Amber (2014)
2/10
no ending; 4 hours wasted AVOID!!!!!
26 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Good concept with no ending which totally ruins it.

After the second episode I was getting annoyed at just repetition of the story. You see how each element of the first episode expands into the other episodes but the story never moves and it's just about the same search over and over that never resolves itself. The show's co-creator, after the uproar at the lousy ending does share that she's dead by drowning but how or why is not even mentioned.

Which brings us back to the last episode and towards the end Dad's taking pictures of a new suspect; the guy on the beach with his dog. We are to wonder if that was a "possible" killer who supposedly drowned her (the fliers in the water was the writer's "clue" to the viewer according to the co-creator) but at this point I could care less and of course it never went anywhere because fortunately this was almost over

The plot had really cheesy "possible" suspects which now just looks like weak writing afterwards.

Honestly the concept of different perspectives sounded great but the weak writing and the unresolved ending that one spent 4 episodes to wrap up with at the end but didn't work as it kept you waiting (and not giving up) and turning the channel until you found out nothing. I so wish I could swear right now but that would not be very appropriate. Avoid avoid avoid!!!!!!!
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