I went in expecting this series to suck and during episode one, I thought I was right. Episode one is cutesy but also shows that it's apparently going to be a murder mystery??? It just didnt jive to me. Ive never been so glad I stuck a show out because oh my god did I get invested.

I am desperate for season two. Please make season two. Dear god the cliffhanger at the end????? Im so hype for season two!!

Okay, let's get into this:

The couples are all a mess but in different ways that were all a mix of fun and frustrating to watch. One couple is BDSM heavy and makes you root for them so hard until suddenly one part of "safe, sane, consenual" is thrown out the window.

Another couple is quite literally "omg step bro what are you doing" but with a girl thrown in for funsies. And then thrown off a building for less funsies.

The last couple is a more typical BL set up with a straight guy jerking a gay guys chain but both are muffins so you cant just root for one of them and hate the other.

I love each and every one of them. I'm aggressively invested in all of them. I've never yelled at my screen this much, but god they just make all the worst decisions and it is BRILLIANT.

The murder mystery part of the plot becomes more interesting in the later episodes when everything is so messy that its possible to forget theyre in high school (which, seriously, is this euphoria verse??? The only thing missing is drugs). I won't say more to avoid spoiling that but this series really would be a ten if they'd had 12 episodes to really flesh things out. Considering the run time, I didn't remove stars despite it needing the audience to make some leaps on their own.

This was a wildly fun watch. Im still reeling because I was actively not expecting it to be good but I had the time of my life to the point that I'm about to go rewatch it!

(And you should watch it too, it's very fun I promise okay bye)