Episode Details

It’s Episode 1 of Peacock’s reimagining of The ’Burbs, and the only thing scarier than a Victorian murder house is the HOA. The snark squad is breaking down the Super Bowl Sunday premiere, which stars Keke Palmer and Jack Whitehall as Samira and Rob, a couple who traded city crime for the "peace" of the suburbs—only to find themselves in a neighborhood full of Karens and Marine retirees. While Rob tries to play it cool about the neighborhood's local legend—a girl named Alison who vanished 20 years ago—Samira is already in full-blown detective mode, finding names carved in closets and missing library archives. The drama hit a peak when Samira’s "welcome brownies" for the creepy 2 a.m. neighbors resulted in her getting locked out and having the police called on her for trespassing. With Tom Hanks popping up in a founder’s video and Mark Proksch playing the local weirdo, this show is a mix of nostalgia and modern microaggressions that proves the suburbs are anything but sleepy.