These reviews are like a whole other mystery to be solved: so many low-star ratings where they use the expression "like watching paint dry." Makes you want to investigate who hired a bunch of people to kill this film's rating...
Anyway, here's my (non-paid) review -- and I give it a solid 7.
There were some extremely improbable actions that the characters took (or didn't take) and a few eye-rolling lines... and I didn't much care for most of the music... but other than that it was a great little series.
The pacing was medium (not whiplash-inducing, but NOT slow), the acting was quite good, and it wasn't hard to look at all the attractive people, settings, and clothes. And I definitely didn't feel like the plot was handed to the viewer on a silver platter. It wasn't super complex, but neither was it a slam-dunk. There were enough characters and sub-plots to keep things interesting.
There were also sensitive themes presented in a thoughtful and not in-your-face "woke" way, which I found truly refreshing. The characters seemed real -- as in, not caricatures of whatever they were meant to symbolize -- while at the same time there was a thorough treatment of the subject. Well done.
And even though there wasn't a huge "OMG!" climax, it was still an interesting plot and definitely not one of those, "Oh, how stupid..." endings AT ALL. I've seen plenty of those, and this is not that.
There were just a couple of loose ends that weren't quite tied up, and I got the feeling it's because they ended up on the cutting room floor (they weren't HUGE plot points but they were big enough to make me go, "What about...?"), but overall I still really enjoyed it.
The last couple of minutes even made me wonder if they'll be trying to make another season. I'd watch that!
Anyway, here's my (non-paid) review -- and I give it a solid 7.
There were some extremely improbable actions that the characters took (or didn't take) and a few eye-rolling lines... and I didn't much care for most of the music... but other than that it was a great little series.
The pacing was medium (not whiplash-inducing, but NOT slow), the acting was quite good, and it wasn't hard to look at all the attractive people, settings, and clothes. And I definitely didn't feel like the plot was handed to the viewer on a silver platter. It wasn't super complex, but neither was it a slam-dunk. There were enough characters and sub-plots to keep things interesting.
There were also sensitive themes presented in a thoughtful and not in-your-face "woke" way, which I found truly refreshing. The characters seemed real -- as in, not caricatures of whatever they were meant to symbolize -- while at the same time there was a thorough treatment of the subject. Well done.
And even though there wasn't a huge "OMG!" climax, it was still an interesting plot and definitely not one of those, "Oh, how stupid..." endings AT ALL. I've seen plenty of those, and this is not that.
There were just a couple of loose ends that weren't quite tied up, and I got the feeling it's because they ended up on the cutting room floor (they weren't HUGE plot points but they were big enough to make me go, "What about...?"), but overall I still really enjoyed it.
The last couple of minutes even made me wonder if they'll be trying to make another season. I'd watch that!