A thriller series about four women, a bride to be and her three bridesmaids, whose friendships and lives are put in jeopardy by a sinister stranger. Stars Katie McGrath.
Contains examples of:
- Abusive Parents: Jakob is revealed to have a verbally abusive father whom he is afraid to stand up to.
- Berserk Button: The girls trying to steal his files on them sends Jakob over the edge and he later loses it in the barn when Olivia accuses him of being "weak".
- Big Bad: Jakob Novak is Melanie's former lover and when she breaks off their affair, he’s not happy. No, he’s not very happy about it at all.
- Big Beautiful Woman: Olivia Cotterill is quite chubby and very attractive.
- The Casanova: Jakob, who is good-looking and very charismatic, leaving him able to woo and impress women with ease. Saskia is a female version, able to walk up to a woman selling burgers and convince her to go home and have sex with her with six words. "I'm not here for the food." She must have an incredible gaydar.
- Control Freak: Jakob, to Brendan Block proportions. Having control taken away from him causes his Faux Affably Evil facade to crack and Villainous Breakdown to set in.
- Deadpan Snarker: Saskia de Merendol, like most characters played by Katie Mc Grath.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Jakob thankfully Wouldn't Hurt a Child.
- Evil Redhead: Jakob is a rare example of a ginger who most definitely does not have a soul.
- Faux Affably Evil: Jakob is very charming, and a manipulative Stalker with a Crush.
- A Glass of Chianti: Jakob again. He enjoys wine with Alex in a vineyard after befriending her.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Saskia is resentful of Alex’s fiancé because she’s in love with Alex herself.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Alex, who has blonde hair and is the purest character in the show.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Saskia is snobbish, jealous and aloof but ultimately devoted to her friends.
- Knight of Cerebus: It has a vaguely soap opera type storyline until Jakob makes his appearance and it suddenly becomes a psychological thriller.
- Like Father, Like Son: Jakob's dad is shown to be an abusive narcissist in the one scene in which he appears.
- Lipstick Lesbian: Saskia who is apparently exclusively attracted to women and very glamorous.
- Massage of Love: Saskia's one-night-stand partner massages her legs in the bath.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Olivia feels this way as a result of her affair, as Jakob targets herself and her family after she breaks it off with him.
- Narcissist: Jakob, according to the psychiatrist of a woman he previously stalked.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Jakob very nearly sets one on Saskia.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Katie Mc Grath characteristically can't stop her natural Irish accent occasionally slipping through, despite generally doing a good Australian accent throughout the series.
- The Power of Friendship: What gets Olivia, Melanie, Saskia and Alex through Jakob's torment.
- Smug Smiler: Jakob, who has a fantastically smug grin.
- Smug Snake: Jakob again, of the thinks-he's-a-
Magnificent Bastard variety. Although he's intelligent and a highly skilled chessmaster, his temper and inability to roll with the unexpected cause him to lose control of his carefully laid plans. - The Sociopath: Jakob seems to be one of these, in addition to a narcissist.
- Stalker with a Crush: Jakob still desires Melanie and is unwilling to let her move on with her life without him in it.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Happily averted. Despite having cancer, Alex lives!
- Villainous Breakdown: After being suspended from work when his colleagues see him nearly sock Saskia in the face for trying to steal from him, Jakob has an ongoing one.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Jakob is very image conscious.
- Wicked Cultured: He also enjoys good wine.
- Wine Is Classy: Alex is a classy lady who owns a vineyard.
