As a fan of both Sherlock Holmes (if you haven't read the Doyle books, do yourself a favor and do) and Millie Bobbie Brown, I really had high hopes for this show. Unfortunately they were dashed by a trope that's become all too common in contemporary film, namely that writers feel they can't just write a compelling story with "strong female characters", but instead have to make all the male characters all around them weak, stupid, corrupt, incompetent, or all of the above.

For the first couple of minutes the stage was set with Elona being raised by her mother. Her father died and her brothers just sort of abandoned them, "and it was wonderful". No, sorry, a fatherless household is not wonderful. Ask millions of people, myself included, who grew up without one. A motherless house is not wonderful. Sprinkled heavily throughout the entire movie

Ever since Ghostbusters 2016 this has permeated Hollywood and it only seems to be getting worse, and it shows disrespect to both sexes. Furthermore and even worse, writers feel a woman can't be a strong character unless she's a "Kick-ass girl bos" who essentially acts like a man. Physically strong, aggressive, and arrogant. There have been countless strong women written throughout film who are strong, self-reliant, yet still vulnerable and feminine. Unfortunately thanks to 3rd wave feminism, women not only have to be perfect, they have to be men, and men have to bad.