It did hurt Jay’s dead. And watching Will caring more about his obsession with Anna than the son’s death and a whole family destroyed, that was more f*cked up I couldn’t stand it.
Right. Like the infatuation, sure, it's implied everyone around her is obsessed to some degree. However the fact his so. Died and that didn't snap him back to reality was crazy
After watching this show I’m left with a very important question:Why was William so drawn to Anna ?I think some context would have helped to better explain the premise of this obsession
I wonder why no one mention those very strong narcissistic traits coming from Anna. The whole movie is about how a malignant manipulative narcissistic person can ruin someone's/people's life just to get her supply and then just irresponsibly leave without a word when it gets too complicated and impossible to continue playing her mind games. Anna's character was pure perfection and felt terrifyingly real from this perspective.
Totally agree ! There are a lot of Anna’s walking around .. they aren’t your typical black window that knows how venomous they truly are . Instead they are people that feel that they were owed the pursuit of pleasure because they are professionals at being a victim to their own circumstances. These are the most dangerous people .
@@walqqr1 he doesn't need to, frequently victims of narcissistic abuse start to show the same traits and behaviour, they can be exact opposite of themselves "caring" of nobody else but their narcissistic Master
I don’t think she was narcissistic. She was abused by her brother and has skewed sense of boundaries and needed to seek out that “love” to feel validation. As for the dad, he was more in the wrong for willingly sacrificing his relationship with his own child for sexual gratification.
I think because of what her brother did to her Anna is seeking to destroy any man that reminds her of him. She’s a troubled soul and the father is very disgusting.
For Anna it was all in the eye's. But it's more than that. She subconsciously was compelled to defile in them everything she lost in herself. Hope, stability, trust, potential and innocence.
I think Anna was subconsciously looking for someone that looks like her brother (her mom even mentioned that Jay looks like him). The problem is that Jay doesn’t have the same personality as her brother - Jay was more of a softy. Jay’s father was the one who fulfilled her sexual-supply (aggressive form of sex). And that resonates with the fact that her brother raped her… so my opinion is that she feels so guilty of the death of her brother that she seeks to ‘live again with him’ in the form of this complex relationship with Jay and his father
@@Gebruikersnaam_ The most powerful part was Anna's final confrontation with her mother resulting in her manic outburst. Especially when the mother turned a blind eye to her son's sexual abuse of her daughter while simultaneously blaming the victim.
they followed the book on this one ~ excerpt from the book when they first set eyes on each other " A stillness descended upon me. I sighed a deep sigh, as if I had slipped suddenly out of a skin. "
Will is defintely one of the most deranged despicable characters I've ever seen. One thing that did strike me about him however, is that prior to meeting Anna he did not seem happy. He just completed a medical breakthrough, had loving supportive wife and family, yet seemed empty and sullen. He kept saying to his wife, he was just tired but it seemed more than that. You could see it when Anna first contacted him on his phone he was just going through the motions on his excercise bike, then started peddling like a madman. That was the point of no return, he was not going back to his original life. He's actually similar to Anna in a lot of ways, in that they are willing to forego any bonds or attachments in the pursuit of new passions no matter what the ramifications or damage they cause. Will mentioned this in the speech his dad gave him for going for what you want in life when he saw Anna for the last time. However Will is most worse than Anna given he actually had kids and family who will be irreparably scarred by his actions forever.
I don't think the ending meant the cycle would start again. To me, when the therapist said "would it help if there were some rules, is it something YOU FEEL you need?" it gave Anna the answer she had been waiting for on the biggest question that was her life: What was I really seeking? Rules. Because as you can see when she spoke with her mother, her mother could've stopped her from being abused by her brother, but she never did: her mother never established the rules. Therefore, Anna thought as long as she had rules everything would be fine, everything would be under "control". She became a control freak, someone who could only allow herself to live by following rules, and yet, her rules made no sense at all. So when the therapist asks her that question, it seems like she is finally understanding what she had been seeking, rules, and the right ones, because clearly her rules had very dangerous consequences. Will on the other hand is a surgeon, it is known that sociopaths and psychopaths are attracted to these kinds of jobs because they are not easily bothered by the blood, etc. He had a perfect life, he craved something thrilling, just like his job, and if Anna would've allowed it, he would've been able to live that way his whole life. That is why you see him tell his son "will you be able to handle it?" as if that is all that mattered. There was no empathy of a father, no understanding of what his son needed to hear from him, he saw marriage as nothing but part of the choices he made. He speaks further on how his own father taught him to just persue whatever he decided to take on, however, clearly, morality is not necessarily part of that motto he has. As Anna said, she tends to attract "certain" people. Perhaps her brother was a sociopath, perhaps so was her mother, perhaps she attracted once again another one, like a lamb when she first gazed at him, his prey. Anna was seeking a sense of normalcy, the right kind of normalcy. Beautiful movie, from the perspective of a psychology student.
