What's the Difference between Fool Me Once the Book and Fool Me Once the TV Show?
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In the TV Show |
Maya Stern
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Maya Stern
Portrayed by: Michelle Keegan
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Detective Roger Kierce
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DS Sami Kierce
Portrayed by: Adeel Akhtar
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Joe Burkett
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Joe Burkett
Portrayed by: Richard Armitage
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Fool Me Once Book vs TV Show
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In the TV Show |
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This is not in the book. |
Corey hacks into the police station computers and locks them up. Kierce and McGreggor search for him. Kierce breaks into Corey’s hideout in the forest. Corey ambushes him, runs away, then is arrested by Kierce. |
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Maya tracked down Christopher Swain’s e-mail and sends him a message. Later, he calls her and asks Maya to meet him at his rehab center. Swain tells Maya that Joe was a monster who attacked boys he felt threatened by. Swain says they tied Theo down to make him chug beer, but Joe switched to grain alcohol. Joe forced Andrew to help him put Theo’s body in the school basement after he died. Weeks later while they were out on the yacht, Andrew said he wanted them to confess to causing Theo’s death. Later on, Andrew went topside on the yacht, Joe followed him. Swain thinks Joe pushed Andrew overboard. |
Judith gives Maya the name of the most exclusive rehab center in the area, so she can track down Christopher Swain after he was arrested for multiple DUI’s but never prosecuted. Maya finds him in rehab where he tells her that Joe murdered Andrew. Swain goes on to explain that they forced vodka down Theo Maro’s throat which caused him to die. Swain claims Joe killed Andrew to stop him from confessing to killing Theo.
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After leaving the rehab center, several men in a van try to kidnap Maya after forcing her car off of the road. She shoots/kills one man, the others drive away. She takes the dead man’s wallet, hides the body in a ditch then drives away. She smashes her cell phone to prevent it from tracking her, then buys another phone at a store. |
This does not happen in the TV series. |
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Maya arranges for Eddie to take Lily to and from daycare. Maya and Eddie exchange license plates on their cars in case Maya plates are flagged by the police for an arrest. |
Maya arranges for Eddie to take care of Lily so she can go away for a while. This includes allowing him to pick and drop off Lily at the daycare.
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This is not in the book. |
Kierce and McGreggor chase PJ, the son of the soccer coach though a building and up onto a rooftop. PJ admits to being out stealing handbags with a friend named Rambottom (Rambo). His friend killed Joe when they robbed him. Kierce starts to pass out, PJ tries to save him, but falls off of the roof and is badly injured. Kierce is suspended. Kierce tells McGreggor about the Buckett company medical fraud. |