{"id":52574,"date":"2024-06-03T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2050259"},"modified":"2024-06-03T23:21:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T21:21:54","slug":"harlan-coben-explains-fool-me-once-ending-putting-a-twist-on-that-genre-was-intriguing","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/harlan-coben-explains-fool-me-once-ending-putting-a-twist-on-that-genre-was-intriguing\/","title":{"rendered":"Harlan Coben explains Fool Me Once ending: \u2018Putting a twist on that genre was intriguing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Netflix series sure kept us guessing until the very end. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 03 June 2024 at 20:00 PM<\/p>

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In the ever-growing world of drama series, themes and plots can often start to feel quite similar.<\/p>\n

So, it makes sense that acclaimed author and series creator Harlan Coben<\/a> wanted to put a bit of a twist on the missing people genre within TV.<\/p>\n

Speaking in this week\u2019s issue of Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Coben said: \u201cMissing people are my thing. With missing people, there\u2019s hope. I love the idea that there can be redemption.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, this year\u2019s Fool Me Once<\/a> was a hit among viewers at the start of the year, and proved so popular that the streamer made a two-series order for more adaptations of Coben\u2019s novels.<\/p>\n

The ending especially surprised many, with twists and turns aplenty as we discovered whether or not Joe (Richard Armitage<\/a>) was really alive.<\/p>\n

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Chatting to Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Coben spoke about the success of the series and missing people in general. He said: \u201cFor one thing, there are very few serial killers anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica used to be filled with them. It isn\u2019t that we\u2019re getting mentally healthier, that\u2019s for damn sure. It\u2019s just that it\u2019s really hard to get away with it: everybody has a phone, everybody is being tracked, everywhere has CCTV.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, how to make a serial killer novel that I would like, and that would work in today\u2019s world, was intriguing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The series followed Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan<\/a>), whose life takes a turn when she spies her husband Joe on her nanny cam.<\/p>\n

Of course, that\u2019s nothing out of the ordinary \u2013 but considering Joe was supposedly previously shot dead, Maya\u2019s world begins to upend as she tries to figure out the truth.<\/p>\n

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