The only thing that threw me off was their initial meeting. The attraction felt so forced they were staring at each other so much i laughed more than once i'm sure. I actually thought both characters knew each other from before so when that wasn't the case I was a bit disappointed to realize William was really willing to make such drastic changes in his life, hurt his family and STILL want Anna after. Definitely an interesting one but I will admit I also would not watch again! I think I will check out the 90s film though
same!! I was telling myself ohhh, they already know each other and started their affair but nope. I was like within the first few minutes everything felt so forced.
same thought. I was thinking they had an affair before and the party was just a meet up . I was thinking the girl was so obsessed with him to the point that she has to be with his son to bring her closer to him. Remember the call she had for the first time , shes was telling Wil that , Jay might visit them and introduced her to their family , and he must know it first.
I don’t understand the first time Will saw Anna. The way she was already staring at him first and knew he was Jay’s father. I thought she had a secret agenda (like revenge or she was already infatuated with him because he is a famous surgeon, and she used Jay to get close to Will) It’s really unnatural how it went straight to hooking up with no real chemistry to start from. They knew nothing about each other or had anything that connected them to each other.
Something I noticed about the show is William didn’t show any regard for his son the entire time. MAYBE in the first episode after the first time he talked to Ana and called Jay almost as if to warn him about his girlfriend. It’s just crazy that he did such outrageous things without thinking from the very beginning. The only emotion displayed towards his son the whole time was jealousy. He wanted to be more important to Ana than his own son he was in a secret competition with him the whole time. Then when Jay died that was the first time you even see Will care about his son AFTER IT WAS TOO LATE. Then of course afterwards he basically saw his son as someone who was once an obstacle that was now removed. I don’t even understand how someone could have the capacity to continue an affair after all that. I felt bad for his wife and daughter too nobody mattered to him
I don’t think he cared about his son or his family at all. He was only crying because he was probably scared about the backlash he would get (he was still fixated on Anna even when he was holding Jay), and he did not feel any remorse about what he did. He never really loved or cared about his family.
I don't know if anyone noticed but Anna's mom commented on how similar Jay's eyes are to her late son's eyes. And in the end the therapist has eyes really similar to Jay's and they do a close up on him when she figures it out.
@@tjijijijong2601 it was obvious that the incestuous relationship between Anna and Aston had become mutual after abuse and she went for guys that reminded her of Aston. well it was odd, this whole show was odd
Anna wanted to end things because she was guilty about Jay’s death. She repented by leaving William and starting her life over. But William is a piece of trash, still willing to chase after her as soon as his son passed away. He didn’t read between her lines, and he really is a di$&wad. He ruined everyone’s lives. He angers me so much.
William is indeed infuriating. But let’s not forget Anna was the one who came on to him in the first place. Her interactions with other males after Jay’s death tell us she wouldn’t bat an eyelash even if she discovered afterwards they were already committed.
At what point did she act like the victim? She was the one who ultimately had to break up with the father. The father literally said he wouldn't change anything after his own sons death. Y'all sound like the mother, making a victim out of perfectly responsible men who have agency lol
@𝑨𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒇𝒂 𝑬𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒂 ♡ Anna's not exactly innocent either tho, while I agree the father was way worse she willingly cheated on a man she claimed to love with his father and ruined their entire families life
The movie was overhyped, and when they promoted it, I thought this is going to be amazing. It was not all that. Even the start when Will put the olive in Anna's mouth, that seemed unrealistic. For that to happen without any build up was strange
There are unanswered questions about William :does he have a history of cheating ? Or is he just a horny bastard? Why was he drawned to Anna so quickly? why could no one else see how disconnected he was from the world around him ?
