Mermaids? I mean, you can ignore the obvious idiocy of the entire concept in a comedy film, or a kiddy animated movie, but in a dramatic series? How can you possibly suspend disbelief once a mermaid is introduced?
I suppose you could say, well, what about "The Shape of Water", that had a mer . . . uh . . . man. But that movie was a fantasy, like "Pans Labyrinth", the actual existence of such an impossible creature was not critical or even important. Here it's everything, the central premise of the whole series. That's insane.
And of course, it doesn't help that the acting is high school drama class stuff. There's no one in the show I've even heard of, much less recognize, aside from a few minor league TV professionals like Anthony Harrison, no offense. For that matter, I don't even know what "Freeform" is (I got my copy of the pilot from . . . fight club). But they must be desperate for scripts, this wouldn't have made it out of the slushpile from the shop that did "Sharknado". Awful.
I suppose you could say, well, what about "The Shape of Water", that had a mer . . . uh . . . man. But that movie was a fantasy, like "Pans Labyrinth", the actual existence of such an impossible creature was not critical or even important. Here it's everything, the central premise of the whole series. That's insane.
And of course, it doesn't help that the acting is high school drama class stuff. There's no one in the show I've even heard of, much less recognize, aside from a few minor league TV professionals like Anthony Harrison, no offense. For that matter, I don't even know what "Freeform" is (I got my copy of the pilot from . . . fight club). But they must be desperate for scripts, this wouldn't have made it out of the slushpile from the shop that did "Sharknado". Awful.