Never Have I Ever
On: Netflix
Creators: Mindy Kaling, Lang Fisher
Cast: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan
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Have watched an episode of Riverdale, and moved on rather quickly, knowing that it isn't a show for good ol' Archie Andrews readers from '90s (like me). Sex Education, on the other hand, I couldn't take beyond the first few minutes, feeling mentally quite distant from the high-school campus it's set in. To extend the same logic, Never Have I Ever is so not my kinda show. And?

So what! Seriously, that's what was simultaneously playing on my mind as, episode after episode, I found myself so naturally gravitating to the world of mid-teenagers, chiefly led by a 'Kevin Arnold level of naturalness' Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as the breezy, bright Devi — her BFFs, her nerdy competitor in class, hunk for a crush in a California high-school; a strong, single mom (Poorna Jagannathan) at home, a dead dad in heaven, the works.