Harlan Coben’s new Netflix drama has been making waves since its launch on New Year’s Day.
It’s become something of a tradition for the writer to drop a twisty thriller on January 1, the latest of which is Run Away, based on his 2019 novel of the same name.
Days after its launch, the star-studded eight-parter has already soared to number 1 on the streaming platform’s top 10 chart, as viewers race to binge it from start to finish.
The new gripping tale stars James Nesbitt – who you’ll recognise from The Missing – as Simon Greene. Who is this generically-named man? Well, you’ll start to understand why they hired the star of The Missing for the part.
Simon and his wife, Ingrid (Minnie Driver, fresh from a scene-stealing turn on Emily in Paris, so no stranger to Tudum), are in search of their daughter Paige, played by Ellie de Lange, who’s in the throes of drug addiction, with a boyfriend who’s moonlighting as her dealer.
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Unlike The Missing, Paige has run away. Get it? Like the title of the show. Or…maybe Paige has been kidnapped after all?! It’s Harlan Coben, so quite literally anything within the realms of possibility is possible.
What's currently in Netflix's top 10 TV shows?
The current Netflix TV top 10 in the UK as of Monday January 5 goes as follows…
- Harlan Coben’s Run Away
- Stranger Things
- Ricky Gervais: Mortality
- Rick and Morty
- The Good Doctor
- Emily in Paris
- Captivated
- Land of Sin
- Man vs Baby
- Death Cap: The Mushroom Murders
It starts to look like Paige might just be a small cog in a larger, more nefarious-looking clock.
To make matters even worse for Simon and Ingrid, they aren’t the only ones on the lookout for Paige. There’s also coppers Isaac Fagbenle (Alfred Enoch) and Elena Ravenscroft (Ruth Jones of Gavin and Stacey) on the case.
What can go wrong? With the rate at which Coben fires off twists and turns, much.
The show has racked up a 76% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with fans reacting to the shocking twists on social media.
‘Finished another new year Harlan Coben show. Whew the plot twist in the final scene had me SHOCKED,’ a viewer called Lauren wrote on X.
Is Run Away going on your watch-list?
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Yes, I'll watch anything Harlan Coben
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The 'gaping' plot holes lost me
‘One thing Harlan Coben is gonna do is throw in a crazy plot twist,’ Chiara chimed in.
Some Netflix viewers find the show too complicated to follow, as one X user called DNM pointed out: ‘There’s entirely tooo many storylines happening simultaneously…’
While Daisy found the drama ‘unnecessarily convoluted and tedious’, X user DOPreston remarked: ‘Just finished the last episode. Pretty decent, entertaining and cracking cast. Worth a watch.’
A version of this article was originally published on January 1.
Run Away is available to stream on Netflix.
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