IndieWire's C+ and characterisation of the show as 'regrettably pedestrian' teen melodrama sits opposite Ready Steady Cut's 4/5 praising its vibe and authentic South African texture; IMDb series rating of 6.7 tracks the split.
Renewal: Ran four seasons from 2020 to 2024. Netflix has not renewed for Season 5 as of 2026. (The Review Geek)
Indian OTT platforms do not publish per-title streams. This tracks reception across the run, not viewership.
| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12020 · 6 eps | 20 May 2020 | 6.2 | n/a | 6.7/10 | ONE-TIME WATCH |
| Season 22021 · 7 eps | 24 September 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | ONE-TIME WATCH |
| Season 32022 · 6 eps | 25 November 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | ONE-TIME WATCH |
| Season 42024 · 6 eps | 1 March 2024 | n/a | n/a | n/a | ONE-TIME WATCH |
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The first episode of Season 2 lands like a new guest at a familiar party. The setting feels the same, but the rules have shifted just enough to make the people in charge more dangerous. A new social rhythm pulses through the school world, and the show uses it to do what it does b
Full episode review →A school event becomes a spotlight nobody can control. The camera stays tight on the small choices: who gets invited, who gets ignored, and whose story is allowed to matter. In that glare, **Puleng** tries to keep her hunch alive without detonating everything around it, but the i
Full episode review →The school’s most polished smile cracks in a hallway moment, the kind that should stay private but immediately doesn’t. A quiet arrangement turns transactional. Someone who usually controls the room loses even a sliver of leverage, and the fallout lands not with a bang, but with
Full episode review →A party at Clifton collapses into a quiet panic the second someone realizes the wrong story is spreading. In the middle of that swirl stands **Puleng**, trying to keep control with smiles, while **Fikile** watches the room like it’s a crime scene. The hour doesn’t start with a gu
Full episode review →A tense school-week power shift hangs on a simple lie that keeps multiplying. **Blood & Water** uses S02E05 to squeeze the mystery through relationships, not clues, and BollyAI’s read is that the episode’s best work is how it turns “who trusts whom” into the real suspense engine.
Full episode review →A message goes out like a match, and the episode lets the school receive it before it fully understands what it means. The corridors look the same, but the trust has changed shape. People who smiled yesterday start counting exits today. Then the hour tightens the screws on the on
Full episode review →The season’s final hour treats the truth like a contagion. It pulls the school’s status game into the open, then forces **Phumlile “Phume”** and **Puleng** to pay in real time for what they kept private. The hour’s one job is not “reveal everything.” It’s to make the last secret
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