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In The Dark: 5 reasons why you should be excited to watch the CW drama

The series follows Murphy, a hard-living, hard-drinking, disaffected twenty-something with a penchant for cigarettes and casual hookups. She also happens to be blind

The CW, known for its superhero content is venturing into something of an uncharted territory with its new summer offering, 'In The Dark'. The show is a drama that is laced with some strikingly witty and funny writing and some seriously great characters with a lot of depth. It does have a relatively new set of faces, but the story looks promising.

Here are five reasons why you should definitely watch the show:

1. The story itself is pretty badass

The series follows protagonist Murphy, a hard-living, hard-drinking, disaffected twenty-something with a penchant for cigarettes and casual hookups. She also happens to be blind and lives in downtown Chicago with her guide dog, Pretzel. She's probably the most foul-mouthed person you'd meet with an even worse temper - leaving her almost friendless. So imagine the situation when one of those very few friends, a teen named Tyson (who's also a drug dealer), ends up being the cold dead thing she stumbles on while on a walk with her dog. 

She goes to the police, but they don't find a body and with her being drunk almost all the time, she isn't the most reliable witness. This is where it gets pretty damn daring - she sets off with Pretzel to find out what happened to Tyson.