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Speedy Cars, Speedy Drama and Many Couples
Honestly, I didn't think Pit Babe needed a second season. I was already satisfied with how Season 1 ended, even though Way’s death left a sting. But the moment they announced Season 2 and dropped the trailer — I was hyped. And as expected, it didn’t disappoint. Season 2 is just as intense as the first. This series really knows how to keep things entertaining—with solid casting and a gripping storyline.The pacing felt a bit fast, but I actually prefer that over those super slow-burn dramas. One thing though, there were a lot of couples—so if you're into simpler, more focused plots, this might feel a bit chaotic for you.
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Babe & Charlie
I saw a few clips of Babe with Willy and honestly thought something was going on between them. 😂 But Babe and Charlie's chemistry is still as strong as ever. I couldn’t help but giggle every time they threw those cheesy, flirty lines at each other. And as much as I cringe at them calling each other “mama” and “papa,” I have to admit—it’s kind of adorable.
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Sonic & North
I was really hoping these two would end up together in season 1—and boom, by season 2, the writers gave it to us. I just love their dynamic—their friendship, their chemistry, everything.
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Jeff & Alan
They went through some rough patches and miscommunication, but thankfully they managed to work things out in the end. Love them.
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Chris and Pete
I don’t really have much to say about them. Their chemistry just felt a bit off to me—not sure what exactly was missing, but something didn’t click.
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Kenta and Kim
They developed feelings for each other, but Kim had to return to Korea. Not every love story ends with a happily ever after, and that’s okay.
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Special shoutout to Milk (Willy)!
He seems pretty new to acting, but he nailed his role. And honestly, the whole cast did a great job.
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Overall, Pit Babe is a fast‑paced romance set in the high‑stakes world of racing, with fantasy‑tinged power dynamics and a sizzling BL core. It stands out for its bold aesthetic, chemistry between Babe and Charlie, and its attempt to fuse genre elements into an emotionally driven drama. Thank you so much, CHANGE2561 for producing a wonderful series.
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wasted potential on
This series would be so much better if some relationships had more screentime. I know the series is mostly focused on charlie and babe but honestly ive already seen them enough i want to hear more about kim and kenta and north sonic. Charlie and Babe act irrationally almost for the whole season, Alan became dump, and honestly some plot twists were just cheap?? also for what sake we have omegaverse in here like damn its not a necessary. Also treating SA as a somwthing hot isnt cool yall should stop that and touch grass. (willy and babe scene)Thats my opinion u dont have to agree have a nice day
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Some scenes were good, some were really not up to the mark
I think it's better than season 1. This time the plot wasn't a whole mess. It had it's plot holes but it was still well made and never felt overwhelming. The start was strong but they messed up the ending. It was too rushed.There were elements of suspense. There were actions and really good racing scenes. The suspense of whether Chris is Way or not kept me going till end. The couples showed good chemistry. Willy played by Milk is definitely the show stopper for me. He did an amazing job and is probably my favorite character along with Chris and Ken.
I was expecting a little more from storyline.
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I had no expectations and still was disappointed by the nonsensical plot choices and bland ending
Not going to lie, Pit Babe Season 1 is definitely not a series I would recommend as it is deeply flawed. Still, I wanted to give a shot to the Season 2 as I thought it could explore the lore more and provide a more satisfactory take on this very specific universe as well as on the various characters.However, the writing was particularly weak. It first approached some interesting ideas but very quickly fell apart with characters making all the bad choices and a too easy ending. Another big issue was the numerous secondary couples : there were so many of them that it was impossible for me to really care about any. As in Season 1, the fantasy universe was not exploited enough : instead of developing the lore, the scenario got stuck on one note.
It is not all bad, as I quite enjoyed the performance of Pavel as Babe. He delivered some solid acting moments despite all the cringe factors from the script. His chemistry with Pooh (playing Charlie) was very good and probably the main reason I completed the series. Production was also good overall, even if some fight scenes could definitely have been better, they did not feel too cheap. The OST was quite enjoyable at first but clearly became too much as it was overused.
