Netflix's Teenage Bounty Hunters is the TV equivalent of a beach read

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"The best and worst thing that can be said of Teenage Bounty Hunters is that it isn't too much of anything," Proma Khosla says of the Jenji Kohan-produced drama created by Kathleen Jordan. "Though similar in some of its rich-white-kid drama, it lacks the acidity of The Politician, which may or may not be your thing depending on your relationship with Ryan Murphy’s batsh*t political dramedy.  Even a visual gag meant to let us in on the girls' psychic twin moments is utilized so sporadically that it's a surprise every time. The girls' targets are neither prominent nor sinister, but like everything else on this show, the danger is a slow burn (remember that final pilot shot and file it away for later)."

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• Teenage Bounty Hunters manages to pull off 10 genres in one: "One moment it’s a slapstick comedy, as Blair jumps onto a car’s hood, clinging for dear life," says Petrana Radulovic. "Then it’s a family drama, as Sterling has a heart-to-heart about her mom when a rumor comes to light. Then it’s back to crime procedural, as Bowser and the girls pinpoint the motel where a skip is hiding out. Then it’s a raunchy teen comedy, as Blair tells Sterling in detail how she lost her virginity. The show’s partially a satire of rich Southern religious life, partially a thriller, as the girls discover secrets about their mom’s past, and partially a sweet coming-of-age story, as they navigate the perils of high school. The series wouldn’t be as strong if Blair (Anjelica Bette Fellini) and Sterling (Maddie Phillips) weren’t so dynamic. Both sisters are fully fleshed-out individuals with specific quirks and drives, and personalities that take an active role in the plot. Blair is gung-ho, always ready to jump in without a concrete plan, which doesn’t always play out well in the world of bounty hunting — or when balancing her secret double life with a new boyfriend. Sterling, meanwhile, tends to be a bit of a pushover, so her story revolves around her getting the courage to go after what she wants."
• Teenage Bounty Hunters is perfectly crafted: "Bubbly, satirical, Bible-obsessed and horny, the new Netflix dramedy Teenage Bounty Hunters is a Frankenstein's monster of a show, a hodge-podge of disparate pieces that not only implausibly coheres into a whole, but exhibits far more heart than anyone would reasonably expect," says Inkoo Kang. "A cynical take — full disclosure: the one I initially had — on the 10-part series is that its components feel dictated by market research on underserved audiences."
• Brisk and funny, warm and wonderfully oddball, Teenage Bounty Hunters is a binge everyone — except maybe Old Testament God — can get behind
• The fact that this implausible setup works at all is a testament to the charm of actresses Maddie Phillips and Anjelica Bette Fellini
• Teenage Bounty Hunters is a silly show, but its commitment to its own irreverence allows it to work
• What inspired Teenage Bounty Hunters?: "I grew up in a very conservative part of Atlanta called Buckhead," says creator Kathleen Jordan. "And I just didn't ever really feel like I fit in, much like Blair. A lot of the stories and the themes that we explore on the show are based on my own desires and fantasies and how I wish I'd acted at my own Christian preppy high school. Sterling and Blair are like two parts of a whole for me. Beyond that I wanted to tell a show with funny, smart girls sometimes acting like teenagers and sometimes acting foolhardy."