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The Australian psychosexual thriller Watching You is a bold take on a well-worn formula that aims to shock in some way. The sad reality is that it doesn't quite manage to shock, but it's still a pretty decent thriller, if only because it forces you to wonder who the guy behind the camera is. The premise is simple: a promiscuous woman gets into trouble when she discovers a history of infidelity and is blackmailed over it. But it's not just that; it seems this blackmailer is someone she knows, so we'll have to watch six episodes to find out. When we first meet Lina and Cain, they're engaged in a healthy role-playing game where they pretend to be strangers who meet at a bar and end up going home together. "Home" here is a Nestshare, the Australian Airbnb, where they end up having sex on the kitchen counter. This is where the mask slips, and Cain can't continue with the fantasy that Lina is a committed stranger he wants to sleep with that night; After all,...