‘The Innocents’ is a Creepy, Sci-Fi, Love Story that Sucks You Into the World

*In my best Gordon Ramsey voice* Let’s get one thing right, The Innocents is a love story from start to finish, but it is a love story unlike anything you’ve seen. This highly anticipated British Netflix show about (I consider any Netflix show that gets multiple NYC subway ads, anticipated) a sheltered girl who falls for her classmate. Yes, this tale is set up like all the other stories of young life, but you’ll be pleasantly surprised how drastic their lives change once June stops taking her meds and the decades old truth is revealed.

The series plays out like a Nordic Tomb Raider meets Save The Last Dance with a sprinkle of Sense 8. Wild description, I know. Our star-crossed lovers are Harry and June who, on the eve of June’s 16th birthday, ditch the super strict life of a Euro teen to go on wild adventures through London looking for a way to find June’s long-lost mother. They encounter Wet Bandit looking creeps who claim to be allies but have an agenda you have to see for yourself to believe. They stay at a flat filled with junkies and addicts who could be your best friend one day and a scavenger of your personal belongings the next. Then, there’s an occasional dope individual who just wants to help their romance blossom as they embark on a life of their own. They reluctantly embrace the help of a barge of carefree 20 something’s who kick back and smoke joints all day. After some publicly noticed mishaps, Harry and bae eventually encounter a young woman who knows more abo…