SummaryA wealthy real estate family, the music scene and a series of fires are all connected to the shooting of NYU student named Samantha Cicciaro (Chase Sui Wonders) in this drama series inspired by the novel of the same name by Garth Risk Hallberg.
SummaryA wealthy real estate family, the music scene and a series of fires are all connected to the shooting of NYU student named Samantha Cicciaro (Chase Sui Wonders) in this drama series inspired by the novel of the same name by Garth Risk Hallberg.
It would be hard for me to say that City on Fire should be top of your watchlist. However, I would also be loathe to warn people off it. ... If you stick past the first episode and get to know the characters and their individual plights, no matter how down-the-line they are played, then there are still plenty of moments to enjoy here.
The show favors stereotype over specificity. “City on Fire” is a much more earnest, less jaded show than “Gossip Girl” or “The O.C.”; its protagonists are still teenagers, but ones who wax rhapsodic about the city they idealize. When their show fails to demonstrate any real understanding of that city, though, the characters are projecting onto an empty slate.
The show unsuccessfully scrambles to keep its early promise from falling through its fingers, with a collection of truly unbelievable plot twists and hilariously hammy acting choices that pour gasoline all over an already raging flame.