Listen , Dana had my blood pressure rising . I might’ve called her dumb a few times , cause what are you thinking ? She’s reading , and teaching others to read . Like sis aren’t you like 26? I’m sure you’ve had some history classes . And not only that , she was extremely selfish . Almost as if the rules didn’t apply to her. Just because she can leave and come back . I didn’t like how Kevin asked over and over to leave yet she wanted to stay . Now he’s stuck there. Dana can be completely inconsiderate when putting other slaves in danger . I don’t know if sis thought she was Harriet or something. But , even Harriet had a plan and worked better at this !
Sarah was the real culprit. She got everyone sick so Winnie wouldn’t take her position and not get sold. She encouraged Winnie to run and then all hell broke loose. Dana had good intentions. She thought she could improve their lives.
I also read the book a while back and I enjoyed this modern version of it. You forgot to mention the Karen next door! She was hilarious and her husband was OVER her watching their house. I can’t lie, it was very suspicious and I probably would have called the police too 😂😂
Me and my daughters binged watched it, and we absolutely loved it! And we said the same thing about Dana. Sis how you reading in this man late wife’s library 🤦🏾♀️
Girl you just got a new subscriber! Thank you for freaking out with me about this show when I don’t have anyone else to talk to. The show was kind of slow but then episodes 7 and 8 went wildddd! After hearing Sarah’s speech I’m convinced olivia and Dana just made it worse for everyone. Like she absolutely stole that scene and I’d listen to whatever she said. If I was Kevin I would be so PISSSEDDD I get the first time it was an accident I would never willingly or even convincingly bring someone back in time to potentially mess up the past and/or future. No matter how scared I was. At the start of episode 6 when they’re all giggling about how 1815 feels normal I was like….y’all done lost your minds. Like they forgot the severity of the situation until Tom made everyone starve. That pissed me offffffff
i had to read the book as my English class assignment and was captivated by it and thinking somebody needs to make a movie about this it is finally here but i don't have HULU to watch and apparently it is not exactly the way Octavio had written it. everyone needs to read the book before watching the movie. the book is an awesome read!!!
I felt like Dana's character was caught up in her privilege of freedom. She was giving me entitled and did not care how her actions affect others she really was getting on my nerves. She wasn't a likable character to me.
Well she is entitled to freedom. She is taken back in time. I am sure with all the books and historical movies we know of we still would have the same mindset. as we really cannot fathom what it was like to be born and raised during that time period….. how interesting or even realistic would the series be if she was to have a mindset of a slave coming from 2016…… I think if anything she was naive….
@wilsob15 you are absolutely right. However, she was putting others in jeopardy even after they were trying to give her guidance. She insisted on doing things her way no matter the cost to others.
I loved Dana. I thought the lead actress (Mallori Johnson) did a PHENOMENAL job of portraying the character in a very real way that was exactly how I envisioned when reading the book. She was portraying the navigation of an extremely impossible circumstance in a very REAL way. I seen alot of hate about her not doing it perfectly and honestly the show would be boring and unrealistic if she knew exactly what to do and how to act in every moment. Not to mention… it’d be completely different from the book!
Just finished the book. The book seems totally different from the series. In the book Dana and Kevin are married and it takes place in the 70s.It was so good. Saw a bit of the first episode at the screening at NYC ComicCon. I'm so glad they decided to make a series from Octavia Butlers book. This looks like it's gonna be good. About to watch it now
Love your review. Just finished watching the series and can't wait for season two. I hope the series continues to highlights the horror of chattel slavery such as the rape, horrific living conditions, not want to runaway as those left behind will endure the consequences, etc. Dana was getting on my nerves at times.
Thank You Ma'am! I was thinking the same thing about Dana all the way through the series! Dana has no sense! Also, being that she is from 2016, I would be googling things immediately on getting back to my place! From the names of people, and places to underground railroad movement and printing this stuff out to take back in time etc... ALL THE THINGS! So, I think that they can take things back in time with them but the clothes, objects and people that aren't from their time literally just vanish, EXCEPT for Dana's mom(maybe because she is a traveler like Dana?) since they are not from 2016 they can't bring them back through with them but they are also displaced from their time. Kevin has no sense either, he knows how this whole things works with calling Dana back in time, he shoulda found Rufus and scared used Olivia's poison trick to get him to summon Dana back! So, I am wondering if we will get to find out where Dana's grandmother went, I believe she was also a traveler, except who called to her and where did she go? Also, who called Olvia back in time, I am assuming it was one of Rufus' dead siblings? I also know there was mention that there was a family connection on both Dana's maternal and paternal side of the family, so did both her father's and mother's ancestors come from this plantation? If can go back and get Kevin, and bring him back to 2016... can you imagine.... he will be an old man that lived all this life and when he comes back will go back to being a man in his 20s again with only a day or two passing?!?!? Talk about messing with your head?
I had the same thoughts. The two main characters were pissing me off. Didn't they watch all the slave movies available especially because she wants to be a television writer. It does remind me of one of my favorite shows outlander. The June reference had me laughing so hard.
I Ain’t Gone Lie… you did great with this recap. Actually makes me want to finish the season. The show is hella interesting and I want to learn more about Octavia Butler’s work. Peace.