@@CashCollecta I think its both: hes horny and has a history of cheating but never had one like that. Poor guy went after a Feeling and ended up with full blown obsession. Keeps getting angry the closer they get that shes with his son also and not Just with him because keeps getting more and more possesive but is desperate for Anna so he keeps supressing it. He was lonely because he had to play roles in ever aspect of his life. But with Anna he becomes who he is which also contributed to his obsession with her. Addicted to the feeling rather than Anna. End was unneccessarily Dark though. Could have been something else. Didnt like it.
This was less about love and more about the habitual self sabotage abuse victims put themselves through when there are unanswered questions like “why me? ” and the feelings of guilt when they survive the abuse.
This was about British people being obsessed with lies manipulations and affairs. If they would have spoken directly and not LIE None of these would have happened.
This show was so unintentionally funny, I was laughing out loud while watching it. Mind you, sometimes it was an attempt to mask the second-hand embarrassment I felt because this series was a truly excruciating experience. Anna was simply irritating as f@@k, with her pretentious, cringy diary, and "learn to love the questions" 1 liner as the only personality trait. Two grown-up men act like teenagers in a corny indie movie about a love triangle in a local supermarket because "she just sits around in mysterious." I understand attraction but NO ONE looks at you across the room for 5 seconds and you instantly push an olive into their mouth provoked by, what was supposed to be, longing looks and low voice register. If you haven't watched it yet, skip.
I agree lmao it was cringe but decent for a brief watch - I'm not interested in another season though. Horrible characters other than Jay who was naive as hell but tolerable - a fiance hiding things and telling you to ''love the questions'' would send any self-respecting man or woman tbf running for the fokn hills - she had little to no personality and seemed to know exactly what she was doing... the father was worse for obvious reasons but ye I agree lol
The way Anna and Will's first meeting was written was atrocious. dont understand his sudden obsession with her at all from being a family man. could have been better.
Here is what I think: Since Anna was a narcissist. Probably the root cause was the fact that she kept thinking people would die for her, she believed it and thats why she was misterious with Jay and open with Will. Will felt special for her sharing more with him... And Anna knew how to teigger and boost his ego.. she was passive agressive with Will.. Jay did love her. As he mentions this in their trip to France, it is the first time he has loved. Jay died because he was shocked when he caught them... Will was the only one that saw Jay accidentally fall. Anna had her evyes covered she didnt see what or how it happened. She just heard so she immediately thought Jay had commited suicide (apparently thats what she told her mother and was what she was telling everyone the people innthe hotel for thw honeymoon) she literally says "he died because of me" this was narcissistic behavior she was believwing what she wantws to believe as she just walked away... When Jay's death was an accident not suicide... So Anna 'enjoyed' hearing and saying people die because of her Anna keeps telling everyone this. Anna loved none of them she loved thw fact or thought that it was interesting to keep hiding things and adding adrenaline to her day to day... When Jay died everything was boring, there was no point in seeing Will as there was no one to hide from no lore. Thats why she dumps him. When she goes partying she immediately loses interest in the man she was dancing with because she is used to have control over people and dominate them, and the guy was doing this to her so thats why she walked away.. because she likes submissive people. People she can set out rules to and control. And thats why the Word rules is all over Annas vocabulary.... The first thing she told Will after their first encounter was "here are the rules" when will shows up to France she yells 'you broke the rules' she kept telling everyone "I have everything under control" (because of her rules same she had with Jay) At the end in therapy Anna first thing she shares is "I have never done this before I dont know the rules" Man asks: "would it help to have some rules?" Anna: Sorry? Man: is that something you feel you need? Anna: How strange. She is thinking at this point that with one single question... She realized that is something thst she does to others but no one has done with her. No one ever questioned her. It is left for our imagination as it is never explained, but I believe she was doing what her brother did with her. Probably set out rules. Or it was that she realized that she was obsessed with rules with that last line. Will, well is pretty self explanatory that his suffering would be losing everything.
well explained, liked I'd thought too. she loved the excitement and thrill that a surreptitious affair gave her. With Jay gone, there was no point to having an affair with Wil
Don’t forget how sickening it is that her mom didn’t even stop her son from messing his sister. She loves her son and doesn’t give an F about her daughter. Also victim blaming her daughter for having people “obsessed” over her, like it’s her fault that her brother was obsessed with her. Oh god so sick.
