*CONTAINS SPOILERS* I would give this series a 5.5 out of 10. The premise is not all that creative and it plays out like I would imagine a YA novel would, but it was quite enjoyable to watch, that is until the reveal in the finale. Leading up I would say the acting was overall pretty believable and had your expected red herrings galore but it was all adding up to a decent watch. I don't know what happened at the end, it feels as if the last episode was written by a totally different team of writers, throwing out all semblance of creativity for a "GOTCHA" reveal trope.
WARNING *I will be discussing the killer in the following paragraph*
I suppose due to this being a recent import to Netflix I was not able to find much commentary on the series and after watching the finale I am quite frankly utterly disappointed. It's not that the killers identity is not "believeable" it's that there were no clues leading up to the reveal. After the killer in these types of mysteries is revealed the viewer should be able to think back to all the little bread crumbs left by the writers and say "ah ha! I missed it!" Nope, not here. This was a total out of left field, not satisfying reveal. It feels like they picked this killer simply to shock and surprise the audience which to me is a cop out. Sure they explain his motivation and I guess it adds up but what I don't appreciate is the killer was an ancillary character the entire series so they couldn't even leave clues because they made him such an non factor and did not even try to flesh out his character or his motivations throughout the series-major miss step on the writers. I chose this series specifically looking for something that wasn't going to have this cheap surprise for shock valve ending- there's plenty of other crime dramas that play out this way. Oh well- I guess add Beau Sejour to the list- ya binge and ya learn.
Not to mention the finale leaves MANY unanswered questions including other characters motivations for nonsensical behavior. To add insult to injury, it's not the type of open questions that leave intrigue, it feels as though they weren't answered out of pure laziness in the writers room, because there's WAS NO logical rationale for the characters choices so let's just not answer them. The saddest part is if they would have just sat there with the script longer and really fleshed out these characters and worked out the kinks this could have been a really great series. Unfortunately an ending like this sours the whole experience.
WARNING *I will be discussing the killer in the following paragraph*
I suppose due to this being a recent import to Netflix I was not able to find much commentary on the series and after watching the finale I am quite frankly utterly disappointed. It's not that the killers identity is not "believeable" it's that there were no clues leading up to the reveal. After the killer in these types of mysteries is revealed the viewer should be able to think back to all the little bread crumbs left by the writers and say "ah ha! I missed it!" Nope, not here. This was a total out of left field, not satisfying reveal. It feels like they picked this killer simply to shock and surprise the audience which to me is a cop out. Sure they explain his motivation and I guess it adds up but what I don't appreciate is the killer was an ancillary character the entire series so they couldn't even leave clues because they made him such an non factor and did not even try to flesh out his character or his motivations throughout the series-major miss step on the writers. I chose this series specifically looking for something that wasn't going to have this cheap surprise for shock valve ending- there's plenty of other crime dramas that play out this way. Oh well- I guess add Beau Sejour to the list- ya binge and ya learn.
Not to mention the finale leaves MANY unanswered questions including other characters motivations for nonsensical behavior. To add insult to injury, it's not the type of open questions that leave intrigue, it feels as though they weren't answered out of pure laziness in the writers room, because there's WAS NO logical rationale for the characters choices so let's just not answer them. The saddest part is if they would have just sat there with the script longer and really fleshed out these characters and worked out the kinks this could have been a really great series. Unfortunately an ending like this sours the whole experience.