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Let’s be honest, diving into an M. Night Shyamalan show is a gamble. You never know if you’re going to get hit with a mind-blowing twist or if you’re going to trip over it. Traumatized Avatar The Last Airbender fans understand, as will anyone who saw After Earth and The Happening. But Shyamalan also gave us The Sixth Sense and The Village. So with a healthy dose of skepticism and a bucket of popcorn, we dove into Servant (watch trailer, runtime: 2:17). And we loved it.

Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose) and Sean Turner (Toby Kebell) are a young, wealthy, and successful couple. They live in a beautiful townhouse with their newborn son, Jericho, and hire a nanny to take care of their baby. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if things were that straightforward? If you’ve watched the trailer, then you already know — Jericho is a doll. The real Jericho died six weeks ago at 13 weeks old, and the couple was given the doll as part of a grief counseling technique. Except that now Dorothy thinks he’s real.

The show may be Shyamalan’s best work yet — and was described as an “underratedmindf***” by our friends over at Roger Ebert. It’s not Dorothy’s mental break that makes Servant a psychological horror, it’s what happens when Leanne, the eighteen-year-old nanny hired to take care of Jericho, is invited into their home. As with most Shyamalan joints, it’s hard to explain without spoiling the twist. You’ll just have to see it to believe it.

WHERE TO WATCH- All four seasons of Servant are currently on AppleTV+.

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