Black Space

Bad dialogue, story and pretty much everything adds up to this being nothing more than a shallow boring copy of more successful shows of it's like.

Do not recommend.

Slow burn which is typical of police procedurals but atypical in the sense that the story delves into something fresh: what happens to high school seniors in the aftermath of a school shooting that leaves some of them dead.

The viewer is tempted to fastforward but hesitates because he/she could miss something important in the investigation by Rami Davidi (Guri Alfi) and Morag Shmuel (Reut Alush).

The pace picks up considerably in the last 2 episodes when the young killers are revealed.

The writers spice up the story by developing Rami's personal story: a skillful detective, who's having a hard time adjusting to a glass eye, with his own issues on the school where the shooting takes place and on being a would-be father and neglectful husband.

The ending is a tad melodramatic and a bit of a surprise. But I suppose the writers had to end it the way it did because the subjects of the story are simply 12th graders (who are about to begin their compulsory military training) and not hardened criminals. And the viewer could empathize (although it can never be condoned) with the motives of the young killers.

Overall, it's an entertaining series that provides insights into the thinking of young Israelis.

The senior actors gave solid performances. The young ones didn't disappoint either. Their portrayal was heartfelt. Special mention to Liana Ayun ( Libby), Yoav Rotman (Itamar), and Noam Karmel (Eram Sagi).

But its all downhill after that. The ending is absolutely stupid...Pleeez dont waste your time..I did and I regret it...

You want to figure out who did it and why, but it was kind of hard to differentiate actors sometimes because the girls looked alike and the names. Once the detective figured out it was students we really stayed with it because ...who were the four and why????? The dubbing was a pain because they were English speaking accents instead of Israeli so we had to keep rewinding to understand who said what. When we finally get to the end and see who did it, it was a bummer, because the reasoning was not sound and so it seemed like they did it for a stupid reason, ughhh came undone for us. But it was good enough for us to stay up late to keep watching haha so there you go!

I don't want to spoil, so I am not going into details, but it has its flaws. But thing aren't that bad to say it's not worth - the show is fine. It's a high school scenario, so in a way, not that typical. True, it suffers from the usual thing - the actors are supposed to be teens, but they all look in their early twenties. Whatever... The cop is a bit inadequate and rough for no reason, also doesn't look good at all as a body figure.

At least you discover the story episode by episode really, which is nice. It resembles some late 90s early 00s Hollywood high school plots about the secret life in a school, the intrigues, the subculture, but it doesn't look outdated, anachronic or so...

I don't know if it represents at least a part of the Israelis' life, but again - whatever...