Samuel, Romane, Bilal and Victor are childhood friends on the cusp of entering highschool. On the occasion of Bilal’s birthday, the group decide to make their way to their familiar hangout, an abandoned bunker in the forest, to celebrate. But a sudden mysterious event turns their lives upside down, sending them into different parallel dimensions.Parallels Season 1 Download.
Time travel and parallel dimensions have always been a favourite subject for exploration in the sci-fi genre. So for a series or film based on the concept to really stand out, it has to be taken in a direction that does not get repetitive or cliched. Parallels manages to do exactly that with its engaging story that oscillates between poignant and thrilling as the show progresses.The premise is simple enough: a group of best friends find themselves transported to different parallel dimensions. Unbeknownst to them their predicament was caused as a result of a scientific experiment conducted at a research organisation close by, the ERN. The experiment not only separates the group into different dimensions, but also makes one of them, Bilal, age into an adult. The teens’ efforts to find out what caused their predicament and try to reverse the effects make up the rest of the show’s story.
It’s a hard task to get someone without a sliver of interest in science fiction to get hooked onto a show in the genre, but Parallel’s storytelling does not box its story into a singular genre and also maintains a steady pace throughout. It tries to portray universal and relatable emotions in its narration, exploring themes that coming-of-age stories do in a way that tugs at viewers’ heartstrings. We see the pain and grief our young protagonists have to endure when they are separated by their loved ones, plagued by uncertainty as to what actually happened to them. Guilt and regret are quick to follow, especially in the case of young Victor, who is labelled as a ‘problem child’ at the very beginning, and on whom the event starts to take the biggest toll.