WHO DOESN’T LOVE the idea of the stories and secrets that reside within the creepy walls of an old apartment building in New York City? Just the potential of that scenario alone was enough for writer/executive producer Emily Fox (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) to take on the showrunner duties for Freeform’s new mystery The Watchful Eye.
The series revolves around Elena Santo (Mariel Molino), an enigmatic young woman who finagles herself into a job as the live-in nanny for Jasper (Henry Joseph Samiri), the only child of widower and wealthy architect Matthew (Warren Christie). They reside inside the Greybourne in Manhattan, and it’s clear from the jump Elena isn’t there just to be an altruistic soul.