As the title says, this review is about the first three episodes of the show. The episodes are short and there really is not too much happening in them, so I had no reason to review each one separately.
I started watching this show because I read several rave reviews. So far, it has not lived up to the hype. It is not a terrible show, I find it interesting enough, but it is definitely not great.
First of all, so far I found it to be misleadingly advertised. This is not really a crime/mystery show, because so far the crime/mystery takes a back seat to the character drama. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but I like the murder mystery to be the main part in a murder mystery show, and that is not the case here. Character interactions and back stories take up most of the time and they are just not very interesting.
This is also not a comedy, although it is labeled as such. At least it is not a good comedy. I recognize the attempts at the jokes, but they are universally failures. This third episode came closest to almost making me blow air out of my nose a bit stronger, but it was not quite successful. The first two episodes were much weaker in that regard.
And speaking earlier of the characters, we come to the absolutely, undoubtedly the worst part of the show - Selena Gomez. I have not seen her in anything else (and I will definitely not be in a hurry to do so after seeing her in this) so I don't know if she is just playing an extremely annoying character, or if this is just her personality breaking through, but she is absolutely irritating. A total of one facial expression, the "I'm too cool for this universe" attitude, grating voice, and her barely opening her mouth while she speaks and just mumbling her lines make watching her scenes a truly painful experience.
The side-swept murder mystery that we occasionally get to see glimpses of makes this just interesting enough to watch... so far. Hopefully it will get better. So far, the ratings of episodes are noticeably lower than the overall rating of the show, so I am hoping that it will improve, though this doesn't have to mean anything. For some reason, a lot of people rate a show highly, but rate individual episodes significantly lower (makes you wonder why do they like the show so much if they don't like its episodes).
Speaking of ratings, there is a concerning number of obviously fake reviews for this show. Just take notice of all the 10/10 reviews that are just one line of meaningless platitudes and obviously false praises (such as "Selena Gomez is the best actress!")
