Peacock's 8-Part Thriller That's "You Meets Big Little Lies" Deserves Its Streaming Success

Female-targeted dark thriller shows are easy to come by, but not all are created equal. 2017 was a big year for this type of series because that’s when Big Little Lies premiered and forever changed the TV medium as we know it. Big Little Lies boasted an all-star cast predominantly made up of movie stars and proved that stories centered on women’s issues deserved a place in prestige TV.

The HBO thriller series’s premise of a shocking crime exposing the secrets of an upper-class community was an absolute winner, and what followed were myriad shows that tried to be the next Big Little Lies. Many of these have been forgotten because ultimately, a copycat will never win over a new, thoroughly unique premise. That’s what made You such a success.

Premiering just one year after Big Little Lies, You is like what would happen if the story were told through the POV of Alexander Skarsgård’s character, and the audience was privy to every one of his darkest thoughts. Centered on misogynistic serial killer Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), who murders his way to true love only to brutally dispense with the objects of his obsession, You ran for five seasons, making it one of Netflix’s most successful thriller series.

Fans of high-quality thrillers in the vein of Big Little Lies and You are sure to enjoy All Her Fault. Premiering at the end of 2025, the Peacock miniseries centers on Marissa Irvine (Sarah Snook), a wealthy mother whose world is upended when she goes to pick up her young son Milo (Duke McCloud) from a playdate, only to discover that the woman who owns the home she’s been sent to has never heard of her child.

What follows is a twisty kidnapping story that demands binge-watching. All Her Fault was a record-breaking show for Peacock, and still maintains its status as the platform’s most-watched original series — which it wholeheartedly deserves.

All Her Fault Is The Perfect Blend Of You & Big Little Lies

All Her Fault shares obvious DNA with Big Little Lies — Marissa and Dakota Fanning’s Jenny Kaminski would fit right in with the Monterey Five. However, where Big Little Lies‘ obvious imitators fail and All Her Fault succeeds lies not in the surface-level similarities, but in the Peacock miniseries’s depths.

While Marissa and Jenny enjoy affluence and privilege that most people can only dream of, they are not immune to being judged, and even persecuted, for their abilities as mothers. After Milo’s kidnapping, they are both vilified by the public and their communities — Marissa for not verifying the details of the fateful playdate and Jenny for hiring the nanny who kidnapped Milo. However, Peter (Jake Lacy) and Richie (Thomas Cocquerel), their husbands, escape blame almost entirely.

With All Her Fault, what you get is a juicy mystery, but what you take is a sobering realization about how harshly society treats mothers. This is the similarity to Big Little Lies that really matters. However, All Her Fault‘s differences are also what make the show so strong, as the Peacock thriller is much darker than Big Little Lies.

While the murder in Big Little Lies season 1 often takes a backseat to the domestic drama, the kidnapping of a child is what drives the action throughout the entirety of All Her Fault. It’s that propulsive and intense psychological thriller quality that puts All Her Fault more in line with Netflix’s You.

As much as All Her Fault is a show about condemned mothers, it’s also about toxic men. Big Little Lies has its share of these, too, but You and All Her Fault take them to the next level. Though the bad actors in All Her Fault don’t have Joe Goldberg’s kill count or even come close to approaching his monstrousness, the show shines a light on how society gives these men a free pass to be terrible — much like it does for the protagonist of You.

Why All Her Fault Was So Successful For Peacock

Perhaps the most important commonality All Her Fault shares with Big Little Lies and You is its massive success. In its first three weeks, All Her Fault racked up a whopping 46 million hours. The show also saw a 92% viewership increase, suggesting strong, viral word of mouth. Certainly, the juicy premise is what caused audiences to press play, but they wouldn’t have kept watching were it not for All Her Fault‘s incredible cast.

Though they may not have quite the same level of collective star power as the Big Little Lies actors, All Her Fault boasts some major Hollywood heavyweights. The Emmy-winning Sarah Snook proved she is one of the small screen’s most talented actresses in Succession, Jake Lacy has made a career out of playing “nice guys” with hidden darkness, and The Bear‘s Abby Elliott gets to show her dramatic chops in a series actually meant to be serious.

All Her Fault Review: Sarah Snook & Dakota Fanning Are Superb In A Mystery Thriller That Masterfully Toyed With My Mind & Emotions

All Her Fault crafts a mystery thriller that expertly explores the tension between its characters as it peels back their secrets.

Dropping all eight episodes at once, All Her Fault‘s binge-release model was a controversial move. Conventional wisdom says that mystery series benefit from releasing episodes weekly so that audiences can watch the show at the same pace, thus avoiding the risk of spoilers while generating buzz.

The numbers don’t lie — All Her Fault made the right call. Ultimately, the unfolding of the mystery proved so compelling that many audiences binged the show in one weekend, then likely told friends, co-workers, and anyone who would listen how great it is. In such a crowded streaming landscape, that really speaks volumes.