Haven’t finished the series but I read the book! -Carrie is mute, not deaf, so she has to communicate with sign language but she can understand what people say -Kevin’s sister is married to a rich older guy who’s also super racist -also Dana is smarter in the book IMO. she teaches the kids how to read but she’s really cautious about it (only uses scrap paper and burns it when she’s done) & she gets punished badly when she’s caught -also Kevin and Dana are married in the book and tbh I like that better bc even if it shows them growing apart bc of the separate lives they have to take on in the 1800s (especially after Kevin gets stuck there 😢) they stay together and they symbolize a strong bond and love between white & black people united against racism
yass the book was super good! and i agree that dana was way smarter in the book. she was no where near the. misguided youth the movie portrayed!! and i like the spin on her mom being a time traveler. that was not in the book at all! lol and i feel like dana treated keven better when he was her husband. i wonder if she is gonna lose her arm on the tv show. like the book!?
yass the book was super good! and i agree that dana was way smarter in the book. she was no where near the. misguided youth the movie portrayed!! and i like the spin on her mom being a time traveler. that was not in the book at all! lol and i feel like dana treated keven better when he was her husband. i wonder if she is gonna lose her arm on the tv show. like the book!?
I’m glad you liked it. I had high hopes and didn’t mind the modernization of the timeline but the nonsensical changes to both plot and underlying message made me nauseous. Dana should not be an idiot like she is portrayed in this version (the actress is great though) and the decision to make Kevin such a white night well meaning dude is super gross. I dunno - I have a lot of thoughts - it wasn’t just Dana that didn’t make sense, historically all of the characters were given wildly insulting character motivations and the whole script was a mess. That said, it’s been 20 plus years since I read Kindred and this show at least made me go dig through boxes in the garage to find my copy of Octavia Butler’s genius book. If you can’t wait for more I highly suggest checking out the source!
I literally just finished too. And omg I’m so sad it’s over I can’t wait til season 2. & Girl if I had a chance to go back , I’d kill all the slave owners especially the wife lol. If she would’ve threw that water in my face she would’ve met our maker. Lord forgive me. But Dana remembered her purpose and it got her through. Had she acted on impulse she wouldn’t have been able to save her ancestors.
I LOVE the book and usually I don't get pressed about directors and writers making changes to the source material but I did not like the portrayal of Dana in the show or the changes to the plot so I didn't make it past episode 1. But glad you enjoyed it! If nothing else I love that more attention is being driven to Octavia Butler and her amazing work!
I believe Sabina from E2 (the broken-footed dresser to Kevin) is the Grandmother to Dana and the mother to Celeste who got disappeared back in the 70s...Kevin sees her again at the end of S1 E8, stares at her, and tells Alice to hurry on. I hope S2 captures and explains this. Also what happened to the Patrolman from E1 that gave Dana the black eye??? Where did he land? LOTS OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SERIES. IT WAS DONE PRETTY WELL. One of the few slave shows I'll actually watch.
naw that ain’t her. he was just tripping cause he saw her get sent away. all that was so hard for him to see. if that was her granny they’d know! her momma knows what her mom looks like. u feel me. ❤️
That’s awesome it was required reading in your high school If you don’t mind me asking what state was this and what year - with all the book banning going on I am curious Thanks
The actress that played Dana was incredible and this was her first acting job she just graduated from college / My frustration when she was back in the past was how absolutely comfortable she felt in that time - I would have tried my best to get the hell out of there For real ! Kevin would not have had to tell me twice
I just finished watching this series and hands down you have given the most entertaining recap. I really wish that another network will pick it up so that it will continue on I have been waiting for a new show to get into and this is definitely it. Have you watched any other shows lately to suggest one to watch?
This was a good review!! I watched another before this one and he was very technical in his review…But you said everything I was thinking!! Down to the Handmaid’s Tale reference! Dana was pissing me off the whole time! But I am ready for season 2
I originally didn't want to watch it because I did not want to watch another slave movie/show however, I'm glad I gave it a chance. I just hope it doesn't get canceled.
This is the problem with the series against the book. The book takes place in the late 70's so a lot of those movies at that time weren't made, and in the book Kevin and Dana are married in the book.
FYI... there were plenty of movies in the 70s Miss Jane Pittman, Sounder, Roots aired in 1977. I remember going to school looking at every teacher side eyed. Oh... gone with the wind. As a black person I love that movie, it depicts way more than slavery, plus Tara was burned to the ground and the Union Army won the war. There were other movies, but those came to mind.
At 48 years old I have seen on two films pertaining to the slave era. I have an aversion to any film involving captivity which why I have prison movies as well. I have tried watching many times and just can't make it through more that 5 minutes. The films I have all the way to the end? A Woman Called Moses and the second is actually a documentary series: Ken Burns, Civil War, an excellent film for young people.
She packed the almond joy in her survival bag that she carried with her. I personally would have gone with something more substantial like a Cliff bar or something.
I never heard of a kid so prone to dying. It was ridiculous. Then, she throws out Kevin for calling her a princess, but after she gets scared of going back, she takes him with her. And I have to say Kevin is the most patient, understanding and forgiving person on the planet.
What made it realistic was Dana in real life had a lot going on with her b4 hand making poor decisions… but what really shocked me was the entitlement Why would you assume Anyone especially someone you just meet risk going back into 1800s and getting killed or stuck … I ain’t doing that for most ppl in my damn family lol….
