It's a decent show, but there are so many problems with its premise that it's a little ridiculous.
First, let's start with the "experiment" itself. For one it's incredibly illegal and unethical. Even if it was a success, all of the researchers conducting it would go to prison for kidnapping, reckless endangerment, manslaughter, evidence tampering, conspiracy and a host of other charges, and no scientist would ever take their work seriously. For that matter, no scientist would ever even sign on to such an experiment given that they would know how illegal and unethical it is.
As for the experiment itself, it's supposedly meant to prove that without men, women would create some sort of utopian society. That makes one wonder why the subjects chosen are all such deeply flawed people, rather than the best possible candidates. Rather than choose organized, highly motivated women who would fare well, they choose teenage girls with deep seated emotional issues.
First there's Leah, who at the best of times is an obsessive paranoid mess. Rachel may be an accomplished athlete, but she has anger issues and an inferiority complex. Tony(sp) has serious anger and jealousy issues. Fatma is a lazy socialite somehow despite being raised in an oppressive household that didn't even let her have much of a social life. Shelby is obsessed with her self image and in massive denial about who she really is for the majority of the season, and then maybe has a psychotic break or something at some point. Martha is in utter denial about a whole host of things. Then there's Dora, who is possibly on the spectrum and obsessed with her sister(yet doesn't put a stop to things at literally any point). Dot is really the only solid one.
None of them, besides dot and maybe Fatma, are able to really compartmentalize their issues and work together in any meaningful way.
So basically the experiment is an utter failure that never had any chance of success.
Still, it is an interesting show and is worth a watch, just wish they had really considered these issues when writing, because they're glaring problems.
First, let's start with the "experiment" itself. For one it's incredibly illegal and unethical. Even if it was a success, all of the researchers conducting it would go to prison for kidnapping, reckless endangerment, manslaughter, evidence tampering, conspiracy and a host of other charges, and no scientist would ever take their work seriously. For that matter, no scientist would ever even sign on to such an experiment given that they would know how illegal and unethical it is.
As for the experiment itself, it's supposedly meant to prove that without men, women would create some sort of utopian society. That makes one wonder why the subjects chosen are all such deeply flawed people, rather than the best possible candidates. Rather than choose organized, highly motivated women who would fare well, they choose teenage girls with deep seated emotional issues.
First there's Leah, who at the best of times is an obsessive paranoid mess. Rachel may be an accomplished athlete, but she has anger issues and an inferiority complex. Tony(sp) has serious anger and jealousy issues. Fatma is a lazy socialite somehow despite being raised in an oppressive household that didn't even let her have much of a social life. Shelby is obsessed with her self image and in massive denial about who she really is for the majority of the season, and then maybe has a psychotic break or something at some point. Martha is in utter denial about a whole host of things. Then there's Dora, who is possibly on the spectrum and obsessed with her sister(yet doesn't put a stop to things at literally any point). Dot is really the only solid one.
None of them, besides dot and maybe Fatma, are able to really compartmentalize their issues and work together in any meaningful way.
So basically the experiment is an utter failure that never had any chance of success.
Still, it is an interesting show and is worth a watch, just wish they had really considered these issues when writing, because they're glaring problems.