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The idea is great, if you like shows like Supernatural, Dead Boy Detectives, Lockwood etc. The acting isn't top notch, but considering it was a load of actors who don't have a lot of top level screen time to their names I thought it was passable. The production level was definitely low level, and that brought to light the other flaws.

I really would have liked more episodes to see how they would work this concept beyond the confines of the tin can subway which served as the central location for the five episodes they did have. A bigger production company might be able to make this a really enjoyable show for the masses.

There is only the first episode to really judge by, since I have to watch it on Disney+ and not Hulu, but it's got the potential to be really good. Unlike some, who have panned this because there's a white woman as the writer, a quick little research pulls up that Rebecca is based on the real-life writer of the book by the same name regarding this crime so the outrage seems misplaced.

It will be interesting to see how the handle the other aspects of this case regarding to the brutality of the teens mobs and the lacklustre interest apparently shown by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.

It is a little weird that the one character who had kicked off the whole attack was renamed in this considering Nicole Cook, aka Josephine Bell, has been interviewed on MSNBC so she's a known participant in the assault.

Is this a masterpiece? No but it does build up with some potential. Is Sarah Michelle Gellar used to lure people in? Absolutely, but after that brief cameo in the first episode she is just as prominent a character as the four teenagers.

Yes this might be a teen drama at times, the main characters are in high school after all, but it is more palatable than Teen Wolf was.

If you are going to try this sit through until at least episode four. At that point the story really starts to play out and build up. Having watched the eight episodes I'm curious how much they wandered from the original book series by Edo von Belkam.