The best episode is the final episode since that explores the possibility of what those two can be like without being confined to the military base, having that sense of freedom for the first time in their lives. What’s even more fascinating is that we start out with two teens who we either don’t know much about (in the case of Caitlin) or kinda don’t sympathise with (in the case of Fraser), but by the end, having spent so much time seeing them going through their own struggles and bonding with each other, we come to understand them much better and want them to be together despite what’s going on around them. This is slow-burning, but intimate, coming-of-age series that explores the notions of deep friendship, one’s own identity, being noticed, first love, and how we relate to others as well as ourselves, resulting in this deep exploration about the anguishing throes of being a teenager.

Eventually, the two meet and start forming a close bond despite outside forces that threaten to break that relationship apart. Fraser is a difficult, hyper-intelligent yet angsty person that’s always lashing out at his mother, whereas Caitlin is actually more confident and than Fraser but is somewhat enigmatic and is struggling with her own gender identity. military base in Italy in 2016, shortly before Donald Trump was elected president.

Now, Guadagnino has made the transition from film to TV with his new series, We Are Who We Are, which focuses on two teens, Fraser and Caitlin, both of which live within a U.S. Luca Guadagnino has made a name for himself as a filmmaker after crafting impeccable films, such as I Am Love, A Bigger Splash, and especially Call Me by Your Name.

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