Never Have I Ever (Netflix) S01: A
- Juan S. Gonzalez
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min read
This series got released into the streaming service at the beginning of the week (a couple of weeks ago), and that is a very bad sign. Netflix usually delivers on Fridays their strong cards and release earlier on the week other series that might not have a good reception.
When I saw that it was a Monday release I though oh oh, this doesn't look good. But was pleasantly surprised from the first episode.
The charisma of Maitreyi Ramakrishnan who plays the starring role of Devi, is so good that she wins you from her first scene. And her chemistry with the rest of the cast is equally good delivering us a funny story that you just can't help but go on to the next episode and don't wanting to stop.
Devi is a high schooler that wants to become more popular, date the hot guy and have a full high school experience. She is also a little bit bossy with her best friends Fabiola and Eleanor (played by Lee Rodriguez and Ramona Young), and pushes them to get out of their confort zone so that the three of them can fit in with the popular students. While at the same time mourning her father and navigating the complicated lifestyle of Indian-Americans, specially pleasing her mom (played by Poorna Jagannathan) who also manages to shine despite Maitreyi starlight. The scenes with the two of them are just amazing.
The show is created by Mindy Kaling and she doesn't disappoint us, even though you are not a teenager anymore I'm sure you will enjoy this series and maybe even learn a thing or two. Voices like Kaling help to diversify the characters in a way that doesn't seem obvious. Here we have a very diverse cast that feels so natural that you don't even realize about this, is natural like life itself.
Diversity is a very sensitive subject but some times it doesn't feel like they really want to mix up the cultural background but serving a cuota so to not be accused of lack of diversity. Is not like the Power Rangers that felt like they had to have one character from a different ethnic as a rule. That didn't really served to the story or helped it in any way.
Again this series hit home hard form me with the mourning of Devi's father. Every time that Moha (played by Sendhil Ramamurthy) appeared to Devi in a flashback or dream made me cry. And I'm not gonna talk of that season finale that just broke me.
Let's also hope for a renewal of this series but I'm pretty confident that it would get a second season, it seems like the series had a great response in social media, that is something that Netflix values a lot.
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