Mar de fondo

3/10 just for the scenery, the vibe and the directing.

This is the 3rd TV show I watched in a row where it's glorifying cheating on husbands/boyfriends and breaking off marriages or relationships.

Obviously it's just a show, and obviously there are plenty of movies out there where men cheat on wives/girlfriends, and in those movies/shows, men are portrayed as evil or horrible, and at the end of the movie, he ends up in a bad shape. HOWEVER, in these last 3 shows I watched (all filmed in 2023), women cheated on their husbands/boyfriends and were portrayed as romantic, beautiful or "finding herself", and not even show a little empathy towards the husband/boyfriend.

What happened to the morals? Are we just normalizing women cheating and not taking accountability? I'm surprised that no one is outraged by this.

If you like shows like Gossip girl, Skam and The OC, this is for you. This is kind of like the European version of gossip girl. There's extremely rich kids, and the poor outsider. I must say that some of the storylines got a bit boring, But then something exciting happened. The camera quality was amazing. One of the best things was the cast, cuz every character is hot. The acting from Alex and Louise is also extremely good for this type of series. There were a few scenes that were a bit inappropriate, but nothing extreme. The show ended with a big cliffhanger. Hopefully the new season comes soon.

An epic show, i personally enjoyed it, the plot was fascinating. Reminds me a little bit of "Euphoria", this show gave me a different point of view on rich people's lives, of course most of the things that happened there wouldn't be in real life but looking at rich people and thinking that they've got no problems is false. I'm not justifying anything that they did there but it gives another perspective. The plot was interesting as it escalated with time. More than that in most teen shows the teens are the center of the plot and the parents are just side characters almost without a personality but here every parent has their issues that we find out about with the continue of the series. I recommend watching.

This series really is no more than a soap opera. It's full of the typical clichés you would see in any youth series. I won't spoil the storylines, but you can think of the most common themes in any soap opera or youth series and put them together. Anyway, as you can tell.. it wasn't for me and I don't think it's the quality content some claim it to be. There was no originality and most of the times it was very predictable.

But apparently it ticks all the boxes for teenagers/young adults: Hot guys, hot girls, sex, drugs, a girl struggling with her disorder, more sex, an evil father, rich people and a not so rich person... etc. Etc.

So, why did I finish it? There was one mystery that I was curious about, so I wanted to know what happend, so there's that. And the entire series feels like eye-candy, so.. when you've got nothing better to do you keep watching for the hot actors and locations.

Some positives: Beauuutiful locations! And the acting was above average. Especially Alexander and Louise.

Throw Elite and Outer Banks in a bowl, mix it together and then you'll have Knokke Off. It's a surprisingly good show and the actors are way better than I had expected. It's the perfect summer show where sex, drugs and murder are the main subjects resulting in an interesting and entertaining story. It does have quite some things that are similar to the first season of the Spanish Netflix show Elite but not in a way that it's too obvious. I actually thought it was a clever way to base a new show off of such a massive success such as Elite, without it being a knock off (pun intended). Definitely looking forward to a possible season 2!