Throughout manufacturing the sequence modified and advanced. Simply because it ought to. Even the title’s totally different. Stinger is now Teacup. The explanations for this are too spoilery to share however watch the primary few episodes and all can be revealed. Level being, the sequence is now very a lot its personal factor: a puzzle-box thriller, an edge-of-your-seat thriller, a can’t-but-must look horror story, a household drama, a science fiction epic — of the keyhole selection, after all.
However as singular, unusual, and stunning as I hope Teacup is, all you must do is peel away the layers, characters, conditions, and mythology and look behind the thrills, chills, hairpin turns and make-you gasp reveals. Do all that and also you’ll see, at its coronary heart, Teacup continues to be very a lot standing on the shoulders of Stinger. Simply because it ought to.