Just finished watching Season 1 of Wentworth... and I have feelings!
Alright first off... when you watch it... DO NOT read the episode descriptions on Netflix before watching an episode... and DO NOT go on IMDB of the show. Sooo many spoilers. I looked ahead at the episode descriptions and that ruined one huge plot point that would have been a very shocking twist... and when I went on IMDB and saw the number of episodes another character was in... that spoiled another twist and I put two and two together and figured out what was going to happen... so a lot of the end of season 1 was spoiled for me because of that. It was still really good and how everything happened was good... but I didn't need to know it until I watched the episode. Lol.
I should probably give a description of what the show is about too... because I didn't hear about it until my friends all started watching it. It is an Australian show about a woman's prison. The subject matter is similar to Orange is the new black... and the storytelling aspect of it is also similar... but the tone makes the 2 shows completely different and good in their own way. While Orange is The New Black has a lot of comic relief... this doesn't have nearly as much. They have no specific characters where their job is just comic relief. There are funny moments... but there aren't that many and most of it is kind of serious.
The first episode was also pretty action packed... it was as dramatic as this season of Orange is The New Black... it took so long for Litchfield to start a riot... but there was a riot at Wentworth in the first episode and the end of the season was even more dramatic! I'm going to keep this spoiler free... but it was intense for the whole season.
I believe this first season also benefited from having only 10 episodes. There was only one episode that was almost a bit of a lull. It was pretty early on in the season though... so we were just getting to know characters and it did a good job of that. The episode I'm talking about is The Velvet Curtain... which was a good episode... but Bea's story in this episode kind of sucked. She was barely in the episode... but she's sort of the main character and her part was just kind of boring. It was kind of funny and sad and I'm sure it'll be brought up more later on... but it didn't need to go on as long as it did. Maybe that's just me being a prude... but I don't think so. They just kind of went on and on about masturbation and I didn't think they needed that.... lol. Anyway- having 10 episodes as opposed to the 13 OITNB has definitely helped the pace a lot. The other seasons are all 12 episodes... so that might be good or bad. It seemed like they skipped an episode with the Debbie storyline. Like when she was saying her mom was ignoring her at visits... didn't seem that way. Maybe I missed something- but her story felt a bit rushed in that respect.
I think my favorite character is Jaques... just because she's so interesting... I was team Frankie all the way.... but Jaques was this real badass character that came off as a "Martha Stewart" type... but she and her husband were both behind bars because the "family business" involved killing people!... so that was kind of unexpected... I was kind of upset with how her story ended... it just seemed like there could be more there... had it been Orange Is The New Black... we would have known everything about her... but yeah. It's not... and that's a little bit of a sad comparison of this show.
So as much as I LOVED this show when I first watched it... and when I did this review... after kind of reflecting on it more... it's only okay. I started the second season and... I just had no real desire to continue on with it... my favorite characters were gone... I kind of liked the storyline with the Warden that they had at the end of the show... and then she just disappeared and I didn't like the new warden they had... Idk. I'll wait a little bit to watch each season... I liked the first season... but I didn't love it!
Byeee!
-Shannon
Alright first off... when you watch it... DO NOT read the episode descriptions on Netflix before watching an episode... and DO NOT go on IMDB of the show. Sooo many spoilers. I looked ahead at the episode descriptions and that ruined one huge plot point that would have been a very shocking twist... and when I went on IMDB and saw the number of episodes another character was in... that spoiled another twist and I put two and two together and figured out what was going to happen... so a lot of the end of season 1 was spoiled for me because of that. It was still really good and how everything happened was good... but I didn't need to know it until I watched the episode. Lol.
I should probably give a description of what the show is about too... because I didn't hear about it until my friends all started watching it. It is an Australian show about a woman's prison. The subject matter is similar to Orange is the new black... and the storytelling aspect of it is also similar... but the tone makes the 2 shows completely different and good in their own way. While Orange is The New Black has a lot of comic relief... this doesn't have nearly as much. They have no specific characters where their job is just comic relief. There are funny moments... but there aren't that many and most of it is kind of serious.
The first episode was also pretty action packed... it was as dramatic as this season of Orange is The New Black... it took so long for Litchfield to start a riot... but there was a riot at Wentworth in the first episode and the end of the season was even more dramatic! I'm going to keep this spoiler free... but it was intense for the whole season.
I believe this first season also benefited from having only 10 episodes. There was only one episode that was almost a bit of a lull. It was pretty early on in the season though... so we were just getting to know characters and it did a good job of that. The episode I'm talking about is The Velvet Curtain... which was a good episode... but Bea's story in this episode kind of sucked. She was barely in the episode... but she's sort of the main character and her part was just kind of boring. It was kind of funny and sad and I'm sure it'll be brought up more later on... but it didn't need to go on as long as it did. Maybe that's just me being a prude... but I don't think so. They just kind of went on and on about masturbation and I didn't think they needed that.... lol. Anyway- having 10 episodes as opposed to the 13 OITNB has definitely helped the pace a lot. The other seasons are all 12 episodes... so that might be good or bad. It seemed like they skipped an episode with the Debbie storyline. Like when she was saying her mom was ignoring her at visits... didn't seem that way. Maybe I missed something- but her story felt a bit rushed in that respect.
I think my favorite character is Jaques... just because she's so interesting... I was team Frankie all the way.... but Jaques was this real badass character that came off as a "Martha Stewart" type... but she and her husband were both behind bars because the "family business" involved killing people!... so that was kind of unexpected... I was kind of upset with how her story ended... it just seemed like there could be more there... had it been Orange Is The New Black... we would have known everything about her... but yeah. It's not... and that's a little bit of a sad comparison of this show.
So as much as I LOVED this show when I first watched it... and when I did this review... after kind of reflecting on it more... it's only okay. I started the second season and... I just had no real desire to continue on with it... my favorite characters were gone... I kind of liked the storyline with the Warden that they had at the end of the show... and then she just disappeared and I didn't like the new warden they had... Idk. I'll wait a little bit to watch each season... I liked the first season... but I didn't love it!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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