Girl vs. Boy (2012)

Directed by

Thomas Robins, David Stubbs

Country

New Zealand

Length

3 seasons, 21 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teen comedy set in a close New Zealand suburb where a couple's breakup splits the community. A self-appointed love detective tries to uncover what happened and mend the rift. Later seasons involve a happiness competition, a divisive school principal, and student elections.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalupbeatquirkyyouthfulcomedic

What happens

Girl vs. Boy is a New Zealand teen situation comedy filmed in Seatoun, Wellington and produced by KHF Media, NZ on Air and TVNZ. The series takes place in the perfect, tight knit suburb of The Bay, where the dramatic breakup of Hailey (Carolyn Dando) and Tim (Josh McKenzie) has divided the whole community which leaves Maxine (Courtney Abbot), a self-proclaimed 'love-detective,' to investigate the breakup, settle the conflict and reunite the tight knit community. In the second season, the bay is keen to maintain its reputation in New Zealand's happiest suburb competition. The bay tries everything it can to make Maxine and Jack the happy poster couple for its campaign. This time it is Maxine's own love life that is out in the open, and aired on national tv. In the third season, the new principal wants to divide girls and boys at school. Maxine and her friends must work out why the principal is on this mission, and her history with the people of the bay. School camp is a key event, as well as Student elections, with Max, Olaf, Grayson and Gina all running for a position. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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