Thursday, July 30, 2020

Alexa and Katie - Web Series Review


"Real Friendships are difficult to find, so if you have one, treasure it". 


                               

Alexa and Katie is a story about true friendship who stayed with each other in thick and thin. It makes you believe that friends are forever. Both the characters makes you fall in love with them because of their innocence and compassion.

Creator: Heather Wordham
Genre : Sitcom
Platform: Netflix
Language: English
Part : 4
Rating : ✮✮✮✮✰

Cast 

Paris Berelc, Isabel May, Tiffini Thiessen, Eddie Shin, Emery Kelly, Finn Carr, Jolie Jenkins 


Plot 

The story is about two best friends Alexa(Paris Berelc) an ambitious basketball player battling cancer and strive to live a normal life which sometimes makes her rebellious  and Katie(Isabel May) who loves to do theater, is quirky and awkward. She constantly support Alexa's impulsive decisions due to her illness. Katie's mother Jennifer is a single mother studying to finish college while working. Both their families are very close and help each other in the hour of need. Alexa has a caring older brother Lucas aspire to be a doctor after seeing her sister's condition. Alexa and Lucas father is an airline pilot and mother Lori is a chef both are quite competitive in nature. Lori is quite protective especially when she got to know about Alexa's cancer. Katie's younger brother has an avid love for video games and candies.

This sitcom is definitely giving other web series a tough competition. As with lots of fun and excitement it is also giving some big time friendship goals. 

 "Friendship Goals" Scenes from Alexa and Katie


1) Part 1 Ep1: Alexa comes home after her treatment from cancer. Soon she realised due to her chemotherapy, her hair starts to fall out. Scared by the fact that people would find out about her cancer, she does pretty crazy things to avoid her first day of high school. She drags Katie along with her and gets her suspended as well. When Alexa opens up about her hair falling off, Katie shaves her hair off to cheer up Alexa.

2) Part1 Ep13: Alexa and Katie were very eager to attend their first high school dance ever! But unfortunately, due to the flu outbreak going to the dance becomes risky for Alexa's health. Like always, Katie comes to the rescue. Everyone at the dance wears a mask along with Alexa and Katie to avoid risking Alexa's health.

3) Part 3 Ep8: It was time for Alexa and Katie's SATs. Katie the 'Straight A' student, studies really hard. On the day of their SATs Katie gets a panic attack right before the exam. Alexa stood by Katie at that time, which made her and Katie miss their SATs. Katie realises that she is prone to anxiety attacks. In such a tough time for Katie, Alexa was by her side.

4) Part 4 Ep8: They made up a pact to go to the same college. But with Katie getting into NYU she gets one step closer to her acting dream. When she breaks this news to Alexa, both of them agree to call each other everyday and make sure they are always in touch. This proves that nothing can come in the way of your friendship if the bond is strong. 
 







In 2018. Alexa & Katie was nominated for the prime time Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. And in 2019, the series was a recipient for the 12th Television Academy Honors.

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@SwatiMathur

30 comments:

  1. I was looking for Netflix recommendations. Glad I read your post to discover Alexa and Katie. Seems like a beautiful tale of two friends

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  2. This web series comes like a breath of fresh air. I binge-watched a lot of thrillers and detective series during the lockdown. Watching Katie and Alexa will give me a much-needed break. Thank you so much.

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  3. I was looking for some new series to watch on Netflix and Just read your post. The plot of series sounds really exciting to me. Will watch it for sure. Thanks for sharing about it.

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    1. I am glad you like it.. You can watch it with your kids

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  4. I have been watching a lot of dark and heavy duty series off late. Was looking for something light hearted and fun to watch next. Going to go with your recco of Alexa and Katie. Thanks.
    Mayuri / Sirimiri

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  5. I really love the plots which are built around friendship and this looks great to watch ...will sure add in my wishlist and watch

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  6. I didnt know about this show buddy but you have got me so hooked, watching it at the earliest

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  7. Thank you Swati for recommending this amazing series, I just loved the way you have reviewed this web series. I am definitely going to watch it.

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  8. I was not aware of this show .. the story line seems really interesting to me . I love such friendship related Stories..

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  9. Very interesting. What is the recommended age group for this series? My daughter is currently watching but about to finish Babysitters Club.

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    1. Above 8 Yrs. And you can watch along.. It's a lovely series

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  10. This series looks quite interesting and somewhere I feel that it will be inspiring also. I am surely gonna watch this series pretty soon.

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  11. I think I need to binge watch Alexa and Katie.Stories of friendship are always a must watch.Netflix is great

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  12. This series is giving a real friendship goals, shall check this series. You have very well listed all the pointers , I am eagerly waiting to watch it.

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  13. Sounds so lovely. Will definitely put it on my watchlist. Thanks for recommending

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  14. I was wondering if I should watch this show...thanks for this review, I will watch it.

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  15. This sounds promising and refreshing. Thank you for the post. Shall look into it.

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  16. I loved watching this series and your post just made me feel watching it again

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  17. I was just on a lookout for a good recommendation for netflix. So glad I bumped into your post.

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