10/10

That was a killer start to this show. I watched the first part during Spanish class and I’m writing this in English. This was a good start and I have been waiting for this show and I’ve been so excited for it. The first episode was short but the good kind of short. It really set the scene for the show. I don’t know anyone’s names so I’m gonna call them by the actors name and hopefully me writing the final review were figure it out. Jimmy’s character is really well made. He has so much background, we got the dead sister, the dead mom, and his girlfriend and him are having some tension. Did the sister kill herself? I don’t know. But she’s dead. Jimmy had an ankle monitor and is going in and out of jail and ok probation. Great character designing from the start. And then seas character. Putting myself in that point of view loosing your vision mid match is horrifying. His freak outs were really well acted out. Like when he first couldn’t see and then when he got out of the car and I think those were well acted out. And lastly the interview scene was very oddly sexual and I think that was funny because Jimmy was just flirting with him in front of his mom and brother. That’s scary. That’s it. Banger start. Okay bye!

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What a great start!!!

Episode 1 was a great introduction to the characters. I was really surprised to get to know Mhok this much already. I thought we wouldn't get to see his soft side way into the series, but now right in the first 30 minutes we could see that Mhok has a hard exterior but is also very soft on the inside. Jimmy's acting was phenomenal. He's done a great job at portraying Mhok and his micro-emotions. He's done a lot with his eyes. There were many times I had tears in my eyes because I could feel Mhok's pain. And then we have Day who is angry at the world for having to go through his hardship of him losing his eyesight. It's so understandable yet so heat braking to watch, especially because I feel like that his brother Night is a perfect example as to how we as the audience feel as well. Mark feels so different to his other characters he has portrayed. He's also getting better and better. Sea has outdone himself — portraying an almost blind person must be so difficult, but he's doing it very well. He uses his gesture and poster as well as his tone of voice to communicate Day's emotions and it works perfectly. Now, the directing of this first episode was great as well. Still can't get over the smooth transitions between Mhok going to hit someone with the broken bottle to Day hitting the ball — that was just chef's kiss. The entire first sequence of jumping between Mhok and Day was a great way to introduce us to their life prior to these big changes in their life. They were and are super different, but now that they've met it will change them forever. Then P'Aof is a sucker for dramatic music I feel like — especially the elevator and road scene were accompanied by very melodramatic music and I love it!!!

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