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* RaceLift: Louise's race is not specified in the novel, but she's described as blond and readers assumed she was white. She's Black in the series, but her race plays little to no part in the story.
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** David is briefly show bonding with Rob, and [[spoiler: Rob is disappointed to find out that it was just friendliness and David is in love with and very attracted to Adele.]]

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** David is briefly show shown bonding with Rob, and [[spoiler: Rob is disappointed to find out that it was just friendliness and David is in love with and very attracted to Adele.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: We don't know until the final episodes who the bad guy is, but [[spoiler: Rob is and he wins.]]
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* GenreMashup: It's a psychological thriller, love story, and [[spoiler: paranormal story]].
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* DreamSpying: [[spoiler: Both Adele and Rob are revealed to be able to astral project themselves to spaces they have visited and spy on people. They appear to be asleep, but their souls are not in their bodies.]]
* DreamWalker: Adele and Rob seem to be able to enter each other's dreams.

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* DreamSpying: [[spoiler: Both Adele and Rob are revealed to be able to astral project themselves to spaces they have visited and spy on people. They appear to be asleep, but their souls are not in their bodies. Louise learns to do this.]]
* DreamWalker: Adele and Rob seem to be are able to enter each other's dreams.



* PlaguedByNightmares: Louise suffers from night terrors. Rob suffers from a similar condition.

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* PlaguedByNightmares: Louise suffers from night terrors. terrors, which Adele has also suffered from. In the past, Rob suffers from a similar condition.

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* AmbiguouslyBi:
** Louise's friend says it sounds like she's shagging both David and Adele and though Louise only feels friendship for Adele, Adele's motives are initially left open.
** Rob declares himself gay, but he also develops a strong attachment to Adele that may or may not be romantic. He also shows interest in David.
** David is briefly show bonding with Rob, and [[spoiler: Rob is disappointed to find out that it was just friendliness and David is in love with and very attracted to Adele.]]



* LoveTriangle: The relationship between Louise/David/Adele is at the core of the narrative.

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* LoveTriangle: The relationship between Louise/David/Adele is at the core of the narrative.present-day narrative. In the past, there's a triangle between David/Adele/Rob.
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* DreamSpying: [[spoiler: Both Adele and Rob are revealed to be able to enter each other's dreams and glean information.]]

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* DreamSpying: [[spoiler: Both Adele and Rob are revealed to be able to enter each other's dreams astral project themselves to spaces they have visited and glean information.spy on people. They appear to be asleep, but their souls are not in their bodies.]]
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* SleepingWithTheBoss: Both Louise and David know this is a terrible idea, but they can't resist each other.
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: The fire that killed Adele's parents and burned David seems to have been just an accident.]]
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* AstralProjection: [[spoiler: Turns out this is how Rob!Adele manages to spy on David, Louise, Marianne, and anyone she feels is threatening her marriage. Real!Adele taught him how to do this, and for her trouble, he killed her and stole her life.]]

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* AstralProjection: [[spoiler: Turns out this is how Rob!Adele manages to spy on David, Louise, Marianne, and anyone she he/she feels is threatening her his/her marriage. Real!Adele taught him how to do this, and for her trouble, he killed her and stole her life.]]
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* DepravedHomosexual: [[spoiler: Rob. It's never implied that he's evil because he's a homosexual but he is definitely depraved and evil.]]


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* QuestionableConsent: [[spoiler: Rob!Adele and later Rob!Louise has sex with David multiple times with David thinking he's someone else.]]
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* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: Rob's journal has multiple pages torn out at the end.
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* TheCutie: Adam is a pretty adorable, normal kid who loves both his parents and wants his mum to be happy.
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* DreamSpying: [[spoiler: How Adele knows all sorts of things about David, Louise, and others that she shouldn't know.]]

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* DreamSpying: [[spoiler: How Both Adele knows all sorts of things about David, Louise, and others that she shouldn't know.Rob are revealed to be able to enter each other's dreams and glean information.]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Rob!Adele's plan depends on Louise being a good person and wanting to save Adele despite everything.]]
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: David doesn't seem to enjoy sex with his beautiful wife, but he absolutely enjoys it with Louise.
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* MeetCute: David and Louise have one of these in a bar when she spills her drink on him.
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* NotHimself: [[spoiler: Turns out there was a good reason that teenage Adele was so different from the woman David married. They aren't the same person. The same cycle begins again with Louise, with only Adam noticing something is not right with his mum.]]
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* AstralProjection: [[spoiler: Turns out this is how Rob!Adele manages to spy on David, Louise, Marianne, and anyone she feels is threatening her marriage. The Real!Adele taught him how to do this, and for her trouble he killed her and stole her life.]]

