There’s AI slop and then there’s Netflix slop. Holy dear mother, this series was horrible. I can surely tell you one thing: this ain’t even remotely a drop in the ocean good compared to Stranger Things. From the producers of Stranger Things (the Duffer Brothers) and this is the slop that ends up getting put out? Like, how is that even possible? What were they thinking? Even if it was just a blatant cash grab, this was the best they could come up with? Is it even true they had anything to do with this shit show, and not just receiving a check to get their names stamped on the poster? You’d think with the infinite amount of money that Netflix has, someone up top somewhere would have told them that this show’s premises is not that great. But then I realize that’s absurd because Netflix’s model for awhile now seems to be quantity over quality, and it seems to continue even now, as evident with The Boroughs. My GODDD this slop is just putrid awful.

So in Stranger Things, we had an awesome cast of young talent to carry the series. Here in The Boroughs, we have the extreme opposite end of the spectrum. I’m obviously okay with that — otherwise I wouldn’t even have bothered with the series. You just have to entertain me with said characters and story. That, unfortunately, this show utterly failed to do at almost every single level. So I’m able to suspend my disbelief. This is a sci-fi series, and I was genuinely surprised right from the very first episode when a freaky multi-legged monster appeared that this series was going to swing that way. But as the episodes go by, the show just failed to keep it interesting. The extremely shallow characters, the clichés, and the extremely horrible and uninspired writing/script ultimately culminated in a finale episode that, once again, showed how they had no damn clue what they were doing and had to wrap it all up as quickly as possible — because even they had to know that this crap was not going to get renewed for a season two, and thank goodness for that. I do feel bad when a show I dislike gets cancelled, but only because of the viewers who genuinely liked it. On the bright side, at least The Boroughs didn’t end on a cliffhanger.

So, we have creatures sucking and collecting the brain juice of elderly citizens at night. The creatures then deposit brain juice to Mother, which keeps her alive. Her blood gets harvested by villains, who drink it and, as an effect, are kept from aging and able to live forever. But they’re looking for a different method because it’s not having a strong enough effect anymore. A group of residents discover the scheme, but of course it will be hard to get anyone to believe them because of senility, dementia, and all that. Oh, and the bad guys are allergic to bright lights. I think I got all that right. Once again, I’m OK with this. You just have to make it fun and interesting, which by now, of course, you know it didn’t do that for me. I think it’s a common thing I notice with so many Netflix titles where so much time is wasted on things that just feel like filler. Like, the characters go through this weird cookie-cutter template of doing things that, while yes, it pushes the story forward bit by bit, it just feels somehow hollow, lifeless, and boring. I only regret I can’t explain this any better, but The Boroughs is one perfect example of this phenomenon. I can guess that it may have something to do with the whole quantity over quality thing over at Netflix.

Anyway, that ending episode. It’s quite sad if it wasn’t so hilarious as to how bad it was. I mean, what happened to the whole stolen quartz angle? In the beginning, we learn that quartz material was mysteriously disappearing, but I didn’t catch anything about it after the season ended. It likely past me by but maybe it had something to do with the tree and the whole peach thing? What about the part where Blaine somehow miraculously teleports to the cave at the very end to confront Sam? It’s hilarious because you can tell at this point they are desperately trying to wrap everything up. One second we get the cliché hand movement of Blaine because of course he doesn’t perish outside the house along with Anne. Sam drives Mother to the orchid tree, which is pretty damn far out, and once they get there, guess who shows up right after? It’s so damn hilarious. Oh, and that scene where Sam had to get a cigarette for a patient so she can “remember” and be herself again? Cracked me right up at how hilariously bad it was. It somehow reminded me of that scene where Neo in The Matrix was talking with The Oracle in her house. 🤣 🤣 There are a couple of other things, but at this point, why even bother kicking a dead horse. As always, maybe turning this into a movie would have been a better idea. Hell, make it two or three hours long if you have to. With the infinite money glitch going on at Netflix, what do they care?