Eye Candy is a new show on MTV that revolves around a 21-year-old girl named Lindy (Victoria Justice). The show begins with her having some issues with her younger sister Sara (Jordyn DiNatale). They aren’t close, but you can tell how much Lindy cares for her. As they make a stop for food, Sara decides to get out of the car and use the restroom, but in a sudden turn of events, Lindy is forced to witness her sister’s abduction.
Three years later with no sign of Sara, Lindy is working towards finding Sara’s killer. Lindy is a tech wiz and that is notorious for her work (even though some of it may be illegal). As of now a new cyber killer is on the rise in Manhattan, and Lindy will put herself in extreme danger to find him.
Her best friend and roommate Sophia (Kiersey Clemons) convinces her that she needs to use a new online dating service called Flirtual, and gives her the user name “eye candy.” While meeting possible suitors, she discovers that one of them may be the cyber stalker himself. The killer has a strong infatuation towards Lindy and will stop at nothing to get to her, including killing all of her potential suitors. Working with her friends, Lindy decides to solve the murder herself and ultimately find her missing sister Sara.
The series opener shows that the show is not just about solving a mystery. The episode delves into the romantic history Lindy has with Detective Ben Miller (Daniel Lissing). Throughout the episode, Lindy and Ben rekindle their romance and give their relationship another try, but they run into trouble when the cyber killer wants Ben gone for good. This plot is resolved in a shocking twist ending, which turned out to be one of the saddest endings to a season’s priemere that I’ve ever seen.
The second episode is just as strong as the first, and pushes the boundaries even farther when Lindy is put in immediate danger. Continuing the use of the dating app Flirtual, Lindy once again takes matters into her own hands. Detective Connor (John Garet Stoker), who we were introduced to in the first episode and who is close friends with Ben, shows that he is very interested in Lindy. You can definitely tell that he will be her future love interest. When meeting one of her suitors she discovered on the app, he ends up showing the potential to be the killer, which leads things to take a turn for the worse.
Reece, who Lindy met on the Flirtual app, turns out to be extremely strange, and on their fist “date” he takes Lindy to a deserted car park. While there was something extremely off about Reece, you know that he is not going to be the killer for obvious reasons. Lindy escapes just in time to be put in “protection” by Detective Connor at a warehouse in the city.
Just as everything is looking fine at the moment, Lindy and Detective Connor both receive a video message on their phone of Reece being killed, which opens their eyes to the fact that he is in no way the killer. This part of the episode was filmed in such a great way that it actually gave me chills.
For a new show, I found Eye Candy to be great. It kept me on the edge of my seat during each episode and has the potential to go far. Something that I found to be interesting is only being able to hear the killer’s voice instead of seeing glimpses of him. It makes the mystery even more intriguing.
Unlike other shows, I never had a moment where I was bored and wanted to stop watching. I think this show will go far and potentially be renewed for a second season.
Victoria Justice plays Lindy fantastically. Just the ending of the first episode alone showed that she knows what she is doing and that her character is extremely headstrong. All of the actors really bring something to the table, and you won’t see the plot twists coming.
Overall I would rate this show with an A+ and I can’t wait to see more of it.
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