amheba

This show started on the wrong foot when it originally aired on Spanish TV because it gave the impression that it would be a beautiful romance between a middle aged woman and a fifteen year old boy, and sure enough people were not about to normalize such a story. But the show is nothing of the sorts.

This is a very dark and disturbing story with mostly the worst side of human beings. Though for me it ended up being quite entertaining because of its fast pace and constant twists and turns. To make it so, the show runners opted for a quite an over the top storyline. It's often said that reality is over the top of fiction, but in this series it's not.

I almost substracted a point in this review because of the last episode. There was little that could be done to top the outrageous events of the series in the final explosion, but for me they went for a melodramatic choice that didn't fit much with the rest of the series.

Overall, it's not a masterpiece in any way, but it keeps you on your toes and gasping for air almost the whole way through. Quite a few jaw dropping moments on this one. It did entertain me and enjoyed it more than the overused formulas we usually get on series.

This show is for sure scripted and therefore takes away any expectation to its development.

The premise is the constant has to answer a question and he may know the answer or if not, lie with his or her answer. Three opponent contestants must predict if he really did know the answer or not. If all three detect whether he's lying or telling the truth, the constant is out.

What's the major problem of the game? Before the show gives the right answer the contestant tells whether he gave the correct answer or lied. But in case he didn't know the answer, how does he know he didn't click on the correct answer just by chance? If he didn't know the answer there's no way for him to know if the answer was correct or not before the show says which one is correct. Therefore it makes no sense.

I don't understand why netflix will only do scripted reality when the unpredictability of human kind is what make real TV shows so great.

I'm a fan of realities. But this is the third or so from Netflix that I watch and the whole point of the show is completely absent, which is being real. This show seems totally scripted feels fake. In the first episode people started crying after a couple of sentences spoken with peers for no reason or to make drama. In the second episode the contestants are supposed to shoot live rabbits and the drama was about the morality, but none seemed to have the slightest problem with the fact that they had to handle a real firearm and it's dangers. Netflix needs to learn from regular tv realities. If we want to see scripted drama we'll watch the tons of scripted shows available... Ridiculous.