Eccentric

Eccentric is a Martonian television series created by Leroy Canavan for PCSN. The series is set in the fictional city of West Isle, Kentona and follows a group of teenagers with little to no parental authority who carelessly take drugs and have sex. Almost every episode has a different character as its focus, opening with a flashback of that character's past. The series stars Lori Z as Luna Leonard, a teenage girl attempting to find her place in the world who also serves as a narrator for the series.

Canavan began developing Eccentric in the late 2010s, not long after the cancellation of his first teen drama series, Slowpokes. The series is written by Canavan, Michael Marlon, Steve Brayden, Julian Liu, and Mark Southworth. Executive producers of the series include Canavan, Brayden, Seth Muir, and Lori Zane. The series is principally filmed at Jeffrey Grazer High School and The Village Studios, both in Brookshire, Brunova and NBT Studios West in Sainsboro, Kentona. A few episodes of season 2 were filmed along the coastline of Kearney, Kentona. Eccentric is produced by Leroy Canavan's own Canavan Productions, in association with Gray Bird Films, South Shore Pictures, and PCSN Studios.

Eccentric premiered on June 3, 2022 on PCSN. In September 2022, acquired the international distribution rights to the series, and it premiered internationally on October 1, 2022. The show was praised for its cast (particularly Lori Z, Payton Sampson, Desmond Pagulayan, and Kevin Charles), story, character development, and approach to its mature subject matter. However, it was also criticized by Martonian and foreign critics for its depictions of drug use and explicit sexual content due to its protagonists being teenagers. It won three MFTA Awards, two Velvet Awards, and two Freddy Awards. The series' second season premiered on May 5, 2023.

Premise
Eccentric revolves around teenagers living in the fictional city of West Isle in Kentona, and its story is told through the eyes of protagonist and narrator Luna Leonard (Lori Z). Topics such as, , , , , , and.

Main cast and characters
The "default character" who serves as the series' narrator. She is a teenage girl struggling to find her place in the world who befriends her classmate, Casey. Her quirks and insecurities make her a target for bullies. An older boy who struggles in school and uses drugs to cope with his misfortunes. An insecure boy who Blake coerces into taking drugs with him. Blake's ex-girlfriend. A bossy, upright girl who is controlling over her boyfriends. She and Blake briefly get back together before she decides to move on. A vindictive but intellectual boy whose friendships do not last long. An energetic girl who wants to explore her sexuality. Bobby uses her to make his former friend, Benito, jealous. She later enters a turbulent relationship with Blake. Blake's former friend. He becomes increasingly volatile over the course of the series. A transgender girl who befriends Luna and eventually becomes her girlfriend. A girl with a troubled past who finds herself in various relationships, including one with Benito. Eugene's ex-girlfriend. She eventually finds herself in a bizarre but brief relationship with Blake's dealer, Carlo. A man in his 20s who works at a local diner and deals drugs to teenagers in his spare time. An old friend of Andrea's who begins interfering with Casey and Luna's relationship. Blake's younger sister and an aspiring musician. A college freshman who becomes obsessed with Andrea.
 * Lori Z as Luna Leonard:
 * Cameron Beckham as Blake Sherman:
 * Kevin Charles as Eugene Dobson (season 1; guest season 2)
 * Kennedy Frasier as Andrea Cooper:
 * Greg McGowan as Robert "Bobby" Leland:
 * Louise Oakland as Stephanie "Stephie" Vaughn:
 * Desmond Pagulayan as Benito Dizon:
 * Payton Sampson as Casey Hubbard:
 * Donna Tavares as Jessica "Jessie" Braxton (seasons 1–2):
 * Hayley Vincent as Michelle "Shelly" Moore:
 * Baxter Brad as Carlton "Carlo" Magnum (season 2–present; recurring season 1):
 * Lucita Grayson as Christy MacFarlane (season 2–present; guest season 1):
 * Juliana Lewiston as Shannon Sherman (season 2–present):
 * Stevie Yeung as Dominic Lee (season 2–present):

Criticism and controversy
Since its premiere, Eccentric has been criticized for its mature themes and content. Several critics have cited the series as having gratitous and excessive amounts of strong language, uncensored nudity and sexual content, drug use, and graphic violence. Criticism quickly increased after the series was released internationally on Netflix. Many people have compared Eccentric to the American series , which was similarly criticized.

MediaWatch, an organization that rates media's suitability for children, gave the series an "18+" rating, noting the strong adult themes and content and strongly discouraging teenage viewership. Conservative advocacy group Parents of the Media described the series as "disturbing, disheartening, rife with rape, and disgustingly homosexual", called PCSN "the lowest [c]able TV can go" for producing and distributing the series, and demanded that the series be cancelled and removed from all streaming platforms. Moreover, the Organization for Drug Abuse Education (ODAE) strongly criticized the show's drug content, accusing it of "justifying, normalizing, glorifying, and rationalizing [drug] abuse and addiction" and said that it "casually and knowingly depicts such behaviors as a part of everyday teenage life".

Studiosity writer Glenn Daily said the series "actually lacks the maturity required to deal with its very real and very adult subject matter", and that it "glorifies rape, organized crime, and drug addiction". Michael Paulson of the American magazine Screensaver counted 94 shots of breasts and/or penises in Eccentric's pilot episode alone, which he called "irrelevant to the plot and very much uncalled for". Louise White-Chan from the U.S.-based website OEN wrote that the writers should find ways to shock the audience that do not involve sex or violence. Canadian critic Peter Prince of Prince & Prince wrote the series off as "just another teen show pretending to be 'mature' by showing genitalia and drug-induced every few seconds. Euphoria is also the name of the American series this was probably attempting to emulate."