The title for this show is very fitting. Everything still happens around you no matter what you are going through or where you are. Everything is happening all at once to everyone but when someone is severely ill, it is hard to feel like what you are going through is still valid and important. This show is about a girl with anorexia who has just been released from the hospital, not because she is ‘better’ but for freedom. It does a fantastic job of showing how when someone is suffering with an extreme illness such as this, everyone close to that person is affected whether they have their own problems going on or not.
I personally find that this show can be comparable to Euphoria; a show about a girl with a drug addiction and how that affects everyone around her. They are two very different shows but both of them give a good example of how the individual who is suffering must feel. However, Euphoria is more drama focused and shows us that life keeps happening around the one who is suffering. Whereas Everything Now goes deeper into how everyone around the person suffers as a result of the individual's illness. Especially when that person has no intention to get better.
While the show is somewhat informative, I will say it is nowhere near as entertaining as Euphoria. It is possible that the show wasn’t made for that sort of entertainment but a show is supposed to make you want to keep watching.
The plot could have been a little bit more exciting, and you can see where it tried. This girl (Mia) has a tightly knit group of friends known as Becca, Cameron and Will. Amongst this group, the show attempts to humour the audience while remaining bittersweet and a story about a teenager in school. The humour doesn’t always fly and through the show it feels like the only thing it was successful with was being bittersweet. I binged it so you don’t have to and while it is only an 8 episode easy binge, I do have some warnings for you. So let’s dive into the good, the bad and the ugly. The second half of the show is far more entertaining than the first. I sat through the first four episodes wondering when this show would really grab my attention because honestly it was boring. The plot had a very slow build and dragged out a lot of unnecessary scenes. Whether it was to fill the 40 to 50 minute time they have per episode or not, I cannot say but I do believe that this show would thrive if each episode was 20 minutes instead. This way, I wouldn’t be waiting for the episode to be over.
The one thing I did like was how casual they were with characters who were a part of the LGBT+ community. It portrayed how it should be in reality. They didn’t outwardly label certain characters as gay or bisexual or anything. Each character just was who they were and liked who they liked. There was no overdose and shoving sexuality down the audience's throat like many shows do. Each character simply existed and dated who they wanted to without judgement, labels and discrimination.
The concept behind the show is brilliant and the messages within it are so important, especially as it is about such a sensitive subject. To put it simply, the idea was good but it could have been made into something so much better. Even the soundtrack is so bizarre. Sometimes the music is almost like the music from Euphoria and other times it randomly plays UK drill. I know the show is set in London but drill does not work with a show about anorexia. Whoever's idea that was might want to rethink that one. If I was to give this show a rating out of 5, it would have to be a 2.5 or 3 at best. There are far better shows and movies about sensitive subjects such as anorexia that are far better than this one.
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