Created and co-written by Bradley Bredeweg, Peter Paige and Joanna Johnson. A sort of mix of This Life (1996) and Attachments (2000), set in LA. Adopted sisters Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) start working in law and high tech, move into communal lodgings in an old theatre, and meet bright young things: bisexual artist Gael (Tommy Martinez), vlogger Davia (Emma Hunton), den mother Alice (Sherry Cola), activist Malika (Zuri Adele); and an aged rocker Dennis (Josh Pence).
Stories centre around teething problems - what's going on with Judge Roger Bart's son - working in all-male environment - and a court case involving the shooting of an unarmed black man. Most intriguing and fun is the growing relationship with Mariana and her seemingly autistic boss T.J. Linnard. Lots of stuff about gender and sexuality and race.
Quite a loud show - music blaring all over. Has an editing motif reused frequently involving displaced sound, as well as a trendy flashback device (thus Callie flirting with Gael is shown after we've seen them bonking) to make it extra 'cool'. Also often used is a scene where something imaginary happens, then the real scene.
With Beau Mirchoff, Ben Kirby, Sarunas J Jackson, Dhruv Uday Singh, Daisy Eagan, Kara Wang (Alice's annoying ex), Charlie Bodin (obnoxious team leader).
Oh, I see... This is actually a sequel to the five season The Fosters, which is the initial story of how troubled care home teenager is adopted by two lesbians, and is a juvenile delinquent, with the same key cast, also created by Bredeweg / Paige.
That photo, that was so nicely animated in the cannabis cookies episode - the brave, fifteen year old Elizabeth Eckford was one of nine students sent to Little Rock School in Arkansas in 1957 who faced a storm of racist abuse:
After 13 episodes I'm still not really sure what I think of it. Which in itself I guess tells you something.
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