User Reviews

I found the series entertaining enough to keep me watching. The acting was good, particularly by the two teenage cousins portrayed in the series. However I had a few sideways glances at the story plot. Inconceivable that a seemingly intelligent enough young adult would accept the premise that everything was gone outside his home and what was left was inhabited by monsters. Where was the father getting their food from if everything was gone? Shredded wheaties for breakfast seemed to be available! The boy was not detained in the house and had plenty of time on his hands to 'explore' further, The UK is not exactly sparsely populated and there would be plenty of evidence of life. (people, vehicles - land and air) One major plot hole I thought was the fact that the police took at face value that his father had committed suicide, even when they were confronted by a strange and manic 18yr old. The boys prints would have been all over the weapon and no doubt further investigation would have disclosed 'powder trace' on the boy. I'm sure questioning would have revealed more suspicion of what had occurred.

The acting by the two actors who played the cousins was really good. The main actor deserves an award for his part! I thought it could've been made into a longer series to expand on bits more. It felt rushed in terms of him telling the farmers daughter about her dads part.

And then when he had the encounter with another man, but a few hours earlier was shocked at hearing about two men being with each other, this somehow seemed far fetched as this is a guy who spent years living indoors with no knowledge of sexuality and yet in the same night he has sex with another man. Baffling. And add to that when he sees pornography for the first time he has to ask what it is. I also think they could've done more to show his affects of being hidden for so long, I'm sure there's more ways he would've been affected.

Generally a decent little series but felt I wanted more but it was still satisfying.

A Mother is killed by an auto and the Father disappears from society with his infant son never to be seen for 18 years, hidden from society to avoid " monsters" outside their front door. A simple yet dynamic look at the messages of life and their meaning in snd out of context.

We aren't sure if his Father kills for food or something else more sinister, nor are we sure he will survive past 18 when he finally gets a glimpse of what really exists outside the Front Door.

Worth your 8 episode time to see inside Danny's "suspended in time" minds-eye-view of reality or if he can even adapt to what we call LIFE?

There is no way that a boy growing to manhood could possibly be kept in a house as depicted here, unless actually imprisoned. He would yearn to look around outside, no matter what his father told him about there being nobody else out there and the monsters! He would surely find ways whilst his father was frequently absent - "hunting said monsters" - of getting outside and covering a good bit of ground in a foray of discovery. He could not possibly then have failed to see other buildings, vehicles and people and understood that the father was lying. This would lead to much further conflict between the two as he realised the enormity of the lies.

Ultimately with the foundational premise of the entire story discredited it all becomes merely a silly fantasy and as such quite worthless.

Overall I enjoyed the series. The acting, dialogue, direction and photography were all well above average. The relationship between Danny, the somewhere boy of the title, and the people he encounters is fascinating. His relationships with his cousin Aaron and his aunt Sue are realistic and in need of expansion, maybe in season two, if there is one?

However, the overall writing seems rushed and not always well thought out. Take for example the house Danny and his dad Steve call home.

There were several exterior establishing shots throughout, depicting a very large and presumably expensive home. How did Steve afford this? He doesn't work and he plainly does not come from a wealthy family or his sister Sue would have money as well.

Say he managed to buy the house outright before he went nuts, how does he pay for the utilities and property taxes? Electricity, water and gas are not cheap, neither are taxes and Steve has no visible income. How does he pay for the upkeep and gasoline for his motor bike and car? How does he pay for food?

It was established that Steve buys food from Tesco although he tells Danny he gets it from hunting and scavenging. Didn't Danny notice all the food was fresh and came in brand new packaging? Where did the fresh milk come from he enjoys?

How does Steve explain where Danny's clothes come from? During the series he goes from a small child to a grown man, meaning he must have required new clothes and shoes quite often. Does Steve get them from the monsters? Were they all wearing brand new clothes in just the right sizes for a growing boy? What about underpants? How does he explain where all the new underpants came from? And socks?

Danny is depicted as a very bright person, he never wondered about any of this?

Logical flaws aside I still enjoyed it. Maybe if there is another season they can fill out some of the back stories and explain all the holes.