So true. Idk what is it with mothers protecting their sons from literally everything they do. And the way the mother tried to make it look like what Aston did to Anna was not that bad is atrocious.
It was interesting how the only time Anna was truly happy was when she was talking with her friend Peggy. Peggy never wanted anything from her and was always there for her. The scene when Anna laughed at night texting her friend made me think about that
I just didn’t really care about the characters. The dad just did a complete 180 from his family to this stranger. Not even caring really after his son dies. It just seems too unreal and flat for a character to be that pathetically simple minded. Unless he was a total sociopath all along and they didn’t give enough context for that if true.
I binged this whole series. And the reality is…hurt people, hurt people. I feel no pity for anyone involved, especially Jay. From the start of Anna and Jays relationship, Anna kept secrets, secrets about her past, hell even her relationship with Jay was a secret. For Jay to accept this and still pursue Anna, to ask her to marry him was a red flag on his end. He didn’t love her-he too was just infatuated by her wisdom (age gap), by her sex…Maybe he was obsessed too…but there was no love.
What the fact that he loved her was no lie he wasn’t infatuated with her he even said he did you’re just trying to cope with the fact that you loved what anna was doing you wished it was you wasn’t you that adrenaline that thrill of people loving you and causing someone’s death she deserves all the pain in the world and when her friend told her to stop punishing herself I felt disgusted because she sshould she should keep punishing herself
It was really weird. Like i kept on thinking how fucked is it was and how easily it just started. I don’t understand the motivation at all, besides lust? Like come on
@@billybro1403 they were! She is in a hotel for vacay and goes outside for some some outside in the street lmao. Then goes back in bed with her guy all filled up without showering 🤣
Stumbled upon this show, wasn’t going to watch it until i saw Richard Armitage stars init. Alot of people state they didn’t like his character William but that’s what makes him such a good actor he played it to perfection as intended. I personally enjoyed watching the show.
why did Richard Armitage at this age feel the need to show his everything to the world. I didnt expect him to become a p*rn star lmao I liked the guy but he needed to back off from this show lol
Dude you're the first person I've found online who actually liked the show. I really hope nobody hates on me for saying this but I really enjoyed the show also and I found it to be really immersive and bingeworthy. It has a similar vibe to the series You. I wish I could find a show similar to this one!
I was just looking for something to watch on a Sunday afternoon. Nothing had grabbed my attention in a few weeks. Never heard of this but it was front and center on Netflix homepage. Very glad it was 4 short episodes and I was glued to the screen. It wrapped up surprisingly and horrifyingly. I don’t think I could have stood long drawn out seasons like Revenge. Anna’s mothers culpability was a surprise. The ending not so much. Dad became more and more unlike able. He completely lost his mind!
I'm sorry, but in no way is anyone ever losing their shit over a woman with that haircut. Trying to convince us these two had animal attraction from the first meeting 😂😂
@Thomas Shelby just finished the series yesterday. I think Anna is a typical manipulative homewrecking sociopath who has done this many times (even her best friend and mother warned both Jay and his father), while the father is a typical simp who has this fatal attraction towards this sociopath. I think Anna is the villain, while the father is fatally attracted to her, making him losing his mind. Both are crappy people anyway.
William just looked like he may have been going through a midlife crisis (took him by surprise that Anna was even remotely interested in him). But he became intrigued when it started with Anna texting him. When we find out about her abuse as a child with her brother..that explains why she was the way she was. I feel towards the end...William was obsessed and even thought they could actually be together! He was so far gone that the death of his own son didnt appear to phase him. Meanwhile Anna just up and left without a trace lol The way she talks to William I cant tell if she wants to be submissive or speaks to him in a way that he actually sumbits?. Its all head fuck
What is scary is that Will was actually quite a relatable character. At first at least. That lifestyle of monogamous marriage, and career life or rather routine, just going through the motions, is a recipe for a mid-age crisis for so many people its stereotypical. Unfortunately in Will's case, he got hit by the perfect storm..
