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Season 1-2 was very good and enjoyable to watch. Season 3-4 only cares about identity politics and the story takes second place.

This should be considered a whole different show and be rated separately, because it feels like the last two season are taking the credit given to the first two seasons. Most rating high on here are for the first two seasons.

The first 2 seasons are a solid 9/10. We are introduced to actual characters with distinct personalities and we get to watch them grow and change. The jock-bully becomes a protector, the attention wh*re learns to forgo the spotlight(or at least tries), the loners learns to ask for help, the logical science nerd embraces magic. Their motivations and personalities are clearly outlined, we get to see the effect they have on other people and how other people in turn affect them.

Then, season 3 happens. "in Series three we meet a whole new bunch of heroes who find themselves trapped in a totally empty world. We are proud to introduce a brand new cast which reflects a diverse and truthful portrait of Australia today."

Yes, Tony Ayres, it shows. We now have the black kid, the gay kid, the girl and the disabled kid. The girl is remarkably Mary Sue-like. Not only is she "the best player" on the school football team but she's also the best student and she's pretty and popular. Oh, and she's got more upper body strength than the boys. She also gets control of her magic really fast because she's just so smart and all, right? The gay kid has exactly 2 traits. He's gay. And he likes musicals. Because all the gays do, right? The disabled kid is the one that really makes me go "w0t?!" So, he's dyslexic. And nobody knows. There's a 15 year old kid who's somehow managed to fake he can read for the last 10 years and all the teachers were fooled?! But that's not even the worst. He's a 15 year old buy who hasn't figured out how text-to-speech works on his phone. The black kid is the most developed character of the 4 though I can't see a lot of growing potential in him as the outlined traits are not something that'd need to be changed. If anything, the plot of the series proves him right.

Like many others who love Sci-Fi and/or Fantasy TV and movies there's little around at present to interest me. So when I read the synopsis for this show on another site it looked interesting enough to give it a chance. Even though I had no idea initially that it was targeted at teenagers it quickly became obvious that they were the target audience. Regardless I continued to watch and after a few episode of series 1 I was pleased I did. The young actors started off looking a bit nervous and tentative but I was pleased to see their confidence in their roles develop and quickly they were very good indeed. As is common the adult actors did their part in making the shows very watchable.

The story lines were strong and after each episode left you wanting to see what happens next. The special effects were good and were used very well to add to the production values of the show. As a person who left their teenage years decades ago it was very watchable and much better than a load of TV series being broadcast at present. A show that will please everyone in the family. Of its kind I'd classify it as exceptional.

This is a nice non violent series made for the teen market. Good story, although been done before with better special effects.

Watched through two series then hit series 3 and was so disappointed, I only lasted 10 minutes into the first episode. Whole new bunch of characters that had no meaning, were unlikable and no substance.

Series 4 needed with original cast to make this credible and worth watching.

It's not the best show ever, the effects could be better but yet it gets you addicted to the story and to the kids. Too bad the show dies after the second season. The rating o have is based on the first two seasons which is the complete story and the original one.