New York never looked so blue — if you were Annie Jacobson.Â
From Prime Video’s newest YA series, Sterling Point takes you on a Canadian adventure alongside Annie Jacobson (Ella Rubin), a 17-year-old whose life turns sideways after a rejection email and a letter from a grandfather she never met.
The creator, Megan Park, begins the story with a detour to Muskoka, Canada, which rapidly becomes a rabbit hole of unveiling Annie’s mother’s disappearance and the buried drama of her family’s history beneath the shoreline. Set against the island’s lake light and the slow hum of cicadas, the audience is anchored in the silence between two sisters, who might not be sisters at all, and the restlessness of chasing the truth.Â
Amongst other teen dramas, like Off Campus or The Summer I Turned Pretty, Park’s direction steers Sterling Point away from the usual gloss of romance and towards an intimate, nostalgic shine. Those who enjoyed the first season (ahem — me) get an escape from the cheesy first-kiss montages, which helps the season stand out in a saturated genre.Â
The supporting cast (Amelie Hoeferle as Ramona and Keen Ruffalo as Connor) adds its own tension, reminding the audience, amid inherited heartbreak, that family is who stays when the truth surfaces. With pop tracks that score the subplots with a quiet ache of self-discovery, the coming-of-age story turns an abandoned cabin and angsty family dinners into a revelation haunted by love and loyalty. At the end of the season, Annie is faced with choosing between prioritizing her first family and protecting the one she was stolen from — a decision that carries Sterling Point into its promised second season.