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The new show, debuting on Wednesday night, is set in Los Angeles, not San Francisco.
Like the Salingers before them, the Acostas are de facto orphans.
They cant fully move on, but they all have to move forward.
Yet this newParty of Fiveis not overtly political.
Make no mistake: All of this is political.
IsParty of Fivea little heavy-handed at times?
More significant, the characters are modeled after the 1990s-era five in key ways.
Beto (Niko Guardado) is a high-school athlete who struggles with his grades.
There is also an infant Acosta, a la Owen Salinger, whose name is Rafa.
In these early episodes, neither he nor the demands of caring for him are shunted to the side.
(I am sorry to report that there is no family dog.
Shoutout to Thurber, who stands alone as the officialParty of Fivecanine.)
Tosta is especially convincing and grounded as a young woman trying to navigate both high-school cliques and domestic conflict.
(The firstParty of Fivewas at its absolute best in seasons two and three.)
Some of the plot points and scenes here mirror those in the original.
Valentina throws an out-of-control party at the house, just like Julia did.