About the entitlement - I understand what you (and others) mean, and I feel it on an individual level, but I read it as a metaphor. As a Black woman, Dana has no choice in getting pulled back and facing the brutal history of slavery, whereas Kevin has the luxury of not engaging with that heavy topic. I'm white and I read it as "white people need to face this, too, whether we like it or not. It's uncomfortable and painful, but it's our shared history." It made even more sense to me when I read that Kevin and Dana are actually married in the novel. My partner's history is something I cannot ignore, especially if I love them and care about them, it is imperative that we face this together. My partner and I actually are from different cultures, and she is racialised. I am disabled. We have a lot of this pain to share with each other and process together, and it can be depressing af. But for me, this is love and care. This is true. I don't know the details of the novel yet, but I'm curious to see how this is approached there. I might be wrong with my take after all 😆 Or it might be shown that Kevin loses himself in the process. I didn't quite know what to make of that last scene with him riding. I hope season 2 ends up happening, too
Read the book 10 years ago. Holding out on the show because of all the changes they probably made. The book takes place in 1976. The author is Octavia E. Butler
We binged the entire season 1 We watched because it wasn’t another slave show….it’s time travel family ancestor Love me some time travel movies….all of them including this one Such a cool concept and it makes you think what would you do 🤔 Dana can act and cry wow 🤩😎 Love the entire cast Bravo cast and crew 👏🏾 Edit: good questions -Don’t know where the first slave catcher went to, like you said, he just disappeared because he’s not from 2016 -I believe they made that slave rape the other slave for entertainment and if he didn’t accomplish it, there were a few more lined up, so she had to fight as long as she could until raped, then the next, then the next -Dana packed the cell phone from the bedroom when she was getting ready to run -that tea in the face moment set me off too, I was like, I’m time traveling back with that pistol from Kevin that’s in the fridge and taking everyone who’s white out including the kids and freeing the slaves 😂 -wonder if Tom will ever find out how they time travel and what he’ll do with that info if he ever knows -that entire seen with the birth of the baby while they dined and that madness was going on with the labor, deaths, digging graves and sweet Luke…..I broke down completely 😭 especially when he said he’s never going to get out of there….I felt every single emotion and tear like they were my own
Lol did she never see roots? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I agree like it's not right but she can't act suprised. This show was so good!!! I'm thirsty af for more episodes!!!
Lord have mercy, I surely do wish that i was watching this series with you. I surely did feel some kind of way, but could not put my finger on some of the scenes. The reading, clap backs, prancing around in the “big house”, her expectations etc. Whew… it was too much, but it was good.
@@JaiShanese What! This is why tv series should not leave stories open ended. What happened to the bounty hunter guy? Is her mother the same age? Will the mother stay? They should have followed the book and continued with other storylines. So many questions…
Okay so I had to read to the book . After reading I still have questions . Like the main one is who saved The little boy before ? Like obviously this story has played out . ( in the book Dana mother is not a factor ) . Secondly what happens if she refuses? Lastly why this one particular ancestor. Like is there unfinished business or something . Like I hope the series answers my question. Like is this something that her soul is going to do FOREVER? Also , is it a power that she has or is it a power that he has or both . Is the reason she’s able to go back to the future because of Rufus ? Like is he secretly repaying the favor or no? Someone help me out
@jaishanese loved your enthusiasm, so funny. Please read Kindred, it was my absolute favorite novel. I liked the changes they made for the series. My biggest question was if Rufus is an ancestor on her paternal side that Dana needed to save in order for her to be born, why was her mother there? Rufus isn’t Olivia’s relative. I don’t understand why both Dana’s mother and grandmother traveled in time. Where did her grandmother go? So many questions
@@JaiShanese I believe Dana's grandmother recently passed away in the series (for real). The paternal grandmother at least. The one in the Flashback who was smoking and talking to Olivia when she was pregnant with Dana.
Her mom was 26 and had to go so she can deliver Rufus so her daughter can be born… and her grandmother raised and protected one of his parents so Rufus could be born and so on…
I love this commentary!! I'm like, chiiiiile. SMH. Dana took hella chances, I'm lookin at her like wth you doin. Stop reading! lol! Then she would go off and investigate. I'm like girl, you in the 1800s! Just look and listen. Don't say shyt. I would change my speech and everything, lol. Kevin should of played it off and been like this my main slave, she gotta stick by my side type shyt. SMH. Then we see Sara was a gangsta. She gettin rid of descendants and setting up Winnie, poisoning folks, goddddayuum. She tried to warn Dana. Mannn, all I was thinking about was when Dana gonna get whipped, because I have to mentally prepare myself because I knew it was comin. I can't stand slave movies, but I knew if this was an adaptation of Octavia Butler's work, it was a must see! Now I gotta go read the book! :)
I feel like the point they were trying to drive with Dana's personality is the point that she has a very modern way of thinking which was harmful for THAT time to the slaves. Like many people, example Kanye West with the "Slavery was a choice" Mindset. It shows how oblivious, inconsiderate, naive and for lack of a better word... Stupid those that think that way about what slavery was! Everybody feels like if they were back in those times the easy answers they have today would be the best way to solve those problems and then poof! Slavery would have ended.🙄 It was never that simple. She exudes the ignorance of people of today who cannot fully understand what it was like to live that life. Sarah was traumatized and wanted revenge. That is a natural human reaction. I feel like Sarah gave the reality of the situations. We get this narrative that slaves had their children taken and sold or killed and moved on merrily with life on masters plantation and that was not the case. Sarah gave a raw reality of what some slaves did as revenge and a way to survive and in that it was very hard for Dana and Olivia to understand so they saw Sarah as a mean person. No, Sarah was damaged in every way possible. This series was the best I've seen this year and I plan on buying the book.
I’m glad you were able to pick that up about Sarah character as she is one of the main characters when Dana goes back in time. The writer is also very descriptive when speaking about Sarah and revealing all of the nuances of her character. I think the series did a great job in showing the complexities of Sarah.
I was dumbfounded that Dana decided to give Nigel one last lesson did she think that Kevin was gonna find her/ the last scene with Alice and Kevin alive looked older as a been gone for maybe two hours possible 3 so maybe it’s been 3 years Sadly kindred getting cancelled sucks so hopefully they get picked up for season 2 someplace else . It’s a good show and needed with all the book banning happening in the 🇺🇸
I liked it. It had some flaws but it was interesting. I think they could have found a better and more masculine man to play Kevin though. Sadly, Hulu being hulu won't approve another season.
