I happened to come across the 2021 series "The Bite" by random chance. I hadn't heard about the series prior to getting to sit down and binge-watch all six episodes of season one. And trust me, once you start on this, you just gobble down one episode after another.
I was more than genuinely entertained by what "The Bite" delivered. And I dare say that this is a series that definitely pack a bite, pardon the pun.
The storyline is one that is rather interesting. Now, of course one might argue for or against the thing about the series setting the COVID virus as being the root of the infection, albeit a new and more potent strain, of course. Personally, I found it to be okay, because it definitely reflects how the world has been for the past year and a half.
The characters in the series are nicely detailed and fleshed out on the screen, which means that it is characters you can connect with and go through their ups and downs with. So the writers definitely managed to do well in the character gallery department, as well as the dialogue department.
Visually then "The Bite" was good. Sure, this wasn't top of the line special effects and CGI. But the special effects were working as intended and were good, so I was content. Now, the thing about the infected being able to extend their jaws further than humanly possible, as seen in the not-so-great movie "I Am Legend", that was just beyond me. It added an unnecessary element of stupidity to the series, and it made the infected come of as being more of a comedy-relief than dangerously infected individuals capable of spreading a deadly virus.
Something I really enjoyed about the storyline in "The Bite" was the fact that the writers actually offered a plausible origin to a zombie outbreak here. That is something that is most commonly avoided doing in series and movies that have a zombie theme. So that was definitely something that worked in favor of the series, and it was something I enjoyed having included.
There is a good amount of jabs at social situations, governmental situations, political situations, medical situations, the general situation of the world, etc. In this series. And that was something that definitely also added a subtle layer to the storyline.
However, I thoroughly enjoyed "The Bite", and I sat through all six episodes in one rapid succession, watching them back to front. So yeah, "The Bite" was definitely a nice surprise to stumble upon here in 2021. And talk about being left off hanging on a cliffhanger as the sixth episode ended. I am definitely returning for a second season, provided there will be one.
I am rating "The Bite" a well-deserved seven out of ten stars. If you have the opportunity to sit down and watch this series, you should do so.
