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Watchlist. A traumatic head injury leaves Sophie with extreme memory loss; in her quest to put the pieces of her life back together -- with help from her husband and friends -- Sophie begins to ...
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- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Sam Miller, Kevin Rodney Sullivan
- July 29, 2022
Surface: Created by Veronica West. With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ari Graynor, François Arnaud. A woman's quest to rebuild her life after a suicide attempt, and her struggle to understand all the things that led up to that moment.
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- 2022-07-29
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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- A soapy mystery that gets stronger as it goes along.
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- Verdict
By Tara Bennett
Posted: Jul 29, 2022 2:30 pm
Surface debuts globally on July 29 exclusively on Apple TV+.
A satisfying potboiler mystery is always a fun summer diversion and Apple TV+’s Surface ticks all the boxes for what makes the genre worthy: gorgeous, wealthy characters; a gray moral compass; love triangles; and a lead character with amnesia and no long-term memory. It’s a smorgasbord of tropes but series creator/executive producer Veronica West manages to arrange the pieces in suitably entertaining ways, shifting and playing on our assumptions with enough finesse that the outcome feels unexpected and worth the ride.
As she begins to venture out into the outside world, volunteering at the local hospital and socializing at James’ work soirees, Sophie's curiosity prompts her to look at her own medical records which have some startling notes. And then she’s approached by a stranger, Thomas Baden (Stephan James), who slips her matches to a bar in Chinatown. Intrigued by the possibility of some answers, Sophie ventures to the dive bar and Baden reveals this was her old haunt and that he was the officer assigned to her case after her incident. He spurs her to dig deeper into inconsistencies regarding James’ behavior, and her former selves’ actions.
Like peeling back the layers of an enigmatic onion, Sophie pieces together that her pre-accident self was making some very morally complicated life choices with Baden. And as she continues to pull more aggressively at the threads of her past life — despite her therapist’s warnings — a lot of mess comes bubbling up in her fractured memories. James becomes more fraught with her erratic behavior and they challenge one another about the secrets they’re both keeping. He looks more shifty in his obsession with knowing her whereabouts, while Sophie digs into their marriage with observations by Caroline and James’ best friend, Harrison (François Arnaud).
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Surface is akin to a moody beach read that throws all the mystery/romance tropes into a blender with an amnesia chaser. Despite starting out slow, the series finds its groove by the fifth episode, “It Comes in Waves,” and gets stronger as it progresses. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Ari Graynor are standouts in the cast due to their me...
Surface is an American psychological thriller television series created by Veronica West for Apple TV+. It premiered on July 29, 2022. In December 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.
Jul 29, 2022 · Season 1 of Surface will include eight 60-minute episodes, with the first three episodes dropping on Friday, July 29, 2022. After that, the series will follow a weekly release schedule,...
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Jul 1, 2022 · When Is Surface’s Release Date? Surface is all set to release on Friday, July 29, 2022, on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes releasing on the day of the premiere.
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Jul 26, 2022 · Forgotten memories, traumatic head injuries and suspicious circumstances all make for intriguing plot points in your standard psychological thriller, and Surface is happy to utilize all three in this latest Apple Original series.
