paulvdb 4.3k August 14, 2020 Premiered today on Netflix. Quote Twin sisters Sterling and Blair balance teen life at an elite Southern high school with an unlikely new career as butt-kicking bounty hunters. Trailer: Share this post Link to post
meatball77 2.5k August 15, 2020 I'm on the second episode. This is fun. 3 Share this post Link to post
Stiggs 2.5k August 15, 2020 14 hours ago, meatball77 said: I'm on the second episode. This is fun. Same for me. I keep giggling - it’s offbeat and clever. Plus, Kadeem Hardison and Makenzie Astin! A Different World and Facts of Life royalty, man. 3 Share this post Link to post
publius 25 August 16, 2020 I rarely post but read the site daily and I have to say I binged the whole 10 episodes of this show and love it! I laughed so many time in each episode, cringed a little as well, but I thought this is one awesome show. I was so impressed by the two leads, how well matched they were, this was great casting and acting. It sucks that we will probably have to wait a year or so to see how they resolve the cliffhanger! 7 Share this post Link to post
Prairie Fire 511 August 16, 2020 Thumbs up, this is way better than I expected. Though most of the credit goes to Blair (AKA Anjelica Fellini). The other characters - and the writing - are funny enough, but Blair is hilarious and steals every scene. 5 Share this post Link to post
Stiggs 2.5k August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Prairie Fire said: Thumbs up, this is way better than I expected. Though most of the credit goes to Blair (AKA Anjelica Fellini). The other characters - and the writing - are funny enough, but Blair is hilarious and steals every scene. I agree! She was so much fun to watch. Both the leads are great, but she was my favorite. 2 Share this post Link to post
Cranberry 7.0k August 16, 2020 I've only watched the first episode so far, but I loved it. I was immediately hooked and I laughed out loud a bunch of times. It has a similar tone to the movie Saved!, which is one of my faves. 5 Share this post Link to post
ybrik 618 August 16, 2020 Really enjoyed this show. I agree both lead actresses really were good. Of course, Kadeem Hardison was also good. Not sure what to think about the last episode. The show had been silly at times but that last episode it went insane. Just as long as Netflix gives this a second season it should be fine but would really be disappointed if that was the final episode. Really interested to see what happens with Sterling and April next season especially since April's father is out. Disappointed how things turned out with Blair and Miles though it seemed inevitable because she could never tell him the whole truth. 1 Share this post Link to post
dubbel zout 75.0k August 16, 2020 Originally this was called "Slutty Teenage Bounty Hunters," and I'm glad Netflix got rid of "Slutty." Neither twin is remotely a slut, and that word needs to be retired anyway. Way too sex-shaming and misogynist. Slight rant over (heh), I'm loving this. It's respectful toward a number of hot-button issues while still being a bit tongue-in-cheek. The tone is really a high-wire walk the writers are nailing. Luke's terrible music will never not crack me up. 8 Share this post Link to post
PinkRibbons 3.8k August 16, 2020 I binged the whole season yesterday, so spoilers ahead. I really love how the show kept subverting my expectations; April locking the door, Sterling and Luke decidedly not getting away with having sex after everyone thought they were joking. I think my favorite was Miles, he was veering kind of into overly perfect dream man, so the reveal that while Blair was working herself into a schvitz trying not to make him feel out of place in her life while he was was doing exactly that? *chef's kiss* So many plots we've seen on TV before but with a different outcome. I would have liked to see more bounty-hunting, but my only real complaint about the season is the final shocking reveal. I think any trope, no matter how tired, can be pulled off with good enough writing. And I have to say, "secret evil twin" is probably one of the hardest ones, and while watching I was thinking that it was kind of genius, because the revelation that the mother has a twin goes down a lot easier for me since the girls are twins, which do run in families. Then we see a moment of Sterling and Blair having a twin moment that goes beyond their more regular just being able to read each other quickly; Sterling manages to communicate where her captors are waiting to Blair. That goes into twin superpower area. So the reveal that they're not twins at all is just plain confusing to me. Otherwise spot-on writing, casting, plotting, just-the-right-amount-absurdity and not taking itself too seriously. Will definitely be back if it gets renewed. *fingers crossed* 6 Share this post Link to post
Chaos Theory 26.2k August 17, 2020 Two episodes in and this looks like the show I am going to watch while I work from home tomorrow. It’s fun and subversive enough to be interesting. But it is also exactly the kind of show Netflix is gonna cancel after a season or two. 2 Share this post Link to post
