The series has the feel of Stand By Me, or IT (without the supernatural). A narrated story of when the narrator was young and things were simpler. That simpler time in this case being the 90s.
I think the challenge of this show for the viewer is that it isn't really a mystery, it's a story of being a certain age and how a terrible event can stay with a person.
Sometimes the right ending might not be the most satisfying. Like many of the other reviewers, I was surprised by the abrupt finish to the story, but upon reflection it is the ending that make the most sense thematically.
It doesn't resolve like a murder mystery because it isn't really a murder mystery. The final moments don't even involve our narrator because he was only telling his own role in the story.
What is most interesting to me is that about halfway through the series, a teacher tells the narrator what the ending of the story will be. The teacher (played by the understated Tony Hale) says that a similar murder took place when he was young. Everything the teacher says about what happened to him is what finally resolves in this story too.
Quibi's short story style makes this a tight tale. Probably best enjoyed in quick succession rather than once a week.
I think the challenge of this show for the viewer is that it isn't really a mystery, it's a story of being a certain age and how a terrible event can stay with a person.
Sometimes the right ending might not be the most satisfying. Like many of the other reviewers, I was surprised by the abrupt finish to the story, but upon reflection it is the ending that make the most sense thematically.
It doesn't resolve like a murder mystery because it isn't really a murder mystery. The final moments don't even involve our narrator because he was only telling his own role in the story.
What is most interesting to me is that about halfway through the series, a teacher tells the narrator what the ending of the story will be. The teacher (played by the understated Tony Hale) says that a similar murder took place when he was young. Everything the teacher says about what happened to him is what finally resolves in this story too.
Quibi's short story style makes this a tight tale. Probably best enjoyed in quick succession rather than once a week.