I’ve watched the first five episodes of the Buroughs and will finish tonight. Promoted as science fiction, I think it’s pure horror. What a great scary, spooky show.
It takes place in a retirement community far out in the desert. The homes look like something from the 70s or 80s inside. Dark and full of wood paneling. Single level ranch style with attached garages.
New to the community is Sam Cooper, a retired engineer who was supposed to come here with his wife. She recently died of a stroke and he’s sad and angry and doesn’t want to be here but he can’t sleep on his daughter’s sofa anymore.
He definitely doesn’t want to join the community in any way described by the community “transition manager”, who he ousts from his new home as she’s cheerfully in mid-spiel.
He works at first to try to get out of his contract though he has no place to go.
His neighbor Jack blows past all of Sam’s reserves with his irresistible charm and understanding of Sam’s lot in life.
Soon Sam is still grumpy and unfriendly, but slowly gets to know his neighbors.
When one dies, it’s not unexpected but it’s the middle of the night and Sam is wakened by alarms at his neighbor’s place. Breaking in when there’s no response at the door Sam finds something with impossibly long legs hovering over its victim and Sam grabs a hammer to chase it away.
Despite the fact he knows it will sound crazy, Sam tells the EMTs what he thinks he saw, but has to draw back from it when the EMT wants to bring him to the hospital for an assessment.
Little by little all the neighbors are drawn into the mysteries of this supposedly perfect community, guarding each other at night and trying to find the source of the horror they didn’t know they were living with.
A bit more is revealed in each episode. The cast is excellent. Despite being at the end of their lives, everyone fights to live.
