This shows' ending made me consider giving it 6 stars, but I'll go ahead with 7. The show does have quite an interesting mystery, which was the main thing that had me hooked. The lead protagonist makes some less than stellar choices, but she has a good heart, and I wanted to see where everything was going. The show makes the most out of its time jumps. Wether your grew up in the 90's and want to look back on them, or did not and want to see what that era was like, you'll probably enjoy that aspect of the show. I found the show's ending to be unsatisfying, and I believe it sends a terrible message. This is where I spoil things. Our time traveling protagonist effectively commits suicide (something I predicted by the second episode) because of the mistakes her parents made. If your parents are people who should never have been together, that is on THEM. Not you. Her parents are not very good people. They are liars, they are distant and do little to help with her obvious low self esteem, and her mother deserts her after her affair is revealed. Neither of them ever really get to see the error of their ways, instead their own daughter kills herself to change their futures. A child should not destroy their own lives to ensure their parents' happiness, especially when they don't even deserve it. For that, this series is not what it could have been.
Review of The 7 Lives of Lea
