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The first episode, especially, lays on the Ferris extra-thick.
and he immediately breaks the fourth wall to address the audience.
At one point, he revs up a sports car he inherited.
If you stop and look around, you might get eaten.
The thing aboutDaybreak, though, is that it never feels as though anyone is experiencing real desperation.
And then one day, they did.
Often, that approach works pretty well.
But at times, the series cops an attitude so aggressively that it becomes exhausting.Daybreakis never subtle.
TV testing says people like a warm blanket of familiarity so they can second-screen their Insta feed.
But I say, lets fuck some shit up!
This is my story now.
The shows shout-outs to movies and music also feel less of this generation and more of Gen X.
In that way, this series about teenagers understands teenagers perfectly.
