Shannon X

Seeing the critisism and zero star reviews makes me realise that satire really is lost on some people and I fear that one day we will lose it all together. Those saying it only focusses on a white European narrative - this is exactly what she is mocking and it is brilliant. We all know white people didn't invent half the stuff they claim to but the canon of western history continues to be taught with the kind of stuffy academics interviewed here still making a lot of people feel history is unaccessible. You really don't need to be an academic professional to tell our human histories as she is proving and it should always have a bit of humour thrown in! If you don't get it - I'm sorry for you but as history academic myself I laughed way too much!

I absolutely love this show, so funny!

I get where they were trying to go... Older women want sex and to be desired etc but I agree with some other reviews its very outdated, I could understand if this was the 90s and she had been married all her life but unrealistic now. She is very self absorbed and annoying at times, I only carried on watching it because he is HOT!

Don't understand how so many people came to comment 'why would anyone want to watch this' - people are obviously going to be curious about what makes someone commit such acts against another person, we all have a brain but how did it go so wrong for that particular person? People have and always will be interested - you don't have to be, why waste your time even commenting that haha! To me that's weird! What he did was seriously ffed up, the one thing I didn't like about it, is I found some parts were making you more sympathetic to Jeff and his character - I began to feel sorry for him and I did not want to feel that at all. Like he's such a deeply flawed character and he's played by a good actor that you think 'oh if his childhood wasn't like that' - but many people see their parents go through messy divorces, doesn't mean they murder and eat people. I expected it to be more about the victims - you only get that sometimes like with Tony which was heartbreaking, I had tears honestly just wanted Jeff to do the right thing. I liked the way it went from koneracks mum to the glamorous police awards in contrast with the low key citizen award that the neighbour won. That was clever. The pomp and arrogance of the official awards all knowing they had let the poor boy down - I was fuming! The police failures, institutional rascism, homophobia and attitude of looking after their own is highlighted and is one of the reasons he got away way it for so long. I hope things have changed for the better so someone like that would not be able to get away with it for so long again.

I know this is a teen drama but I'm really enjoying watching this as parent of a teenage girl... Because their is some adult perspectives in here like the mum, her dating again, the cousins expectactions of getting married and her experiences at work in a male dominated field... Its nice for us to see that because trust me you parent a child but then you have this unruly teenager who is figuring stuff out whilst your still figuring it all out yourself 😂 I would of related to the teenager but now I'm the mum haha... Also I love the different cultures and non binary characters they don't feel stuck in there just to make it current but like an actual representation of actual modern diverse society, its really nice and did give me some of those of 'awww' moments of what it was like to be a teen but also I don't miss all that drama, not my usual watch but I'm loving it!

Hahaha obviously just a comedy but as a mother laughed so much... Nearly spat my drink out when she took that baby into the abortion clinic hahaha...think we have all tried to stay out late or at the shops to avoid our kids at some point hahaha

Shane and Alice the best characters in this show and I'd definitely be friends with them, they have their flaws and their good points but they try be good people and are loyal friends. Jenny I went from despising to loving to disliking again which probably makes her a well written character because it's taking you on a emotional roller-coaster and I definitely went on a journey with her and saw some uncomfortable similarities with my own life. Can't stand Bette and Tina how selfish and petty are they. I'm only on season 4 at this point so can't comment on the whole thing but think it covers a great range of topics wether your lesbian or not and has some really good storylines. Hoping Carmen and Shane get back together at this point ha!

Tbf gone up in my estimation when he said Yorkshire tea is the best and praised his kids mums for doing a great job, fair play

Just put this on as a background film and ended up been fixated, all those little moments it focuses on that are often a nightmare for any parent of a teenage girl - getting their first crush on a undesirable, staying out all night, doing something drastic with your hair - are made really poignant because she's ill and she knows she's not got long and she's in pain and so it makes those moments even more special. That feeling as a teen when you first fall for someone and nothing can bring you down... Honestly I could remember it myself watching this... The acting is great and I was sobbing by the end... Really beautiful but sad film

This is a great film, can't believe I just stumbled across it on Netflix, even though fictional, very realistic depiction of the horrors that took place during the troubles. Great storyline and acting too, give it a watch.