Very unlucky moment for pandemic themed series, for several reasons: 1) we spot the details got wrongly much easier, 2) in reality we are supposed to trust the government, and, frankly, 3) we are all fed up with the pandemic, it's around us, so why bother watching it on TV too?
The first few episodes got me hooked, due to well carved characters, their believable stories, and good acting. The disease was in the background, and the stories was in the focus. Intentionally or not, all goes to hell in the final 2-3 episodes, actually exactly at the moment when Bundeswehr jumps in. At that moment, nice psychological drama turns into (a bad) action/horror movie, with people dying coughing blood all around, teenagers killing other people, army shooting at civilians and so on. All the sympathy that we had for the characters is gone and we no longer care what happens to them (except whether they will plainly survive or not). All the built up credibility and charisma is destroyed. I know that's what probably happens in apocalyptic scenario, people are being stripped to surviving animals, but frankly that's not something that keeps me interested.
This series tries to be everything at the same time, and fails at all of it. Too bad, as there's obviously a great talent. The author, the girl, the cop dad, redemptive coach, the bully and the bullied, all great characters, yet all gone in the middle of the series. Such a shame.
The first few episodes got me hooked, due to well carved characters, their believable stories, and good acting. The disease was in the background, and the stories was in the focus. Intentionally or not, all goes to hell in the final 2-3 episodes, actually exactly at the moment when Bundeswehr jumps in. At that moment, nice psychological drama turns into (a bad) action/horror movie, with people dying coughing blood all around, teenagers killing other people, army shooting at civilians and so on. All the sympathy that we had for the characters is gone and we no longer care what happens to them (except whether they will plainly survive or not). All the built up credibility and charisma is destroyed. I know that's what probably happens in apocalyptic scenario, people are being stripped to surviving animals, but frankly that's not something that keeps me interested.
This series tries to be everything at the same time, and fails at all of it. Too bad, as there's obviously a great talent. The author, the girl, the cop dad, redemptive coach, the bully and the bullied, all great characters, yet all gone in the middle of the series. Such a shame.