Parents' Guide to

Somewhere Between

By Jenny Nixon, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 15+

Mom tries to change fate in melodramatic whodunit.

TV ABC Drama 2017
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age 14+

Based on 8 parent reviews

Linea W.
Linea W. Adult
July 11, 2018
age 18+

Overacting but interesting

This show is interesting but very overacted. Most every episode has a scantily clad woman and lots of cleavage. The first episode has two sex scenes, one including adultery. There is no nudity because the couple’s are under sheets. There are night clubs with prostitutes also showing a lot of cleavage . There are stabbing and lots of graphic scenes with blood and violence.

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
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Yummypapa
Yummypapa Parent of 10-year-old
November 29, 2022
age 14+

Terrible acting, daft storyline

Paula Patton acting was horrible in the series. Terrible acting. The story line is daft and I couldn't bring myself to complete the series. I deliberately registered on this platform just so I can vent about how terrible the acting was, particularly Paula Patton's. Not worth watching
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What's the Story?

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN chronicles the story of Laura Price (Paula Patton), a hotshot news producer in San Francisco, whose daughter Serena (Aria Birch) is kidnapped and murdered by a serial killer she's trying to help the cops apprehend. After three miserable months of grieving, an inconsolable Laura drowns herself -- only to wake up on the beach, coughing up water. Understandably disoriented, she soon discovers she's been somehow sent back in time to a week before her daughter's murder, and believes that this is her chance to change their fate. Conveniently enough, rough-around-the-edges ex-cop (now P.I.) Nico Jackson (Devon Sawa) also finds himself sent back in time, and the duo team up in a race to catch the killer before the clock runs out on their "do over." Laura's exasperated, powerful D.A. husband, Tom Price (JR Bourne), struggles to understand his wife's strange behavior, as he struggles to bury some secrets of his own.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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This series' breakneck pace appears to be aiming for a breathless, edge-of-your-seat feeling, but misses the mark and instead feels choppy and underdeveloped. There's some painfully over-the-top acting across the board -- and on the part of the lead actress in particular -- that helps deflate any real sense of danger or mystery they're trying to achieve. It's an utterly run-of-the-mill mystery/crime series, with the only substantial twist being the time-travel aspect. Overall, Somewhere Between finds itself somewhere between "meh" and "it's just OK" on the watchability scale.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about how it would feel to wake up at a different point in time like Laura does in Somewhere Between. Can you think of a situation you'd like to go back to and handle differently?

  • The main character is warned that her daughter's death was a matter of fate. Do you believe in fate? Do you think someone's fate can be changed?

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