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Letting your little blind baby bird fly from the nest is as difficult for the loving overprotective parents as it is for Alexis to do. As the blind guy Alexis gets more pity while Charly, who puts on all the hard work, gets more direct derision. Having been disabled for a couple years after being hit by a car (a theme revisited many ways in this series) I fully appreciate the "otherness"feeling that drives the sensibility of this series so carefully explored both for comedic and sentimental value. Alexis has done standup on Netflix so this feels semi autobiographical to me, and moving from Querétaro to CDMX is a classic story of going to the big city filled with danger and opportunity . Living in Mexico I appreciated the reality of living there (saw with friends from there too) and about Mexican society with the privileged young Whitezicans needing a "cause" to take up to overcome their guilt.

Real, gritty, fun and original this series really is a lovely surprise and refreshing!

I'm a 61 year old gay man, as bitter and jaded as they come. Thought this show would be ridiculous too schmaltzy (is that even a word) and I would totally regret even trying to watch it.

Three hours later I'm crying like a baby remembering my first crush on a straight boy in high school. Except instead of worrying about upsetting him by coming on to him I was worried I'd be killed if anyone found out. I didn't tell a soul or act on it and instead took a nice girl to the prom. Hiding who we were was not only necessary, it was truly about safety and survival. How we survived with any sanity is a miracle.

I've been twice married and divorced to men, and had thousands of boyfriends since coming out at age 23 but this series made me few hopeful and romantic again (a bitter divorce will knock that joyful romance right out of you.)

Kudos to these young actors who are actually teens and demonstrating the power of love and friendship amongst tons of teen angst. Yes it's still basically a teen rom com but it has a heart. As others have said for once it's not dwelling on teens who are addicts, murderers, or obviously mid twenties and hotter than any 15 year old would be, or so fake it hurts. They kept it real and stole this old queen's heart. Congrats to everyone involved.

I watched this through all ten episodes but mostly on fast forward. I think it was ep 4 before we saw an alien. Few characters were appealing. Almost no action. The Japanese lesbian moped her way through the series. The US soldier continued to be a dick no matter what the circumstances. The Indian born doctor was best but the kids were simply annoying. The British kids had some interesting characters but again, 10 times too long.

I grewup in Grover's Mill NJ scene of the infamous War of the Worlds panic broadcast so I have a great interest in this lore, that's why I suck with it. Shame on them for taking a 2 hour movie and dragging it out to give Apple another series. Some of the key tenants were interesting. Just dull! Anticlimactic. Waste of time.