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Stephen King labels Apple TV+ crime series 'deliriously nasty, full of sex and no good guy'

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Updated 15:26 5 Jun 2025 GMT+1Published 15:24 5 Jun 2025 GMT+1

Stephen King labels Apple TV+ crime series 'deliriously nasty, full of sex and no good guy'

The King has spoken...

Ellie Kemp

Ellie Kemp

Not sure what to watch this weekend? Stephen King has you covered with this gripping crime series.

The famed horror author has had countless of his own books adapted for TV and film; so it's safe to say that he knows a decent story when he spots one.

The writer is no stranger to showcasing his tastes, having previously named his favorite show of the 21st century and highlighting a hair-raising Netflix horror series.

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More recently, though, he took to social media to share his thoughts on an 'enjoyable' new Apple TV+ series.

Starring Mad Men's Jon Hamm, the show focuses on Coop, a man whose life appears to be falling apart.

He's freshly divorced from wife Mel (Amanda Peet) and has just lost his job as a New York hedge fund manager. To get by, he uses crime to maintain his lavish lifestyle, manipulating those around him in the process.

Until one day, he makes a fateful error that will forever change the course of his life.

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The King of Horror, Stephen King (Tracey Biel/Variety via Getty Images)
The King of Horror, Stephen King (Tracey Biel/Variety via Getty Images)

Hamm and Peet star alongside Olivia Munn, Mark Tallman, Hoon Lee, Lena Hall and Aimee Carrero.

The series in question is Your Friends and Neighbors, which debuted on Apple TV+ with its first two episodes on April 11.

The remaining seven episodes aired weekly each Friday until May 30 - meaning all nine episodes are available now to binge-watch.

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Taking to BlueSky, King gave his verdict on the show: "YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS (Apple+): Deliriously nasty. It's like a John D. MacDonald novel from 1962 with a lot more sex and no good guy. Enjoyable."

Elsewhere, the series has racked up a score of 81 percent over on Rotten Tomatoes, with audience members matching the critics' ratings.

Not all reviewers praised the show so highly, though.

Wenlei Ma from The Nightly wrote: "If you’re patient enough to get past the shakier first two chapters, Your Friends and Neighbours is more than its shiny trappings."

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Neely Swanson of Beverly Hills Courier wrote: "Your Friends and Neighbors is well-produced, well-written and loaded with excellent actors.

"I shouldn’t have anything to complain about, but I do. Why, I ask myself, should I care about any of these people? I don’t."

However, if you're after 'a taut thriller, dark satire and a reminder of... Hamm’s innate charisma all rolled into one' - as The Post NZ's James Croot puts it - then get watching, asap.

Jon Hamm leads the cast of Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV+)
Jon Hamm leads the cast of Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV+)

Will there be a second season of Your Friends and Neighbors?

As if you needed any more reasons to stream Your Friends and Neighbors, then how about this?

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The show is definitely returning for a second season - so no need to worry about a disappointing cancelation and a bunch of loose ends.

It was confirmed back in November, before the show even debuted, that Apple TV had ordered a second instalment.

Speaking about the 'wonderful honor' to Forbes, Hamm said: “It is a tremendous vote of confidence, obviously, and honestly, they’ve never done it before, so we were the first one.

"It’s a tremendous feather in our cap. It means we’re doing something right.”

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Your Friends and Neighbours is available to stream now on Apple TV+.

Featured Image Credit: Apple TV+

Topics: Stephen King, Review, Streaming, Film and TV

Ellie Kemp
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