This show was the shiz! Two unsuspecting college girls are actually vigilantes for fellow students who have been assaulted!? Who wouldn't want to watch this? Eliza Bennet does a good job as seemingly innocent sorority girl Jules but its Taylor Dearden in my opinion that steals the show. She plays the green haired Ophelia (awesome) - pot smoker/seller, record store employee, computer hacker and borderline genius out for revenge against the scummy men who have gotten away with nonconsensual behavior towards women. I thought now more than ever that this would be relevant topic to explore but it was canceled after only one season so shows like Jersey Shore and fifteen different versions of Teen Mom could keep going! Not judging anyones taste in reality tv (u b u) but this was such a heartfelt and entertaining show- it was truly gone way too soon. Just like Hindsight from 2015- that show was a blast! Silver lining- *Writer/Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is currently in post for her first feature "Someone Great" with Rosario Dawson and Gina Rodriguez that sounds fun AND *Taylor Dearden will be in "Search and Destroy" which is based on Carrie Brownstein's book "Hunger Makes me a Modern Girl"- can't wait!
... View MoreOn the surface, Jules Thomas (Eliza Bennett) is a sweet popular sorority girl at Darlington College. She is secretly haunted by a rape perpetrated by her best friend Kennedy (Aisha Dee)'s boyfriend Nate Griffin (Dylan McTee). She takes on a disguise to fight abusers on campus. Ophelia Mayer (Taylor Dearden) is a hacker, weed dealing student. She happens upon Jules beating up a guy and later becomes Robin to her Batman. Ophelia works in a record store run by her law student best friend Harris James (Brandon Mychal Smith). Tyler Finn (Nick Fink) is a nice guy who takes a liking to Jules but he turns out to be the brother of an abuser killed by the girls.I really like the relationships between the four protagonists and I really like the four actors in those roles. Eliza is great as the sweet girl and Taylor is great as the wacky alternative girl. The girls are great together and their relationships with their best friend are also great. The dialogue has a little snap. It would great to push harder. This MTV show garnered some complaints about SJW but that can be said about most comics. It's a fun show with compelling characters that reminds me a little of Buffy. It never got an audience and was canceled after a 10 episode first season. It may be unfair but I'm deducting a point for its short run.
... View MoreDon't usually do reviews but put this on because of another reviewer who put one on after only seeing one episode, yes first episode wasn't fantastic but good enough for second episode to be watched yes its no Breaking Bad best ever TV series IMHO incidentally episode 2 an honorable mention to said series probably due to the fact the star of the show is Bryan Cranston's daughter (hope that doesn't count as a spoiler shouldn't do) anyway this series is dark, funny got enough action and does address issues of a serious nature, was looking for something till The Blacklist, Quarry, Stranger Things, Dark Matter, TMITHC, & GOT comes back and this & Shooter will definitely do for now!
... View MoreThe review contains spoilers for episode 2.In short, the show is about a rape victim who goes all vigilante and fights guys who raped other girls and the show handles it amazingly.In general if you have a rape plot on a show, it all tends to go towards victim blaming to keep it "realistic" but here? There isn't any victim blaming anywhere. They don't try to humanize men who raped girls and try to make viewers feel bad for them. In episode 2, Ophelia murdered a rapist who was about to kill Jules but the show isn't trying to guilt trip them about the murder either. Yes there are consequences and they're affected by it but it's not making them into villains because it was just what they had to do to survive.Also it's not super dark and it has just enough comic relief (it's actually pretty funny) and it has girls fighting for other girls. Where else do you get to see that executed this well?If you're looking for something new to watch please consider this show. It deserves a lot more attention.
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