Ruby ( Jason Genao) and Jasmine ( Jessica Marie Garcia) finally got together but Ruby’s ambitions and Jasmine’s bossiness are always a ticking time bomb. Jamal ( Brett Gray) had turned from lovable mystery loving, science goofball to the biggest player both on and off the field at Freeridge High School. If you’ve never seen the show, stop reading this review right now and start on season one! At 30 minutes a piece and 10 episodes a season it’s an easy binge, and you don’t want to pick up any of the slight spoilers below.
If you’ve been riding with Monse, Cesar, Jamal, Ruby and irrepressible Jasmine for the entire run of the show, the fourth and final season will make you laugh, cry, and cheer goodbye to everyone. The millions of Black, Latino, biracial, working class, middle class, nerdy, sexy, confused, brilliant kids that inhibit most of America that never show up on a CW drama until it’s a ‘very special episode’ where cast of One Tree Hill plays that “urban” team in the state championship. On top of all that, the best part about On My Block is that it’s actually about us. You could stack up My So Called Life, Gossip Girl (old or new), Dawson’s Creek, the Hills, Riverdale, Sex Education, Never Have I Ever, Love Victor, even go old school like DeGrassi and Beverly Hills 90210 against any episode of On My Block and the Netflix comedy will still have more heart, more fun, more drama, more magic and better writing. Without exaggeration, hyperbole or conflict of interest, On My Block is the best teen show in the history of teen shows. 5 but the description above from a group text amongst friends comes pretty-close.
It’s almost impossible to describe On My Blockto anyone who hasn’t already a huge fan heading into the show’s final Netflix season that debuted on Oct. OPINION: Without exaggeration, hyperbole or conflict of interest, On My Block is the best teen show in the history of teen shows.