User Review

There's some fun to this show, mostly in how it doesn't take itself too seriously, and draws on high school movie tropes from the 80s and 90s. It's a form of fiction we haven't seen much of, but the mixture of millennial thinking sort of demonstrates why. Really, the apocalypse just serves as a wacky setting for a standard high school hi-jinks movie, complete with the original from Ferris Bueller's day off. Some of the references, and lines are a clash, sometimes as a result the show begins to take itself too seriously again, or it otherwise breaks the mood. And I feel, it will fall flat on gen z who generally are less caught up in identity, take life less seriously and see it more or less as just another color in the pallet. Equally if falls a bit flat for people who grew up with movies of this town - gen x'ers. Most millennial's wouldn't care too much for the genre, and progressives would appreciate the inclusion except for the hierarchy driven high school setting re-pleat with its occasional macho direction. In the end, it sort of feels more like a movie makers pet project, rather than something directed at an actual existing audience. That said, it's probably better than a lot of stuff on the CW. If you are completely stuck for something to watch, and don't mind something goofy, you could do worse. But if you want something silly you could probably also do a lot better.