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I went into this show after watching The Gifted, which is basically everything this show tried to be. There are a couple of the same characters and a pretty similar concept, minus the supernatural aspect. I thought "this can't possibly be that bad" since it seemed so similar. Oh, I was wrong.My first and BIGGEST gripe is the fact that they had to give EVERY character a love interest. Not only was this pointless and made the characters dull, but it confused the fuck out of me. I couldn't remember a single name because we have like twelve students being introduced back to back to back. I ended up calling them all by names me and my boyfriend made up! The romance was super forced and mostly involved the man saving the "helpless" girl. It seemed like they had to be in a relationship to be interesting, which is not true at all! I think this seriously took away from the story. I'll admit, there were a few couples that were necessary to advance the plot, such as the main Teacher and the female teacher (see, can't remember their names and I just finished it ten minutes ago). I also think the relationship with the principals niece and the nerd was also good for the plot! Otherwise, the girls were really pretty useless. I don't even remember how the guys met half of them! That's how ridiculously fast they introduced them all.
The story was interesting in the beginning, then got way too convoluted. There were about five different villains in a thirteen episode show. The plot twists were super predictable, my boyfriend said "Oh, the female teacher is evil??" In an early episode and guess what, that was the big plot twist! The aspect that drew me in was their "special abilities" but you better believe you hardly get to see them ever. What's the point??
The ending was rushed and unsatisfying. We get the image of all the couples living happily ever after and then the teacher making the same mistake he'd already made and sending the students out AGAIN to do secret missions. LIKE WHERE ARE THE POLICE? WHERE IS THE FBI? HELLO? I also want to let you know that the woman who pushed a student off of the roof of the building, had sex with a student, held another hostage in her house and then tried to poison her when she escaped then sent someone to kill her in the hospital. Yeah! THEY COMFORT HER. SHE ONLY MADE ONE MISTAKE THEY SAID. JESUS.
What a disappointment. So god awful in every way. It had potential to be a great show, but they tried far too hard and ended up ruining it.
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The actors are great, and a lot of them were already some of my favorites. This is what Backlist was trying to be, minus the supernatural side.
Something I did want to touch on is that one of the characters had Multiple Personality Disorder, and as someone who is Borderline, I think that it was portrayed very very accurately to what I've experienced. I know everyone goes through things differently but I was pretty amazed by the understanding of the disorder. It wasn't offensive or fumbled.
I definitely reccommend.
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The storyline is actually interesting and goes beyond the "slice of life" route these shows usually take. I cried in the first episode and many times after, and I'm usually the type to make fun of my friends for crying. The characters/actors chemistry is so amazing that this is the only drama I've found myself both looking into the actors other dramas and watching them! Plus I ship the couple in rl too, despite the fact that I can normally draw the line. The ending was satisfying, the side couples were great and I loved them.
I really really recommend this to everyone! The only downfall is the music is almost unbearably cheesy but it easily makes up for it.
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