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The worst offense “First Kill” commits, though, is that it never sells the central romance that should by all rights be its beating heart.

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It doesn’t help that the scenes explaining each family’s conflicting traditions, of which there are seemingly thousands, are full of self-serious jargon that give the appearance of a fully fleshed out world without actually creating a believable one. Pretty much the only actors who come close to making it out alive are Dylan McNamara as Oliver, Juliette’s black sheep brother, and Grace Dzienny as Elinor, Juliette’s formidable older sister with a heart of…well, if not gold, then at least a shiny brass. Sunk by a noxious combination of flat writing and flatter directing, the actors never get enough runway to make these characters anything but facsimiles of overwrought tropes. The same goes for the show’s blatant attempts to be a new take on “Twilight,” whose doomed romance gets an explicit shoutout in the (admittedly catchy) opening credits song. The Romeo and Juliet parallels are of course intentional, but too obvious to be particularly clever, Sapphic twist or no. Moore) both emphasize over and over and over again, the two can never be together. As Juliette’s parents Sebastian (Will Swenson) and Margot (Elizabeth Mitchell, somehow) and Cal’s parents Talia (Aubin Wise) and Jack (Jason R. Over the course of eight episodes, all of which drop on Netflix today (June 10) when the review embargo tellingly also lifts, the drama follows Juliette and Calliope (aka “Cal”) as they struggle to balance their birthrights with not just the hell that is high school, but their immediate attraction to each other.

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And yet, for all the work “First Kill” puts into making sure it hits all the right notes, the series feels more like an uncanny valley version of what it’s attempting to be rather than a worthwhile story all its own. There are star-crossed lovers - vampire Juliette (Sarah Catherine Hook) and vampire hunter Calliope (Imani Lewis) - caught between their family duties and raging hormones. There are vampires, ghouls and werewolves. There are bitchy sisters and ice queen mothers, overbearing fathers and wisecracking best friends. Schwab, who also wrote the first episode and produces the series, “First Kill” dutifully sets up its YA supernatural show bingo board.

After watching the actual episodes, however, it’s necessary to apologize to The CW for the insult to a genre it’s done well for years, and which “First Kill” spends an inordinate amount of energy trying to duplicate without much success.īased on the short story by V.E. Teenage Bounty Hunters now streaming on Netflix.Watching the trailer for “ First Kill,” it was tempting to assume that Netflix’s new teen show got lost on its way to The CW. You will have watched the entire season before you know it. The next time you’re scrolling through Netflix for an original series give Teenage Bounty Hunters a try. It is still unknown if the show will be given a season 2, but by the look of its viewership, it is very likely it will. My only critique for the show is that it could be a bit more realistic and not use arcs that have been so overused in the teen drama genre. For example, being that the show takes place in the south, the characters rival over the presence of confederate statues around the town. Like any good modern story, Teenage Bounty Hunters explores LQBTQ and bi-racial relationships as well as tackles social issues within the plot. Musgraves music fits perfectly with the southern tone of the series and like Musgraves often explains in her songs, the families who seem the most perfect are always far from it - a common theme of the show. The show is also elevated by its excellent score - oftentimes sung by country singer Kacey Musgraves. This is definitely more than the average teen could handle.Īlong with the secrets, action and drama comes a bit of comedy as a result of the girls’ authentic sense of humor for their situation. Blair and Sterling becoming bounty hunters uncovers secrets of people in their town as well as their own family secretsĪside from being bounty hunters and lying to their parents about working as cashiers at the local froyo joint, Sterling and Blair are trying to pursue their first serious relationships and work towards high academic achievements. Teenage Bounty Hunters, starring Maddie Phillips and Anjelica Bette Fellini, follows the lives of 16-year-old twin sisters Blair and Sterling as they begin working for an experienced bounty hunter in their spare time.Īfter growing up in an affluent Atlanta suburb and attending a Catholic prep school, this may seem like an unlikely venture for the sisters, but as it turns out, their family is far less ordinary than they were led to believe.

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