Bloodline

The netflix Original Bloodline is one of my favorite shows on netflix. It has three available seasons on netflix and each one is better than the next. I wish there was more seasons because I think it is very well done. I also think that this is a reason why this show is so good because the producers did not want to extend the show and make new seasons just to make more money. They wanted to make it as good as they possibly could. This is different from many other shows because other shows stretch the storyline and try to make as many episodes as possible. This dilutes the whole series and I am glad Bloodline does not do this.


The show Bloodline is about a the Rayburn family who owns a bed and breakfast on a beach in Islamorada, Florida. This a very neat part of the show because the environment is very elegant and a dream location for me. There are six members of the Rayburn family. Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn run the bed and breakfast. There four kids are grown up. Danny is the oldest followed by John, Kevin, and Meg. Danny is the outkast of the family and only comes home when he needs help or money. John has taken on the older and responsible role as the oldest sibling. He always helps and takes care of people. John is my favorite character because he is the most level headed and always tries to do the right thing. He is a local detective and is very good at it. John narrates the from time to time during this series and I find this very effective because you get an insight on the show and many critical things for the storyline. Kevin runs a boat dock and Meg is a lawyer.





The show starts off as Danny returning to home for his parents 45th anniversary of their bed and breakfast. I thought this was a great way to start the show off because you get introduced to all many of the characters and you get a sense of how the characters feel about each other. During this episode we begin to see flash forwards of John taking Danny’s dead body to a boat in a cove. He then begins to pour gasoline on the boat and Danny’s dead body. John is narrating all of this very mysteriously saying, “We’re not bad people, but we did a bad thing.” This scene starts to really pick up the show because it leaves the audience with with so many unanswered questions. From here the show talks about what happens leading up to this event in the first season. Danny was helping people smuggle drugs by keeping the drugs hidden in the bed and breakfast. John found out and was very angry at him and began to fight him and ended up killing him. The whole rest of the show is about how John, Kevin, and Meg try to cover it up. They run into many problems like how to keep it a secret from the police and their parents.





This show is the most unprediting show I have ever seen. I like that a lot about this show because I feel like most movies and shows are very predictable nowadays.