While this shoe is about high school grads and a rock band, I feel as though as a 41 year old woman, I still fall into a target audience for this one. Now, I say that as a fan of most teenager shows (throughout my life starting with Saved by the Bell and BH90210 as a young one, to Dawson creek and all those heyday of the CW to Outer Banks, Summer I turned Pretty etc recently). But this is fun! It's from the same creator as Outer Banks and has a similar vibe (summer adventure!) without teens being totally out of their depths and in a pirate booty hunt. The cast is good looking without being plucked straight from a magazine. (Sophia is the creators daughter and the hot girl who is also smart forced to grow up too fast and someone kind as well. You know the one).
One other review said something about it being set in 2000. It's not. It's current day just with a revival of good fun rock. Later in the season they mention the return of the band and it totally works.
Do the kids find themselves in situations normal 18 year olds do? Nope. Does every one of them have a huge thing weighing on them. Yep. Is it totally realistic. No. But it is kinda more so than some thanks to how social media actually works. (Minus ya know everyone in the recently formed friend group being superior at just the right thing)
Anyway, like many "teen" shows recently the adults are well cast as well and the perfect amount involved in storylines.
I'm excited for another season and had a ton of fun watching this one. And the songs are actually really fun!