Cranberry 7.0k August 17, 2020 14 hours ago, PinkRibbons said: I really love how the show kept subverting my expectations; April locking the door, Sterling and Luke decidedly not getting away with having sex after everyone thought they were joking. I think my favorite was Miles, he was veering kind of into overly perfect dream man, so the reveal that while Blair was working herself into a schvitz trying not to make him feel out of place in her life while he was was doing exactly that? *chef's kiss* So many plots we've seen on TV before but with a different outcome. Yes! I also loved that April wasn't struggling with internalized homophobia or an inability to reconcile her sexuality with her religion -- she had the attitude that, "God made me this way so he can't smite me for it," basically. It was clear that she wasn't ashamed of being gay, but (rightly) afraid of how she'd be treated by her parents and school if she came out. That's a different spin on the closeted Christian kid story. The finale was definitely my least favorite of the episodes, but I don't think it was bad, just a little too dramatic compared to the rest of the show. I am interested in how the reveal will change Blair and Sterling's relationship in season two... assuming (hoping!) we get one. 2 Share this post Link to post
dubbel zout 75.0k August 17, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 12:30 PM, PinkRibbons said: Sterling manages to communicate where her captors are waiting to Blair. That goes into twin superpower area. So the reveal that they're not twins at all is just plain confusing to me. April did say she found the twins weirdly and at times uncomfortably close. And since they thought of themselves as twins, I can buy that the twin communication works. I hope this gets a second season. Netflix can be pretty ruthless when it comes to renewals. 1 Share this post Link to post
Chaos Theory 26.2k August 18, 2020 5 hours ago, dubbel zout said: April did say she found the twins weirdly and at times uncomfortably close. And since they thought of themselves as twins, I can buy that the twin communication works. I hope this gets a second season. Netflix can be pretty ruthless when it comes to renewals. I buy it as something that works because they believed it to be true. And if there is a second season both their doubts will make their twin communication falter. And yeah this is exactly the kind of show that Netflix cuts. Which is a shame. It is unexpectedly good. I haven’t been this surprised by a Netflix show since Insatiable. 1 Share this post Link to post
Keywestclubkid 42.8k August 18, 2020 watching the first episode its like if the movie saved and the show dog the bounty hunter had a baby ..it would be this 🙂 Share this post Link to post
ybrik 618 August 19, 2020 Maybe it's just me but after binging the show, I have had 'The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia' playing on a constant loop in my head. 4 Share this post Link to post
tennisgurl 86.1k August 19, 2020 "What are amphetamines? "Drugs that can go on land and water." This show is great. 3 Share this post Link to post
dubbel zout 75.0k August 19, 2020 11 hours ago, ybrik said: Maybe it's just me but after binging the show, I have had 'The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia' playing on a constant loop in my head. I was very tempted to buy it on iTunes. It's one of those great pop songs you forget about until you hear it after forever, and then it's an earworm. 1 Share this post Link to post
Cranberry 7.0k August 20, 2020 This show is #5 in Canada's top 10 on Netflix today! I hope that means word is spreading and it'll be considered enough of a success to get a second season. How's it doing in the US? 1 Share this post Link to post
tennisgurl 86.1k August 20, 2020 This show was a blast, it was fun and exciting and the actors really made even the silliest aspects of the show work. I mean, the very premise is pretty nuts, and while the show is definitely a comedy, there was also a sincerity to it that kept it from becoming a total farce. The sisterly relationship between Sterling and Blair was really sweet, and their bonding with Bowser was really genuine. The plot with Sterling and April was unexpected but I like what they did with it, and instead of going with the "god must hate me because of my sexuality" like a more cliche story would do, they went with both Sterling and April being cool with both their sexuality and their faith, but worried about how people in their conservative Christian community would take it. I am not sure what I think about the ending and the sort of drama bomb that they dropped on us. Most of the show was mostly light hearted fun adventures, even when they dealt with tougher issues like heartbreak, racism, and sexuality, but the whole thing with their moms evil twin arriving and kidnapping Sterling and her being Sterlings bio mom, thats just a whole lot. At first I thought that the evil (sketchy?) twin was actually pretty clever, as twins run in families so it would kind of make sense that the twins mom was a twin, but now the twins arent actually twins? I guess they have their twin powers because they think they're twins and thats enough, but this just seems to add a lot of unneeded drama. But for the most part, I loved this show, and I am crossing my fingers are a second season! 3 Share this post Link to post
Cranberry 7.0k August 20, 2020 Interestingly, the children of identical twins share 25% of their DNA/genes, so the girls are genetically half-siblings as opposed to first cousins (which share 12.5%). Because the girls essentially share a mom and grew up thinking they were twins, they could probably still have their near-telepathic twin bond if they wanted to... although it might take them most of next season to work that out. 1 1 Share this post Link to post