It’s so very different from the book - however as it stands on it own the actors are extraordinary Dana and Kevin have a wonderful chemistry that being said - Dana at times did get on my nerves her willingness to just want to hang out on the pal again when Kevin was like do you want to get the hell out of dodge you wouldn’t t have had to ask me but once, I wish they both would have acted wiser . And Rufus mama was absolutely awful. I didn’t give a damn about her shitty marriage. She be alright.
Dana mama was going to move with Alice. But since Dana took her mama back to 2016 Alice was left alone. So Kevin raised her. Maybe if it didn't happen like that then Alice wouldn't have stayed and Dana wouldn't have been born.
15:00 ish to 15:16 ish I don’t know a lot about alcoholism but I thought Kevin would be drinking constantly after that. But I guess cuz he doesn’t have money to buy alcohol. That awful game was to see how long it took before Jane was r-worded by the enslaved man.
I only saw ur intro and I had to jump in the comments to say girlllll did she not see roots?!!!!! lmao I was thinking the same damn thing lol I binge watched the whole show. dana was getting on my nerves lol like so much could have been done better w her lol ugh
she could take things back in time long as shes holding it or on her body in her pockets, im shocked she left kevin back in time, im just hoping her sister aint dum enough to go back in time with her. cause those slave times werent good at all for us african americans too much hate! i cant wait season two.
Okay, then.... it's settled. I have to read the book. I'm so struggling to get thru this series on Hulu hoping it gets better but the ignorance of Dana and Kevin (who is her husband in the book) is driving me crazy because they walk around clueless, why are they both simple, one dimensional characters. It's like dumb and dumber up to episode 5. I think I may tap out on the series, this screenplay sucks. Or is it the fault of screen writer, maybe because a man adapted the story, this sister wrote.
I binged the series, and just finished reading the book. I kind of like some of the changes the show made to the book. Both the book and the series left me wondering why Dana was so adamant about saving that spoiled brat “Rufus”. The book kind of left me feeling like there was just unnecessary torture to have someone experienced slavery just their ancestral lineage continued. I did not mind too much that Dana and Kevin were not married in the tv series as not too much time was spent in the book on their marriage either (yes they’ve been married a while but not very much was stated about their marriage to make a difference to me).
That is not Derek from pvalley it’s Jason stackhouse from True Blood 😉
😂 I knew it was a white boy 😂
Ooh shit Suki’s brother
Jason Stakehouse as a slave owner was fckin my mind up. I Ain’t Gone Lie…
I kept saying I know him from somewhere. He’s a good actor. I’m like it’s Jason
Both we’re in it
Listen when she told the slave owner that she could teach him to read. Chile I was through with her after that🤦🏽♀️
😂 😂 😂 I was going to slap her myself
That's when I knew that she was about to get the whipping we saw in the beginning.
I was pissed. Tf was she thinking?
@@QueenOfTheDamned exactly she risking her life to teach a ghost from the past. Home girl was bugging.
But when the white woman threw the tea in her face I was like ..I might have to put my hands on her regardless of the period.
Listen , Dana had my blood pressure rising . I might’ve called her dumb a few times , cause what are you thinking ?
She’s reading , and teaching others to read . Like sis aren’t you like 26? I’m sure you’ve had some history classes .
And not only that , she was extremely selfish . Almost as if the rules didn’t apply to her. Just because she can leave and come back .
I didn’t like how Kevin asked over and over to leave yet she wanted to stay . Now he’s stuck there.
Dana can be completely inconsiderate when putting other slaves in danger . I don’t know if sis thought she was Harriet or something. But , even Harriet had a plan and worked better at this !
Sarah was the real culprit.
She got everyone sick so Winnie wouldn’t take her position and not get sold.
She encouraged Winnie to run and then all hell broke loose.
Dana had good intentions. She thought she could improve their lives.
she was reading w the door all wide open like anybody could have seen ... she did not care smh lol
I also read the book a while back and I enjoyed this modern version of it. You forgot to mention the Karen next door! She was hilarious and her husband was OVER her watching their house. I can’t lie, it was very suspicious and I probably would have called the police too 😂😂
😂 😂 😂 not you calling the police
Thank youuuuu!! Dana was acting very 2016ish in 1816 😂
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Me and my daughters binged watched it, and we absolutely loved it! And we said the same thing about Dana. Sis how you reading in this man late wife’s library 🤦🏾♀️
I had to pause this review, watch the whole show in a day, come back to watch this review. This is too entertaining 🤣🤣
Girl you just got a new subscriber! Thank you for freaking out with me about this show when I don’t have anyone else to talk to. The show was kind of slow but then episodes 7 and 8 went wildddd!
After hearing Sarah’s speech I’m convinced olivia and Dana just made it worse for everyone. Like she absolutely stole that scene and I’d listen to whatever she said.
If I was Kevin I would be so PISSSEDDD I get the first time it was an accident I would never willingly or even convincingly bring someone back in time to potentially mess up the past and/or future. No matter how scared I was.
At the start of episode 6 when they’re all giggling about how 1815 feels normal I was like….y’all done lost your minds. Like they forgot the severity of the situation until Tom made everyone starve. That pissed me offffffff
This!
I love this show too none of my friends watch it
"It'll all blow over" girl that's not how any of this works!
She was driving me
@@JaiShanese thats like thinking somebody gon get over their car being stolen. Winnie was his property girl
@@Missleighcarter Winnie had that WAP. He was riding people dying to get her back.
Two things here name is Dana and why was her walls so thin? 😂
i had to read the book as my English class assignment and was captivated by it and thinking somebody needs to make a movie about this it is finally here but i don't have HULU to watch and apparently it is not exactly the way Octavio had written it. everyone needs to read the book before watching the movie. the book is an awesome read!!!
