Shivoncarla

MY FIRST FIRST LOVE - SEASON ONE

This is a simple coming of age series that focuses on relationships. The key for me to like a drama like this is to really like the characters enough that I feel invested in their lives. Luckily, the drama sets up everything wonderfully as it introduces us to the characters, and we quickly learn their back stories and their relationship dynamics. I was already feeling for them in the first episode and was interested to see how all of the love lines and friendships played out.

COLONY - SEASON ONE


This is the day after tomorrow, with the pop culture of our present and past still lingering in the background and armed drones patrolling the streets like big brother.

THE ORDER - SEASON ONE

The show has its tongue planted firmly in cheek, and its sense of humor is a frequent source of amusement. Between the laughs is a fun, twisty narrative and a game cast to tie it all together.

THE MIST - SEASON ONE

The Mist could be a satisfyingly complex chiller, scaring viewers not just with unexpected jumps and amped-up creepy crawlies, but with the more human monsters who are all trapped together inside, waiting out the weather.

Given the understandably low budget, it would have been smarter to play with the unknown enemy in the mist instead of making such a literal horror show.

Average - at best.

RUSSIAN DOLL - SEASON ONE

There are a whole lot of ideas here -- a few thrown against the wall to see if they'll stick -- but the real pleasure of this four-hour head trip are the performances. Lyonne is outstanding.

PEAKY BLINDERS - SEASON ONE

Peaky Blinders might just be worth the investment of a few stray hours. It's hardly revolutionary, but, like the industrial laborers in its 1919 Birmingham, England, setting, it gets the job done.

NAKED ATTRACTION - SEASON ONE

Naked Attraction doesn’t beat around the bush, so to speak, so neither will I... The show’s mantra is thus: “We like to start where a good date ends… naked.” Call me a prude, but if a good date ends with a leering stranger critiquing your fanny on national television, then all hope for the human race is well and truly lost. Naked Attraction to give one person all the choosing power? Like picking a cut of meat at the butcher’s? It just doesn’t work.

Oh, and one last thing: it’s very difficult to watch it and eat at the same time, which I resent.

THE RAP GAME UK - SEASON ONE

Hip-hop has long offered a route out of difficult situations and The Rap Game UK is no different. Many of the seven wannabe stars are from unlikely hip-hop hotbeds such as Scunthorpe and Aberdeen. It is about finally making space for a credible British hip-hop show that truly understands that world, as well as its audience.

GOGGLEBOX - SEASON TWELVE

In just five years, Gogglebox has become a British classic. Every Monday we are blessed with a joyous hour of gentle comedy and unfiltered domestic micro-drama.

THE I-LAND - SEASON ONE

Over the course of its seven-episodes, The I-Land toggles the line between ridiculous parody and laughable drama.