Dramatic events at the senior prom (season 2's finale) send a seismic shock through the lives of the students of King High. Relationships break apart, start up, or are reforged in new ways as the group all seek to come to terms with what happened and find their paths and passions (both romantic and otherwise) in life.
The final season of South of Nowhere runs a few episodes longer than the first two did, but it still feels a bit over-stuffed with ... well, stuff. There are multiple new characters introduced, new romances begun (and old ones ended or resumed), and pretty much all the drama that comes with the end of high school and the first inklings of "oh jeez, I have to work out what I am doing with my life".
I can only dimly remember that time of my own life, occurring as it did in the Late Cretaceous era, but it was much less fraught than what's going on here. Of course, none of my friends were emancipated minors with multiple millions of dollars to their name.
Which probably sounds rather soap opera-ish as a plot point ... and well honestly that's what South of Nowhere was: an updated Beverly Hills 90210 with a lot of financially-privileged and attractive young people making out and making mistakes. The big difference was basically this show's decision to make a same-sex relationship the core of the show. And hey, for that act of representation I have to applaud it. Plus, sudsy stuff can be quite good fun, at times.
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