I would not recommend this to people as there are better BLs out there. If you had already mixed feelings regarding Season 1, this Season 2 will certainly not change your mind.
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It's important to say that this is NOTHING like the first season
Let's just say that majority of us liked the first season a bit more. Why is that?Well first of all, the characters had some personality and you actually grew some attachment to each of them. In this new season, everybody just seemed so damn OFF. Like sonic for example - him being mean to North for no reason at all is not a change of behaviour because he went abroad and was distant, it's pure mischaracterization. Season 1 Sonic would never be such an asshole, he would hate his new self. Then you have Babe and Charlie, the famous main characters - don't these grown men know what communication is? Their relationship always somehow revolves around sex, but this time it was worse especially because they are boyfriends already, but still often treated each other like friends with benefits or something. They lacked showing GENUINE LOVE a lot. Alan and Jeff - again, miscommunication at it's best. Lying to each other made things only worse for both them and others in the team. But of course, each couple got better near the end, that's good at least. They had to grow up someday, didn't they?
Second of all, this season was very rushed at some point, especially the last episode. You didn't have time to feel any emotions at all because everything just flashed before your eyes before you could feel a single emotion. The plot was also quite different from the first season plot, but I wouldn't say that's much of a bad thing, it's just that the X hunter team kinda lost it's value and it wasn't about racing anymore, more like trying to stay alive and improve their behaviour.
But if we look at the more positive side of Pitbabe, you will be glad to see the X hunter team again, reunited. After all, the side couples finally got the amount of screen time they deserved since forever. That's one thing I really appreciate as a Kentakim and Northsonic lover. So of course, there are many good things about this season so if you like a bit of an action and frustration, give it a try. Me personally, I'm a huge fan of Pitbabe and I know everybody worked hard on this season, so I won't give this some low rating because despite all of the things that I disliked, I enjoyed watching this season as well, it's just that I really missed the first one.
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Babe yearning, pleading & desperately in love - what more would you want ?
I had mixed feelings on the first season, but this had me totally hooked.The big selling point to me is Pavel's acting, PoohPavel's chemistry and this story, honestly, giving me one of my favorite things in the world : a beautiful man absolutely wrecked by his yearning and desperation for his partner.
This is another season that puts Babe through hell emotionally, but it's just so enchanting to watch.
Pavel conveys hurt, and desperately needing to be loved so, so well. His facial expressions are truly a treat.
He absolutely carried.
I loved this season and will be rewatching.
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Not even the power of Willy Brando could salvage this season...???
What was this series....? This season felt like a backhand to the face with the plot that was spasming all over the place and not to mention how confusing the entire plotline is.....I honestly cannot for the life of me recall much from episodes 1-5 since I picked it back up from episodes 6-13 after like 2 months or something, and I couldn't muster the energy to rewatch the first 5 even for this review, so bear with me if my facts are not faxing.
I'll be honest and admit the only thing that enticed me to keep me watching past the first episode was the visuals and Willy becoming a recurring character made me lock tf in. I mean, he was easily the best part of this new season for me and his actor ABSOLUTELY carried every single scene he was to the point that it was not even a competition at that point. The other actors basically showed no noticeable improvement from season one except for maybe Charlie's actor getting slightly better, but still being completely unbelievable as a lead actor. I can't take his line delivery and goofy expressions seriously and that is really jarring since he is the main character and I'm supposed to be rooting for him. His acting was not nearly as off-putting as seeing Jeff and Alan's after having watched This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans. I KNOW they can act; so why do they feel so watered down in this show??? Is the script and directing so bad that not even they could salvage their performances??? Pavel at least was doing fine as a lead except for his over-done crying scenes that felt like they needed a bit more "WAAAUUUGHH" to match his facial expressions. He did have a glow-up though, but not that he needed one in the first place. That man is FINE. Kim and Kenta's actors did well in their scenes, as did Chris and Pete's. Chris' was definitely the second best actor past Willy's in my humble opinion. Though, since he carried two seasons he deserves bonus points.