A detail i think some of you might miss is that based on what Wiliam said at the end about his son not dying for nothing tells me that he said "learn to love the questions" on purpose so his son could find him with Anna. My theory is that Williams wanted Jay to find them and hope that might break off the wedding, but he did not plan on him dying. It makes me wonder if this was how madly in love Adam was with Eve in the garden of Eden, to sacrifice your relationship w/ God for the perfect woman 🙇♂
@@TOOO951 huh??? God literally created Eve for Adam because "it is not good that the man should be alone", they also had a family after the Fall, it was not obsession
It's not right for a father to do bad to a son in that manner .for the sake of the movie to continue something has to happen to either of them.the producer seems to have chose the son
@charliemurphyactress This obsession show is for weirdos future rapist, mentall ill , ppl etc that now I understand why Hollywood be having bunch of weirdos when you hear rape , pedo , etc… allegations against these actors/actress and Hollywood glorifying mental disorder and bunch of weird shit ☠️ boycott this show ppl
I don't understand Jay could be so oblivious of Anna's actions while dating her. What would she tell Jay on meetups at the flat? Any man with half a brain would know a little more about a person they intend to marry.
To add to what others have said, I also think it shows how cheating (regardless of who its with, i.e.-a co-worker or friend, let alone a daughter-in-law to be) can happen when people may be bored in their marriage, but cheating I believe is also a result of individualism, a social force that has grown in our society that affects everything, and a lack of understanding regarding the sacredness and sanctity of marriage. In this case, sex and excitement for them unfortunately becomes more important than long-lasting love and commitment, and can be connected to mental health disorders as well.
I'm assuming that the moment Anna tells William she never wants to see him again and wishes they never met, the reason he becomes emotional and cries- is not only losing her but realizing that sacrificing his own marriage and family was for nothing in the end. The fact that he wants to rent out her old apartment, where it all happened and where Jay died is sick, and it shows signs of addiction (beyond obsession) and definitely signs of a mentally disturbed mind, maybe even sadistic.
This show really shows how unhealed and unresolved trauma can become a never endless cycle of hurt and pain. In a way, the abuse and confusion she suffered with her brother completely deformed her idea of love and sex. One theory could say, because she had an intimate relationship with her brother (both sexually and love - her mom did say they were inseparable), she now, as an adult had to break down the 2, love for Jay and sex for Will in order for it to make sense. She is a fantastic character, extremely seductive, but under that enticing sensual hypnotic beauty, lies a web deceitful traits ready to rip you apart. Not unusual for very seductive people to have a dark side. You can’t have it all ;)
That theory would imply that young Anna happily gave it up to her brother Ashton but as she got older she felt differently and saw it for what it was. Sexual abuse. The mother not only failed to protect her daughter but had the nerve to victim blame her for what happened. Obsession humanised Anna's character and established a motive for her subconscious compulsion to destroy. If you love Obsession, I recommend the 1992 film Damage.
To those that don’t understand this movie - find it odd, weird, unusual, unsettling or all of the above. Good. That shows me that you haven’t crossed paths with folks that have a “cluster b” type of personality disorder. I know women that are like Anna in the series. Similar to the film, Deep Water with Ben Affleck. This happens in real life folks as much as you may think it’s a bad series. The destruction & chaos they leave behind in every connection they come across with even if they don’t mean to. It’s sad. Not trying to excuse the behavior but this series shows more into our reality as much as you all don’t like it.
Watched it today...it wasn't so good,I did nt understand why will was so obsessed to start with,the lady was old and than his son,loosing a child like that and still wanted to be with Hanna..I dnt know it was just a sick and disgusting story 😂
right. i didn't feel the heat. michael douglass and glen close were hot. sharon stone. Ralph fiennes, but this was tepid at best. really disappointing.
The man playing Will’s acting was horrid. His expressions, especially in the 1st episode, were so theatric and overshot. The series was grotesque and hollow.
