High school is indeed hell on earth. Most of us only have to spent four years there. Imagine the horror of the four years becoming eternity!
On the surface, this series is one more supernatural teen drama churned out by Netflix for the TikTok generation. The impossibly attractive cast of twenty to thirty year olds don't look like teenagers, the script is redundant and predictable, and every character is a trope that has wandered in from another supernatural teen drama.
What sets this series apart is the writing. The writers stubbornly resist the urge to have any character be all good or all bad. They rely instead on the Jungian idea that characters (and people) are motivated by "shadows."
The shadow is the part of personality that is repressed by our conscious selves. We hide it from ourselves, but the people around us see it come out in our self defeating actions.
In this case, our heroine, Maddie, has a boyfriend who loves her, a bright future at Northwestern, and two ride or die friends who adore her. However, in the dark basement of her high school, Maddie loses everything,
The mystery here is an actual mystery. The characters are likable and interesting. The story is sadly familiar to everyone who has lived with an alcoholic, and the ending is intriguing.
Watch it. You'll like it.
On the surface, this series is one more supernatural teen drama churned out by Netflix for the TikTok generation. The impossibly attractive cast of twenty to thirty year olds don't look like teenagers, the script is redundant and predictable, and every character is a trope that has wandered in from another supernatural teen drama.
What sets this series apart is the writing. The writers stubbornly resist the urge to have any character be all good or all bad. They rely instead on the Jungian idea that characters (and people) are motivated by "shadows."
The shadow is the part of personality that is repressed by our conscious selves. We hide it from ourselves, but the people around us see it come out in our self defeating actions.
In this case, our heroine, Maddie, has a boyfriend who loves her, a bright future at Northwestern, and two ride or die friends who adore her. However, in the dark basement of her high school, Maddie loses everything,
The mystery here is an actual mystery. The characters are likable and interesting. The story is sadly familiar to everyone who has lived with an alcoholic, and the ending is intriguing.
Watch it. You'll like it.