But the only thing that was lacking more than some of the acting performances was the congruity of the plot. I felt like they were lashing me with fourteen different plots at the same time and then they all fizzled out by the finale in an extremely unsatisfying way. The first part that was a mainstay since season one was the absurd power-scaling in this verse. So ABO is virtually nonexistent and instead of breeder mentality you get a power via RNG??? Sign me tf up! Why were they trying to even erase theirs's to begin with??? YOU HAVE SUPERPOWERS LIL BRUH. Like, Charlie can absorb powers (because ofc the mc can), Babe has heightened senses or sum, Way had hypnosis I think, Pete has mind-realming, Jeff has FUTURE SIGHT, Kenta got immortality I think, Alan got super strength or sum, Willy had ZA WARUDO, and Tony had IMMORTALITY! WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT THAT??? I would quite literally take any one of those, please. Oh boohoo, you can see the future...like I won't pretend I wouldn't abusing tf outta that, personally. But maybe that's just me. The only downside it'd effectively have is the nonsensical plotline kicking in and nerfing my ability when it SHOULD be OP in a given scenario. How tf was Willy losing so many altercations??? HE CAN FREEZE TIME LIKE A JOJO'S CHARACTER!!! The only FEASIBLE countermeasure is Tony's off-brand Golden Requiem. Like, don't even make a character have any sort of power relating to time manipulation if you don't want to take into account the repercussions it could have on other powers or established rules in verse. It's just lazy writing to add it in if you don't want to actually make it realistic (as much as it can be). It was also confusing at why exactly Babe's power was so coveted over ANYONE else's. It made no sense to me in season one, and it made no sense to me in season two. It feels out of place in this story to make him the one that needs to be bred just for his power but not keep that same mentality towards literally any other alpha with abilities that are comparable, or even BETTER than his! It felt like they just wanted to have an excuse to sexualize him *specifically* and have the closest thing to an omega in a cliche yaoi. It made no sense logistically and just made Tony come off as a creep with a breeder fetish aimed towards one unfortunate soul (which, now that I'm saying it, he most definitely DOES come across this way in the story 100%).
Then of course the second worst part was whatever was going on with the characters' writing. Tony was an abysmal villain per usual. No, seriously, what even was this man's plan? World domination or something??? Because if so, he was atrocious at accomplishing it. This man has insane backing, financial prowess, and IMMORTALITY.....yet he loses to a bunch of horndog college-aged dudes. Brother, you are IMMORTAL, HOW DO YOU SOMEHOW DIE?!?!? HE WAITED TO SHOOT CHARLIE UNTIL THE PUNK HAD SLURPED UP 90% OF HIS POWERS-LIKE WHAT ARE YOU EVEN THINKING SIR?!!??!?! But, I digress. It's not like I was expecting him to miraculously be intimidating this season or anything. However, a character they did ruin 10000% was Alan. He was a pretty cool guy once you look past all his suspect age-play statements like "Let the adults handle it" and "I feast on youth every day," and he seemed like a decent supporting character. That gets completely squandered this season once he enables brain-rot mode and decides to BELIEVE Tony and his goon Winner that they would help him regain his health with virtually no strings attached. Apparently this man has never heard of the saying "There is no such thing as a free lunch" or chooses to ignore it when face-to-face with a megalomaniac. Then he gets all surprised that the guy planted a bomb chip in his head when he gave him full reign to it DESPITE HIM HAVING LEARNED HE DID THE SAME EXACT THING TO WILLY LIKE 2 EPISODES AGO!!! If he did that to Willy, a guy he had no previous beef with, what makes you think he wouldn't do that to YOU, a guy he has had beef with for 2 seasons?! They ruined the smartest character SO BAD. Willy really was right when he said his squad was braindead. The nonsense with Babe and Charlie was obnoxious this season too because it made next to no sense at all. They both acted so defensive about the Willy and Tony situation yet there was no reason for them to! Charlie deciding to keep the Tony business from Babe was so stupid because THAT COULD ENDANGER HIM MORE. Jeff won major respect from me when he snitched about to Babe anyway because Charlie was being mad dumb. Babe's whole personality this whole season just felt like "I love Charlie; No Charlie, don't leave me; Willy piss off because I love Charlie," it felt like a far cry from what his personality was like in the first half of season one. Dean was just there to suddenly switch into the Nice Guy™ even though he was a backstabber last season, and now everyone is just expected to forgive him. I was on Sonic's side 100% because this man was acting wild in season 1. Winner was also just there in the plot for some reason. He served next to no purpose other than to fill a slot and his exit was only noteworthy by North calling him "pale as boiled chicken" that made me cackle for no explicable reason. The "will they; won't they" with North and Sonic was seriously testing my patience to the point that I just skimmed or skipped any scenes they had past the halfway mark. Other people that said they should've started their relationship as early as season one were 100% right and this season proves it with how drawn out it was. Ugh. I love slowburns, but this was just boring.
