Grand Army had some really strong points in the end; Joey, Dominique and Jayson all had great moments and aspects to their stories, touching on real issues without being too heavy handed or crass. Soundtrack was really good too and it did create a good sense of atmosphere and place
However … Leila was irredeemably awful and annoying, Sid was bland to the point of being invisible, Dom’s story definitely went into poverty porn at points and while Joeys CW: reaction to her rape felt real in how distressed and isolated she became, it also meant the best and most vibrant character on screen was totally taken out of about half the eps, just took out so much energy when she wasnt around as much. The dance scene at the end was incredible in contrast and just made me grin from ear to ear - might watch that on its own now tb
Also, letter typing framing device which bookends the episodes? Absolutely nonsense garbage once you find out it’s Leila doing it. So every episode features the writings of a character who is only doing it as a hoax, which she then receives no comeuppance for?? What a weird amount of import to
Place on something that never mattered in the longterm
