Locke & Key

Season One: 6.5/10

Themes: Fantasy, Mystery, Drama, Horror, Magic, Paranormal, Family, High School, Murder, Relationships & Grief.

Review: The concept of this show is interesting and fun, but for me the execution felt lacking. The pacing was very slow, and something about it felt off. Maybe it was the acting or the dialogue, but I couldn't help but think it was a lot more cringey than it needed to be. Some of the world-building was decent and cool, but I once again think it could have been done even better. The plot was okay, but some of the decision-making skills of the main characters were painfully stupid.

I love the idea of the story but man does it take along time to get there. All the high school drama was use less and really off putting. In the first few episodes the time spent on the keys is like 5% of what's happening and I honestly wanted to skip ahead. I like the idea of the story and that's the only thing that kept my interested to finish the series. Here's hoping season two is better.

Season 1 and 2 were good. Apart from the acting because it wasn't much noticeable. Also, the story was different and I didn't see that kind before, which made it unique so my rating was 8.

Going into season 3. Who taught them how to act? Who is that director? Who is the writer?

Seriously some events are just bad. A woman is screaming while they are in the next room and didn't hear the scream. They are just standing smiling at each other. That's a very small example, and you can see a lot of that. Some acting is just very bad in reactions. Weird reactions in some events which is illogical.

Started out with an interesting story line, and so the first season was a good watch. Second season was not too bad as well. But the third season was so infuriating. Writers became so lazy, that instead of writing good scenes, the only way they can get things to happen is to make the characters do the dumbest possible things. Such lame writing really makes you roll your eyes and lose interest in the story. I ended up doing other things or was on my phone most of the second half of S3. Sad demise for a reasonable interesting series. If they do resurrect this for S4, I would likely not be watching.

The thing I find ridiculous about all of these reviews is that the people writing them and their main bone of contention is that the characters keep making decisions and doing things they don't expect... if they DID people would complain that the characters are sooooo predictable though.

This show woke my tired, dusty old imagination up again. It is so visually beautiful and the story so original that any character flaws and plot holes are easily overlooked for me.

Sometimes they (the characters) aren't very likeable and sometimes the actors seem to clang against each other at different frequencies and sometimes they don't meet up at all so a scene falls short due to the delivery, but overall I love this show so much and can't wait for a season 2