Netflix has a new original series: The Baby-sitters Club! The second season and final covers eight books: Kristy and the Snobs, Claudia and the New Girl, Stacey's Emergency, Jessi and the Superbrat, Mary Anne and the Great Romance, Dawn and the Wicked Stepsister (notice the title change?), Claudia and the Sad Goodbye, and Kristy and the Baby Parade.
The plots are largely the same as the original books, so I won't rehash that except for the episodes that veer way off. But here are some things I noticed:
What stood out as surprisingly (not necessarily good or bad) different to me:
It's nice to see the friendship between the girls' parents, like Dawn's mom and Kristy's mom.
Stacey's parents are still together at this point--they might not divorce at all in the Netflix series, come to think of it.
What I was happy stayed the same:
I love seeing Jessi's barre.
Mary Anne struggles with sewing. It's subtle, but she pokes herself in the finger with a needle while hand-stitching.
Other interesting touches:
Dawn's mom's absent-mindedness shows up in her casually telling Dawn that Kristy's mom and stepdad are considering having a baby together, without regard to whether there should be any discretion involved.
