Review of Clickbait

Clickbait (2021)
7/10
Great whodunnit until the final episode
27 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This is certainly an odd one. I binged this in one day, because it genuinely is that addictive. It's unique and shows all the characters' flaws and strengths. (For example, a lot of people complain about the sister, Pia, but I honestly liked her for the most part because I have an unfortunately similar demeanor, but because of it could see how she was not the type to drop the case and move on or at least calm down, like so many told her to.) But some characters are indeed annoying depending on how you feel you would handle the circumstances, essentially.

However, there are flaws.

Teens and young adults are apparently able to dig more info more quickly than detectives in this most of the time. The season could have ended after episode 2 or 3 if a certain character had been honest about a lie told for no reason. Literally no reason. And secondly, if IP addresses were examined as soon as info on that matter came to light.

Finally, I felt extremely let down by the final episode. The culprit is a bizarre choice with an incredibly flimsy motive the entire way. After 7 episodes of being extremely invested in the characters and examining their interactions, the 8th and final episode felt like I may have just wasted the past 8 hours. It also feels rushed.

It's good, and there's a ton of red herrings as others have said to amp up the mystery. But the ending really is... lackluster. There are other twists they could have chosen that would have been much better quality viewing even if they were more potentially predictable. I can't really address my gripes fully without spoiling, though, so just be warned that you too may not find that the conclusion does the series justice. But it truly IS a very entertaining watch.
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