i love drama but i hate drama, should i watch this show?
i am halfway into the first season, and my biggest red flag in tv is a show not delivering in the end when youve invested so much time into the story. my problem with these early 00s teen dramas are always the:
time investment the shows wants from you
the show doesnt invest the same care into the story as you invest into it
as a later genz-er, its my first time watching these nearly two decades old show, and its inevitable that i get spoiled or learn things about the story that i wouldnt have been able to if i was watching this in the 00s. ive learned a bit about the off-screen drama and it seems this show has crazy potential but had an equally crazy director in mark schwahn as well as the interpersonal relationships of the cast. i dont mind the unbelievability of the story but i do mind that when i watch the story develop i know that something is only happening not because of the characters driving the plot forward but the obsessions of the director and the relationships between the cast. it makes the show feel like a mess that doesnt care for how the story may want to develop naturally/organically.
i guess what im trying to say is that the way a story progress and ends to me is very important. and if that progression is bent in unnatural ways leading to a unnatural ending, i really dont want to sink my time into the show.