# Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108 "2021-07-09T17:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9840
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We watched ep.1 of _Phony_, a new show on Hulu (not sure if it’s a Hulu original or from another network). Basic premise: a high school student, who seems popular and well adjusted, and is close to his mother who is the principal of his school, gets into a car accident and is in a coma for a week. When he comes to, he is convinced his mother has been replaced with an imposter. He thinks she looks different, and there are other ‘tells’ that also convince him. He shares this with his friends and even a police detective, who all think he’s imagining things, of course. He keeps comparing how she looks post-coma to old pictures of her. There is a difference, but it is _very_ subtle. Maybe a slight prosthetic change to her nose? Of course, this being a TV show mystery, the kid will turn out to be right about his mom (no spoiler, just my ‘no duh’ guess). But I kept thinking of [Capgras Syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion)– a real-life psychiatric condition, often caused by a brain injury, where a person is convinced that their loved ones have been replaced by identical imposters. I won’t be surprised if he gets ‘diagnosed’ with that in episodes to come. Anyway, it’s early going, but the first ep was intriguing enough to keep watching. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108)._