<em>The Innocents</em> Is the Most Netflixy Drama Yet
The new eight-part supernatural series about teenagers on the run feels like a weaker mishmash of other streaming hits.
by Sophie Gilbert
Aug 24, 2018
3 minutes
If isn’t the most Netflixy dramatic series ever made, it’s at least a contender. It’s the kind of show where every element feels directly lifted from another Netflix hit and mashed up into a slightly awkward creation. There’s the doomed but touchingly pure teenage romance (). The young couple running away together with minimal planning and for reasons that are lightly sketched at best (). The misfit with strange gifts being pursued by a doctor with vague intentions (). And the fact that about two
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