You ever watch a teaser and feel like you just got gaslit by the screen?
Yeah. The Girlfriend did that to me.
First off—Robin Wright. Olivia Cooke. A psychological family drama that looks like it was shot in someone's repressed memory. Sounds promising, right?
Except then… there's the cake.
Bloody. Cake.
Like, what the hell was that?
Anyway. The show is based on Michelle Frances' novel, adapted by Naomi Sheldon and Gabbie Asher, and directed by Andrea Harkin and Robin Wright herself. Six episodes. Prime Video drops it September 10th, 2025.
So… not this year. Not next. 2025.
But hey, at least we've got that creepy-ass teaser to chew on until then.
Laura — played by Wright — starts off as the perfect mom. Perfect husband. Perfect son. Then Cherry shows up. Played by Olivia Cooke. And suddenly, the walls start closing in.
Is she a manipulative social climber?
Is Laura just paranoid?
Or is this… a metaphor for motherhood?
Honestly, I don't know. But I do know that Olivia Cooke's side-eye in that teaser could freeze a lake.
And what's with the cake? Is that a metaphor? A symbol? A red herring soaked in red paint?
No idea. But it's haunting.
I mean, who brings a cake to a family dinner that looks like it was baked in a horror movie?
Also — shoutout to the casting. Laurie Davidson as Daniel. Waleed Zuaiter as Howard. Tanya Moodie, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Karen Henthorn, Anna Chancellor, Leo Suter, Francesca Corney. This is not a B-list crew.
They're bringing the heat.
And the show's produced by Imaginarium Productions and Amazon MGM Studios. So, you know, they had money to burn. Or at least to splatter fake blood on a cake.
Now, full disclosure — I'm not a huge fan of psychological thrillers that try too hard to be twisty . You know the type. Every episode ends with a “cliffhanger” that doesn't actually mean anything.
But this one?
It feels different.
