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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: A psychologist, who's supposed to be an expert on human thought and behavior (and in the book, wrote a book called ''You Should Have Known'' about how women should recognize red flags in their partners), doesn't realize her own husband is cheating on her.
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: A psychologist, who's supposed to be an expert on human thought and behavior (and in the book, wrote a book called ''You Should Have Known'' about how women should recognize red flags in their partners), doesn't realize her own husband is cheating on her.
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* HaplessSelfHelp: In the book only, psychiatrist Grace has written a book called ''You Should Have Known'', which is a self-help book about the ways people delude themselves about aspects of their life. She is completely oblivious to the fact that her husband Jonathan is a serial cheater [[spoiler:who is secretly unemployed and murdered his mistress.]]
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* CliffhangerCopout: [[spoiler:All the flashes of Grace killing Elena are pure {{ImagineSpot}}s.
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* CliffhangerCopout: [[spoiler:All the flashes of Grace killing Elena are pure {{ImagineSpot}}s. ]]
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An Creator/{{HBO}} 2020 miniseries, based on ''You Should Have Known'' by Jean Hanff Korelitz. A well-respected psychiatrist, Grace (Creator/NicoleKidman) learns that her much-loved paediatrician husband Jonathan (Creator/HughGrant) had secrets after he is accused of the murder of a woman at their son Henry's (Creator/NoahJupe) school.
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An Creator/{{HBO}} 2020 miniseries, based on ''You Should Have Known'' (2014) by Jean Hanff Korelitz. A well-respected psychiatrist, Grace (Creator/NicoleKidman) learns that her much-loved paediatrician husband Jonathan (Creator/HughGrant) had secrets after he is accused of the murder of a woman at their son Henry's (Creator/NoahJupe) school.
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* CastingGag: Creator/NicoleKidman plays another affluent redhead with a charming, affluent husband, who is hiding a serious dark side, just as in ''Series/BigLittleLies''. [[spoiler:Though in the former show, he's the murder victim, while he's the murderer here.]]
* CliffhangerCopout: [[spoiler:All the flashes of Grace killing Elena are pure {{ImagineSpot}}s.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: It's a total RedHerring that [[spoiler:Grace was walking near Elena's studio and wasn't linked to her death.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: It's a total RedHerring that [[spoiler:Grace was walking near Elena's studio and studio. She wasn't linked to her death.]]
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* TheMistress: Elena has been Jonathan's girlfriend for over a year at least (as he turns out to be the father of her infant son), while both have other spouses.
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* TheMistress: Elena has been Jonathan's girlfriend for over a year at least (as he turns out to be the father of her infant son), while both have are married to other spouses.people.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Jonathan has an affair with Elena, a woman young enough she could be his daughter (his actor Creator/HughGrant is thirty five years older than actress Creator/MatildaDeAngelis portraying Elena), even fathering a baby with her. She possibly LikesOlderMen, but it may be that he (initially) just treated Elena much nicer than her husband, who she fights with constantly.
* TheMistress: Elena has been Jonathan's girlfriend for over a year at least (as he turns out to be the father of her infant son), while both have other spouses.
* TheMistress: Elena has been Jonathan's girlfriend for over a year at least (as he turns out to be the father of her infant son), while both have other spouses.
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/HughGrant plays a charming, sarcastic, warm hearted family man... who just happens to me a murder suspect.
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/HughGrant plays a charming, sarcastic, warm hearted family man... who just happens to me a murder suspect.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The show focuses more on the mystery than the book (which reveals Elena's killer fairly early, and is mostly about the aftereffects of the murder), and features Jonathan more prominently, as well as adding courtroom scenes and [[spoiler: Jonathan kidnapping Henry and almost jumping off a bridge.]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: The show focuses more on the mystery than the book (which reveals Elena's killer fairly early, at least [[DramaticIrony to everyone but Grace]], and is mostly about the aftereffects of the murder), and murder). It also features Jonathan more prominently, as well as adding courtroom scenes and [[spoiler: Jonathan kidnapping Henry and almost jumping off a bridge.]]
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: A psychologist, who's supposed to be an expert on human thought and behavior (and in the book, wrote a book called ''You Should Have Known'' about how women should know when their partners are being unfaithful), doesn't realize her own husband is unfaithful.
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: A psychologist, who's supposed to be an expert on human thought and behavior (and in the book, wrote a book called ''You Should Have Known'' about how women should know when recognize red flags in their partners are being unfaithful), partners), doesn't realize her own husband is unfaithful.cheating on her.
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Since Elena was cheating on her hot-tempered husband with a married man, those two men are, of course, the front-runners to be the murderer, particularly since one of them just skipped town. But of course it's not that simple. [[spoiler: The husband has an alibi, which leaves Jonathan as the clear choice. Despite several twists that briefly implicate other characters, this trope is subverted: it ''was'' him after all.]]
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Since Elena was cheating on her hot-tempered husband with a married man, those two men are, of course, the front-runners to be the murderer, particularly since one of them just skipped town. But of course obviously, it's not that simple. [[spoiler: The husband has an alibi, which leaves Jonathan as the clear choice. Despite several twists that briefly implicate other characters, this trope is subverted: it ''was'' him after all.]]
