(TV SERIES) The Shards Season 1 - Disappointing Thriller Series with too Much Focus on Coming of Age Stories

I have actually completed this series few days ago but just got the chance to write it today. It was something that I was interested in ever since I found out about it on Disney+ 1.5 month ago. However the final episode was only released on 9 September while I was away on holiday trip with my wife, so I only got the chance to watch the full season after I returned last week. Anyway, let's just get to the series.

Brief Story Line

Story was set in the year 1981 about a tight group of popular students in an elite high school in Los Angeles. They consisted of the narrator Bret Easton (Igby Rigney - The Midnight Club TV series, Midnight Mass mini series etc), his girlfriend the very wealthy Debbie Schaffer (Singer Hayes Warner) and their best friends the student body president Susan Reynolds (Kaia Gerber - Shell, Palm Royale TV series etc) with her boyfriend star quarterback Thom (Graham Campbell). However things started to change with the appearance of new mysterious student named Robert Mallory (Homer Gere) who became part of the group and somehow ruined their dynamics.

(TV SERIES) Furious Season 1 - A Dark and Heavy Crime Drama Series Loosely Inspired by 1987 Movie Black Widow

Few weeks ago while I was checking on Disney+, I found this series and another one which were both intriguing for me. However just like the usual Hulu original series, it was having one episode per week release (except for the first three that were released at the same time). Two days ago I noticed the last episode would be released on Monday, so I decided to start watching the day before and finished it last night. OK then, I'll get on with the series now.

Brief Story Line

Rookie FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum - Cold Pursuit, Shameless TV series etc) who was formerly from NYPD, was asked by her old partner Detective Danny Kelly (Scoot McNairy - Man on Fire TV series, Luckiest Girl Alive etc) to look into the death of a wealthy billionaire's son. Though it looked like a simple overdoze, Alice was suspicious with similar case that occurred 14 years before and tried to bring it to the attention of Nora Washington (Quincy Tyler Bernstine - Power TV series etc), the FBI's head of sex crime units. 

(TV SERIES) Helstrom Season 1 - Very Dark with Some Supernatural Element Series Adapted from Marvel Comics

I wanted to try something different during the weekend and I chose this series as it was adapted from Marvel comics, albeit not characters that I was familiar with. And was this as interesting as the premise suggested in the brief synopsis? Let's find out, shall we?

Brief Story Line

Daimon Helstrom (Tom Austen - The Royals TV series etc) was working as an anthropology professor with a side job of doing exorcisms as requested by the Catholic church. Daimon was usually accompanied by a young Nun in training named Gabriella Rosetti (Ariana Guerra) who was encouraged to work together by Dr. Louise Hastings (June Carryl) the head of psychiatric hospital where Daimon's mother Victoria (Elizabeth Marvel - Homeland TV series etc) was institutionalized.

(TV SERIES) Castle Rock Season 1 - An Interesting Psychological Thriller Series in Stephen King's "Universe"

As I was looking for a series to watch before my holiday trip next week, I wanted to try a new and short one. This one fit that category as it was 2018 series with only 10 episodes. It was said to be based on Stephen King's popular novel series and I thought would be interesting. Well to cut the story short, here we go with more details.

Brief Story Line

A criminal attorney lawyer Henry Weaver (Andre Holland - Selma, The Knick TV series etc) was drawn back to his childhood hometown Castle Rock when he got a strange call about a possible client needing his help. The person who later on was referred to as The Kid (Bill Skarsgård - the clown in 2017 It etc) had a really mysterious background but Henry was adamant to help him.

(TV SERIES) Runaways - A Very Unusual Premise of Teenage Superhero Story from Marvel

Last week while looking through the list of series I had been targeting to watch, I found there was this Marvel series which seemed interesting and was highly rated. So I decided to give this a try and aiming to finish it fast as it only had 10 episodes in the first season, which I managed to do so. And what was the series about? Well let us find out below.

Brief Story Line

A group of high school students consisted of the very intelligent Alex Wilder (Rhenzy Feliz), the gothic girl who was into wiccan stuff Nico Minoru (Lyrica Okano), the very religious church girl Karolina Dean (Virginia Gardner - 2018's Halloween etc), the feminist & socially awkward Gert Yorkes (Ariela Barer), the popular lacrosse player Chase Stein (Gregg Sulkin - Faking It TV series etc) and the youngest Molly Hernandez (Allegra Acosta) were previously very close friends until a tragedy happened 2 years before.