Bump is an Australian comedy-drama series that debuted on Stan on January 1, 2021. Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro developed it. The series, which is set in and around a high school in Sydney’s Inner West, centres on Oly, an aspirational and successful adolescent who unexpectedly gives birth to a baby and the issues that follow for two families. Roadshow Rough Diamond created the ten-part television series. Season two debuted on December 26, 2021, and season three will start filming in 2022.
The writers of the series, which also included Jessica Tuckwell, Timothy Lee, Mithila Gupta, and Steven Arriagada, were Claudia Karvan and Kelsey Munro. Dan Edwards and John Edwards worked with Karvan to develop. The series was directed by Geoff Bennett, Gracie Otto, and Leticia Cáceres.
A second season of the show was ordered in January 2021. The start of season 2’s filming in Sydney and the announcement of a third season were both made public in July. Season 2’s teaser and release date were both revealed on November 25, 2021, along with the fact that it will be available on December 26, 2021. On and around the Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay Campus are where the school scenes are shot.
Every woman has a memory of someone giving birth unannounced that is ingrained in her mind. Typically, it comes from “a friend of a friend” or something that was unintentionally ingested from a news report or reality television. But it’s usually told that same manner to other people: with equal parts utter astonishment and utter terror.
The narrative says, “She had no idea she was pregnant.” She was going to relocate abroad after breaking up with her lover. However, one day she experienced a HEAD. It’s a campfire tale that can make mature ladies scream, and teenage girls may find it much worse.
The producers of The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way, and the newest Stan original series, Bump, recount their narrative in a similar manner. The main character, Oly (Nathalie Morris), is a brilliant student who, although having obsessive tendencies, has a wonderful boyfriend, a poster of Jacinda Ardern on her wall, and works by Malala Yousafzai and Gloria Steinem on her nightstand.
But at the conclusion of the first episode, a wailing infant emerges from her vagina, casting doubt on her studies, her relationship with her lover, and her burgeoning feeling of feminist strength.
That first episode really confronts the horror (both physical and psychological) it keeps women recounting these stories, even though I realise that’s a startling way to put it.
Oly collapses on the floor of a restroom cubicle at school, doubling over in agony and spitting before passing out next to a girl searching for her full menstrual cup. It’s a clever allegory of what’s to come and of the potential of these bodies. As a paramedic cuts the umbilical chord, blood spatters Oly’s legs in the ambulance and her mother Angie (Karvan). Bump may be the first Australian TV series to depict the delivery of a placenta thanks to these beautiful and fantastical moments.
However, these shocking incidents aren’t employed as clumsy props in a warning story. Bump is not an after-school programme that tries to reprimand young women for having sex, at least not in the three episodes that were screened in advance for this review.
It does veer toward moralistic when Oly’s first strong wish for adoption is denied – “This is your kid, Oly” – but neither her mother nor her schlubby and largely absent father express any resentment or slut-shaming remarks to her (Angus Sampson). First-time screenwriter and co-creator Kelsey Munro claims that her narrative is meant to be a “wonderful parallel for the shock of parenting.”
Since I don’t have children, I can’t evaluate it by that standard, but it’s undeniably interesting and well-written. Karvan gives a superb, subtle performance as both the comical and emotionally nuanced characters Oly and Angie.
Angie is managing her own consequences of Oly’s significant announcement. Not only does she have a newborn in the house, but the baby’s father, a sensitive “stoner jock” named Santi, is also the son of Matias, the widowed and remarried guy she is attempting to date while breaking up with Oly’s father.
It’s essentially an inner-west telenovela in Sydney.
The plot is likely to be significantly enhanced with the addition of Santi (Carlos Sanson Jr.), Matias (Ricardo Scheihing-Vasquez, in his debut acting role), and the rest of their family. They are eager to teach their culture to the kid as first-, second-, and third-generation migrants from Chile.
In this instance, Latino culture is also portrayed off-screen, which is unusual if not nonexistent on Australian television. The varied writing staff included up-and-coming talent Steven Arriagada, whose father is Indigenous to Chile, and Leticia Cáceres, an Argentinian, was one of three directors, along with Geoff Bennett and Gracie Otto.
Cáceres has stated, “I’m particularly happy of the varied ensemble we put together and the way, while production, we continuously pondered methods of decolonising the frame.”
Although they are given narrative primacy, Oly and her family are the only white characters in the series. This whiteness is questioned constantly, from Santi’s family laughing at Angie’s “narrow hips” to Oly scolding a black nurse about how nursing has “enslaved” her.
It’s appropriate that this witty and endearing programme debuts in its entirety on New Year’s Day. It serves as a great diversion from the horrors of our own year 2020 and serves as a reminder of the pleasant surprises that can materialise even when everything goes disastrously wrong.
The show is presently available to watch in the UK on BBC iPlayer. On October 20, 2021, the full first season was made available, followed by the second on June 17, 2022. The CW has chosen to carry the series in the United States, and as part of their 2021–2022 television season, it will debut on Thursday, August 11, 2022, with back-to-back episodes running at 9 PM.
Where to Watch Bump: Season 1 (2022)?
Bump: Season 1 (2022) will be premiering on the CW on August 11, 2022. We do not recommend illegal streaming and always suggest paying for the content you like to watch.
Is Bump: Season 1 (2022) available on Amazon Prime?
Amazon prime will not be streaming Bump: Season 1 (2022). Additionally, several other films are streaming on Prime. Our recommendations are The Voyagers, It’s a Wonderful Life, Notting Hill, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Is Bump: Season 1 (2022) available on HBO Max?
HBO Max will not be streaming Bump: Season 1 (2022). However, HBO’s subscribers can enjoy its other popular streams like Euphoria, When Harry Met Sally and Promising Young Woman.
Is Bump: Season 1 (2022) available on Hulu?
Bump: Season 1 (2022) is not available on Hulu. The new release line-up additionally includes Pam and Tommy, How I Met Your Father, Abbott Elementary, and Vikings.
Is Bump: Season 1 (2022) available on Netflix?
Bump: Season 1 (2022) will not be available to stream on Netflix. However, other brilliant shows like The Power of The Dog, The Social Network, Tick, Tick, Boom, and much more are available.