Netflix’s Locke and Key ends with a whimper in final season
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6295Z)
Darby Stanchfield, Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup, and Emilia Jones in Locke and Key season 3. | Image: Netflix
When it debuted in 2020, Netflix's live-action adaptation of Locke and Key got off to a pretty good start. Based on the brilliant comic series from Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, the show tells the story of the Locke family and their sprawling ancestral home in Massachusetts that also happens to be home to some very cool magical keys. The first season of the show mixed the comic's dark family drama and fantastical premise with some high-school hijinks ripped right out of Riverdale. But with season two, a lack of a great villain and a sped-up pace took away from what made the show so interesting - namely the magic and the mystery. Now, the series is back with a third and final season that attempts to wrap things up once and for all. But...