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Lies Hidden in My Garden

Lies Hidden in My Garden

Dark secrets bloom from painful, hidden pasts

7.8

TV Show

South Korea
Korean
Crime, Mystery
2023
JUNG JEE-HYUN
Baek Hyun-joo, Cha Mi-kyeong, Cha Sung-je

7.8

Kerine Wint

TLDR

There's no way a rotting smell in the backyard is a good sign!

What it's about

A suspenseful psychological thriller about two women who are drawn together by a dark secret.

The take

A mysterious rotting smell and hard thuds heard from above start the series off on an eerie note. Moon Joo-ran (Kim Tae-hee) is a seemingly perfect housewife, but under the guise of her well-kept home are a secretive husband and a son who possibly resents her (currently unknown) condition. Meanwhile, Chu Sang-eun (Lim Ji-yeon) is trapped in an abusive marriage and dreams of escape. As Joo-ran becomes paranoid about the smell in her backyard and Sang-eun gathers evidence to leave her husband, the two women find a harrowing revelation. Leads Kim and Lim immediately offer memorable, haunting performances, while the setup described above is a captivating start to a psychological thriller that promises a web of secrets and lies.

What stands out

Good pacing and immediate intrigue are must-haves for mysteries, and Lies Hidden in My Garden doesn't disappoint. The opening sequence of Joo-ran's discomfort in her new home and her mental state after her sister's death is entrancing. The rotting smell from the backyard sets the characters up perfectly: the placating husband, the inquisitive new neighbor, and the estranged teenage son. Their relationships and personalities are distinct, making their future actions an additional hook. All that's left is to see how Joo-ran and Sang-eun's lives collide.

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