- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 8, 2026
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The performances and potential for lots of twists makes His & Hers a show that we want to see more of. But the first episode needed to give viewers a few more crums of contextual information in order for it to make more story sense.
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The twists, they are plentiful. The absurdities, they multiply. The viewerly enjoyment, it increases. The script – intoxicating mercenariness aside – is serviceable. The endeavour is bingeable. Nobody needs more, this early in the year. His-and-hers comfort television is enough.
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The result is a story that often feels unfocused, a murder mystery that neither of the two main characters seems much interested in solving. And yet, and yet: His & Hers does still scratch that January itch, with its gossipy aura and multiple demented plot twists.
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But as a series, “His & Hers” is best at luring us in. The payoffs are consistently disappointing and the final episode basically an eye-roller, start-to-finish — all filler and “explanations” and “You didn’t see THAT coming” when we most certainly did and a long time before.
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It all floats along, watchable enough as far as it goes. It unfolds in that middle ground somewhere between utter boredom and compelling entertainment. But you can do better than that.
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As more murders pile up, seemingly targeting Anna’s old high school clique, emotions run high all around. Jack is so blustery, so loudly and quickly dismissive of Priya’s good ideas, that the phrase “doth protest too much” springs to mind. (As does, “Simmer down, Jon Bernthal.”)
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“His & Hers” hints at a welcome playfulness by revealing the reporter/cop connection just after Anna has sex with someone else she just met. But the show quickly becomes irretrievably serious, despite most storylines hinging on conflicts of interest so outrageous they would only make sense in a farce.
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Where the ending of "His & Hers" straddles the line between good and bad in an interesting fashion, most of the show up until that point falls in the much less exciting middle ground of mere mediocrity.
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