Makes sense how Anna was abused by her brother and when he died, she would go with any guy that had his eyes kinda like her own version of therapy which was y she chose Jay then u see the therapist has similiar eyes. She was a messed up person and the digusting thing was that her mother knew of the abuse. Meaning Anna will continue her cycle of therapy needs or marry like she mentioned. Will decided his obsession with Anna was more greater more important than his son even after his death and that is the most disturbing part of it all. At least Anna showed some form of remorse but Will never ever did.
The sexual abuse at the hands of her brother and his apparent suicide explained away her compulsion to destroy which I don't see ending anytime soon judging by the last scene.
@@glitzgarcia8281 If I learned anything from this show it's that some people may forsake what they never truly valued to begin with like Will/Stephen has done. Obsession did well in this regard as well as humanising Anna's character. In the exploration of sexual obsession and the destruction it causes, The 1992 film, Damage is more ruthless in it's outlook.
William is such a coward in this mini series, he shows how a man without any self control, respect and morals can ruin his life plus his family’s life. Sleeping with your sons soon to be wife is so crazy, i couldn’t even imagine having a dad that is like that. Some people are just miserable creatures and there’s nothing that change it.
We just don’t know if it was his first time doing this. That woman he shared an office with was quite dismissive of his receiving a text and also she gave off weird body language when she walked in on him in his scrubs during another scene. 🎬 was she an old flame? A witness to something before? We will Never know. And we know Will self medicated with alcohol 🥃 but did he take prescription medicine from work too ?
Please do a comparison video of the show with Damage (1992), the movie version. Would like to see the differences between the two and which one was the best on exploring messy relationships. Thank you 😊
The worst. Man sees woman across the room. Man becomes ridiculously obsessed with her immediately. No storyline. It was bizarre. Wth is he so obsessed about to the point he has to go to the hotel room to “sniff her out” lol. Absurd. He barely met this woman and had a quick romp. I’m perplexed. And his son dies and he tells her, id do it again. No regrets. Wtf? Nobody gets that deranged and obsessed over a brief meeting. And I’m sorry but there was nothing alluring about her If they were trying to portray her a mysterious, se sexually attractive woman, it was a huge failure. They need to burn it. Weird.
Very good review. I agree it was good but far from great. The acting from the main characters was excellent. William personifies the dark side of powerful/highly successful men. Many of those men marry a woman that makes them look good or a woman who has connections like Ingrid's father to help his career.. I could not help recalling what his co-worker said of him. That she admired him but he was cold and very aloof. Those type of men are not necessarily marrying a woman that they can explore their dark sides with. Also there are men that don't care about women or children at all and are only about getting their own needs met. I don't think I would call William psychotic but I would say he never loved his wife or her children and went into that marriage for selfish reasons. He also treated Anna in the same selfish way. I think this guy was always dark and it just have to be brought out into the light.
Is it me or did the wife seem like she was entertaining reconciliation with Will? Defending him and allowing him to console her smh. She must of slammed her head to hard because ain’t no way. Will had me so pissed I wanted to slap my own husband lol (I’m kidding). The man showed more emotion when Anna ended things than he did at his son funeral. As for Anna, Dora the explorer wore it better.
It looks like there will be second season. There's something still not finished in the movie and according to the original movie Damage 1992, William will left everything behind and move to a small town and live alone. This can be so interesting if they make second season with different direction, not following the Novel or the original movie if possible.
Just so everyone knows apparently this series is based on the 1992 Film Staring Jeremy Irons called Damage that was an Academy Award winning film that racked up Golden Globe nominations
As a father this goes against every fibre of my being. There's something so so wrong with what that Dad did to his son. Best case scenario for him is if he goes straight to the son on the night he met her and tell all, maybe get a temperature check to see if the son cared about her or not - if casual then hook the old man up son? That's the limit of the possibility. It's just unrealistic to me. I have two sons and I could never hurt them like that. And if their bird pulled a move.. id probably get mad. Then I would make my son break up with her, then I would tell her to stay away from my son. Women like this exist. Yes they are intoxicating. And the sex is outer worldly. But NOTHING comes before family. Especially father's, sons and brothers.