I felt like Dana's character was caught up in her privilege of freedom. She was giving me entitled and did not care how her actions affect others she really was getting on my nerves. She wasn't a likable character to me.
I was ready to slap Dana 😂 she was acting up the entire time.
Well she is entitled to freedom. She is taken back in time. I am sure with all the books and historical movies we know of we still would have the same mindset. as we really cannot fathom what it was like to be born and raised during that time period….. how interesting or even realistic would the series be if she was to have a mindset of a slave coming from 2016…… I think if anything she was naive….
@wilsob15 you are absolutely right. However, she was putting others in jeopardy even after they were trying to give her guidance. She insisted on doing things her way no matter the cost to others.
im so happy we all agree on dana lol she was too annoying
@@ChocoBeauty8 everything she insisted on doing was for the sake of ensuring her existence… c’mon now
If I was Kevin, Dana would have never left my side
😂 right
I loved Dana. I thought the lead actress (Mallori Johnson) did a PHENOMENAL job of portraying the character in a very real way that was exactly how I envisioned when reading the book. She was portraying the navigation of an extremely impossible circumstance in a very REAL way. I seen alot of hate about her not doing it perfectly and honestly the show would be boring and unrealistic if she knew exactly what to do and how to act in every moment. Not to mention… it’d be completely different from the book!
Yes! Same I loved her
Just finished the book. The book seems totally different from the series. In the book Dana and Kevin are married and it takes place in the 70s.It was so good. Saw a bit of the first episode at the screening at NYC ComicCon. I'm so glad they decided to make a series from Octavia Butlers book. This looks like it's gonna be good. About to watch it now
Love your review. Just finished watching the series and can't wait for season two. I hope the series continues to highlights the horror of chattel slavery such as the rape, horrific living conditions, not want to runaway as those left behind will endure the consequences, etc. Dana was getting on my nerves at times.
Thank You Ma'am! I was thinking the same thing about Dana all the way through the series! Dana has no sense! Also, being that she is from 2016, I would be googling things immediately on getting back to my place! From the names of people, and places to underground railroad movement and printing this stuff out to take back in time etc... ALL THE THINGS! So, I think that they can take things back in time with them but the clothes, objects and people that aren't from their time literally just vanish, EXCEPT for Dana's mom(maybe because she is a traveler like Dana?) since they are not from 2016 they can't bring them back through with them but they are also displaced from their time. Kevin has no sense either, he knows how this whole things works with calling Dana back in time, he shoulda found Rufus and scared used Olivia's poison trick to get him to summon Dana back! So, I am wondering if we will get to find out where Dana's grandmother went, I believe she was also a traveler, except who called to her and where did she go? Also, who called Olvia back in time, I am assuming it was one of Rufus' dead siblings? I also know there was mention that there was a family connection on both Dana's maternal and paternal side of the family, so did both her father's and mother's ancestors come from this plantation? If can go back and get Kevin, and bring him back to 2016... can you imagine.... he will be an old man that lived all this life and when he comes back will go back to being a man in his 20s again with only a day or two passing?!?!? Talk about messing with your head?
I had the same thoughts. The two main characters were pissing me off. Didn't they watch all the slave movies available especially because she wants to be a television writer. It does remind me of one of my favorite shows outlander. The June reference had me laughing so hard.
Her and June are one in the same 😂
Yeah girl! Me too! I was like I have wait how long for season 2?! Damn!
I Ain’t Gone Lie… you did great with this recap. Actually makes me want to finish the season. The show is hella interesting and I want to learn more about Octavia Butler’s work. Peace.
Once you read one of her books you can’t stop. You’ll love her stories
Haven’t finished the series but I read the book!
-Carrie is mute, not deaf, so she has to communicate with sign language but she can understand what people say
-Kevin’s sister is married to a rich older guy who’s also super racist
-also Dana is smarter in the book IMO. she teaches the kids how to read but she’s really cautious about it (only uses scrap paper and burns it when she’s done) & she gets punished badly when she’s caught
-also Kevin and Dana are married in the book and tbh I like that better bc even if it shows them growing apart bc of the separate lives they have to take on in the 1800s (especially after Kevin gets stuck there 😢) they stay together and they symbolize a strong bond and love between white & black people united against racism
Thank you so much 😊 I’m definitely going to read the book.
yass the book was super good! and i agree that dana was way smarter in the book. she was no where near the. misguided youth the movie portrayed!! and i like the spin on her mom being a time traveler. that was not in the book at all! lol
and i feel like dana treated keven better when he was her husband. i wonder if she is gonna lose her arm on the tv show. like the book!?
yass the book was super good! and i agree that dana was way smarter in the book. she was no where near the. misguided youth the movie portrayed!! and i like the spin on her mom being a time traveler. that was not in the book at all! lol
and i feel like dana treated keven better when he was her husband. i wonder if she is gonna lose her arm on the tv show. like the book!?
ok say in the book. dana gets her arm cut off. she gets trapped between a wall time traveling back home and leaves her arm in 1816 lol, for real. 😂
I’m glad you liked it.
I had high hopes and didn’t mind the modernization of the timeline but the nonsensical changes to both plot and underlying message made me nauseous.
Dana should not be an idiot like she is portrayed in this version (the actress is great though) and the decision to make Kevin such a white night well meaning dude is super gross.
I dunno - I have a lot of thoughts - it wasn’t just Dana that didn’t make sense, historically all of the characters were given wildly insulting character motivations and the whole script was a mess.
That said, it’s been 20 plus years since I read Kindred and this show at least made me go dig through boxes in the garage to find my copy of Octavia Butler’s genius book.
If you can’t wait for more I highly suggest checking out the source!
