Good Trouble - review

I discovered Good Trouble, a spin off another series I haven't seen (The Fosters), by chance, lurking on iPlayer.

The show is in its third season and is, to be frank, a wet dream of wokeness. Gammons should stay well clear of this or their already congested heads will most definitely explode.

The show covers pretty much ever subject that would make the average Dail Mail reader froth at the mouth at the very thought of them: from feminism and the gender pay gap, to polyamory, bisexuality, lesbian adopting parents, gender non-conformity, body image, left-wing policies, or systemic racism and black lives matter (two of the movement's founders actually play themselves in several episodes). It's queer, it's diverse, it's inclusive.

And what is great about it is that it doesn't wallow. Yes, things can be bad but it is first and foremost an affirming and empowering show, where, in a world that, let's face, isn't always understanding and welcoming (to say the least), minorities, on the whole, get to win against the system.

The show is centred around adoptive sisters Mariana (an app developer) and Callie (a trainee lawyer) who both move to LA to start new jobs, and join an "intentional community" (a trendy flatshare for fairly middle-class people).

It follow this group of twentysomethings, their loves and fears, like any similar show, with the added bonus of all its "serious" themes churning in the background, which give it some depth.

The second series with its 18 episodes, tends to drag on a little, and could have been beneficially trimmed down, it is rather good fun.

I surprised there hasn't been more noise around this show, although perhaps my ears don't hang out in the right places.

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