If you believe in fairy tale love, you may not enjoy this show. It is a somber, agonizing, beautiful love story about emotional maturity and divorce, or to be more specific: after divorce. Monroe Hayden and Ricky Garcia play such complex characters that you have a hard time deciding who to root for, which is the point their plot as a couple; there is no good or bad guy, just compromises on both ends.
It's a very human series oozing with heart. Despite the hard to swallow drama, there are a number of smart moments that make you laugh out loud. I read here that the three main actors decided to improvise their lines for a more realistic approach and I believe a lot of their jokes were them in character, something I really appreciate. One actress was not good at saying of her lines and that is the actress who played Emaya. Her talent didn't match the rest of her cast mates and slowed the group down. The best actors in this were by far, Monroe Hayden, Ricky Garcia and Terrell Cooper. They extended their strengths and cushioned each other's weaknesses; a perfect trio built on talent, experience and trust.
From a technical standpoint, the camera man was saved by the performances. Even though it was shot like a mockumentary/reality show and it was meant to appear as if the camera man didn't know what was about to happen, his (or her) lack of technical knowledge makes this show lose its credibility. The sound was pretty horrid too. Whoever was in charge of enhancing that, blasted them so loud. Yet despite the technical issues, its the story and the acting that save this first season.
In the end, 365 hits all the right chords to keep you engaged with its characters and invested in their journey. The film offers no real answers - it doesn't try to preach to us about love and life and how they sometimes become entangled. Rather, this is a show that motivates us to examine our own beliefs about those very subjects, and maybe, hopefully, possibly, find a way to conquer the challenges of love and life for ourselves.
