I am staying at a friend's house who had a huge smart TV and Netflix. It is my understanding that most of the people in the world have Netflix now and I am one of the few people remaining on the planet that do not have it. I don't have anything against it and I am not one of those people that says that people shouldn't watch too much TV (obviously.)

We decided to watch a TV show that I had never heard of called "Kiss Me First" and this is what I think of it so far: I am not really enthusiastic about watching another episode but I will because I felt the same way after the first episode of Game of Thrones and now it is my favorite show of all time.

I was initially excited by the subject matter of an advanced online world in virtual reality and enjoyed the Avatar-style graphics that the online game has (in the show.)

The story follows Leila, a young teenager whose mother has recently died and she is undergoing a lot of personal issues, which is certainly understandable. She escapes into an online world where she can fly, and seems to forget the problems of her actual life (I think this is true for a lot of people that spend entirely too much time on social media or in playing MMO's.) She is a very timid person in real life but inside the game she gets to take on an entirely different personality. This also sounds very familiar to the way that a lot of people's behavior online.

She meets a group of mysterious people in the game who call themselves the "Red Pills" and they apparently have somehow hacked the game in some fashion that they will not tell a great deal about in the first episode of the series. However, it is evident they have powers inside the game that far surpasses the average user, especially their leader, Adrian.

She manages to meet one of the "Red Pills'" members in real life and this woman, seems to have very little difficulty in figuring out details of Leila's real life such as her address, where she works, or even her real life name. The girl's name is Tess and she lives a far more extroverted life than Leila does and Tess decides to befriend her and they have a great time together where Leila seems to forget her troubles for a little while.

Tess seems to be very interested in Leila in real life and also in the game, and not much else is explained about their relationship although Tess' motives do seem to be genuinely kind in their nature.

The show looks like it could go somewhere very interesting as it appears it is addressing real-life issues such as depression and how it is temporarily alleviated by being online. I for one, think that a lot of depression is actually caused by too much time online, and not enough off. That is an entirely different discussion though.

I say that I don't feel compelled to watch another episode because the first one moved very slowly and I felt bored on many occasions. I don't want to write this one off just yet and I will watch another one. I just don't think they did a very good job of roping us in right out of the gate if that makes sense.

If you are familiar with the show I would like to hear your thoughts but please try not to put spoilers on here if you can help it.