I. Mega-Hit-Hit-Hit-Hit-T-Lion Drama on Marlene King, "Beautiful Little Liars", opens with a direct pilot episode. In the cold open in the episode, a young girl disappears during sleep, setting the scene for a year -long time dispute jumping Else Girls who were there when it happened. The missing girl, Allison Dilaurentis (Sasha Peters), has not yet been found, but her friends collectively get threatening messages from a particular "A", which seems to know a lot about each of their deepest, darkest secret. Over time, we (along with girls) learn more about that fateful night, along with the complicated dynamics of the central group with each other, especially with the middle spirit of Alikent. There is a lot of drama and intrigue here to get rid of, as this is a show that depends on the dialogue and red herring to create a convoluted mystery without obvious solutions.

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As confusing and thematic if it is "fairly small liars" at times, the show accepts its unstoppable sensibilities without compromise and devotes itself to them (Similar to the absurd, stunning CW series, Riverdale.) A sandwich between the unpredictable mystery and the brutal teenage drama is a huge piece of moments of shame, which often feel like cartoons. However, these aspects were played so often and so intense that "pretty small liars" feels better about where this brand of extreme camp is well mixed with the show's fabric. Given the popularity of the series, "beautiful little liars" ran for seven seasons and ended up with a controversial but unforgettable final final, leaving fans to quarrel for more. As a result, three (!) Spin-offs were ordered in fast succession, but each of them gave up quite early due to a combination of factors.

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When the first "Ravenswood" was released, it appeared as a spin-off that had the greatest potential, as the series had a direct relationship with the parental show in the form of a character: Kaleb (Tyler Blackburn). Despite this strong relationship, "Ravenswood" failed to expose the interest of the audience or regain the essence of the mega-popular teenage series, it was a decline. What exactly did it go wrong here?

Spoilers For "beautiful little liars" and "Ravenswood" to follow.

While every character in "fairly small liars" undergoes something deeply traumatic, Kaleb opposes particularly difficult circumstances for which it is impossible to simply move. A troubled foster child with a complicated view of close relationships, Kaleb has been looking for parental figures for many years (along with his real father), after being abandoned as a child. In Season 1 of the show, Caleb crosses trails with titular liars and develops intense dynamics with Hannah (Ashley Benson), whom he gradually begins to see as a source of comfort and stability. Kaleb and Hannah experience a strong, romantic bow event in "Beautiful Liars", and Kaleb's skills as a technical expert come at hand as they reveal who "A" is part of the central mystery of the show.

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After Kaleb decided to leave Roswood, he manages to do so - you guessed him - Ravenswood, but soon engaged in a supernatural mystery that can only happen in "a city where people throw parties in the cemetery". The description of Kaleb for Ravenswood is not too complemented, as it is a wonderful, eerie place that has more plates than houses, arranged neatly beside the narrow, unusual streets. The city seems to come to life and evil illnesses its residents, as the frightening things like haunted houses and cursed items are quite common here. While all this sounds fun, Ravenswood deals with the most difficult interpretation of horror tropes and does not bother to mask it with competent storytelling. Actually things often get So It turns out that the dark, shenanigans camps of liars feel infinitely superior to such a price of the genre.

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Is "Ravenswood" invincible? No, far from that. But it is an aggressively average supernatural show that has little in common with its frenetic parental series. While this would usually be a good thing (as such as Vampires 'spin-offs' "spin-off" heirs occupies new, easy access At the supernatural franchise core), "Ravenswood" fails to stand up, and her association with "fairly small liars" serves only to harm his credibility. Perhaps this is why the viewership fell from the moment the show ended its final in Season 1, dropping from 2.1 million viewers (launching) to 1.1 million viewers (less than half of the "fairly small liars" viewership steadily attracted by episode).

In case you look for spin-off "pretty little liars" that is closer to the leading series in terms of tone and item, be sure to check "Original sin", which does a great job of giving a new torque to a famous premise.