The first episode had the effect of a not strong enough coffee, leaving a frustrating taste on the tongue. As I've seen this happening with other series before, I decided to follow my curiosity and give it a further chance. The second episode was actually better and revealed a connection with characters of the first episode, as in some other anthology series.
Then, a few episodes passed by and I recognised the disappointing pattern: beginning, middle and end are all wrapped up in one episode, without even an ounce of drama. If this was a book, or if we wanted to precisely target the writing, this would definitely not be called a page-turner. There is no suspense whatsoever, and no attachment or interest for the characters, who barely have a name.
Some plots could have been really interesting to explore more deeply and include more conflict, but the whole thing just felt like some kind of intrusion in someone else's life. You're sitting comfortably watching the show, expecting an incident or dramatic situation, which.. doesn't happen.
The way it's filmed - as well as the dialogue - can make you feel like it's a documentary, because of the extreme realness. The dialogue itself sometimes actually suffers from its reality, lacking depth and creativity, as well as allowing one too many times speech patterns such as "humm", "you know", "like". It does no other thing than reminding you that if you chose to watch a fiction show, it's not to face your real life (friends) on screen. I did like on some occasions to see some seemingly improvised scenes and the idea that some lines may have not been scripted, but overall the abundance of it was quite disappointing, especially if it adds no value to the character.
The performances delivered were, in my opinion, very good. The genre is quite difficult to identify: it doesn't feel like drama per se, and there is in my opinion no comedic element, apart from maybe 1 or 2 episodes.
I would conclude by saying that if one has nothing to watch or has some time to kill, it's not horrible, it flows, but I wouldn't put it in the "worth it" category.
Then, a few episodes passed by and I recognised the disappointing pattern: beginning, middle and end are all wrapped up in one episode, without even an ounce of drama. If this was a book, or if we wanted to precisely target the writing, this would definitely not be called a page-turner. There is no suspense whatsoever, and no attachment or interest for the characters, who barely have a name.
Some plots could have been really interesting to explore more deeply and include more conflict, but the whole thing just felt like some kind of intrusion in someone else's life. You're sitting comfortably watching the show, expecting an incident or dramatic situation, which.. doesn't happen.
The way it's filmed - as well as the dialogue - can make you feel like it's a documentary, because of the extreme realness. The dialogue itself sometimes actually suffers from its reality, lacking depth and creativity, as well as allowing one too many times speech patterns such as "humm", "you know", "like". It does no other thing than reminding you that if you chose to watch a fiction show, it's not to face your real life (friends) on screen. I did like on some occasions to see some seemingly improvised scenes and the idea that some lines may have not been scripted, but overall the abundance of it was quite disappointing, especially if it adds no value to the character.
The performances delivered were, in my opinion, very good. The genre is quite difficult to identify: it doesn't feel like drama per se, and there is in my opinion no comedic element, apart from maybe 1 or 2 episodes.
I would conclude by saying that if one has nothing to watch or has some time to kill, it's not horrible, it flows, but I wouldn't put it in the "worth it" category.