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Yes. Just Yes.
I genuinely do not get the hate for this drama! I was anxiety ridden the whole way through watching the despicable nature of humans!
I thoroughly enjoyed this and thought the leads did a fantastic job, their relationship was believable and their chemistry was cute. I definitely believed both of them in their roles and loved watching them kick some ass - PHS stunt in the apartment with the preacher was great.
I loved the absolute lowest of low of humanity, it was pretty spot on - the majority of people turn to self centred, narcissistic, selfish asshole when pushed into a crisis!
Yeah, if it was me I probably wouldn't have come out of my apartment after getting groceries, but that wasn't their characters! They were busy-bodies with handcuffs and it was great. (On a side note, PHS acting range is great in his recent shows, can't wait to see him play a villain!)
The whole premise worked for me; class warfare in the midst of a crisis. Looked the suffocating nature of the apartment building that was simultaneously huge and very closed off. I thought the fact that the zombies were sometimes zombies was super refreshing and liked that way better than straight up slow-moving zombies. They were kinda vampire-zombies and I was so here for it.
The villains get significantly worse as the series goes on, showing the disintegration of humanity, especially in that locked down, class hierarchy environment.
**Spoiler**
I figured PHS wouldn't make it to the end and was pretty tearful (kinda wish that scene had played out a little) but was happy with the happy ending - I needed it! But if it had ended without that, or it was some kind of fever dream scene, I would've accepted that as well because it totally would've worked.
Just a side note - I worked retail during Covid, people were pretty horrific so it didn't seem that far fetched in my experience! The zombies heightened that anxiety and I enjoyed that.
One thing that I noticed some people mentioning is the plot hole of why they didn't just ask her for her blood because it seemed like she would've given it. I feel like they kinda covered that in that she'd have been kicked in a lab and there was a very high potential that she basically would've ended up being bled dry for the cure. Plus there was no way PHS was gonna let her go off without him, which is why all the underhand nature. It was also about corporate greed and big pharma corruption - all of which we experienced during Covid.
Yes, a lot of the residents were annoying, but they were human and we are all annoying at some point, especially when are in an unknown situation!
I get that it's not for everyone, but I was honestly hooked from the first episode so I highly recommend at least giving that a try and if you feel that same excitement that I did definitely keep going. I was half tempted to save the last two episodes for the next day to prolong the anxiety and enjoyment, I wanted it to end (to see the conclusion) and didn't at the same time, but I couldn't give it up!
Anyway, all to say I'm gonna go against the general opinion and say I bloody loved this and would 100% watch it again.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and thought the leads did a fantastic job, their relationship was believable and their chemistry was cute. I definitely believed both of them in their roles and loved watching them kick some ass - PHS stunt in the apartment with the preacher was great.
I loved the absolute lowest of low of humanity, it was pretty spot on - the majority of people turn to self centred, narcissistic, selfish asshole when pushed into a crisis!
Yeah, if it was me I probably wouldn't have come out of my apartment after getting groceries, but that wasn't their characters! They were busy-bodies with handcuffs and it was great. (On a side note, PHS acting range is great in his recent shows, can't wait to see him play a villain!)
The whole premise worked for me; class warfare in the midst of a crisis. Looked the suffocating nature of the apartment building that was simultaneously huge and very closed off. I thought the fact that the zombies were sometimes zombies was super refreshing and liked that way better than straight up slow-moving zombies. They were kinda vampire-zombies and I was so here for it.
The villains get significantly worse as the series goes on, showing the disintegration of humanity, especially in that locked down, class hierarchy environment.
**Spoiler**
I figured PHS wouldn't make it to the end and was pretty tearful (kinda wish that scene had played out a little) but was happy with the happy ending - I needed it! But if it had ended without that, or it was some kind of fever dream scene, I would've accepted that as well because it totally would've worked.
Just a side note - I worked retail during Covid, people were pretty horrific so it didn't seem that far fetched in my experience! The zombies heightened that anxiety and I enjoyed that.
One thing that I noticed some people mentioning is the plot hole of why they didn't just ask her for her blood because it seemed like she would've given it. I feel like they kinda covered that in that she'd have been kicked in a lab and there was a very high potential that she basically would've ended up being bled dry for the cure. Plus there was no way PHS was gonna let her go off without him, which is why all the underhand nature. It was also about corporate greed and big pharma corruption - all of which we experienced during Covid.
Yes, a lot of the residents were annoying, but they were human and we are all annoying at some point, especially when are in an unknown situation!
I get that it's not for everyone, but I was honestly hooked from the first episode so I highly recommend at least giving that a try and if you feel that same excitement that I did definitely keep going. I was half tempted to save the last two episodes for the next day to prolong the anxiety and enjoyment, I wanted it to end (to see the conclusion) and didn't at the same time, but I couldn't give it up!
Anyway, all to say I'm gonna go against the general opinion and say I bloody loved this and would 100% watch it again.
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