It's the first day of the new school year. Five students are given detention. Simon has an online gossip blog and is hated by the other four. Suddenly, he suffers a fatal allergic reaction. It's determined that it's foul play and the other four become prime suspects. Addy is the popular cheerleader. Cooper is the jock. Bronwyn is the brains. Nate is the criminal.
It's the Breakfast Club with a murder mystery. The police interrogation is completely wrong. Anyone who watches TV cop shows would know questioning minor suspects is very problematic nowadays. Of course, it's done to artificially generate tension. That's how the show operates. It pushes buttons. Everybody is a suspect and there is always another twist. Realism is the last requirement of this show. By the way, the title is lying. Everybody lies on this show. The kids keep making mistakes but I'm willing to allow for it. It's frustrating, but it's a very YA show.
I like the first season enough. It has its fun doing all the convoluted twists and turns and teenage drama. At first, I'm ambivalent about the Murder Club. It seems a little stupid for the suspects to gather together, but I do grow to appreciate the Scooby-Doo adjacent premise. The second season is a bit of a repeat as the mystery keeps going. What I do love is episode six with Vanessa Clark. It's the idea of looking at the Murder Club from the outside. The change of view is refreshing. The show lasted two seasons on Peacock. It could have gone one more, but I won't miss it either.
It's the Breakfast Club with a murder mystery. The police interrogation is completely wrong. Anyone who watches TV cop shows would know questioning minor suspects is very problematic nowadays. Of course, it's done to artificially generate tension. That's how the show operates. It pushes buttons. Everybody is a suspect and there is always another twist. Realism is the last requirement of this show. By the way, the title is lying. Everybody lies on this show. The kids keep making mistakes but I'm willing to allow for it. It's frustrating, but it's a very YA show.
I like the first season enough. It has its fun doing all the convoluted twists and turns and teenage drama. At first, I'm ambivalent about the Murder Club. It seems a little stupid for the suspects to gather together, but I do grow to appreciate the Scooby-Doo adjacent premise. The second season is a bit of a repeat as the mystery keeps going. What I do love is episode six with Vanessa Clark. It's the idea of looking at the Murder Club from the outside. The change of view is refreshing. The show lasted two seasons on Peacock. It could have gone one more, but I won't miss it either.