xjewelzbabiixx Review of The Innocents

The Innocents (2018)

Wonderfully done cinematically, terrible plot holes

[5/10 · 14 September 2018]

I loved this show as I was first watching it the whole way through. The music is great, the acting is good and the premise is very interesting. HOWEVER, shortly after finishing it I noticed a massive plot hole that I don't know why hasn't been addressed. This entire show, literally the entire basis of this show, is dependent on the pennines five. It's why June's Dad is so worried about her isolation, it's why June's mom went away, it's why Henry's Dad is stuck, it's why Henry's Mom is so preocupied, it's all about the Pennines five from the very beginning. The whole incident was because Elaine touched other people while in her shifted form. This is the biggest impact shifting can have on a person, they get stuck because the shifter doesn't shift back before touching someone else. So WHY is June able to hold Henry's hand when fleeing from the hospital as the nurse? Why is June able to KISS Henry in the night club after shifting into her friend? Why did June never shift into Henry in either of those cases, but the moment she's shifted into Henry and his mom touches her, she becomes Henry's Mom? Cam holds June's bare arms down while shifted into Henry and that didn't hurt him, why not ?? And also, why would Elaine have gone running through the streets as Henry's Dad anyway? She knew she had shifted, she knew she wasn't herself, and she goes immediately to a pub to get a drink, abandoning the man she supposedly loved so much she couldn't control herself? I'm ultimately really disappointed in the sloppy climax developed by the writers of this show while everyone else is putting on a phenomenal performance.