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Servant have shared with
Digital Spy some intriguing thoughts on who the ultimate evil of the show truly is.
While the first season juxtaposed the potentially sinister motivations of nanny Leanne (Nell Tiger Free) with the grieving family she was working for, the latest episodes have unravelled a deeper mystery.
The reborn doll, Jericho, that grieving mum Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) believed was her actual daughter might actually have been an avatar for the fact that her daughter is still alive – but kidnapped by Leanne s mysterious Aunt May. Or is someone else entirely behind Jericho s disappearance, as Leanne suggests?
By Kyle McMahon
Jan 22, 2021
WATCH: Director - Writer - Producer M. Night Shyamalan talks his hit Apple TV+ series Servant on Pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon
M. Night Shyamalan is a writer - director - producer - creative with over $3 billion in box office receipts. From his breakout hit
The Sixth Sense in 1999 up to his most recent theatrical film
Glass in 2019, Shyamalan has kept audiences (and critics) on their toes as our generations Alfred Hitchcock.
In November 2019, Apple TV+ debuted the first season of
Servant, a series executive produced by Shyamalan. The series follows a young Philadelphia couple who tragically lost their baby who have taken to using a life like Living Doll to help work through their grief. The mother Dorothy (
Servant Is the Weirdest Show on TV You Should Watch It 23 Shares
Apple TV+ is best known for being the home of
Ted Lasso, but the streamer also houses the most unabashedly weird show on television. That show is
Servant, and you should definitely watch it. Granted, you ll spend most of each episode confused, horrified, and flummoxed by the events unfolding in front of you, but that s all part of its (dark) magic.
In a nutshell,
Servant is about a couple, Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean (Toby Kebbell), struggling to cope after the death of their infant son, Jericho. Sadly, Dorothy doesn t accept that her son is dead, and at the start of the series, she s clinging to a reborn doll to get her through her grief. However, her family believes the only way for Dorothy to move forward is for her to return to work in the hope that she might begin to accept the fact that Jericho is gone. Enter Leanne (Nell Tiger Free), a sheltered young nanny hired to placate D
The Shining and
He tweets: “
SERVANT is back on Apple+. M. Night Shyamalan, spooky as hell, crawls right up your nerve-endings, need I say more?“
Check out his post below.
SERVANT is back on Apple+.
M. Night Shayamalan, spooky as hell, crawls right up your nerve-endings, need I say more? Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 15, 2021
Following its suspenseful Season 1 finale, the second season takes a supernatural turn with a darker future for all lying ahead as Leanne returns to the brownstone and her true nature is revealed. You can check out the season 2 trailer
Tony Basgallop created the series and executive produces with Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan, Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black, and Steve Tisch. Toby Kebbell stars with Nell Tiger Free, Lauren Ambrose, and Rupert Grint. The first season is now streaming.