History YMMV / BehindHerEyes

* IdiotPlot: Louise, who is seen being practical and intelligent through the whole story, [[spoiler: is murdered by Rob!Adele because even though she knows Adele is psychotic, she still runs to her house to save her from fire/suicide instead of letting the fire department handle the situation.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Louise is given a RaceLift from the novel, but it doesn't seem like a word of the script was changed because of it. Consequently, elements of the story that could have been more complicated or interesting are not. [[spoiler: Rob!Adele shows no racial animosity toward Louise, even upon being revealed to be psychotic and treating Marianne in an ageist and misogynist way. Later, Rob!Louise is shown adjusting to Louise's deeper voice ''but not having to adjust at all to being Black''. He is implied to be continuing a life of privilege as David's wife, with no consequences.]] Meanwhile, Louise is shown to have some awkwardness over the fact that David and Adele are far wealthier than her but the fact that they are white doesn't factor into her thinking.
* UnfortunateImplications: [[https://www.salon.com/2021/02/20/behind-her-eyes-ending-problematic-race-gender-homophobic/ Critics have pointed out]] that the ending amounts to [[spoiler: "murderous creepy gay man pretends to be a woman to trick a man into sleeping with/dating him", a double-whammy of homophobic and transphobic stereotypes.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Louise is given a RaceLift from the novel, but it doesn't seem like a word of the script was changed because of it. Consequently, elements of the story that could have been more complicated or interesting are not. [[spoiler: Rob!Adele shows no racial animosity toward Louise, even upon being revealed to be psychotic and treating Marianne in an ageist and misogynist way. Later, Rob!Louise is shown adjusting to Louise's deeper voice ''but not having to adjust at all to being Black''. He is implied to be continuing a life of privilege as David's wife, with no consequences.]] Meanwhile, Louise is shown to have some awkwardness over the fact that David and Adele are far wealthier than her but the fact that they are white doesn't factor into her thinking.

** On top of that, plenty of people pointed out that the plot revolves around a [[spoiler: DepravedHomosexual who is jealous of his beautiful, rich straight best friend so he steals her body and kills her, thereby playing into the trope of predatory LBGTQ+ characters. On top of that, people were disturbed that Adele fakes an abuse allegation, a misogynistic trope that is statistically rare in real life.]]

** On top of that, plenty of people pointed out that the plot revolves around a [[spoiler: DepravedHomosexual who is jealous of his beautiful, rich straight best friend so he steals her body and kills her, thereby playing into the trope of predatory LBGTQ+ characters.]]

** On top of that, plenty of people pointed out that the plot revolves around a [[spoiler: DepravedHomosexual who is jealous of his beautiful, rich straight best friend so he steals her body and kills her, thereby playing into the DiscreditedTrope of predatory LBGTQ+ characters. On top of that Rob!Adele is seen faking a domestic violence accusation against the innocent David, playing into the misogynist idea that women lie to ruin men's lives.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Louise is given a RaceLift from the novel, but it doesn't seem like a word of the script was changed because of it. Consequently, elements of the story that could have been more complicated or interesting are not. [[spoiler: Rob!Adele shows no racial animosity toward Louise, even upon being revealed to be psychotic and treating Marianne in an ageist and misogynist way. Later, Rob!Louise is shown adjusting to Louise's deeper voice by not having to adjust at all to being Black. He is implied to be continuing a life of privilege as David's wife, with no consequences.]] Meanwhile, Louise is shown to have some awkwardness over the fact that David and Adele are far wealthier than her but the fact that they are white doesn't factor into her thinking.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Louise is given a RaceLift from the novel, but it doesn't seem like a word of the script was changed because of it. Consequently, elements of the story that could have been more complicated or interesting are not. [[spoiler: Rob!Adele shows no racial animosity toward Louise, even upon being revealed to be psychotic and treating Marianne in an ageist and misogynist way. Later, Rob!Louise is shown adjusting to Louise's deeper voice by not having to adjust at all to being Black. He is implied to be continuing a life of privilege as David's wife, with no consequences.]] Meanwhile, Louise is shown to have some awkwardness over the fact that Rob and Adele are far wealthier than her but the fact that they are white doesn't factor into her thinking.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: More than a few critics pointed out that the final sequence is heavily influenced by/borrowed from [[spoiler: ''Film/{{Us}}'']] with the film doing the same premise much better.

* BrokenBase: The show is marketed and initially unfolds like a psychological thriller in the vein of ''Film/GoneGirl''. Audiences and critics have had intensely mixed reactions to the fact that it [[spoiler: veers into a paranormal story about a BodySnatcher who uses AstralProjection with a DownerEnding.]] Some loved it and some absolutely hated it.