Alaskan

First, for an anti-bullying drama that pretends to deplore physical violence, the apparent resolution to all of the physical violence is physical violence on an epic scale. That message is abhorrent, besides being completely unrealistic. After beating the crap out of each other, the guys just go home, take showers, wash their clothes, maybe blow dry their hair, and the violence stops? Plus I want to see the middle-aged sequel, where all of them developt CTE. (By the way, did anyone else think it was cute when everybody showed up with color coordinated umbrellas? Because nobody wants to get their hair or clothes wet before an epic fight in the mud.)

There were other things. For example, women are depicted as pretty useless accessories (the psychiatrist, the giggling arm candy, and the mother, whose specialty was delivering one liners then walking out of the room). That’s unsurprising in a drama that lives out a young boy’s revenge fantasy but it’s still irritating.

Oh wait. Answering violence with violence, viewing women as useless accessories. That view actually reflects much of the leadership in the world right now.