Reviews

I don't often write reviews, but I felt this series needed some serious vindication.

Firstly, I've never seen the original so this was completely fresh for me.

Secondly, I think the comparisons to 'Sex Education' (which I'm a huge fan of) are just lazy; Sex Education did not invent the archetype of hormonal teenagers, I mean come on 🙄

The acting is solid, the stories are entertaining and reasonably unique and the inclusion, at least for me, did not feel tokenistic in the slightest; Australia, particularly in inner city suburbs, is hugely diverse, and this show provides an 'accurate' (as much as a tv show can be) and entertaining portrayal of modern teen life.

Give it a go, and if you can spare yourself the unfair comparisons to other shows that strike a passing resemblance, you might actually enjoy yourself.

Each to their own obviously, but the 8-10 star reviews seems a bit inflated to me. The first half of this series starts off fantastically; the story is nothing original but it's executed beautifully in pretty much every aspect. As others seem to have similarly felt, things start to tank about mid way through. The story drags, the choices made and communication between the two leads was annoying/unjustified and by the last few episodes I was really only watching to see how they ended it.