Apple has succeeded in creating family-friendly programming that is fun for both kids and parents. Most of their family shows aren't meant to insult kids, with ample mentions and clever jokes about parents not wanting to run away or hide. Their latest in the genre is about his two surfing preteens embroiled in a supernatural adventure.
Surfside Girls: Stream or skip.
Opening Shot: Two girls jump into the wave with their boards.
Summary: Sam (Yaya Gosselin) and Jade (Miya Chek) are best friends in the small seaside town of Surfside, but they are very different. While Sam is more into the supernatural, Jade loves going to Science Her Camp (what she calls "Science Camp") during the summer. When they go outside and try to catch a giant wave, Sam is knocked down and appears in a cave. A strange light will appear and a voice will be heard saying "Help me". Then the coin falls to the ground.
Sam is thrilled, but Jade thinks her friend is a little crazy. Father Bob (Jacob Vargas) is busy cooking spicy food at a popular burger joint, and mother Monica (Katia Ojeda) has joined people on a committee to save a local landmark called Danger Point. is trying to join. Rock formations crumble and threaten to collapse.
The coin continues to move, giving Sam further clues as Sam continues to convince Jade to help him search. That could be Danger moving a flashlight towards his point poster, or flying a relish to another copy of the same poster. She wants to find that cave again, so she embarks on a dangerous wave.
However, Jade uses her scientific knowledge to discover that the coin she is holding is real gold, sold at the museum where her sister Amy (Michelle Mao) works. I found out that it is not a replica like the one you see. They go to explore a cave, and outside the walls, Sam sees a ghostly, but very real teenage Santi (Spencer Hermes-Rebello), sailing in an old Spanish galleon. I'm dressed like I am. Little do the girls know what awaits them when Santi comes through the walls of the cave.
What show does it remind you of? Surfside Girls Part Julie and the Phantom Part Ghost Writer
Our take: Based on Kim Dwinell's graphic novel, Surfside Girls is a bit quaint and goofy, but that's part of the charm. Along with Jade and Sam, she has two girls who think they are polar opposites, but they have a lot more in common than they think. Otherwise why would they be such good friends. Sam may be more interested in supernatural signs and signals, and Jade in science and facts, but both are adventurous and want to do things not often seen in 12-year-olds. We push each other.
The girls' parents and siblings are depicted as normal parents and siblings, rather than idiots who don't understand their children or get in the way of their adventures. In fact, they let girls do all sorts of things without supervision and trust them to keep their wits about them. . For example, when Bob tells Sam that he likes to be a little different.
There are lessons to be learned and minor conflicts such as when Sam feels he doesn't fit in with Jade's science friends at her camp, but most of the show is about Jade, Sam, and the ghosts. Santi trying to save Danger Points. Sounds like a fun show for kids and parents alike.
This age group: Surfside Girls is a show for children ages 7 and up, specifically for the adventure part.
Farewell shot: Santi shows the girls Obsidian her flyer. She is "the fastest galleon in all the seven seas".
Sleeper Star: Jacob Vargas plays Bob, Sam's dad.
Most pilot-like line: When Jade points out to Amy that she is eating frosting, Amy replies, Anyway, plus she can get the riboflavin filling I recommend with two spoons.
Our call: Stream it. Surfside Girls is a show filled with mystery and supernatural events for pre-teens and teenagers.
Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and technology. But don't kid yourself, I'm a TV addict. His writings have been published in The New York Times, Slate, Salon,RollingStone.comandVanityFair. com, Fast Company, etc.
