Netflix releases The Beast in Me trailer for eight-episode thriller

Netflix on Thursday released the official trailer for The Beast in Me, a new eight-episode mystery thriller that will stream all at once beginning November 13, 2025. The limited series stars Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs, a grieving author who becomes dangerously fixated on her enigmatic new neighbor, Nile Jarvis, played by Matthew Rhys, a real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance.

Aggie, whose young son has died, has retreated from public life and has not written in years. The trailer frames her encounter with Jarvis as both a professional opportunity and a personal peril. Drawn to him as the perfect subject for a comeback book, she moves from fascination to obsession in what the series presents as a slow-burning game of cat and mouse that carries increasing risk. At one point in the trailer Aggie says, “Maybe I am complicit. But I am not a monster,” underscoring the show’s focus on guilt, authorship, and blurred moral lines.

The series reunites Danes with showrunner Howard Gordon, known for his work on Homeland, who serves as writer and executive producer. Gabe Rotter created the show and wrote the first two episodes, and Antonio Campos...