SPOILER ALERT for Netflix’s “My Life with the Walter Boys”! (Book is also available. Author: Ali Novak)
Jackie Howard is a teenage girl living a perfect life. She has a wonderful family consisting of a fashion-designer mom, a loving dad, and an amazing older sister. She attends an all-girls prep school in Manhattan, New York, and is currently on track to getting into her dream school. Princeton. As we are first introduced to her in the show, Jackie is portrayed as being a highly intelligent, goal-oriented, and very ambitious girl. But all of a sudden, she receives some terrible news during an event (that Jackie happened to organize).
Her whole family died in a car accident.
After the tragic incident, Jackie is thrown away from her privileged, preppy life in New York, and is welcomed into a rural home in Colorado. Jackie moves into a “seemingly” ordinary family – except for the fact that she has to live with 10 boys.
Katherine and George Walter were extremely close family friends with Jackie’s parents, so her parents ensured that if anything ever happened to them, Jackie would live with the Walters.
As Jackie moves in with the Walters, we are introduced to the boys:
Will, Cole, Danny, Nathan, Alex, Isaac, Lee, Jordan, Parker, and Benny.
Things start to get pretty interesting on the show as a love triangle emerges between Jackie, Alex, and Cole (the two love interests of the show). Cole is more of the “popular, football player” kind of guy, while Alex is the “sweet book-ish” boy. As we progress through the show we learn a lot about their different personality types- and the fact that both Alex and Cole like Jackie.
Throughout the show, many dramatic events occur and we learn a lot about Cole and Alex’s relationship (it ain’t good)- which helps deepen the plot and create rich, yet stereotypical characters. I’m not saying that it is a bad thing that Cole and Alex are the stereotypical love interests (popular blonde athletic boy, and shy book boy), because the directors were still able to hook the viewers to the show.
One thing that made everyone in the show (including the viewers) so attracted to Cole, was because of this thing called “The Cole Effect”. “The Cole Effect” was a saying that went around school because Cole Walter was so “irresistible “. (Let’s just say he was hot). Alex on the other hand was the kind, sensitive, brunette boy, who treated Jackie like a princess.
Many cute and romantic moments happen between both Jackie and Alex and between Jackie and Cole which makes the decision between the two even more difficult.
In the middle of the show, Jackie then makes the shocking decision of who she wants. (Woah, imagine having to pick between 2 cute guys fighting over you). She chooses Alex.
As the show progresses, with many mixed feelings between Jackie, Cole, and Alex, something shocking occurs. In the last episode, after the wedding of Will and his fiancé Hayley, viewers are given the surprising- yet much-needed event of the show.
Jackie and Cole kiss.
After “The Kiss”, the next scene shows Jackie on a flight back to New York.
What just happened there?! Why did she just leave like that – after such a plot-twisting scene? What happened between Jackie and Alex? Does this mean that Cole and Jackie were the “meant to be” couple of the show? How could they just end the show on a cliffhanger?!
My Life with the Walter Boys gives us such an unexpected ending and leaves viewers pining for 2nd season.
Now here is the real question- should YOU watch the show?
I guess that depends on whether or not you like “coming-of-age” teen romance shows, or if you’re more of a James Bond & Mission Impossible kind of guy.
But trust me- “My Life With the Walter Boys” is something you don’t want to miss out on!
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