Sweet/Vicious Review: The Blueprint (Season 1 Episode 1)
Gosh darn it. MTV’s done it again with Sweet/Vicious Season 1 Episode 1 “The Blueprint.”
It’s managed to suck me and make me a committed patron of its temple. This time around, it’s with a breakout, word vomit, Batman-duo, asskicking new show.
Now as soon as you hear the words vigilante, you picture Bruce Wayne, Oliver Queen or The Flash. Basically, you expect leather from the top of their heads to the tip of their toes.
Jules isn’t like that.
Jules is a sorority sister who, at the flip of a switch, becomes an asskicking vigilante out to get revenge on guys that can’t take no for an answer. Eliza Bennett, who plays the fierce Jules, manages to sell the sweet and vicious sides of her character so seamlessly that even the viewer is surprised.
Then there’s Ophelia, played by Taylor Dearden, who’s the other Batman of this show. She’s the complete opposite of Jules with her bad attitude, pot smoking, and word vomit. And somehow they fit together like two peas in a pod.
As cheesy as this sounds, they complete each other and are at the start of a wonderful journey where they’ll learn who they are as women. By the way, the chemistry between Jules and Ophelia is electric, weird, and so eye-catching.
They’re going to learn so much about each other and I can’t to see what’s in store as they look for Nick’s stepbrother, become friends, set up their next sting, and survive college.
That last bit about college grounds this show.
There are no swanky parties or big time baddies like Lex Luthor to take down. The biggest challenge that Jules has so far is passing class and trying to keep this all a secret from her sorority.
The happiness, vulnerability, anger, and strength that Jules displays every second of this show is a real life representation of what victims of sexual assault go through.
We have to wear to wear a mask when needed and in those small moments we forget what has happened to us and act like the go lucky girls we were before.
We keep living just like Jules is living. Only difference is that while we walk, crawl, and run through our days and nights, Jules is donning a mask and fighting her demons with her fists.
In a way, I feel like she’s fighting all of our demons and giving us somewhere safe to laugh, cry, and be strong.
For that, I thank you, MTV.
Additional Notes:
- Forget Tyler’s dreamy smile. Harris is where it’s at. He’s sassy, collected, and knows how to deal with the special brand of crazy that is Ophelia.
- It’s refreshing to see that the vigilante is struggling to keep her grades up and friendships. She’s not perfect or has all her stuff together. That right there makes her even more relatable.
- Sea foam green can’t be the only hair color Ophelia has up her sleeve.
- Petition to start using “gosh darn it” in lieu of actual profanity.
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Sweet/Vicious airs Tuesdays at 10/11c on MTV.
Lyra Hale
Lyra is a TV and movie enthusiast. It all started on a dark night when she turned on Fox and fell in love with the X-Files. It was all history after that as she got lost in Doctor Who, The Marvel Verse and most recently everything DC. Her love for Doctor Who lead her to study abroad, where she fell into live-tweeting and the lovely explosion of fandom life that Tumblr is. Her main love for the summer (with a mega re-watch happening) is Arrow. When she isn’t sharing her love for TV and movies she’s writing fan-fiction, taking care of her family, and puttering around her kitchen.