As The CW announces the end of some beloved series, it's the perfect time to get caught up on one the network renewed. In the Dark is a moody, sarcastic drama that introduces a blind protagonist played by Perry Mattfield, creating a rich story environment and featuring visually impaired communities.

In the Dark follows the exploits of Murphy Mason, a blind woman struggling with alcoholism and the ability to connect with other people. One person she manages to connect with is Tyson Parker, a teenager who saved her life after a violent mugging. In the first episode, Murphy discovers Tyson's dead body, but by the time the police arrive his body has been moved. The first season deals with the disappearance of Tyson -- whether he's truly dead and what happened to him -- and how Murphy can connect with people in his absence.

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While In the Dark deals with weighty topics of drug addiction and dealing with an often ablest world, it tries to do so through a lens of comedy. Murphy approaches the world with a sarcastic irreverence that makes many of her interactions a joy to watch. At its heart, though, In the Dark is a murder mystery, creating a compelling genre mash-up.

Each episode effortlessly shifts from seemingly meaningless issues, like hiding information from Murphy's mom, to the life-threatening stakes of arrest or abduction. The genuinely surprising twists and turns of each episode and the longer seasonal narrative arcs really drive In the Dark.

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One of the best parts of In the Dark, however, are the supporting characters. Murphy's roommate, Jess, is a vet at the Guiding Hope dog school run by Murphy's parents. She seems close with Murphy, and their relationship is one of the few healthy things in Murphy's life, but she's also a thriving character in her own right, with a successful career and a loving relationship with her partner, Vanessa, at the beginning of the show. Moreover, Jess is a happy lesbian portrayed by an actress who doesn't fit the typical Hollywood build, providing good representation for real women.

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Maybe the best character, though, is Chloe Riley, the daughter of one of the cops investigating Tyson's murder. Chloe is also blind, and her cop dad doesn't really know how to treat her. She builds a relationship with Murphy almost accidentally, but the two seem to be at their best with each other. Murphy doesn't pity Chloe and can provide honest feedback about how to make her way through the world as a blind woman. Calle Walton, who portrays Chloe, was also the only visually impaired actor on set for the first season, making her experience and her character even more important.

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In the Dark received some rightful criticism for casting a seeing actor to play the lead in a show about the blind experience. Working with Walton as well as hiring a blindness consultant has allowed the show to try to deal with aspects of the visually impaired community with compassion, but it still mis-steps. A minor plot-line in the first season deals with a sighted character pretending to be blind, very neatly duplicating the casting of a sighted actor to play Murphy. But others have also noted problems with the show not being available with descriptive audio for blind communities.

Despite these missteps, In the Dark has found its fan base and was renewed for a third season on The CW. The first two seasons are available now on Netflix, making it the perfect time to catch up on this drama-comedy-mystery series that so many have been sleeping on.

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