The Boroughs, a new supernatural murder-mystery from the Duffer Brothers' production company, drops us into a New Mexico retirement community where the biggest threat isn't the Jell-O being too runny - it's a skittering monster that occasionally extracts body fluids from residents. For viewers in cramped British Isles, the real horror might be the sheer spaciousness of the place: protagonist Sam Cooper (Alfred Molina) gets dropped off at a village with shops, sports classes, a community centre, and a lavishly appointed care home called The Manor. A monster seems almost reasonable rent.
The show assembles a Scooby gang of septuagenarian heroes who take on the creature in a series that the Guardian calls funny, tender, wise, and executive produced by the Duffer Brothers. It's like The White Lotus but with more dentures and fewer poolside monologues. The review notes that the monster's occasional fluid extraction seems a small price compared to the amenities on offer, which says more about the state of elder care in the UK than any supernatural creature ever could.