New on Stan is another original He Had It Coming.
The story begins with an arts history lesson focused on the female form, when a boy interrupts the class to scold his ex for ghosting him post-breakup. Its clear He Had It Coming isn’t subtle with its messaging.
Elise (Lydia West) and Barbara (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) are at the art lecture, and thanks to Barbara’s social media influence, she needs to escape a clingy fan. Meanwhile Elsie, who is on a bagpipe scholarship from England, is socially awkward, night drinking, dancing, and destroying university property.
When a feminist protest, featuring a sign reading ‘Dead Men Don’t Rape’, is tackled by the local men’s society, the leader is soon saying KAM – Kill All Men.
Fed up with professors and classes, they pair decide to join the FTP – Fuck the Patriarchy movement – and it’s a decision they will regret when a student winds up dead in the quadrangle.
As the murder investigation swings into action, both Elsie and Barbara have good reasons to not confess their role in what happened – Elsie will lose her scholarship, while going political will kill Barbara’s endorsement income. So they hide crucial evidence, and as the body count rises the two set out to solve the mystery.
Campus cop Detective Shephert (Liv Hewson) is joined by Detective Roach (Duncan Fellows) to solve the crime.
Creators and co-writers Gretel Vella and Craig Anderson have used some dark humour to tell a comedy where the real highlight is Elsie and Barbara’s polar opposites, allowing West and Liu Bordizzo a chance to shine.
4 Stars
He Had It Coming is now streaming on Stan.
