Between

Everytime you think, "this character is the one that I will enjoy". Try again. All characters are losers, who will always do the wrong thing when the chips are down. I really wanted to enjoy this show. And there is enough to make you wonder what will happen. If you are smart you just won't start watching. You will be sad if you do. Frances the little black girl on the farm is probably the only character I would want as a friend from this town.

First, let me start with the positive; There is some production and budget here. I watched the first episode a while ago and my only positive thought was "how is the writing so bad but there was money for the rest?"

The dialogue is bland and just silly, first brought to my attention when someone kept yelling "grandfather, grandfather..." over and over. Nobody does that and from there the rest was pretty obvious.

The characters try to be believable and relate-able but they seem to just pulled from someone's experience of other shows and not real life. Nerdy kid, troubled sister, the admirable jock, the bad kids, the rich kid...

The characters seem to make decisions that are so, so , so bad that you forget how stupid the overall premise of the show is and stop believing the whole experience.

Worse yet is that this show is really just "the dome". A "mysterious virus" that causes sudden tongue bleeding and bad acting seconds before death causes a town to become isolated and quarantined. The only difference between this show and the dome is that the characters ages are restricted, that and the role of the dome is being played by the military.

What makes this show even worse is that there seems to be a series of stupid shows out now that revolve around small towns and something mysterious happening; Wayward pines, salem, bates motel, sleepy hollow, the dome, haven and more. If you restrict the location and characters in a show you have to elevate the sub-plots to ridiculously unbelievable levels. These shows are becoming predictable and trying to out-stupid each other it seems while adding slight variances.

I don't know why people have this movie.

It is a combination of "Behind The Dome" and "Lord of the Flies". It is not going to win any awards but in a strange way, it is actually entertaining. Maybe it is so because the idea, why a combination of others, is new. In a way, it feels realistic, of how children would actually act in such a situation.

There are many logical plot holes (even from the basic premise, a bio-weapon or such that kills anyone who is over 22, including 22) but some of the actors have some charm about them - in a way that it looks so amateurish that it looks realistic.

It is good having it in the background on Netflix, while doing something else. I've seen many police procedurals rated 7 - 8 here on IMDb.com that bore me to death. This at least, is not amazing but it is relatively interesting.

This series was very much like "Under the Dome" (which aired earlier, and was considerably more stupid. Alien eggs and Butterflies...).

The most confusing thing is the name. What does "Between" have to do with anything?

Other than that, the acting was decent, directing okay, script a bit cliche but held all the way through. The characters were interesting and diverse.

The biggest problem was "nothing new here". Re-done, re-hashed, and some of it unbelievable.

There were numerous logic flaws in the writing. Why didn't the government regularly airlift supplies into the town? Exactly when do gas masks and hazmats work and not work? (Randomly, it seems.) But most of all, the basic premise of people dying off the VERY DAY they turn 22? Sorry Hollywood, but there is nothing biological that magically changes the very day one turns 22 years old. Age is counted from the day of birth... which could be right on time, premature or late. Further, people have different biological clocks. Some live fewer years, some live to a ripe old age. There was no logical explanation of age 22 being the trigger. There are other biological markers that might have made more sense for triggering the virus. Or simply make it a random death factor like real viruses: some people it kills, some it doesn't... but it has about a 50% morbidity rate. The 22 years old thing was illogical. Someone should have caught that right off. (And for the record, that female prison guard wasn't under 22. Give us a break.)

So the consistency was off, and of course the drama over-played. But it wasn't totally unbelievable, as we well know what people can become when authority is totally removed. That part was the most believable of all. We saw here a regular battle between good, neutral, bad and evil. Pretty fed up though, with yet another "government conspiracy" plot. Not that I don't think there aren't government conspiracies... but come up with something new people.

So 6 stars for being an entertaining watch, which is all I hoped for. I was disappointed there wasn't a third season, but maybe the caliber of this series didn't warrant a third season. By the time it ended the government conspiracy bit had been overplayed and overcooked. I don't see where they could have gone much beyond this.

Yes, it is unbelievable, parts of it could be better, but nonetheless, it retains interest throughout. Watchable drama that does not pretend to be anything other than entertainment. Also, so fitting for the times. An entertaining way of passing the time in isolation caused by the COV-19 virus.