Boomerang

A friend recommended this series. I waited several weeks before actually watching.

My friend should have led with the fact that Lena Waithe, together with Halle Berry, is this series' EP.

Lena Waithe won an Emmy for the episode of Master of None she wrote - she has a gift for crafting memorable and moving TV episodes.

Lena, Halle and the rest of their team do an excellent job of weaving in classic scenes and tropes from the Boomerang movie in a fresh and modern take.

A few of the characters are annoying - until you realize: duh, they're rich 20-somethings. Exactly as they should be.

The #pride and #metoo episodes were everything. Representation matters. Thank you!!

We're out here searching for the next show to go on an adventure with and to fall in love with characters we've never met but are all too familiar but Boomerang wasn't that show.

I mean it is interesting enough to keep you watching till the last episode but that's how far it comes. It is sad because it already had a rich and very familiar background (talking about the 1992 movie it was spinned from) it could have leverage on but it missed that mark completely.

The characters were a beautiful mix and showed great promise for a modern cast but they were written too shallow to be memorable.

Generally the show lacked intrigue, suspense, conflicts and resolutions deep enough to matter.

It's fresh, new faces and it's different. I am excited and i am a huge fan of the original.

Finally, the time has come for the black version of "yuppie" society to rise in the grand scale of television. For years we have been yearning for a fresh take on the black experience and Lena Waithe and her team at BET delivered just that. This show is funny, smart, sophisticated, but more importantly self-aware. The characters reflect the young professional experience with wit and style, I would 100-percent recommend this series to anyone who likes the comedic stylings of our generations genius such as Issa Rae (Insecure) or Donald Glover (Atlanta).

Honestly, I don't understand the dislike for this show. It's neither a remake nor is it trying to be better than the original. It shows the African American struggles without victimizing its main characters, which is a step in the right direction if you ask me.

Six young friends try to navigate through the perils of their lives, learning lessons of love, work, and friendship. It's not really different than shows like "New Girl" as far material and the plot lines are very interesting and well written. There are quite a few twists and this seems like a show that gives you information sparingly as it goes on rather than dropping all the information about the characters on your lap as soon as you meet them.

I like the dynamic between the cast, how natural it all feels, and yes, I'm rooting for the main couple to get together. It's got it's cliched moments but I've seen some really awful television, like cringe-worthy awful, that is rated better than this show, so ignore the hate and give it a chance.