The rest was nonsense stuff like the reveal of Chris and Way being Tony's biological kids or something, as if that really changed anything at all. The alpha and enigma stuff still made no sense because I couldn't tell what the difference was between the two sub genders in this verse and what made someone like Way an enigma, but Charlie (despite having "superior cells") delegated to being an alpha. The random amnesia plot thrown in as if they were drawing papers from a hat of tropes and then "solving" it by having him hop in the whip instead of something that had more meaning like recreating when he first met his true love or something; he also seemed to not recognize Tony despite Tony having been a part of his life way before the start of the show; and thus I think that's a major plot hole. I still have no idea what racecars have to do with the plot in the slightest other than to look cool. Why does every antagonist have to be involved in racecar sports??? Willy looked hot in those scenes, yes, but did he reeeally need to be in that car to stalk Babe and Charlie? I don't think so, chief. I also have no idea why he was being a weirdo around Babe because his plan didn't require that same jank enigma breeding plot that Way was given in season one. I get that Babe is hot and all, but why is everyone either simping over him or sexually harassing him? His personality isn't all that. I personally thought Willy x Charlie was hotter anyway. Ghost ships reign supreme in my verse. An established couple like North and Sonic, however, do not get the proper screen time they deserve. Where were their established relationship scenes at? Kim and Kenta was also a bit washed as well considering they were hinted at since season one in a similar manner. Them eating Korean food together was cute, though. Chris and Pete had some insanely hot scenes, but I couldn't really careless about them in the grand scheme of things. Liking someone just because they look like your ex that died and that person being 100% aware of it IS an interesting relationship dynamic, but because it was a part of this show, I couldn't bring myself tgaf.
However, this season wasn't *all* bad! I did enjoy Kenta's muscles and form-fitting shirts, as well as his scenes with Kim (though they were sparse). The intro song was decent. Tony with his long hair down in Willy's flashbacks looked kind of appetizing (sorry, not sorry!). Pavel's hair and looks ate this season up alongside Milk's everything. That man's voice, looks, smile, hair, frame, clothing, and acting were top notch. I can admit that I was shallow enough to like his character in the same way I liked Damon Salvatore because of his charisma. Such a shame that he wasn't the central villain because he was serving cunt in every scene he was in. I thought I would cry tears of joy when this man 360 no-scoped Tony on the rooftop, but then that joy floundered when the focus shifted to Charlie dying on the floor with that dramatic ass editing. He easily had the coolest scenes whenever he used his powers and his cheeky smile mixed with that saucy wink evoked a feeling in me that I didn't realize Pit Babe could. His backstory was a bit confusing and underwhelming; but that's par for the course with this show. The only thing that really annoyed me about him was his nonsense towards Babe in the sauna in like episode five. I think they only added that to appeal to fujoshis or something. Him acting flirty and handsy past that didn't really bother me as much because it was clear he was just trolling and I don't think he had any special interest in Babe compared to like any other hot bitch. Bless the person who casted this man because my eyes have never been more grateful. Whoever wrote him though, check yourself, sis.
