I want expecting much when it came up as a suggestion in my prime lists. if you're a homophob, not for you. if you're not into girl power, strong women, not for you. if you're racist, not going to be for you. if you like fantasy, crossed with "crime" solving, military-ish with superwomen? you're in luck. it's surprisingly engaging. charmed with a while lot more kick-assery going on.

Despite the season preview at the end of the pilot previewing some intriguing "witchy" scenes ahead I think I'm going to pass. Wasn't certain beforehand how YA oriented this will be but from what I've seen that is certainly the target audience (if I had known it would air on Freeform I wouldn't have bothered - just thought that this being at SXSW would mean something different..). Lots of stuff gets skipped over or is handled superficially which is weird for a show declaring sisterhood/their squad to be something crucial.

OMG, teen melodrama on witchcraft fantasy genre background. Overall story excruciatingly boring. Coming of age stuff, is caretural. It's bad.

Motherland: Fort Salem is a show that is built upon an interesting premise, with the accompanying world-building and believable characters helping to make the viewing experience enjoyable. As a whole, I have praise for the series overall, but I have some criticism for some aspects of the show, which while doesn't detract from the overall experience, doesn't necessarily help with it either. For those that know, that final scene with General Aldar in Season 3 was...what was that....Like respect to the cast and crew for working on this show for 3 seasons, but the CGI and special effects truly were distracting at times. It was genuinely bearable for a good amount of the show, but I'm guessing producers were ambitious with Season 3 but the special effects couldn't keep up. Must have been a studio or money issue, since the special effects were embarrassing, even in the final stretch of the series. I still really enjoyed the show, so I would recommend it, but it has its shortcomings.

❤x7 This turned out to be really good. This is an alternate America where it appears that Women are the ones in power. It was interesting to see that a Matriarchy did not solve the world's problems. The women in power are just as bad as men in the real world. That aside, the rest of the show was really good and by the end, I wanted more. But it is not meant to be :( How I rate: 1-3 ❤ = seriously! don't waste your time 4-6 ❤ = you may or may not enjoy this 7-8 ❤ = I expect you will like this too 9-10 ❤ = movies and TV shows I really love!