New thriller The Girlfriend has just landed on Prime Video and out of everything new on Amazon’s streamer in September 2025, this one is the most heart-stopping. Fronted by Robin Wright and Olivia Cooke, the story follows Laura (Wright) meeting her son’s new girlfriend and instantly believing that all isn’t what it seems. Basically, there’s a lot of cringe mommy’s boy stuff happening throughout the series.
The main twist is that every episode has a dual perspective – we see the same situations play out from both Laura and Cherry’s (Cooke) point of view, meaning we never know who is a reliable narrator and who isn’t. Add to this a plethora of steamy scenes, near-death experiences and life-changing secrets, and you’ve got a binge you can’t miss.
But as I caught up with the show’s cast and creators at The Girlfriend‘s world premiere, I hadn’t realized that I’d completely missed the most challenging scenes to film. As star Waleed Zuaiter explains, it all really kicks off in episodes 5 and 6.
The Girlfriend’s most challenging scenes come in episodes 5 and 6, so be ready
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Spoilers for The Girlfriend ahead.
“The most challenging scene is broken up between episodes 5 and 6,” Zuaiter tells me. “That’s where the fighting gets really serious. For both Robin and I, we could relate to similar feelings and the depth of that passion with somebody that you’ve loved for years. It’s something that you took home with you.”
By this point in the series, Laura and Howard’s marriage seems at a breaking point. We learn in episode 1 that Howard appears to have a mistress on the side at Laura’s request, with Laura still in love with ex-girlfriend Lilith (Anna Chancellor), who she had to part ways with once she learned she was pregnant.
Cherry has fully sunk her metaphorical teeth into Daniel (Laurie Davidson) by this point too, meaning Laura and Daniel’s relationship is also on the cusp of being severed for good (you’ll have to tune in to see if that’s actually the case). While all this is going on, Wright is both acting and directing, which the cast say allowed for an entirely new level of closeness.
“It’s really impressive,” Zuaiter adds about Wright’s dual roles. “She’d be bouncing around and then heading off behind the camera to try and think of a different perspective.”
Executive producer Jonathan Cavendish adds: “I was pretty amazed by how she knew when to judge her own performance while judging other people’s, which she can also do. There’s something about actors as directors – they speak a language which is easily communicative to other actors and allows them to make better decisions. They can really trust in those characters.”
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