In the Dark

The lead character is likable, as is the rest of the cast. They're adults instead of annoying teenagers, by adults I mean in their 20's, which is refreshing for a CW show. Now that it's on Netflix it will reach a wider audience, and while I admit I gave up on it a few times while attempting to binge watch it, I always managed to come back to see what happened, and i'm Glad I did. Nothing groundbreaking here, but it's a decent mystery, with some twists, while also managing to be comedy/drama with likable characters.

Season 1 and 2 were gripping, entertaining and fun to watch. Binge watched them, actually. Season 3, however, is so far-fetched, dragged out while being extremely boring, I kept fast forwarding for something to happen. Really disappointing.

I like the premise of the show. In season 3, however, Murphy is just extremely obnoxious and stubborn. I mean she's annoying in the first 2 seasons, but in season 3 she is at a whole new level. She's so stupid to treat other people like crap when she needs their help throughout the show. It makes it very frustrating to watch at times. Other than that, the show is fun to watch.

I was expecting to hate this show - I wanted to hate it. I fought all my life to be treated as an equal, and then some idiot decides to portray a blind woman as a drunken, self-pitying mess who sleeps with married strangers and exploits her disability to cut the line at the drug store? Gee, thanks...

So I was very surprised to find I didn't hate it - not even a little. Let's start with the things this show does well - it's funny. Not laugh-out-loud funny - because we all know it's rude to laugh at the blind, right? - but quietly funny. Murphy's roommate (Brooke Markham) proves that a woman doesn't have to be tall and skinny to be beautiful. Kudos to Hollywood for finally accepting what the rest of us have known all along. I love the neurotic mom, whose entire identity is wrapped up in being the mother of a disabled child, because even though the non-disabled world may not realize it, that's a thing. And I love that we are finally seeing a blind person who is not a saint, a victim or a superhero.

I've only seen the first episode, so I don't know if Murphy's bereavement will be the catalyst that shocks her back into the real world, but I sure hope so because this could be a good show if it follows a young woman's journey from someone who is defined by her limitations to someone who can see beyond her limits.

Really like this so far. Main character is likeable and it has an original plotline. Nothing like what you'd expect from CW but I like the refreshingly different outlook. Didn't have to skip any parts which I normally do when a show isn't that great. Deffo recommend checking this out!