Nerdy Owl Books: Star-Crossed

***SPOLIER ALERT*** this post will contain some spoilers so beware.

Let's talk about the TV show Star-Crossed from the CW Network. I have a lot of feelings about this show. It starts off on Arrival Day on September 17, 2014 when the Atrians ship crashes on Earth. The humans assume they're invading and that leads to conflict between the Artians and Humans. A small Atrian boy runs away and ends up in the shed of the Whitehill family where their young daughter Emery finds him and takes care of him. Eventually soldiers come and take the boy away rather violently, leaving Emery thinking he's dead.

Flash forward ten years the government is starting an integration program with seven Atrian students who live in a militarized sector simply referred to as "the Sector". Out of the seven Atrians we only ever really see and interact with four: Roman, Sophia, Teri, and Drake. There are two unnamed boys and one unnamed girl. Roman is the boy Emery helped when she was a child and they get to meet again in high school. Thought the thirteen episode season we are introduced to some really great characters with depth. There's Grayson, son of the terrorist leaders of the anti-Atrian hate group the Red Hawks, Eric the bigot who learns tolerance, Emery the girl who loves Roman and wants integration to work, Gloria Garcia the teacher/government lady who is fighting for integration for her secret half-Atrian son to name a few. Each character is three dimensional and the more I learn about them the more I like them. There's political intrigue, teen angst and drama, a love triangle, the recipe for a good show even if it does have DPS (Disappearing Parent Syndrome). Except that it got cancelled before the season even finished airing in the United States and before it even premiered overseas.

This show had the most interesting premise of a show to come out in years. It was reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement in the sense that these aliens the Atrians are just trying to work towards living freely in America peacefully with humans. Plus the characters don't do annoying things like not talking to each other and being honest so there aren't a ton of misunderstandings and when there's an issue that our cast of teens can't solve the go to adults for help. I will always regret that this show didn't get another season because from the first episode I became inthralled and captivated by the stories and characters. I binge watched the first twelve episodes in a matter of days and then went back and rewatched them all with Caitie so she and I could watch the final thirteenth episode and weep together.

This show has a lot of predictable moments but I attribute that more to how the CW always sets up their shows v.s. an actual flaw with the show. There were several times when the show surprised me and how some things that you would think would be a huge issue turn into a non-issue. I also love the character development that happens in this show. I highly recommend it for anyone who is strong enough to stomach dealing with another fantastic show being cancelled before there was any conclusion or resolution to the show. It ends on a huge cliff hanger that I will never recover from.