Serena gets artificially inseminated by accident with the sperm of the Alpha, Bart. Yes, Bart. And no, we are never given an explanation of what being Alpha means or what he controls. Her bully, Selena, is mad because she wanted to steal that sperm. Bart comes to Serena to offer her a marriage contract and money to have the baby, saving her from her raping stepbrother and abusive stepmom. The film then mostly involves Serena getting further picked on my Selena and her mom Linda, who discovers that the girls are half sisters from when her husband cheated on her. There's a barely touched B plot where Bart is jealous of his right hand man because of some coincidental moments between him and Serena. Selena also attempts to rape Bart twice. And yet, nothing is done about the villains. Bart and Serena's relationship barely goes anywhere and truly Bart is the least heterosexual seeming of all the leading man we've seen. They don't even consummate the marriage at any point, but I guess they don't have to when she's already pregnant. With most of the movie over, Serena's mom, Emma, comes in for no real reason and we get a deus ex machina of an ending where Emma uses the Queen (there's a queen in this world) to get Selena and Linda arrested or executed or something. Serena gives birth. Happy family ending.
This movie was far longer than it needed to be at only an hour and a half, probably because it was plotted like it was bring written in installments with no planning, even more than other vertical dramas we've seen. There were a few laugh out loud moments though, some ugly costumes for our lead, some barely understandable Eastern European accents, and the stunning lack of chemistry. Overall, not bad.
Spoon Rating: 6
Note: I can't verify the accuracy but I just read this blog post about vertical dramas that could explain a bit about what's going on here. I really want a deep dive YouTube video or something on the topic.
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