Cyborg Sun

How? How did they nail Carl so good???

5 episodes in, but fell in love from minute 1 (though that's kinda cheating I guess because I was in love with the concept itself from the day it was announced last year, and saw quite a few previews and trailers beforehand). I'm autistic myself, and I know everyone's different, but Carl himself is so dang relatable to me. He stims with his hands a lot, has a laser-focused memory of the things he's passionate about and can notice the little details, but struggles with his emotions at times and can sometimes be too focused on a goal to the point of ignoring the consequences.

I don't own a lot of collections like he does, aside from plushies (which he has a fond attachment to... another really relatable thing for me!), but yeah other than that I really vibe with him. It's just a cute, cozy show all around that's respectful to the audience (not too sugary sweet, not at all in-your-face or self-indulgent about the fact that the main character is autistic), another great PBS show that I hope the kids of today will look back to fondly in 10 years or so.

And look I'm not at all a "muh representation" guy but on some level I still really appreciate this show for existing and really getting it right. Kids really need some good, tasteful examples of people like us, which to be fair is actually nothing new for PBS specifically, they've had plenty of autistic characters in other shows over the years (shoutouts to AJ Gadgets from Hero Elementary, that guy's awesome, & Max from Daniel Tiger is great but not nearly as relatable to me), but this show is obviously a lot more laser-focused on the struggles we often have to deal with. But I wanna judge the show on it's merits beyond the "representation", and merits it has. Worth the wait, did not disappoint, and excited to watch more of it!