That might be largely in part to the fact that the supernatural elements don't attempt to run the show. This is a murder mystery with supernatural elements and scientific shenanegins that also happens to involve teenagers.
It is difficult for me to pinpoint why I liked the show....
... the acting is decent, but sometimes falters
... the were-transformation was a lovely departure from most that I'd seen
... There are no truly likable characters. They have their moments, but for the most part, they let you down.
... The WTF factor slowly fades as the episodes go on, but it's still annoyingly vague.
The thing that made me less than likely to finish the series is a moment when one of the two main teenage boys rapes one of his classmates and then compells her (because he's an Upir - ukranian type of vamp) to forget it happened and dream of something nice.
Now, as a character device, I'm not upset by this. What irks me, is that we're supposed to then still see him as a sympathetic character. Something I'm not okay with.
In the next episode he goes into a coma and has a dream-journey of sorts.... casting himas the victim in some bigger plot. Which is fine, but don't ask me to feel sorry for him - especially when his own victim appears to him in this state and he shows no remorse.
What might have been a refreshing and interesting take on this overpopulated theme is ruined by that attempt to make a rapist into "not the bad guy."
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