People are taking to social media and enthusing about a new TV series that landed in the streaming platform’s top ten following its debut.
One fan pens: “I will never stop talking about this masterpiece.”
Another adds: “Go watch this show. Best thing I’ve seen on Netflix in a long time.”
“It kept me on the edge of my seat the entire way through,” someone else says.
A fourth person writes: “My only complaint is I didn’t watch it sooner!”
“I watched them all yesterday!” shares a fifth fan.
Picked up for a second season by Netflix, the show is also being lauded by critics.
Alex Godfrey of Empire writes: “An impressively unpredictable show pulsating with vitality and urgency.”
Decider‘s Pat Stacey adds: “It’s one that keeps a foot planted firmly in a recognizably real world. Excellent.”
While The Guardian‘s Leila Latif says it’s a ‘sprawling sci-fi drama strikingly performed, bracingly plotted and its characters are up there with prestige TV’s finest.’
The show also has a hugely impressive score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes – a feat not easily accomplished.
Compared to hit shows such as NBC’s Heroes and classics like Channel 4’s Misfits, the series follows a group of normal people in modern-day South London who suddenly develop superpowers.
It’s made up of an ensemble cast including Tosin Cole, Adelayo Adedayo, Josh Tedeku, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba, Ghetts, Digga D, and Eddie Marsan.
Created by British rapper, record producer, and screenwriter Andrew Onwubolu MBE, best known by his stage name Rapman, the series aims to answer ‘what a normal person would do if they had powers.’
In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Rapman said he’s keen to ‘open doors for more high caliber, Black stories.’