I did surgery that she will repeat the cycle with the therapist. She wasn’t really making googly eyes at him and if he is a halfway decent therapist, he won’t get together with her instead I think she was realizing that she does like rules and also that she needs rules like next time, you have a boyfriend don’t get together with his father. It is ambiguous weather. She will become a better person, or if she will try to seduce the therapist
I thought that in the end William would take his one life. However, he ended up buying that flat? I laughed hard just thinking about this. Anyway, a proper family would kill this guy before son's funeral. 😅
I'm only at episode 1 ,,8 mins,,,,I've stopped watching then proceed to RU-vid and read comments I'm glad I did ,,,I don't want to watch something that can only make me angry 😡
My past experience it messes with your head and destroy you as a man for lust & passion for a woman like Anna . Us men just shoot ourselves in the foot.Theres plot holes in this series ppl have questioned in the comments that I agree but I can relate to William how he is with Anna.
Maybe Jay wasn't Will's real son. He doesn't look like Will or his sister. He looks more on his mum's side. And she said "You took away MY son". That's why Will didn't seem to care that much.
I honestly didn't really like the ending. It felt like it was a cliffhanger. I wanted something more. Seeing William suffer wasn't just enough for me and I was expecting a tragedy that would happen to him hence why I wasn't satisfied with the finale. I'm currently typing this comment with rage because I was honestly pissed off with the ending. 😂 But hey, that means they really did a good job with the story since it really got into me hahaha 😅
He never suffered, nor mourned the desd of his son. His wife knew that well. Thats why when he said " I am so sorry" Ingrid said: "No youre f*ck*nt not" He was only told truths but they were irrelevant to him at this point... when ingrid said "you should have killed yourself, Incould have buried you and lived" he was told... Id rather you die tha my son..... and then the other guy that said "your son's Quality t. was when he said he was looking to be nothing like you at all" like saying "how right he was" those things were hitting his ego but he had none at thia point as he had lost himself.
@@rosalbalourdesleos4893 That's when I knew he was psycho as well. The moment he said "Still, I wouldn't change it. We can't let it be for nothing either", I felt chills all over my spine because how could you just jeopardize your entire family for a fucking BDSM Affair 😭 Also, I appreciate you replying to my comment because I honestly couldn't sleep properly. The show really got into me for some reason and it's nice I could geek out to someone about it and talk it all out 😅😂
@@kenrals and I am glad you didnt take it the wrong way, advice for future series or tv shows. That used to happen to me before it would change my mood to see something that shocked me or narcissostoc behaviours in some characters. And wpuld cause me the same. Just try to aleays remind you "it is a tv show" for it not to cause an impact in your day or mood.
How did you know Jay was going to die from the beginning? I knew something awful was going to happen to someone but I thought it will either be Will or Anna. Not cute Jay. ☹️
The moment Anna and will meet is very weird… like if I missed something. I really thought that they met online on a bdsm site or something. They really seemed to have already history and that the viewer would then see how they “originally” met but that wasn’t the case. So weird.
I have a serious crash on Richard Armitage since North and south series. If I only had the interest of a man like Richard, I'd be content. Although I loved his acting and part in Obssesion netflix 2023, I don't believe this is a masterpiece. I saw no actual chemistry between him and lead actress. The ending is too predictable. Script appeared to be weak and somewhat shallow. I doubt I will watch season 2. With that said, I remain in Richard Armitage's fan base.
To begin with, she is totally fucked up as a soul!The same goes for him as well!Two narcissists/psychopaths having an affair...She has some serious and unresolved issues due to her past with her brother. She seems to be inclined to applying the same brother-experience on future affairs...she didn't give an F about the fact that he was Jay's Father. At that point we can observe the psychopathy related issues. The same and worse goes for the role of Will. He definitely faces even more issues in comparison with her ,due to the fact that he is still obsessed with her after his son's death. Luckily, as the series were coming to an end and I was literally disappointed by both of them, she takes a great decision to visit a psychotherapist. That's were she got my attention. I am giving it on her for her bravery to face all the mental issues concerning her. He shall burn in hell along with his narcissistic behavior!😜🔥
This series felt like it was written by someone who had never seen a human interaction before. The dialogue was clunky and almost gave ‘The Room’ vibes. Incredibly cringey and painful to watch.
