2026

I guess there’s an irony here that Something Very bad is Going to Happen is really a lot of just waiting for the bad thing to happen… at the expense of a strong narrative with interesting characters. A pretty not great show that kind of reminded me why im hesitant to try any Netflix narrative. It’s a fun premise that really falls apart if you think about it at all, but the show is also so invested in bringing up it's premise over and over as opposed to just letting it linger as a creepy motivational thing. I like the idea of getting married being literally a life or death thing, but it is also a made up practice that no one is forced into (aside from societal pressure yada yada). So I was left thinking, if you’re worried marrying him will kill you, why get married? And then just warn people to not get married? You can spend your life together with someone and love them without getting married… then you can make it be about how harmful the institution of marriage actually is instead of that sentiment being brought up as a punchline in the last episode. There’s so manny better versions of this set up and I guess part of my frustration comes from this kind of being one of the worst ones.

Premise aside, the characters we’re supposed to care about have little to no backstory or internal world. The show does so much telling, but also none of it really matters because characters just get over things in the next scene and change their minds to fit whatever has to happen next. That being said, I did want to finish it. So I guess it got me. Very easy to put on and just let play. The actors are all doing a good job, and it’s kind of got a campy element to it sometimes. Maybe a great show to fold laundry to?