This is definitely a binge-worthy show, although having 10x 30 minute episodes per season and four main characters, that leaves us with maybe 10 minutes of screentime for each girl... If we're being generous here. I say this, because I understand Kimberly's temptation to cheat on her test... But her just saying she's failing a class without showing us how or why makes the empathy feel weak at best. I want to see at the very least a montage of her getting back homework with F's on the top corner, or her struggling to keep up with classwork because she doesn't do the homework in time. And no, that sex addict episode doesn't count much, 'cos that all happened during one day ( even tho it's said they were a thing for a couple of months after that point ) - if it were an ongoing thing that'd happened for months, then perhaps it would feel more valid. It just feels a little rushed.
I think it'd be interesting if the show had done something like what the SKAM universe does, and have a season per character instead: seeing the POV of, say, Leighton and her working out her sexuality and sense of belonging in a totally new environment for the first season or even just her exclusively for the first 3 episodes, and then next few revolving solely around Whitney trying to prove she's more than a senator's daughter, for example.
I guess I'm just saying that I notice this a lot with tv shows, but there's always a struggle to put in enough character development for everyone when there are multiple main characters. The show does an incredible job so far, but it could definitely be a little better, imo.
Review by KiBlockedParent2022-02-04T12:05:57Z
This is definitely a binge-worthy show, although having 10x 30 minute episodes per season and four main characters, that leaves us with maybe 10 minutes of screentime for each girl... If we're being generous here. I say this, because I understand Kimberly's temptation to cheat on her test... But her just saying she's failing a class without showing us how or why makes the empathy feel weak at best. I want to see at the very least a montage of her getting back homework with F's on the top corner, or her struggling to keep up with classwork because she doesn't do the homework in time. And no, that sex addict episode doesn't count much, 'cos that all happened during one day ( even tho it's said they were a thing for a couple of months after that point ) - if it were an ongoing thing that'd happened for months, then perhaps it would feel more valid. It just feels a little rushed.
I think it'd be interesting if the show had done something like what the SKAM universe does, and have a season per character instead: seeing the POV of, say, Leighton and her working out her sexuality and sense of belonging in a totally new environment for the first season or even just her exclusively for the first 3 episodes, and then next few revolving solely around Whitney trying to prove she's more than a senator's daughter, for example.
I guess I'm just saying that I notice this a lot with tv shows, but there's always a struggle to put in enough character development for everyone when there are multiple main characters. The show does an incredible job so far, but it could definitely be a little better, imo.