Amazon Prime's new six-episode psychological thriller series, "The Girlfriend," based on Michelle Frances' novel of the same name, is textbook psycho girlfriend vs. overprotective mother battling it out. Let me put it this way: if you enjoy watching two controlling women fight over a wealthy man-child until they ruin everything and everyone around them, this is your show. The premise here heavily relies on a trope as old as time , and its essentials — manipulation, deception, outrageous twists, and controlled aggression — are played for maximum effect with minor adjustments.

Fair warning, though: "The Girlfriend" is the kind of series that gets off on driving its viewers up the wall to instill tension and create suspense by throwing in neutral dumb-as-fish characters (in the middle of psy

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