The behind the scenes bits at the end of episodes were also really cute! :)
As the closing statement, I'll say that the rewatch value at least isn't 1; but no amount of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure references will move it past a 3 for me. And yes, I would rate this season higher than the first one, but only by like 0.1%. That 0.1% is Willy and his actor. Mans contributed an entire 1 star to the actors rating I put and I feel no shame admitting it. You like what you like; and I liked him. Even if he was a slimy thirst trap. I delved into that head first and I'm still not tryna find my way out, can I get an amen? Amen, now I'll go watch edits of him to cure my obsession.
\good night( ᵕᴗᵕ)*・☪︎·̩͙/
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Different than exprected
When I first heard that Pitbabe was going to have a second season, I was really excited. I couldn't wait to see the characters again and also maybe see the long-awaited romance between North and Sonic lol. The trailer looked awesome, and that only made my expectations grow more. I even waited 13 weeks so I could binge-watch it! When I actually started the series, I felt a little conflicted. Not that it was bad, but like I said, I had higher expectations.Don't get me wrong, the actors did great! It's just a shame that this season wasn't written well like the first.
Also, I am a little perplexed that they cut out Alan and Jeff's bathtub scene. When I found out that that scene was basically supposed to be them being on the same page again after the whole Tony thing, I was happy. But nope. They removed it. A little disappointing, but whatever.
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Strong Cast, Weak Script: A Series That Deserved Better
I’m completely in love with this cast, which is probably why writing this review feels harder than usual.Their performances were solid; my issue was entirely with the script. With so many couples, the screentime wasn’t structured well. We lost the first episodes to misunderstandings and pointless fights that could have been resolved with basic communication, especially when there was supposed to be a much bigger external threat in Tony. And once the story finally started to take off, there were barely any episodes left to develop it properly. The ending felt so rushed that it left me with an empty, unfinished feeling.
I truly appreciate the cast’s effort in making this work as best as they could. However… Change really needs to improve.
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Choppy, repetitive, and forgot to include it's lead character
There were interesting story elements, but overall the script felt like it needed more time to bake in terms of pacing and build up for various plot points, as well as the development for the characters and their relationships. The first part of the season was extremely bogged down with fanservice scenes in place of actual character interactions that both deepens the connections and advances the story. There is so much wasted time that was needed for the immense cast that the season decided all gets an arc. That is everyone except for the main character Babe who essentially becomes a side lined, supporting love interest.Most of Babe's scenes are just the aforementioned fanservice scenes. Aside from the scenes having to do with just sex or his relationship, he got to investigate Willy who is constantly sexually harassing him, but then even that plot gets folded into Charlie's and he is shut out. It's not until the final few episodes that Babe is finally in on the action when the entire cast is on the same page that we see why he's the lead character to begin with. What a waste of a second season to not further develop Babe's story from the first season, especially with the rare talent they have in Pavel is so incredibly underused who has a great range from emotional to action, it's mind boggling.
There are scenes that seems like it's missing and the direction of reactions of characters to certain moments don't match the severity of the situation. When Chris the scientist appears, Babe just assumes he's Way and Pete tries to go hug him. Babe is at least showing some shock, but Pete is way too calm. Nut breaths so much life into Chris, he eats the role up. I'm impressed how he's able to emit such dignified sass in his body language and line delivery. I love his rare scenes with Pavel, not only because Babe finally gets to interact with the rest of the world, but they have each have someone else who is also an good actor to react off of.
Later Dean crashes his race car and he's assumed dead, but everyone again is way under reacting. He and his kidnapped comatose self becomes the impetus for Alan to approach Tony and get powers from the serum. I thought Tony broke him out of jail, but he's not wanted by the police and is able to race for some reason. Jeff and Alan are in a carousel of characters, but especially for their storyline taking turns doing the stupid thing of keeping important information from each other. It's especially egregious because they used Alan at the beginning of the season teach the lesson that you should do that and he ends up doing that for the whole rest of the season. There was no particular pay off to Alan getting super strength other than his neck issue that no long requires surgery.
