This article discusses the first four episodes of Prime Video’s The Girlfriend .

The typical domestic thriller demands a certain willing suspension of disbelief. To enjoy these shows, you have to accept that a wealthy matriarch and the less-privileged but invariably stunning woman her son brings home will always be mortal enemies . You can’t doubt that a reasonably intelligent person could cohabitate with a psychopath for decades without realizing something was amiss . Both of the above are required of viewers who tune in to The Girlfriend , a six-episode series now streaming in full on Amazon. If you’re the kind of person who regularly breezes through stuff like this, as I unfortunately am, this is no obstacle to a satisfying binge.

The trouble comes halfway through the se

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