Netflix’s Teenage Bounty Hunters is a rowdy, subversive binge

Despite the generic title, Netflix’s Teenage Bounty Hunters proves to be the smartly-written Charlie’s Angels/Booksmart mash-up we didn’t know we needed.

Netflix has been on a role lately when it comes to featuring strong female characters in series, such as Cursed and Warrior Nun, and new comedy-drama series Teenage Bounty Hunters is no exception.

Deftly written and featuring a couple of feminist protagonists who take turns poking holes in the conservative Southern Christian culture, Teenage Bounty Hunters is a surprisingly enjoyable romp from start to finish. The story is unique, the casting is pretty much perfect, and there are plenty of twists and turns that you will absolutely never see coming.

Set in Atlanta, the show follows Christian high school and fraternal twins Sterling (Maddie Phillips) and Blair (Anjelica Bette Fellini) who fall into bounty hunting after a chance meeting with a grizzled bounty hunter named Bowser (Kadeem Hardison).

Much in the way Charlie’s Angels was set up, Bowser works with Sterling and Blair, sending them after bail jumpers (aka “skips”) who would never suspect two teenage girls as being bounty hunters. The series also stars Jessica Williams as the girls’ mother, Virginia, who is hiding a huge secret of her own that unravels as the series goes on.

You can view the trailer for Teenage Bounty Hunters below:

Phillips and Fellini’s chemistry together quickly convinces you that these two are literal sisters who share a “twin thing,” the famed psychic-like connection between twins. Sterling and Blair are polar opposites in their demeanor and attitudes. Sterling is the “good sister” who is a struggling overachiever and Blair is the “rebellious sister” who seems to get into all of the trouble (and manages to have the most fun). Viewers of a certain age can easily see the correlation between their characters and the dynamic between Claire Daines’ Angela and A.J. Langer’s Rayanne from My So-Called Life.

Teenage Bounty Hunters is fast-paced, witty, and features a pretty awesome soundtrack as well. The characters are well-developed and the writing is some of the best satire we’ve seen in a long time, skewering Southern norms and traditions along the way. If you’re looking for a quick binge that will have you laughing, crying, and shook, this is the Netflix show for you.

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