Review of Season One of Girls5Eva

I have a confession to make: I had no idea this show ever existed. One day, as I was bored, I opened up my Netflix account to see that there was a little banner saying this show had been added. And man, was I confused when I saw Sara Bareilles and Renee Elise Goldberry on that cover image. Like I had no idea these two had been in anything together.

I am a Goldberry fan, but it was Ashley Park, despite her very brief role in this show, that drew me in. I’m such a fan of the work that Ashley Park does, although I will admit that I haven’t seen Emily in Paris. Rare, I know.

So I ventured out to watch this show over the course of two weeks. There were quite a few times when I was at home throughout the last semester of graduate school, and I spent a bit of my free time just watching shows as I cranked out some blog posts here and there.

I will admit, which one will see in later reviews of this show’s seasons, I did think initially I couldn’t watch something like this for multiple seasons. And I was right about that.

Onwards to the review!

A washed up girl band from the early 2000s chases after the glory they once had.

Girls5Eva is centered around a group of the same name, and despite being a one hit wonder when they first came out in the early 2000s, they sure do have a ton of random songs. We see throughout each season of the show there are songs sprinkled here and there that happen to not be the one they’re famous for.

Anyways, they faded into obscurity pretty quickly, leaving each of them to go off and live their own life now in what is considered middle age. When Dawn, who has a child and a husband now, goes to get a royalty check from their sleazy manager (spoiler: that check is only worth $200), she gets roped into delivering checks to the other girls.

One, Gloria, is now a lesbian dentist who gets the sought after mention in the newspapers as someone who people should check out for dentistry. Summer, who seems kind of dumb at first glance, is married and seemingly successful with that, but we learn quickly her marriage isn’t enough for her.

Then there’s Wickie, who seemingly has the perfect jetsetter life, but in one of the episodes we learn that this was all a lie and she actually just works at an airport. She doesn’t make a ton of money and is rich, nor does she hang out with celebrities only a daily basis.

The final member of the group, Ashley, had a tragic accident and is referenced constantly in flashbacks, which I loved because I’m such a big Ashley Park fan. I’ve watched most of the shows and movies she’s been in, but still somehow get myself to watch Emily in Paris.

Anyways, the girls get this big idea that they should reunite as a girl group, setting the stage for the rest of the show. Each episode shows how they struggle (comedically) with balancing their lives and trying to get their careers back on track, despite being women of a certain age. There’s a stigma already against middle aged women, so they have quite a bit of a mountain to climb.

Overall Thoughts

I mean, I watched the first season of this show and was pretty fine with it. While the comedy wasn’t hitting me all the time, there were some genuinely funny moments that made me chuckle here and there.

A big driving part of the show for me was Sara and Renee, and I certainly feel like they did not disappoint when it came to their roles. I was pleasantly surprised by everyone, even though the girl group plot kind of just existed in the stratosphere for me. I didn’t care for it.

Somehow, I kept watching through the other seasons. The reviews for those are forthcoming on the blog. In the mean time, if you haven’t seen this already and are interested, just go for it.

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