The first season finale of Sam Levinson's messy series starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd makes you wonder what could have been.
’s problems aren’t limited to its gratuitous nudity or juvenile eroticism. The show is dogged by a thin plot and an incoherent narrative. Storylines are blithely picked up and discarded, their remains haunting attentive viewers. Character development? Who needs it. The show is suspiciously incurious about its gallery of maladjusted personas. The acting leaves much to be desired, as does the haphazard pacing.
The bulk of Jocelyn’s pivot happened in “Stars Belong to the World,” a bizarre, kitchen-sink fourth episode that includes tears, torture and tension between Jocelyn and Tedros . In it, the pop star learns that her record label offered back-up dancer Dyanne her single, and stumbles upon the real reason she met Tedros that night at his club. What seemed serendipitous was actually calculated.
That fourth episode introduced several things worth digging into: Jocelyn’s relationship to Dyanne and her creative director Xander hint at a more sinister side of celebrity, and raise meaningful questions about the star’s motivations.
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