My life with the Walter boys has been renewed for a second season. The announcement came at a time when some of us didn't even know this series existed. For whatever reason, this fiction has been Netflix's latest phenomenon. Its premiere coincides with a new attempt by the platform to be transparent with its audience data. However, every time Netflix publishes information of this kind, it always receives the same citations: it is unaudited data and such completeness and accuracy indicate that the company has much more much more relevant information. And he keeps it to himself. And they refer us to the Netflix Top 10 page, whose reliability is whatever you want to give it. According to Netflix Top 10, My Life with the Walter Boys is the most watched series in the world and in Spain. And in Costa Rica. And in Iceland.

I won't be the one to question the success of this series. Yes, its quality, of course. You don't need to spin a fine line with My Life with the Walter Boys. Just its ugly looks, clearly designed for small screens, pull you back. So many close-ups get dizzying. I suppose Netflix knows that series like this are watched a lot on mobile phones and already orders them with that poor and basic audiovisual language. It has to be that without a doubt.

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The plot of My Life with the Walter Boys isn't much more elaborate. The story begins when teenager Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) moves from New York to Colorado, after losing her entire family in a car accident. You'll go from enjoying cosmopolitan Manhattan to living in the middle of nowhere with the Walters, a hauntingly sprawling family clan. Before she knows where she'll sleep in her new home, Jackie already has her first sexual-sentimental dilemma with her siblings-not-siblings. Because why would My Life with the Walter Boys be squeamish when Netflix knows from what exact minute a viewer leaves a series if they haven't been given something to hold onto. If Jackie is given several Walters to hold on to as soon as possible, it's harder for the target audience of her series to tune out.

As this product has clearly been conceived under such parameters, it is absurd to try to analyse it in a much more brainy way. Even more so if we take into account that My Life with the Walter Boys is the adaptation of a novel that its author, Ali Novak, began writing at the age of 15. It's not that it's a quinceañero show, it's that it's a quinceañera series.

During the last few years we have been able to watch very interesting series by, with and for teenagers. Fictions that know how to attract teenagers without frightening us adults. According to Netflix, My Life with the Walter Boys has attracted millions of viewers. I imagine that most of them are very young and they see it on their mobiles. "Funny," "light," and "fantasy" are words that are repeated a lot in its positive reviews, so let's not rule out that Netflix's upcoming teen phenomenon will include them directly in its title. The algorithm has no mercy. No taste.

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