Inspired by the fervor and comedy where the last season stops that follows the day by day movement and battles of a gathering of four street guys, who explore through life, managing the difficulties of their high school period. In this new season, Jamal and the folks face their kidnapper.
"On My Block Season 3" offers up a fitting next chapter for the Freeridge teens, even if it's a little uneven. But most importantly, it continues to be a story told from a perspective that looks at nuance and reality in Latinx and Black communities.
It successfully combines all of its ingredients, making a rich and complicated sauce out of things you might not guess would go together: First romances. Gang violence. Garden gnomes. Absent fathers.
[Season 3 taps] into our desire for and capacity to change and be better than what's expected of us. ... For the teens of On My Block, it's a lesson they're only starting to learn.
More than previous seasons, it feels like On My Block Season 3 would benefit from a week-to-week episode release rather than the traditional Netflix dump. Subplots and b-stories fade in a binge.
On My Block S3 is as good as you want it to be--the authenticity of it...gang life, yes, but also the joy, the culture, growing up--it is everything we love about this series.
The choice to promote Garcia to series regular continues to pay off in dividends as the young upstart consistently elevates Jasmine beyond her "funny but annoying neighbor" origins.
