I won't be going into plot details as there's plenty of reviews with those contents, I'll be upfront and say this is not going to be a useful review, just stating some opinions. I found this series to be the better of the two new 30 minute offerings from Starz (other being Sweetbitter). This is a brief series lasting only 3 hours so not much of an investment. I found it easy to watch even with some major flaws. There are plenty of East LA stereotypes here and some characters really suffer from lack of substance, however hearing it has been renewed I think I will still give the second season a shot.
Possible spoilers below:
I'm hoping they drop a lot of what bogged this season down like the entire Johnny arc ("undeniable chemistry" was not believable and the writing gave me absolutely no reason to be invested in the outcome of his and Lyn's relationship) and the will they-won't they on selling the bar grew tiresome as we all knew how that would end. Mari's side story was odd, they did not flesh it out enough and throwing in that cell phone video was not necessary, for what? to realize the group should be a democracy? Good job! I felt she could've had a a better angle and hope next season they work on that. I have no problem with sex scenes but with all the time spent on them you would hope they would further the plot somehow, but alas it was just filler and I ended up skipping through most of them.
I'm hoping with the second season while they re-open the bar they come up with interesting storylines as the sisters transition their lives back to their hometown. Given all the negatives I still found the show watchable (while doing laundry) but I really hope they hack off all the dead weight in this first season and improve next time around.
Possible spoilers below:
I'm hoping they drop a lot of what bogged this season down like the entire Johnny arc ("undeniable chemistry" was not believable and the writing gave me absolutely no reason to be invested in the outcome of his and Lyn's relationship) and the will they-won't they on selling the bar grew tiresome as we all knew how that would end. Mari's side story was odd, they did not flesh it out enough and throwing in that cell phone video was not necessary, for what? to realize the group should be a democracy? Good job! I felt she could've had a a better angle and hope next season they work on that. I have no problem with sex scenes but with all the time spent on them you would hope they would further the plot somehow, but alas it was just filler and I ended up skipping through most of them.
I'm hoping with the second season while they re-open the bar they come up with interesting storylines as the sisters transition their lives back to their hometown. Given all the negatives I still found the show watchable (while doing laundry) but I really hope they hack off all the dead weight in this first season and improve next time around.