{"id":710996,"date":"2026-02-09T01:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-burbs-review-peacocks-new-series-thrills\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T01:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T22:35:49","slug":"watch-the-burbs-review-peacocks-new-series-thrills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-burbs-review-peacocks-new-series-thrills\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;The &#8216;Burbs&#8217; Review: Peacock&#8217;s New Series Thrills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40ed4aab304\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40ed4aab304\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-burbs-review-peacocks-new-series-thrills\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98The_%E2%80%98Burbs_Review_Peacocks_New_Series_Thrills%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;The &#8216;Burbs&#8217; Review: Peacock&#8217;s New Series Thrills&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-the-burbs-review-peacocks-new-series-thrills\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_%E2%80%98Burbs_Review_Peacocks_New_Series_Thrills%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;The &#8216;Burbs&#8217; Review: Peacock&#8217;s New Series Thrills&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98The_%E2%80%98Burbs_Review_Peacocks_New_Series_Thrills%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;The &#8216;Burbs&#8217; Review: Peacock&#8217;s New Series Thrills&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98The_%E2%80%98Burbs_Review_Peacocks_New_Series_Thrills%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;The &#8216;Burbs&#8217; Review: Peacock&#8217;s New Series Thrills&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tInspired by the 1989 film of the same name starring Tom Hanks, Peacock\u2019s latest horror comedy, \u201cThe \u2018Burbs,\u201d created by Celeste Hughey, is a fun and terrifying <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> highlighting secrets, how little we really know our neighbors and the horrors of suburbia. The show follows married couple Samira (an exceptional Keke Palmer) and Rob (Jack Whitehall), who reluctantly leave the city and move to Hinkley Hills with their newborn son, Miles, to take up residence in Rob\u2019s childhood home. Mostly sequestered in the cul-de-sac during her maternity leave, Samira becomes increasingly curious about the creepy, abandoned old Victorian sitting directly across the street. What she uncovers is a two-decades-long secret that forces her to question her new neighborhood and who exactly she\u2019s married to. Dark, hilariously funny and totally bizarre, \u201cThe \u2018Burbs\u201d is an entertaining blend of genres that keeps viewers guessing until the very end.<br \/>\u200b<br \/>\u201cThe \u2018Burbs\u201d opens in the early evening hours on Ashfield Place. Samira and Rob take a walk, chatting about their fast-paced romance, having Rob\u2019s parents as landlords and how Samira will spend the rest of her maternity leave. However, the couple\u2019s carefree conversation is suddenly interrupted by the loud caws of a murder of crows who have landed on the towering, dilapidated pink Victorian. The Hinkley House, as it\u2019s called, looks comically out of place from the rest of the homes on the picturesque street, and it im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely skeeves Samira out.<br \/>\u200b<br \/>Still, Samira, a civil litigation lawyer, is determined to put her best foot forward in her new environment. With Rob and his best friend Naveeen (Kapil Talwalkar) headed to the city for work the next day, she begins carving out a routine for herself through the exhaustion of motherhood and the isolation of her new life which includes folding laundry, explaining the Kendrick Lamar x Drake beef to Miles, taking hot girl night walks and listening to Juvenile\u2019s \u201cBack That Azz Up\u201d on repeat. However, after meeting her new neighbors, the recently widowed Lynn (Julia Duffy), former Marine, Dana (Paul Pell) and oddball <strong>Tod<\/strong> (Mark Proksch), Samira realizes that Rob knows much more about the old pink house and what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to the girl who used to live there than he\u2019s letting on.<br \/>\u200b<br \/>Throughout the eight-episode first season, with the trio of new neighbors at her side, Samira puts on her attorney hat. She begins digging through the history of the Hinkley House, Rob\u2019s teen years and why the Victorian\u2019s new owner, Gary (Justin Kirk), has suddenly appeared out of the blue. In addition to Samria and Rob, viewers also get further insight into the inner workings of Hinkley Hills, and its vicious HOA President, Agnes (Danielle Kennedy), who keeps the neighborhood running by wielding a binder full of rules and the threat of her dog Darla\u2019s massive poops on residents\u2019 perfectly manicured lawns.<br \/>\u200b<br \/>Episode 4, \u201cA Nine on the Tension Scale,\u201d is especially exciting. Content to focus on her time with her son instead of being so fixated on Hinkley House, Samira tries to enjoy the neighborhood\u2019s annual block party. However, after gathering additional information from unsuspecting neighbors, she quickly realizes she was on the right track with her theories all along, and she\u2019s emboldened to keep digging, desperate to uncover the truth.<br \/>\u200b<br \/>\u201cThe \u2018Burbs\u2019\u201d is brilliantly written, with <strong>t<\/strong>he racial tension and psychological unease throughout echo the themes presented in Jordan Peele\u2019s Oscar-winning \u201cGet Out.\u201d<strong> <\/strong>Not only are all the hodgepodge characters living and puttering around Ashfield Place strange and interesting, but Hughey also grounds Samira\u2019s experience not just as a young mother experiencing the ups and downs of postpartum, but as a Black woman navigating a white space where she is immediately othered. So often, television tries to erase and sugarcoat the experiences of Black people in white-majority environments, but in Hinkley Hills, Samira faces overt racism and microaggressions, creating a level of fear even from her own husband, whom she grows increasingly suspicious of. These nuanced plot choices make for richer storytelling and elevate the horror already permeating throughout the season.<br \/>\u200b<br \/>In the end, a lot is happening in \u201cThe \u2018Burbs.\u201d There are revelations regarding Rob\u2019s past, which he has so carefully kept secret, the mystery of the Hinkley House and even the conundrums that lie hidden just behind those unassuming front doors on the black of Ashfield Place. The show is a series of puzzle pieces bolstered by engaging performances that showcase how far some people are willing to go for the illusion of perfection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>All eight episodes of \u201cThe \u2018Burbs\u201d premiere Feb. 8 on Peacock.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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