The Man Next Door KnowsNeighbor knows her name, her husband and far too much

The story

Amanda's husband phones to report that the deal is dragging and he needs extra time away. She says it is fine, because it always is. Then someone knocks: the new neighbor, out of sugar, light bulbs and, as he puts it, dignity. She finds him a bulb. He asks to use her bathroom, thanks her for her kindness and compliments the way she puts people at ease, something nobody has said to her in years. Then he uses her name. She never told him. The mailbox, he says, but our desk is unconvinced.

The twist

Episode 2 sends Amanda to her friend Sarah, with the neighbor on her mind. The friend claims the husband strayed for years and that everybody knew. Amanda is stunned, and the friend asks a strange question: what if the neighbor is the same person who once told the truth?

Developing story

Nine episodes in all, and the paid ones must explain how the neighbor knows so much, who told her the truth first and what she risks to feel seen.