Very mixed bag
THE GOOD
About half of this show is well written and treated with respect for the viewer. It actually feels like if a writer or director just made a strong effort and changed like 15% this would have soared from a 5/10 to a 9/10. Sadly big problems do more damage than the strong foundation on this one could stand.
The main romance is mostly well handled. Not like very deep or nuanced, but pretty good. It is nice to see fully adults leading romance dramas.
Refreshing to not have many of the usual overdone GL tropes. Since there's thriller plot we dont bother with the usual tropes.
...the friendgroup vibes are pretty good
THE BAD
Honestly there is a lot of bad
Most side characters are utterly flat, written with no nuance or depth and acted as though it is highschool theater. This is constant and it is a majority of the characters. It is so painful, that this aspect alone begs you to drop the show every single episode.
Massive plot holes at every turn. Pretty much everytime the thriller plotlines would reach a head, the reasoning for what happens just falls apart as though the writers are just slapping together the idea of what a cop show plot would do there. Glaring issues.
Nearly no character who does evil stuff gets any consequences. And there are so many characters being utterly corrupt and doing atrocious stuff. Zero justice here.
Fundamental misogyny in the crimes, just never addressed? In a GL? Why do these shows use so much of this stuff and just never deliver a moral?
About half of this show is well written and treated with respect for the viewer. It actually feels like if a writer or director just made a strong effort and changed like 15% this would have soared from a 5/10 to a 9/10. Sadly big problems do more damage than the strong foundation on this one could stand.
The main romance is mostly well handled. Not like very deep or nuanced, but pretty good. It is nice to see fully adults leading romance dramas.
Refreshing to not have many of the usual overdone GL tropes. Since there's thriller plot we dont bother with the usual tropes.
...the friendgroup vibes are pretty good
THE BAD
Honestly there is a lot of bad
Most side characters are utterly flat, written with no nuance or depth and acted as though it is highschool theater. This is constant and it is a majority of the characters. It is so painful, that this aspect alone begs you to drop the show every single episode.
Massive plot holes at every turn. Pretty much everytime the thriller plotlines would reach a head, the reasoning for what happens just falls apart as though the writers are just slapping together the idea of what a cop show plot would do there. Glaring issues.
Nearly no character who does evil stuff gets any consequences. And there are so many characters being utterly corrupt and doing atrocious stuff. Zero justice here.
Fundamental misogyny in the crimes, just never addressed? In a GL? Why do these shows use so much of this stuff and just never deliver a moral?
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