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Ah, James Cordon. What other actor has such loaded perceptions behind their name. Famously panned for his role in Cats and other movies besides, he is an acquired taste much like any other late night talk show host (Jimmy Kimmel anyone?). His boombastic nature, attention getting antics (Crosswalk musicals/concerts), his recent controversy, all part of him that follow him even when he is in character.
Wait, you say. Why are you spending a whole paragraph on the lead actor's history instead of getting right into the review?
Well, it's because your opinion on him will determine for you if this short TV series is watchable for you or not.
James Cordon is Jamie, a man bumbling through a mystery that his wife has set up for him. What was her intention? Why did she do this to him? How will he deal emotionally with this? Does this TV series even matter in a world where Russia has declared war on Ukraine and Elon Musk owns twitter and we're all going to die when the sun explodes?
Melia Kreiling plays Jamie's wife, Amandine. You may be rolling your eyes at this point, another beautiful and amazing woman playing some dumpy, unattractive, funny man's wife. The casting seems to be intentional here, she is out of his league and too good for him.
Oh and there's also a subplot where Jamie's sister, a welcome appearance from Sally Hawkins (what have you been doing since you had sex with a magical sea creature?) immerses herself in a fantasy world instead of dealing with the real world.
The tv series goes from the present situation Jamie and Amandine find themselves in, to the past circumstances that they met in.
If you want to just find out what the point was, and Amandine's reveal is taking way too long for you like she did for me, here it is:
Spoiler: Jamie cheated on Amandine first, that's why she cheated on him intentionally with three guys including his best friend.
The series plays out the various reactions to cheating. Disassociation into fantasy, anger, revenge.
It was a watchable series for me. I don't regret seeing it.