I literally just finished too. And omg I’m so sad it’s over I can’t wait til season 2. & Girl if I had a chance to go back , I’d kill all the slave owners especially the wife lol. If she would’ve threw that water in my face she would’ve met our maker. Lord forgive me. But Dana remembered her purpose and it got her through. Had she acted on impulse she wouldn’t have been able to save her ancestors.
I don’t like Dana but I really like her mom. I feel bad for Kevin. I’m ready for season 2 for sure hopefully people start watching it.
Yeah they’d have had to whip me because you’re not throwing tea in my face.
LOLOLOL! This review is simply HILARIOUS 😂
Okay, I'm gonna come back and watch this after I watch some of the series. I was considering watching and you have convinced me. I'll be back.
I LOVE the book and usually I don't get pressed about directors and writers making changes to the source material but I did not like the portrayal of Dana in the show or the changes to the plot so I didn't make it past episode 1. But glad you enjoyed it! If nothing else I love that more attention is being driven to Octavia Butler and her amazing work!
I believe Sabina from E2 (the broken-footed dresser to Kevin) is the Grandmother to Dana and the mother to Celeste who got disappeared back in the 70s...Kevin sees her again at the end of S1 E8, stares at her, and tells Alice to hurry on. I hope S2 captures and explains this. Also what happened to the Patrolman from E1 that gave Dana the black eye??? Where did he land? LOTS OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SERIES. IT WAS DONE PRETTY WELL. One of the few slave shows I'll actually watch.
naw that ain’t her. he was just tripping cause he saw her get sent away. all that was so hard for him to see. if that was her granny they’d know! her momma knows what her mom looks like. u feel me. ❤️
She left KEVIN!!!!! So good! The book is also good, it was required in highschool to read. I'mso happy they finally made it a series💛
That’s awesome it was required reading in your high school
If you don’t mind me asking what state was this and what year - with all the book banning going on I am curious
Thanks
I fell asleep on this twice but just because YOU reviewed it I'ma revisit lol
The actress that played Dana was incredible and this was her first acting job she just graduated from college /
My frustration when she was back in the past was how absolutely comfortable she felt in that time - I would have tried my best to get the hell out of there
For real ! Kevin would not have had to tell me twice
She packed food and medicine because anything she is holding including a phone or ring will time travel with here
I just finished watching this series and hands down you have given the most entertaining recap. I really wish that another network will pick it up so that it will continue on I have been waiting for a new show to get into and this is definitely it. Have you watched any other shows lately to suggest one to watch?
This was a good review!! I watched another before this one and he was very technical in his review…But you said everything I was thinking!! Down to the Handmaid’s Tale reference! Dana was pissing me off the whole time! But I am ready for season 2
Thanks 😊
This show was great can’t wait for season two.
I originally didn't want to watch it because I did not want to watch another slave movie/show however, I'm glad I gave it a chance. I just hope it doesn't get canceled.
I hope it gets another season
Idk who Derek is. But ima always call him Jason Stackhouse
I had the wrong guy lol
I finished it the other day & now I'm reading the book & waiting for season 2👀👀👀👀
Sadly it got cancelled
Too much truth … I guess hopefully another streaming device would pick it up
Another good show to check out is Underground
Lmaoooo I love your review !!!
This is the problem with the series against the book. The book takes place in the late 70's so a lot of those movies at that time weren't made, and in the book Kevin and Dana are married in the book.
Ok and I was thinking if they change the year make sure it makes sense because at 26 I had seen roots and queen.
FYI... there were plenty of movies in the 70s Miss Jane Pittman, Sounder, Roots aired in 1977. I remember going to school looking at every teacher side eyed. Oh... gone with the wind. As a black person I love that movie, it depicts way more than slavery, plus Tara was burned to the ground and the Union Army won the war. There were other movies, but those came to mind.
At 48 years old I have seen on two films pertaining to the slave era. I have an aversion to any film involving captivity which why I have prison movies as well. I have tried watching many times and just can't make it through more that 5 minutes. The films I have all the way to the end? A Woman Called Moses and the second is actually a documentary series: Ken Burns, Civil War, an excellent film for young people.
She packed the almond joy in her survival bag that she carried with her. I personally would have gone with something more substantial like a Cliff bar or something.
A cliff bar does make more sense.
I never heard of a kid so prone to dying. It was ridiculous.
Then, she throws out Kevin for calling her a princess, but after she gets scared of going back, she takes him with her. And I have to say Kevin is the most patient, understanding and forgiving person on the planet.
Yes, i loved it too!! It was a lot going on from the start. I thought the same, "when is this going to happen?!"
It gave me anxiety waiting for that scene
What made it realistic was Dana in real life had a lot going on with her b4 hand making poor decisions… but what really shocked me was the entitlement Why would you assume Anyone especially someone you just meet risk going back into 1800s and getting killed or stuck … I ain’t doing that for most ppl in my damn family lol….
About the entitlement - I understand what you (and others) mean, and I feel it on an individual level, but I read it as a metaphor. As a Black woman, Dana has no choice in getting pulled back and facing the brutal history of slavery, whereas Kevin has the luxury of not engaging with that heavy topic. I'm white and I read it as "white people need to face this, too, whether we like it or not. It's uncomfortable and painful, but it's our shared history." It made even more sense to me when I read that Kevin and Dana are actually married in the novel. My partner's history is something I cannot ignore, especially if I love them and care about them, it is imperative that we face this together. My partner and I actually are from different cultures, and she is racialised. I am disabled. We have a lot of this pain to share with each other and process together, and it can be depressing af. But for me, this is love and care. This is true. I don't know the details of the novel yet, but I'm curious to see how this is approached there. I might be wrong with my take after all 😆 Or it might be shown that Kevin loses himself in the process. I didn't quite know what to make of that last scene with him riding. I hope season 2 ends up happening, too
Read the book 10 years ago. Holding out on the show because of all the changes they probably made. The book takes place in 1976. The author is Octavia E. Butler
They changed that it’s 2016
@@JaiShanese also in the book they are actually married and new characters are added to the show. I guess I will just take the show as it's own thing.