This is based on a book called Damage, which is more aptly titled since the film shows the direct link of what damaged people can do. Though I read it a long time ago, the book was better. There was also a 1992 film called Damage with Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche playing William and Anna. I haven't seen that one in a long time, but I'm sure it was also better.
This movie was disappointing and disgusting. These are some of the most selfish and inconsiderate people a writer could make up, this series ruined my day
Sometimes in the heat of obsession, people will forgoe what they never truly valued to begin with. As seen with Will who was both pitiful and ruthless in his affair with Anna even after all was revealed. What obsession did was humanise Anna Barton's character as well as established a motive for her compulsion to destroy.
I can relate to this shit. I was once fuckxxx around with a merry women. I was in my early 20s and she was in her 40s. In my 20s and yet i knew how to play my role, no random texts, no showing up at her place, no eye contact when we were among friends.
I enjoy Richard Armitage but after this series have a really hard time watching him in other movies. He did an amazing job but his character in this pissed me off and was probably one of the best villans he has played. Great actor! Just horrible series or storyline.
I wished they both died at the end, A & W. I felt more sad for Jay than Anna..... I cried for him..... Also i don't remember seeing A & W kissing. Or did i miss something.... It didn't seem like they were that much attracted towards each other. It was more like a power play for Anna.... Then this guy at the beach 😅
The mini-series is sort of an extended movie of the movie damage but the lust at first sight between Will and Anna is not convincing at all. You guys should watch the movie Damage and check how Jeremy Irons Interpreted when his character Stephen first landed his eyes on Anna.
The father wanted his son to find out by saying things to him in the bar during the stag party, also he said the same line Anna used to tell both men about living with many questions. He left the bar leaving his son's mind messed up suspecting them and made him follow his father. He didn't bother after all, it is all about Anna, he thought Anna would stay with him when his son was gone, but she didn't. Also Anna is developing an obsessive pattern of behaviour of her past brother.
I tried watching it several times, but I couldn't get passed the first few minutes. I only got as far as William going down the stairs and asking her what she would like to drink. Something in me, just gave me a feeling that this was gonna be a f-ed up series. Well, surely enough, IT WAS. the first two episodes were so difficult to watch, they both angered me so much.., but like the video says, everything was going so fast that I couldn't stop watching it. Oh my God, what a horrible ending. Poor Jay. As for William, WTF! and Stacy, well, she's just messed up. It's a good series, but I'm never gonna watch it again either.
Ugh. Just finished this series. I'm now get triggered when I read comments. lol. Will was despicable and as a father he was unavailable. So uncaring about Jay's demise. I cANNot unsee him on that bed w the pillow either. Really wanted him to get his comeuppance in the end. big time!
Some things I dislike about Obsession compared to the original movie "Damage" from 1992. 1. Obviously the original has better actors and script. Hard to compete with Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, and Miranda Richardsson. The actress that portrays Anna I guess is ok but the other ones don't come close. 2. Jays father in the orignal is a politician, and Jay is a journalist covering politics. I like that detail it fits better with the story. 3. The ending in Damage was perfect. With William looking at an enlarged picture on the wall of the three of them. 4. In the original story Wiliam is the main character, and after the accident he has no interest to interact with anna again. He just mentions that he saw her by accident at an airport and that was it. In Obsession Anna in pure feministic fashion is the main character and they add another pointless 30 minutes to story. Being overly clear and leaving nothing to the imagination. 5. William in the original is pretty dominant towards Anna and he also shows very strong feelings towards his son who he loves very much. In this version it's the opposite. Anna is more dominant and calling the shots while Wiliam seems almost indifferent towards his son. Even after he dies he's still thinking about Anna. As usual in modern netflix movies the male comes off as a pretty pathetic character. 6. If teels like in the original version Jeremy Irons captured much better the conflict within. His attraction to Anna vs his loyalty to his son. In the remake there was no contest really. You can especially see how much Jeremy loves his son in the death scene, that same scene in the remake wasn't as strong I thought. 7. Also some good scenes from the original were stricken even though the remake was longer. In the original the mother of anna immeditaly can see that William has got the hots for her. "you can't even look at her", "you should let her go" etc Anyway in short the original is a piece of art. The remake almost turns into a soap operah in the end.
