My Life with the Walter Boys

This show had some potential after the first few episodes. I started watching and was like: "okay, nice story and lots of room to develop characters". I didn't expect most of them would turn out to be so annoying and predictable. Certain level of predictability is tolerable in these kinds of shows, but that level has been crossed IMO. Very disappointing altogether. No chemistry between the characters.

Alex is so annoying I started skipping scenes with him.

Cole is just simply too old to have any chemistry with Jackie, it's weird.

Will - seriously? Are we supposed to believe that Donna (sorry, Katherine) gave birth to him? Come on.

Whoever did casting here, please do better next time.

The only character I actually like at this point (8 ep) is Erin.

It was just good enough to keep us watching until the last episode and we basically got nothing ALL season but in the last 5 minutes they give us everything and leave on like 4 cliffhangers so we have to wait another 2 years and most likely nothing will come of it like at the end of last season and start of this season.

That being said I still eat this up it's sooo awful that is good? Honourable mentions: Erin and Danny and Kylie and Dylan I loved these couples.

I wasn't expecting much more than light fare at first, but apart from the obvious tropes and cliches, was impressed by how many marks the episodes hit, with various storylines and characters.

Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) and Cole (Noah LaLonde) especially the latter, gave excellent performances with real emotional nuances that made the unlikely pairing and romantic tension believable.

The show touches on other themes of mental health, loneliness, friendship, navigating queer romance, native American perspectives, persons with not so obvious disabilities (deafness and epilepsy); girl empowerment and teen self-esteem. I think it's all well done and very relevant. I can't wait for Season 2!

Where's her inheritance?

Seems if I appointed someone a guardian, I would also leave money for her upkeep, especially if I were wealthy, and aware that the family are farmers.

The uncle has it, and is keeping it as leverage?

Is he the land developer trying to purchase their land?

Is he a good guy or a bad guy?

This really annoys and frustrates me, although I love the Walter parents a lot.

Not really sure that this deserves a second season.

Since I'm only on episode 9, maybe it's all addressed in ep 10?

Guess I should finish it all and come back to leave an additional review based on the whole of it.

So a young teen girl with serious family trauma is placed with a family of boys. 2 of them start immediately making goo goo eyes at her. If my sons behaved with women and girls like either Alex and Cole do, they would get a massive talking to. The girl is in the care of two adults, who should be putting the brakes on their sons and having a word to Jackie too. The talk should be going along the lines of 'Don't poop in the nest'. And respect women. Firstly you have Alex, a squinty looking character with a slightly mean smile that doesn't reach his eyes. Giving off massive, passive aggressive incel "I'm not talking to you" sulky vibes, for the most part. Shudder- scary red flag that one. Then you have Cole who is a dishy looking man, who is a 'player', but seems more relatable and safe as a person with his career ups and downs. At least what you see is what you get- a player is a player. Problem is , he looks 28 years old and it is positively creepy he is chasing after Jackie. If you can look past those two extremely weird male characters, and poor parenting, then what you might find yourself enjoying is a mindless fluff piece that is entertaining enough.