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J.B. and Filthy have it all figured out, but dad’s health issues threaten to change things for good.
The Disney+ series The Crossover, from LeBron James’ SpringHill production company, feels a bit like a LEGO version of other coming-of-age and sports shows, each brick cribbed from a different influence.
That’s probably fitting for something pitched at a younger demographic, which is always a tricky market to crack when you’re also trying to really be about something. But it also holds this well-intentioned and very likable eight-episode story from really standing out.
The Crossover Season 1 review and plot summary
It’s a shame, really, that The Crossover reminds you more of other shows than it allows you to really settle into its own universe, which was adapted from the novel-in-verse by Kwame Alexander, who adapted it for television alongside Damani Johnson. That universe has a love for the written and spoken word that would have been enough to set it apart had the concept really been explored enough.
The story revolves around Josh – aka “Filthy McNasty” – and J.B. Bell (Jalyn Hill and Amir O’Neil), the sons of a beloved pro basketball player named Chuck (Derek Hill), who is also their coach at the middle school where their mother, Crystal (Sabrina Revelle), is the principal.
The lives of the Bell brothers revolve around basketball like the rock has its own gravitational pull. Both are standout players. Both have long imagined a path to the NBA and superstardom, but neither has bothered to ask the other if that’s what they really want. As the pressures of growing up begin to pull them both in different directions – a crush one way, high school the other – they’re forced to interrogate their real passions and values.
Filthy, for instance, has a talent for poetry that is read aloud in voiceover by Daveed Diggs. J.B. is a passionate artist. Neither has considered the idea that these things could become their purpose since their purpose has always been basketball.
Is The Crossover good or bad?
The Crossover knits together these coming-of-age elements with adult storylines quite well – there’s a whole subplot involving Chuck’s worsening health that touches on many different issues, and Crystal has a compelling role as a public-facing disciplinarian who has to juggle doing what’s right with doing what’s right for her family specifically.
The biggest hiccup the show makes, I think, is trying to cheaply build tension with flash-forwards that imply future calamities. This all amounts to quite a decent payoff but it still feels a bit unnecessary.
DOWNLOAD MOVIE: The Crossover S01E01 – X’s & O’s
DOWNLOAD MOVIE: The Crossover S01E02 – The Cold Streak
DOWNLOAD MOVIE: The Crossover S01E03 – One-on-One
DOWNLOAD MOVIE: The Crossover S01E04 – Time Out
DOWNLOAD MOVIE: The Crossover S01E05 – Huddle Up
DOWNLOAD MOVIE: The Crossover S01E06 – Full Court Press
DOWNLOAD MOVIE: The Crossover S01E07 – Clutch