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A Creator/{{HBO}} 2020 miniseries, based on ''You Should Have Known'' by Jean Hanff Korelitz. A well-respected psychiatrist, Grace (Creator/NicoleKidman) learns that her much-loved paediatrician husband Jonathan (Creator/HughGrant) had secrets after he is accused of the murder of a woman at their son Henry's (Creator/NoahJupe) school.
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A Creator/{{HBO}} 2020 miniseries. A well-respected psychiatrist, Grace (Creator/NicoleKidman) learns that her much-loved paediatrician husband Jonathan (Creator/HughGrant) had secrets after he is accused of the murder of a woman at their son Henry's (Creator/NoahJupe) school.
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A Creator/{{HBO}} 2020 miniseries.miniseries, based on ''You Should Have Known'' by Jean Hanff Korelitz. A well-respected psychiatrist, Grace (Creator/NicoleKidman) learns that her much-loved paediatrician husband Jonathan (Creator/HughGrant) had secrets after he is accused of the murder of a woman at their son Henry's (Creator/NoahJupe) school.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The show focuses more on the mystery than the book (which reveals Elena's killer fairly early, and is mostly about the aftereffects of the murder), and features Jonathan more prominently, as well as adding courtroom scenes and [[spoiler: Jonathan kidnapping Henry and almost jumping off a bridge.]]
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* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: A psychologist, who's supposed to be an expert on human thought and behavior (and in the book, wrote a book called ''You Should Have Known'' about how women should know when their partners are being unfaithful), doesn't realize her own husband is unfaithful.
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Since Elena was cheating on her hot-tempered husband with a married man, those two men are, of course, the front-runners to be the murderer, particularly since one of them just skipped town. But of course it's not that simple. [[spoiler: The husband has an alibi, which leaves Jonathan as the clear choice. Despite several twists that briefly implicate other characters, this trope is subverted: it ''was'' him after all.]]
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* RaceLift: Grace is Jewish in the book, and her reaching for touchstones of Jewish culture for comfort is a minor plot point; in the show she is not. Elena, while still Latina, is played by a light-skinned actress when in the book she has brown skin.
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A Creator/{{HBO}} 2020 miniseries. A well-respected psychiatrist, Grace (Creator/NicoleKidman) learns that her much-loved paediatrician husband Jonathan (Creator/HughGrant) had secrets after he is accused of the murder of a woman at their son Henry's (Noah Jupe) (Creator/NoahJupe) school.
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Jonathan is never anything less than totally polite and genial, even when he's lying to Grace's face, convincing her that his son could have committed the murder, and lying about letting his sister die.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Henry's violin. [[spoiler:Or rather, the case. He has the hammer in it.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Henry's violin. [[spoiler:Or rather, the case. He has the hammer in it.]]
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* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Henry is so intensely protective of Grace and Jonathan that [[spoiler:he keeps it secret that he found the murder weapon, the hammer, and keeps it in his violin case.]]
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* RiddleForTheAges: It's never confirmed whether [[spoiler:Jonathan deliberately killed his sister or simply had no reaction when she accidentally died.]]
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* UnconfessedUnemployment: [[spoiler:Jonathan lied to Grace about losing his job at the hospital because of sleeping with Elena.]]
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* ContrivedCoincidence: It's a total RedHerring that [[spoiler:Grace was walking near Elena's studio and wasn't linked to her death.]]
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A Creator/{{HBO}} 2020 miniseries. A well-respected psychiatrist, Grace (Creator/NicoleKidman) learns that her much-loved paediatrician husband Jonathan (Creator/HughGrant) had secrets after he is accused of the murder of a woman at their son Henry's (Noah Jupe) son.school.
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A Creator/{{HBO}} 2020 miniseries. A well-respected psychiatrist, Grace (Creator/NicoleKidman) learns that her much-loved paediatrician husband Jonathan (Creator/HughGrant) had secrets after he is accused of the murder of a woman at their son Henry's (Noah Jupe) son.
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!!Tropes include:
* DashingHispanic: Elena's hotheaded husband, with whom she had aggressive fights.
* MsFanservice: Elena gets naked ''a lot'', and she is shown this way both before and after her death.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police ostensibly tell Grace to stay back when [[spoiler:Jonathan is threatening to jump off the bridge]], but nobody actually ''stops'' her.
* SpicyLatina: Elena is a mentally unbalanced MsFanservice Latina character who is sleeping with Jonathan and very aggressive about it.
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!!Tropes include:
* DashingHispanic: Elena's hotheaded husband, with whom she had aggressive fights.
* MsFanservice: Elena gets naked ''a lot'', and she is shown this way both before and after her death.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police ostensibly tell Grace to stay back when [[spoiler:Jonathan is threatening to jump off the bridge]], but nobody actually ''stops'' her.
* SpicyLatina: Elena is a mentally unbalanced MsFanservice Latina character who is sleeping with Jonathan and very aggressive about it.
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