is to reassemble the pieces in a new and exciting way. And the producers did just that, IMO. The episode does a wonderful job of building regret, guilt, and tension.
Finally, mystery-wise, the actual perpetrator did come as a surprise to me, and not in an unfair way. The taunting nature of the clues being left made the perpetrator a logical choice even if I never suspected.