Fatal Attraction

The television Fatal Attraction revisits the affair at the centre of the film, giving Dan Gallagher, Alex Forrest and Dan's family more room around the familiar domestic-thriller premise. Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan lead a version more interested in competing perspectives than in reproducing the film's pace.

Caplan is the strongest reason to consider it. Her presence makes the relationship uncomfortable before the plot needs to announce its danger. The extra time also allows the consequences for people outside the affair to occupy more than the margins.

That expansion is not an uncomplicated improvement. The investigative material and shifts in time can slow a story whose original attraction was its directness. At times, the series seems more interested in reconsidering the premise than generating immediate suspense.

Try it if a character-led reworking interests you. If you mainly want a lean thriller, this is a less convincing choice. Bad Sisters handles family pressure and a developing mystery with a much livelier comic rhythm.