I immediately fell in love with this show and binged the entire first season over the weekend. Hopefully Netflix won't cancel the series like the last one I adored...The OA.😡
This witty dark comedy is a post apocalyptic tribute to Ferris Bueller, except the location is now California, Matthew Broderick plays the principal, and Cameron has been replaced by a gay black football player who thinks he's a samurai. We follow Josh Wheeler (modern Ferris) in his quest to find his girlfriend Sam. After nuclear bioweapons devastated the world, the teens divide into tribes based on their high school cliques (jocks, cheerleaders, geeks, Kardashian wannabes, even the 4H club make appearances) The adults have either turned to gel or become Ghoulies, flesh-eating mutations that repeat their last cogent thoughts ("I need to cancel my Facebook account because it's too divisive.."...hee!)
The producers have tremendous fun breaking the 4th wall, then reinventing the show's genre, tone and narrator in each successive episode while maintaining continuity and building upon the engaging storyline. Follow the script and settings closely for Easter eggs galore. The cast is top-notch: it's such a relief to have teenagers played by actual teens, and the actors show display both incredible nuance and comic timing. Extra credit to 12 year old Alyvia Alyn Lind, who convincingly plays a troubled child prodigy with more layers than an onion.
I've read some reviews that complain about the "left-leaning" dialogue and plot lines. Trust me, if this were a show celebrating progressives, I'd have hit the thumbs down button and moved on in 10 minutes. Daybreak revels in mocking the PC tropes that appear with sincerity on mainstream media. If you think that the show's election of "Gender Neutral Homecoming Royalty" was meant to be instructional, take a deep breath, then sit back and enjoy the irony.
If you crossed Heathers, Mean Girls, Glee and Dawn of the Dead...you still wouldn't get a show as awesome as Daybreak.
This witty dark comedy is a post apocalyptic tribute to Ferris Bueller, except the location is now California, Matthew Broderick plays the principal, and Cameron has been replaced by a gay black football player who thinks he's a samurai. We follow Josh Wheeler (modern Ferris) in his quest to find his girlfriend Sam. After nuclear bioweapons devastated the world, the teens divide into tribes based on their high school cliques (jocks, cheerleaders, geeks, Kardashian wannabes, even the 4H club make appearances) The adults have either turned to gel or become Ghoulies, flesh-eating mutations that repeat their last cogent thoughts ("I need to cancel my Facebook account because it's too divisive.."...hee!)
The producers have tremendous fun breaking the 4th wall, then reinventing the show's genre, tone and narrator in each successive episode while maintaining continuity and building upon the engaging storyline. Follow the script and settings closely for Easter eggs galore. The cast is top-notch: it's such a relief to have teenagers played by actual teens, and the actors show display both incredible nuance and comic timing. Extra credit to 12 year old Alyvia Alyn Lind, who convincingly plays a troubled child prodigy with more layers than an onion.
I've read some reviews that complain about the "left-leaning" dialogue and plot lines. Trust me, if this were a show celebrating progressives, I'd have hit the thumbs down button and moved on in 10 minutes. Daybreak revels in mocking the PC tropes that appear with sincerity on mainstream media. If you think that the show's election of "Gender Neutral Homecoming Royalty" was meant to be instructional, take a deep breath, then sit back and enjoy the irony.
If you crossed Heathers, Mean Girls, Glee and Dawn of the Dead...you still wouldn't get a show as awesome as Daybreak.