🤣🤣Yo I felt that anger with Dana and June from Handmaid's Tale!
No apologies for the reaction I’m here for it!
Yes, you are hitting the points
Dana and Kevin got on my everloving mind!!!
When is season 2?!?!?!
They are probably going to make us wait a year
We binged the entire season 1
We watched because it wasn’t another slave show….it’s time travel family ancestor
Love me some time travel movies….all of them including this one
Such a cool concept and it makes you think what would you do 🤔
Dana can act and cry wow 🤩😎
Love the entire cast
Bravo cast and crew 👏🏾
Edit: good questions
-Don’t know where the first slave catcher went to, like you said, he just disappeared because he’s not from 2016
-I believe they made that slave rape the other slave for entertainment and if he didn’t accomplish it, there were a few more lined up, so she had to fight as long as she could until raped, then the next, then the next
-Dana packed the cell phone from the bedroom when she was getting ready to run
-that tea in the face moment set me off too, I was like, I’m time traveling back with that pistol from Kevin that’s in the fridge and taking everyone who’s white out including the kids and freeing the slaves 😂
-wonder if Tom will ever find out how they time travel and what he’ll do with that info if he ever knows
-that entire seen with the birth of the baby while they dined and that madness was going on with the labor, deaths, digging graves and sweet Luke…..I broke down completely 😭 especially when he said he’s never going to get out of there….I felt every single emotion and tear like they were my own
Dana was INSUFFERABLE to me I had to finishit
Lol did she never see roots? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I agree like it's not right but she can't act suprised. This show was so good!!! I'm thirsty af for more episodes!!!
Oh nooo! You have to watch the original roots not the remake.
@@JaiShanese I agree!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Lord have mercy, I surely do wish that i was watching this series with you. I surely did feel some kind of way, but could not put my finger on some of the scenes. The reading, clap backs, prancing around in the “big house”, her expectations etc. Whew… it was too much, but it was good.
I’m upset it’s not coming back for a second season
@@JaiShanese What! This is why tv series should not leave stories open ended. What happened to the bounty hunter guy? Is her mother the same age? Will the mother stay? They should have followed the book and continued with other storylines. So many questions…
Okay so I had to read to the book . After reading I still have questions . Like the main one is who saved The little boy before ? Like obviously this story has played out . ( in the book Dana mother is not a factor ) . Secondly what happens if she refuses? Lastly why this one particular ancestor. Like is there unfinished business or something . Like I hope the series answers my question. Like is this something that her soul is going to do FOREVER? Also , is it a power that she has or is it a power that he has or both . Is the reason she’s able to go back to the future because of Rufus ? Like is he secretly repaying the favor or no? Someone help me out
My niece and I are bing watching…. but yeah Dana, come on!😊
@jaishanese loved your enthusiasm, so funny. Please read Kindred, it was my absolute favorite novel. I liked the changes they made for the series. My biggest question was if Rufus is an ancestor on her paternal side that Dana needed to save in order for her to be born, why was her mother there? Rufus isn’t Olivia’s relative. I don’t understand why both Dana’s mother and grandmother traveled in time. Where did her grandmother go? So many questions
I believe her mom was there because of their ancestral connection to Alice.
I have more questions and no answers. Where is grandma at and did Olivia run into her mother?
@@JaiShanese I believe Dana's grandmother recently passed away in the series (for real). The paternal grandmother at least. The one in the Flashback who was smoking and talking to Olivia when she was pregnant with Dana.
Carrie is just mute, not deaf.
Her mom was 26 and had to go so she can deliver Rufus so her daughter can be born… and her grandmother raised and protected one of his parents so Rufus could be born and so on…
I liked the series too. I was fighting the air, talking back to the screen, yelling.......lol super invested.
😂
I loved it!!!!
I loved it
Me too and
I'm going to get the book but I believe there's some differences between the book and the show. But I'm still going to read it.
I love this commentary!! I'm like, chiiiiile. SMH. Dana took hella chances, I'm lookin at her like wth you doin. Stop reading! lol! Then she would go off and investigate. I'm like girl, you in the 1800s! Just look and listen. Don't say shyt. I would change my speech and everything, lol. Kevin should of played it off and been like this my main slave, she gotta stick by my side type shyt. SMH. Then we see Sara was a gangsta. She gettin rid of descendants and setting up Winnie, poisoning folks, goddddayuum. She tried to warn Dana. Mannn, all I was thinking about was when Dana gonna get whipped, because I have to mentally prepare myself because I knew it was comin. I can't stand slave movies, but I knew if this was an adaptation of Octavia Butler's work, it was a must see! Now I gotta go read the book! :)
Great show!! Can’t wait for a season 2!! My new crush is is Micah Stock (Kevin)!! Is Olivia alive? Where did she go?!
She’s alive in New York and I’m worried about Kevin
Yeah. They showed Kevin as a slave owner at the end. 😢 I liked this show so much that I ordered the book off of Amazon!
I have to rewatch the ending. I didn’t see how gray Kevin was. I was noticing Sabina. I really think she’s Olivia’s mom.