One of the rare positive change from the first season is that Charlie's overly cutesy acting got toned down, which makes his scenes more bearable to watch now. He's still so extremely green especially in all the scenes with Pavel. The show not only hits the secret twin trope with Chris and Way, but then gives Charlie amnesia. There is some build up to it at least, but the scenes just don't hit the emotional notes as it's a rehash of more of the same relationship angst through the entire season already. That's another result of the show not giving Babe something else to do and saving the heaviest of the relationship friction for the amnesia plot.
The first season showed the chemistry and potential of Kenta and Pete, but that's not explored here, which is not totally a bad thing. Kenta's story line probably plays out the best. He's in what essentially feels like the A plot that Babe should have been doing. Smoking is gross, but the scene where he shows up in front of Pete is pure aura. His investigation into Tony is dynamic compared to the stand still that the rest of the characters are stuck in. His pairing with Kim is surprisingly good with Kim's confident assertiveness, the ability to be observant, and thoughtfulness actually help Kenta open up. The fight scene that ends up with Kim showing up in a car to send goons flying off while he does donuts around Kenta was so cool. This is what the season could have been. There isn't really any romantic chemistry on immediate vibes with these characters, which I think might be both on the direction on Kim's actor's part to just give a bit more spark, but Kenta and Kim get to organically develop with their interactions in the story and it works. It was kind of weird that Kim leaves Kenta with a bro pat to the shoulder though they kept kissing. But it makes sense for Kenta to figure out who he is with the freedom he has now before jumping into a relationship.
Sonic and North's relationship or rather lack of is such a waste of screentime. Winner being turned into Tony's right hand man could have been very interesting, but there was no development there and they just let him get away despite torturing Kenta and doing murders. I think I saw him at Babe and Charlie's wedding at the end but I'm not sure. Kenta should have been allowed at least a punch before Winner slinks away. Willy also had the potential for a much more fleshed out interesting story as he's revealed to also be a victim of Tony's. It's also revealed that his creepiness towards Babe is 100% just him, Tony didn't tell him to do that. Babe seems to have a weird soft spot for him as well, being extremely forgiving. I think he was also at the wedding. The whole season seems really mismanaged somehow, the script all over the place. The cinematography of the show was always good though, they and the actors deserved better writing and directing to work with.
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Another season of "How To Traumatize PitBabe". Either one of the writter hate Pit Babe either one of them just enjoy to see Pavel cry. Bestie saw his boyfriend die twice, lost a lot of his friends - mostly because of betray. CharlieBabe
I love them. Expect them to be more ansgty because of Willy but no. And please Charlie Babe learn how to comunicate beside sex.
JeffAlan
Why did Jeff start to see Tony? Didn't understand, will never??? Plus, he said to Alan "comunicate with me" but end up not doing it??? Wth
KimKenta
Sad they didn't appear more?? I wish they did develop them more. Plus why don't they end up together???
NorthSonic
They are really cute, please, I needed more of them
PeteChris (or whatever the ship is named)
With what Chris said to Pete at the end, I'm really disappointed they didn't show how and when Pete discovered he did really fall for Chris fr himself and not for Way.
By the way, I'm happy Chris isn't Way (sorry I did hate Way).
In conclusion (??), I didn't wanted this season 2 (just because I didn't see the point. But I was hook by every episode. Now I expect a spin off for KimKenta, NorthSonic and PeteChris. No really, they put too much couple, and give them not much screentime (and I get that they really give what they could, but they should have made a longer season if they wanted to developp all of them).
Disappointed they didn't get anyone pregnant.. Mpreg nation we lost.
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Good storytelling and tension arc
This second season is proof that consistency in storytelling between multiple seasons is possible in BL. The character development picks right up where it left off and the tense moments of the first season are being rivalled by those in this sequel. Great watch, never a dull moment. The only disappointment is in the development of the couples besides CharlieBabe and UncleJeff. PeteKriss falls flat at a certain point where it was sizzling just a moment before. KimKenta is not really explored and NorthSonic... Well maybe they're keeping these stories for next seasons.Was this review helpful to you?
