“Magic isn’t good or evil. It just is.” Welcome to The Hermetic Order of the Blue Rose, a secret society filled with magic practitioners, but this is no Hogwarts, as we dive into a dark war between werewolves and The Order. Our main character, Jack Morton, finds himself in the middle of it, uncovering secrets about himself and his family, but what side will he end up choosing?
Love the premise? Me too, which is why I was initially very excited to binge-watch this show. The Order premiered on March 7th 2019 and is available to stream all 10 episodes on Netflix.
After watching the entire season within two days, I have a lot of mixed feelings on it. I absolutely love that the show takes place on a college campus, rather than the typical high school setting we see with these types of series that are filled with teen drama with some light horror around the edges.
The show has a feel of The Covenant mixed with The Secret Circle, which should give you a good indication of whether you will like it or not. I was also excited to see some familiar faces like Sam Trammell from True Blood, Max Martini from Revenge, and Jewel Staite from Firefly.
The show has a lot going on, but I wasn’t really pulled in until the third episode. This was slightly underwhelming, as there are only 10 episodes in season one, but the plot was intriguing enough to keep me invested. The spells gone wrong are fun and the show is not afraid to kill off main characters, keeping our attention.
Even the main love story is not nauseating and it doesn’t take away from the plot, which was a plus. However, I wasn’t overly impressed with the acting from the majority of the cast and some of the humor did not land the way it was intended to.
I also felt like the show started to go in a few different directions, but ended up having a solid ending, leaving us with a major cliffhanger that will have you wanting a second season. It has been confirmed that The Order has been renewed for season 2 so it looks like we will get some answers after all.
Overall, I enjoyed the series, but I wouldn’t say that I had to stop what I was doing to watch it. If you like these types of shows, you will be entertained enough, but I recommend first watching shows like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Light as a Feather, which did a better job of holding my attention.
However, if you are finding yourself in need of a quick show to binge-watch, this might be the perfect option for you, as it does have a lot of redeeming qualities.
I hope you enjoyed the review and feel free to post your own thoughts and theories on The Order in the comments section below. Thanks so much for reading and happy viewing!
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