I was reluctant to watch this but i succumbed to the hype and wasn't disappointed. Many of us will be able to resonate with the first episode. Young love and that first kiss. Some of us will be able to appreciate a later episode when an old friend passes away. Fewer of us will have experienced holidays in Italy and living in Sweden but, at the core, lies the bonds of youth and shared experiences and emotions. The accents maybe hard to understand so keep those subtitles on but there are several scenes that don't need them so make sure young (or easily-embarrassed) eyes are kept away for the many naked scenes (i hadn't watched anything from BBC 3 since Nighty Night in the early days of the channel - are all the shows this porno-graphic?). The one disappointment for me is that the BBC should make a programme set outside it's own geographical area. I am sure the Northern Ireland tourist board would have appreciated the exposure had it been set there rather than s You only have to go Aberystwyth to see fans of Hinterland flocking from across the world to see how much a show from a minor TV channel can affect local economies. The thing that surprises me us that despite their experiences, their accents don't change. Daisy Edgar-Jones is actually a British actress so did well to keep up the Irish accent so well. On the other hand, perhaps Paul Mescal's accent surely should have softened as the series progressed to show the way people change their voices by the places they go and by people they come into contact with. A great series, looking into the way people are affected by their choices, the words that are or aren't spoken and how they feel about the way they make others feel. It's perhaps left things open for a series 2 but, hopefully, unlike the recent Irish series Blood shown on channel 5, they won't make a second series just because if the first series being received so well then not come up with something as good as the first series. It starts out as Grange Hill turns into Grease then becomes Fifty Shades If Grey. More of a chick flick but there's enough to keep the guys entertained too.