Swarm

I am really enjoying this series. It really is doing something fresh, about obsessive fans, especially the super fan; it may sound like its about Beyoncé-but it could be about anyone who has a following.

As others have noted, it is slow, but the build-up and character revelation is stunning.

For a series, it's filmed, edited and scripted in a very cinematic way. I love all the oversaturated colours and the monotonous, grinding soundtrack.

I was impressed with Paris Jackson and Billie Eilish were a welcomed addition to the story line - good casting choices.

What I like the most is that the main character, played by Dominique Fishback - she is brilliant, just super brilliant. She comes across as a real, life punctuated by flashes of mayhem and murder. She's different from other roles played by Black women - so proud and pleased. Her authentic lost soul and obsession with food and her idol are the driving forces of this show. Dominique plays her personality disorder so brilliantly that it is chilling. She is incredibly talented in this role, because you can see the psychopath within at every turn and that's not an easy thing to achieve.

I'm not sure where it's going and that's what keeps me watching. I want more shows like this with Black people taking the lead role.

Nabers and Glover's artful and granular slasher/stalker series arrived with a tonne of weight and expectation around it but it ended up feeling a little unfinished. I was mainly here for the fantastic Fishback, who is brilliantly droll as the murderous and delusional Dre. I hope this proves to be her springboard to mega stardom. Swarm is strongest when it uses Dre to skewer contemporary pretences and conversations, and weakest when it lurches into step with dull serial killer tropes. There are some fantastic performances beyond Fishback, including a surprisingly engrossing turn from Billie Eilish of all people. A diverting experiment but outside of some memorable moments it doesn't really coalesce into anything that feels meaningful.

I'm from Greece, not really into the music genre nor style/nuances the main character is immersed in, but, this was so well done!

I appreciated the soundtrack, scenery/cinematography and every detail portrayed (so good!).

This felt like a train wreck that you couldn't look away from, I was quite hooked.

I did think some parts were a bit slow and I actually wasn't much of a fan of the episode Eilish was in, but, overall, it's really good and I'm really into it.

Watching the last episode tonight, let's see how it goes down.

I'm from Greece, not really into the music genre nor style/nuances the main character is immersed in, but, this was so well done!

I appreciated the soundtrack, scenery/cinematography and every detail portrayed (so good!).

This felt like a train wreck that you couldn't look away from, I was quite hooked.

I did think some parts were a bit slow and I actually wasn't much of a fan of the episode Eilish was in, but, overall, it's really good and I'm really into it.

Watching the last episode tonight, let's see how it goes down.

Odd series that ends with a curious finale. There is no solid word on whether this was a mini-series or the beginning of a series and I'm not sure if I really want more, though I'd like to know more about that ending. This is a violent oddity about obsession and grief from the fragile, very damaged and very dangerous mind of a young delusional woman. I think this would have made a better movie as some of this feels a bit dragged out, though it's never uninteresting. The main thing to talk about though is the lead actress, Dominique Fishback. She is excellent and has the most amazing chameleon like ability to change her physical appearance in so many ways throughout these three and a half hours. I was fascinated by her. There are a lot of characters in this, many of which turn up dead, but all the actors are very fine. Billie Eilish makes her acting debut here and at this point in time she is just really playing Billie Eilish, but she is an effective presence with promise. I've no idea as to why Rory Culkin is in this other than to show off his body, all of it, in his very small role. Again, this is an odd series certainly not for everyone and not for anyone who has a problem viewing violence. It pretends to be based on real characters and I'm not sure why, but by informing us of that at the beginning of every episode, one kind of expects an entire story. We don't really get one.

An incredible performance in the lead role, some very interesting events, and a lot of originality.

This willingness to take risks gives us the best, but also the worst of Swarm, as it can be erratic in its pacing and how it presents what it has to say.

Aesthetically brilliant, the quality varies greatly from episode to episode (the cult one is brilliant), but above all, it is something we always want to see through to the end. I would also liked a bit more of character development in some supporting roles. The lack of plausibility of so many events in different episodes makes me evaluate the final product positively, but with some reservations.