Fool Me Once has been huge hit for Netflix since launching on January 1, but is the show based on a true story?
Starring Michelle Keegan, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Adeel Akhtar, and Emmett J. Scanlon, Fool Me Once is a crime thriller that plays out across eight episodes.
The show received negative reviews, but that hasn’t stoppedFool Me Oncefrom making theNetflixTop 10 for the last week.
So is the plot – about betrayal and murder – based on a true story?
Is Fool Me Once based on a true story?
The official synopsis for the book is as follows: “Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya’s husband, Joe – who had been brutally murdered two weeks earlier. The provocative question at the heart of the mystery: Can you believe everything you see with your own eyes, even when you desperately want to? To find the answer, Maya must finally come to terms with deep secrets and deceit in her own past before she can face the unbelievable truth about her husband – and herself.”
Fool Me Once is available to stream on Netflix now, and you can read more about the series below:
Chris Tilly is the TV & Movies Editor at Dexerto. He has a BA in English Literature, an MA in Newspaper Journalism, and over the last 20 years, he’s worked for the likes of Time Out, IGN, and Fandom. Chris loves Star Wars, Marvel, DC, sci-fi, and especially horror, while he knows maybe too much about Alan Partridge. You can email him here: chris.tilly@dexerto.com.
