SEASON 1 SPOILERS
It’s not terrible but it has a few noticeable flaws, starting with the acting! But I guess I understand it cause I think most of the actors or at least the younger ones are dancers so I prefer having real dancers as the actors, but still they need better dialogue and a more consistent identity, cause more than the acting being bad it was random, like one second all the characters were okay chilling and then the next one one of them out of nowhere was like I’M GONNA DESTROY YOU AND SHOVE MY BALLET POINTY SHOE UP YOUR ASS so there were these random outbursts of chaotic energy and overall very cringey; also it was very exhausting that all the time the students were crying wolf and that the police officer went along with their theories instead of she coming up with her own! Every 5 minutes there was a new suspect and everyone knew about it and was like YOU ARE GONNA ROT IN JAIL AND I’M GONNA BREAK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR TOES and then was like ooops sorry bestie xoxo.
Now to the one thing I really couldn’t stand was the sexualizing of teens! Even tho I think the actors are over 20 yo they are playing 16 yo teens and of course teens have sex and like when Bette and Oren are together or two other students that’s okay but when you have a 16 yo teen having a sexual relationship with their 40 yo teacher is like NOPE or you have the headmaster pimping out the teen girlies and then she gets away with it??? So if the writers/showrunners wanted sex murder mess they could’ve set this in a ballet company or idk if ballerinas go to college??
And the most disappoint part was that Neveah wasn’t the lead, like good for her that she is front and center in the promo but Bette ends up being the lead, and I hate it cause her character was awful, I’m all for a mean evil girlie but she wasn’t that, she was just abusive to June and then threw tantrums to get her away and the world just bowed to her! I want an evil girlie that actually works her way to cause trouble, Cassie looks like a mean girl with potential!
Something I really like was the boys character development, I think these are some of the most complex and well crafted male characters I’ve seen in a show! Shane and Oren are a good example, like I think this is the first time I see in a show a man with an ed.
I actually would watch the second season, especially after the new mystery, however the episodes don’t have a reason of being over 45 minutes long!