Netflix original series ‘Sense 8’ brings people together around the globe
Jessy Forsmo-Shadid | Rawr Reviews
Other than trying to procrastinate some summer homework, I was on a search for the perfect show to binge watch. So I hit up Netflix, where many college students go to with a bowl of ice cream and sweat pants.
One of the most popular options is “Orange is the New Black.” Watched it, loved it. There’s “Bob’s Burgers.” Watched it and connected with Tina Belcher on a soulful level.
Flipping through all the shows Netflix had to offer, I quickly realized that I spend way too much time on Netflix. That doesn’t matter though. I was determined to not do my homework and get lost in someone else’s story.
Jessy Forsmo-Shadid
Then I found a new show on Netflix that I had not yet watched. The new show is called “Sense 8.” It’s a show about many characters around the world that share a strange connection between the eight of them.
I’ll just go ahead and talk about the beautiful characters in the show.
There is a Chicago policeman named Will. His father was also a policeman and he was part of the reason why Will has a strange and amazing talent of picking the locks off of handcuffs.
Will has the biggest connection with a woman named Riley who is a DJ in London. She spends her time with men who do too many drugs and desperately wants to see her father in Iceland. Her journey throughout the show is incredibly sad, but it explains the reason why she is where she is in her life.
Wolfgang is one of the most dangerous characters in the show. Living in Germany, he deals with the death of his abusive father and all the events that come after it. Though he is a vengeful man, he finds out that he can connect with seven people around the world, including a woman in India named Kala, who is being forced to marry a man she does not love.
Another character is Capheus. He lives in Kenya with his sick mother. Throughout the show, you can see he is willing to do anything to give his mother the medicine she needs, even if that means fighting off dangerous thieves or hijackers with the help of Sun.
Sun is a woman with incredible fighting skills and has to be the toughest character on the show. After promising her dying mother that she would take care of her brother, she ends up suffering in prison for him when he embezzled money from their father’s company.
There are also characters on the show that are a part of the LGBT community. Nomi, a trans-woman, has to fight against the discrimination she receives from her own family. Then there is Lito, a Mexican actor who tries to hide his boyfriend and his sexuality from the public.
There are many characters in this show, but somehow everything makes sense. All of their connections are based off of strong, intense emotions the characters are feeling at each moment. It’s a big triangle of love, danger and sex.
If you ever feel like procrastinating, go ahead and watch this Netflix original. There’s only one season, therefore you don’t have to waste a whole week of your life catching up on it.
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