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* AstralProjection: [[spoiler: Turns out this is how Rob!Adele manages to spy on David, Louise, Marianne, and anyone she feels is threatening her marriage. The Real!Adele taught him how to do this, and for her trouble trouble, he killed her and stole her life.]]


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* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler: Rob stole Adele's body and life. Her later does the same thing to Louise.]]
* BodySurf: [[spoiler: Rob figures out how to jump from Adele body to Louise's body.]]


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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Rob wins again, killing Louise and taking over her life just as he did with Adele.]]


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* {{Flashback}}: There are multiple flashbacks to Adele's life as a teenager when she was dating David and friends with Rob.


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* TheStoner: Rob is an unrepentant junkie who does not want to get clean.
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* AstralProjection: [[spoiler: Turns out this is how Rob!Adele manages to spy on David, Louise, Marianne, and anyone she feels is threatening her marriage. The Real!Adele taught him how to do this, and for her trouble he killed her and stole her life.]]
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* DreamSequence: Louise suffers from night terrors, often featuring her son in danger.

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* DreamSequence: The story features multiple dream sequences. Louise suffers from night terrors, often featuring her son in danger.danger. Later, she begins to have more pleasant dreams, some featuring David. In flashback. Rob is able to control his dreams in the same way.
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Adele isn't Adele. Rob stole her body and killed her.]]

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* ControlFreak: Louise finds the way David controls Adele to be sinister.



* DreamWalker: Adele and Rob seem to be able to enter each other's dreams. EmotionalCrutch: David has become this to Adele, even as it is clear that she wants friends outside their relationship.

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* DreamWalker: Adele and Rob seem to be able to enter each other's dreams. EmotionalCrutch:
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David has become this to Adele, even as it is clear that she wants friends outside their relationship.
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The show has six episodes and premiered on February 17, 2021.

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The show has six episodes and premiered on February 17, 2021. It was met with mixed reviews with critics praising the performances but having varied reactions to the twists and turns in the story.
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* DreamWalking: Adele and Rob seem to be able to enter each other's dreams. EmotionalCrutch: David has become this to Adele, even as it is clear that she wants friends outside their relationship.

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* DreamWalking: DreamWalker: Adele and Rob seem to be able to enter each other's dreams. EmotionalCrutch: David has become this to Adele, even as it is clear that she wants friends outside their relationship.

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* DreamEmergencyExit: Louise begins to train herself to control her dreams using Rob's journal, including methods to exit the dream.



* LivingEmotionalCrutch: David has become this to Adele, even as it is clear that she wants friends outside their relationship.

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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: DreamSpying: [[spoiler: How Adele knows all sorts of things about David, Louise, and others that she shouldn't know.]]
* DreamWalking: Adele and Rob seem to be able to enter each other's dreams. EmotionalCrutch:
David has become this to Adele, even as it is clear that she wants friends outside their relationship.


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* NiceGuy: David insists to Louise he is this, but she begins to suspect otherwise.
* PlaguedByNightmares: Louise suffers from night terrors. Rob suffers from a similar condition.
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* BestFriend: In the present, Adele thinks of Louise as this. In the past, Rob was her best friend.


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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Moody, tormented David is very attracted to upbeat Louise.


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* DreamSequence: Louise suffers from night terrors, often featuring her son in danger.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: David has become this to Adele, even as it is clear that she wants friends outside their relationship.

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The show has several notable twists which will be revealed simply by the presence of certain tropes, so beward of SPOILERS.

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The show has several notable twists which will be revealed simply by the presence of certain tropes, so beward beware of SPOILERS.



* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.

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* [=TropeTitle=]: List BigFancyHouse: Adele grew up on a large estate including paintings of tropes that her ancestors.
* DarkSecret: Both David and Adele
are fixtures keeping dark secrets.
* LoveTriangle: The relationship between Louise/David/Adele is at the core
of the series.
narrative.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes MadwomanInTheAttic: Louise's friend suggests that David's forcing meds on Adele may be a benevolent version of this, with him simply trying to care for his mentally ill wife.
* TwistEnding: There are not one but two big twists
in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.final episode.
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''Behind Her Eyes'' is a British Creator/{{Netflix}} limited series that follows a London secretary as she embarks on an affair with her psychiatrist boss but also develops an unlikely friendship with her boss's mysterious wife Adele. Based on a novel by Sarah Pinborough, the show is primarily a psychological thriller but mixes in [[spoiler: surprise elements of the supernatural in later episodes.]]

It stars Simona Brown as secretary and single mum Louise, Eve Hewson as restless housewife and mental patient Adele, and Tom Bateman as psychiatrist David.

The show has six episodes and premiered on February 17, 2021.

The show has several notable twists which will be revealed simply by the presence of certain tropes, so beward of SPOILERS.
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* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.

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