peachmangosteen 62.3k August 20, 2020 18 hours ago, Cranberry said: This show is #5 in Canada's top 10 on Netflix today! I hope that means word is spreading and it'll be considered enough of a success to get a second season. How's it doing in the US? Right now it’s #4 overall and #3 in TV shows. 2 Share this post Link to post
dubbel zout 75.0k August 20, 2020 It's gotten pretty good reviews and decent exposure. 2 Share this post Link to post
TrininisaScorp 4.7k August 29, 2020 My husband and I are a few episodes in. Kadeem Hardison & Method Man (!) have been the most pleasant throwback surprise! This is surprisingly deep even with how fun it is. Lots of "hey, it's that guy" ppl. Sterling & Blair can be irritating, but they are loveable. 1 Share this post Link to post
AllyB 3.6k September 2, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 5:30 PM, PinkRibbons said: And I have to say, "secret evil twin" is probably one of the hardest ones, and while watching I was thinking that it was kind of genius, because the revelation that the mother has a twin goes down a lot easier for me since the girls are twins, which do run in families. See this is where the final reveal actually worked better for me. Identical twins, like Deb and Dana, and fraternal twins are completely different things. Fraternal twins run in families due to a hyper-ovulation gene. Identical twins are a seemingly random occurrence with no apparent inherited link. So while it's not impossible for a family to have both kinds of twins, it would be extremely rare. (Unless someone from a family with identical twins has fertility treatment, increasing the odds of having fraternal twins.) So the last reveal makes so much more sense than the family circumstances would have as they initially appeared. 1 Share this post Link to post
ladle 7.8k September 14, 2020 Just finished bingeing this great little sleeper of a show! One thing that still kind of bugs me: did they ever address what Miles was doing working as a valet when he’s so wealthy? 2 Share this post Link to post
ladle 7.8k September 14, 2020 (Also agree that I would have liked to see more actual bounty hunting. I didn’t end up all that convinced that Blair and Sterling were actually good at it— good enough that Bowser would be willing to split his earnings with these two random underaged girls.) 1 Share this post Link to post
PinkRibbons 3.8k September 14, 2020 Some wealthy parents have their children get jobs to show them what it's like to have to work for their own pay. Plus with Miles's mother being a senator, it's good optics for her son to be seen outside of the ultra-privileged life he presumably leads. 3 Share this post Link to post
dubbel zout 75.0k September 14, 2020 12 hours ago, ladle said: (Also agree that I would have liked to see more actual bounty hunting. I didn’t end up all that convinced that Blair and Sterling were actually good at it— good enough that Bowser would be willing to split his earnings with these two random underaged girls.) The twins are able to get into places Bowser can't, and they have physically captured some suspects, so I think they are pretty good at bounty hunting. Grading on a scale, of course, seeing as they're teenagers and untrained amateurs. 1 Share this post Link to post
ladle 7.8k September 14, 2020 32 minutes ago, PinkRibbons said: Some wealthy parents have their children get jobs to show them what it's like to have to work for their own pay. Plus with Miles's mother being a senator, it's good optics for her son to be seen outside of the ultra-privileged life he presumably leads. I think this is a valid explanation, but I wish it had been addressed on the show - even in a throwaway line or two - since it did seem a bit incongruous. 1 Share this post Link to post
Thomas Crown 277 September 20, 2020 Another fan here! The show is fantastic and crossing fingers for a season # 2. I did get a Buffy vibe from a lot of the dialogue on the show. The cliffhanger wasn't too bad IMO as from reading the comments above, I was expecting something much more dramatic such as the final scene showing Bowser getting shot or one of the girls getting kidnapped. 1 Share this post Link to post
Angeleyes 2.3k October 5, 2020 Netflix has decided against a season 2. I’m sad because this show was fun and I liked the characters. https://deadline.com/2020/10/teenage-bounty-hunters-canceled-netflix-one-season-1234591514/ 5 Share this post Link to post
Cementhead 17.4k October 5, 2020 Aw Man, that sucks! I highly enjoyed this show. ☹️ I am still mad at Netflix for cancelling Santa Clarita Diet and now this. They make really shitty decisions often. 2 Share this post Link to post
dubbel zout 75.0k October 5, 2020 I really liked this show, too. It was breezy fun. Netflix is pretty ruthless when it comes to cancellation. I guess something has to give so that Ryan Murphy, Shonda Rhimes, et al., can get paid. Share this post Link to post
Cranberry 7.0k October 6, 2020 Damnit. This has been my favorite new show in quite some time. I hope someone else can pick it up, although I can't see it getting a second season anytime soon considering it films in Atlanta, which is not doing so well with the Covid situation. Share this post Link to post