It’s rare that a horror series allows Black characters to become more than the trauma enacted upon them. Haunting of Bly Manor’s T’Nia Miller stars as standout lead character, Hannah Grose. Set in the late 1980s, Miller immediately catches the viewer’s eye; put-together, postured, well-dressed and spoken, and one of the only Black people to be residing at Bly Manor.

[Spoiler Warning if you haven't watched The Haunting of Bly Manor.]

Hannah Grose is the glue to the expansive manor, its staff, and the family of the Wingraves, who own the home. When we meet her for the first time, new au pair Dani (Victoria Pedretti) arrives at the manor for the first time, overjoyed to meet the orphaned children that she will take under her wing. Hannah is discombobulated, staring into the water well at the back of the property and unable to initially register that Dani is even there. From here on, she totters on the...