I thought about Kizzy soooo many times 😮💨
Alice becomes rufus concubine in the kindred book and they have children
Omg for real wow I have to read the book
My favorite was Carrie
I feel like the point they were trying to drive with Dana's personality is the point that she has a very modern way of thinking which was harmful for THAT time to the slaves. Like many people, example Kanye West with the "Slavery was a choice" Mindset. It shows how oblivious, inconsiderate, naive and for lack of a better word... Stupid those that think that way about what slavery was! Everybody feels like if they were back in those times the easy answers they have today would be the best way to solve those problems and then poof! Slavery would have ended.🙄 It was never that simple. She exudes the ignorance of people of today who cannot fully understand what it was like to live that life. Sarah was traumatized and wanted revenge. That is a natural human reaction. I feel like Sarah gave the reality of the situations. We get this narrative that slaves had their children taken and sold or killed and moved on merrily with life on masters plantation and that was not the case. Sarah gave a raw reality of what some slaves did as revenge and a way to survive and in that it was very hard for Dana and Olivia to understand so they saw Sarah as a mean person. No, Sarah was damaged in every way possible. This series was the best I've seen this year and I plan on buying the book.
I’m glad you were able to pick that up about Sarah character as she is one of the main characters when Dana goes back in time. The writer is also very descriptive when speaking about Sarah and revealing all of the nuances of her character. I think the series did a great job in showing the complexities of Sarah.
Carrie is mute, which is why she uses sign language. she is hearing though
The catcher must be in 2016 no one truly disappears in the show.
Sarah was one of my favorite characters lol, but that ending though. I was screaming during the lashes scene too and when Mama jumps in it.
I’m so confused. Like does her mother not age there?
I know 😂 she’s still 26 lol
You are so funny 😂😂😂😂
I was dumbfounded that Dana decided to give Nigel one last lesson did she think that Kevin was gonna find her/ the last scene with Alice and Kevin alive looked older as a been gone for maybe two hours possible 3 so maybe it’s been 3 years
Sadly kindred getting cancelled sucks so hopefully they get picked up for season 2 someplace else . It’s a good show and needed with all the book banning happening in the 🇺🇸
I was screaming too I was like omg!!
Right she left him
She pissed me off too!!
I liked it. It had some flaws but it was interesting. I think they could have found a better and more masculine man to play Kevin though. Sadly, Hulu being hulu won't approve another season.
ITS NOT EVEN GONNA BE A SEASON 2 😡🥹I wanna cry ….
I know I’m so upset
Lmaooooooooo there's still so much that we don't know about slavery so I can see her thinking she got stuff all figured out. Girl you aint got no clue
That part
Because i ain't even peep that Sarah was killing the hell outta everybody 😂
She is not *in touch* at aalllllllll.
Yes I am I want to know where the guy went.
She took the almond joy in her purse.
But how lol
It’s so very different from the book - however as it stands on it own the actors are extraordinary Dana and Kevin have a wonderful chemistry that being said - Dana at times did get on my nerves her willingness to just want to hang out on the pal again when Kevin was like do you want to get the hell out of dodge you wouldn’t t have had to ask me but once, I wish they both would have acted wiser . And Rufus mama was absolutely awful. I didn’t give a damn about her shitty marriage. She be alright.
I didn't know they had a book
Dana mama was going to move with Alice. But since Dana took her mama back to 2016 Alice was left alone. So Kevin raised her. Maybe if it didn't happen like that then Alice wouldn't have stayed and Dana wouldn't have been born.
I don't think the average black person would act as stupid as Dana did in the show like wtf was she doing
I agree with you 100%
15:00 ish to 15:16 ish I don’t know a lot about alcoholism but I thought Kevin would be drinking constantly after that. But I guess cuz he doesn’t have money to buy alcohol. That awful game was to see how long it took before Jane was r-worded by the enslaved man.
And I belive he did r word her when they made the sleeves fight, and yeah Dana was doing the wrong thing.
Girllllll ...i scream when kevin was left behind. Girllllllll....🙄😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
I know
“Dana”
I only saw ur intro and I had to jump in the comments to say girlllll did she not see roots?!!!!! lmao I was thinking the same damn thing lol I binge watched the whole show. dana was getting on my nerves lol like so much could have been done better w her lol ugh
now im gonna back and finish ur review : D
Almond joy 😂😂
The way she told Nigel to "be strong" in that condescending manner. He's literally a slave with no family and she's like "stop being a pussy"
she could take things back in time long as shes holding it or on her body in her pockets, im shocked she left kevin back in time, im just hoping her sister aint dum enough to go back in time with her. cause those slave times werent good at all for us african americans too much hate! i cant wait season two.
Have you watched Emancipation?
No not yet it’s on my list
Man Dana had alll thee wayy upset
What if the slaver was Kevin… 👀
No he’s not
Girl please read the book. Listen to the audiobook, it's good
I will
Making us wait a year is absolute b*******
Most shows are once a year 😂 but I’m worried about Kevin 😂
@@JaiShanese lol
I'm happy she didn't act like a slave and good she didn't let that bullshit make her weak and scared.. shit I would love to go..
Okay, then.... it's settled. I have to read the book. I'm so struggling to get thru this series on Hulu hoping it gets better but the ignorance of Dana and Kevin (who is her husband in the book) is driving me crazy because they walk around clueless, why are they both simple, one dimensional characters. It's like dumb and dumber up to episode 5. I think I may tap out on the series, this screenplay sucks. Or is it the fault of screen writer, maybe because a man adapted the story, this sister wrote.
I binged the series, and just finished reading the book. I kind of like some of the changes the show made to the book. Both the book and the series left me wondering why Dana was so adamant about saving that spoiled brat “Rufus”. The book kind of left me feeling like there was just unnecessary torture to have someone experienced slavery just their ancestral lineage continued. I did not mind too much that Dana and Kevin were not married in the tv series as not too much time was spent in the book on their marriage either (yes they’ve been married a while but not very much was stated about their marriage to make a difference to me).