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Rating: ★★½ Station Eleven is an apocalyptic/disaster drama series that centres around an instantaneous outbreak of a very deadly flu-virus. Based on a novel of the same name published in 2014, and from my understanding, which stands under correction, already put into works for the TV series before the actual outbreak of our real-world Covid-19 pandemic. With a similar co-incidental nature, the story of Station Eleven also teases some sci-fi/fantasy elements that seem to hint at a full circle ethereal force that is behind all of the happenings in this story. Fascinating as it may sound, and believe me, it did so too for me as well prior to starting the show; I could only last 3 episodes. The show takes on a high concept mystery approach which did not do enough for me in those 3 episodes to intrigue me or feel anything for it. The show is all over the place with multiple characters and timelines, and just does not offer any centre of gravity emotionally or thematically. Some of the acti...

  Rating: ★★★★  Just get passed the first episode. You might be liable to find it very cringe, and end up thinking this is just another "insert inclusivity" Twitter-lingo Generation-Z show after that first episode. But believe me, just give it one more chance and you will notice how all the intriguing dramatic angles pick up from the second episode onwards. The Sex Lives of College Girls does not do anything special in form or technicality to change the game or challenge the status quo, in fact, it falls pretty neatly into the camp sorority subgenre. But it does so with a lot of heart and realism. The realities of the challenges that freshman college students face are put on display, and even if the main focus is on the lives of the four main girls, the show does well enough to add and explore colourful characters from all spectrums of identity, and lays good enough foundations to promise to do so more in the already-confirmed second season. The main characters are Kimberly (...