Besides the white conservatives who clearly disapprove of this show because they are the butt of the jokes, the rest of the viewers mostly fall into two groups: the ones who preferred the first three episodes and the ones who preferred the latter seven.
I belong in the former because I enjoyed the thick satire that was at the forefront of the first three episodes. With the theme of teenage bounty hunters, it established itself as a show that does not take itself seriously; they had themselves a winning combination of satire and action. Then it devolved into a typical teen drama and the bounty hunting became more of an afterthought. It was almost as if the writers had been pressured to make the show more teen-friendly.
There were also a couple of misfires: that scene where Blair storms into Miles' mansion and we see his family sitting at the dinner table surrounded by white servants. It is a bit on the nose. I get what the writer was trying to achieve - how would a white person feel if the shoe was on the other foot. But it is entirely unnecessary and possibly offensive to think that an African American family would do that given the opportunity. This scenario is even more implausible given that Miles' mother is a liberal senator who cares about the environment and climate change.
Finally, it was revealed that Sterling and Blair are not twin sisters but cousins instead. How would they explain that twin telepathy which has been so prominent in the entire series if they are not even sisters? I can only imagine this was written to guarantee the maximum amount of drama in Season 2. They will have to decide if it is a satire or a teen drama because Season 1 feels like a mish-mash of two entirely different shows.
I belong in the former because I enjoyed the thick satire that was at the forefront of the first three episodes. With the theme of teenage bounty hunters, it established itself as a show that does not take itself seriously; they had themselves a winning combination of satire and action. Then it devolved into a typical teen drama and the bounty hunting became more of an afterthought. It was almost as if the writers had been pressured to make the show more teen-friendly.
There were also a couple of misfires: that scene where Blair storms into Miles' mansion and we see his family sitting at the dinner table surrounded by white servants. It is a bit on the nose. I get what the writer was trying to achieve - how would a white person feel if the shoe was on the other foot. But it is entirely unnecessary and possibly offensive to think that an African American family would do that given the opportunity. This scenario is even more implausible given that Miles' mother is a liberal senator who cares about the environment and climate change.
Finally, it was revealed that Sterling and Blair are not twin sisters but cousins instead. How would they explain that twin telepathy which has been so prominent in the entire series if they are not even sisters? I can only imagine this was written to guarantee the maximum amount of drama in Season 2. They will have to decide if it is a satire or a teen drama because Season 1 feels like a mish-mash of two entirely different shows.