‘ELLE,’ SEASON ONE: A PREQUEL STORY ABOUT YOUNG ELLE WOODS
Prime Video gets into the prequel game with Elle, a season one show that gives us a story about Elle Woods in high school.
Elle, Season One (2026) Prime Video TV show Review
High school is the one place Elle Woods (Lexi Minetree) knows how to thrive in. Or so she thinks. She’s popular, has adoring (albeit sometimes clueless), supportive parents, and the style to carry this all well. She’s got good grades and friends (plus a big crush!) and she has plans for her eventual senior year which she’ll rule.
But first, she has a junior year to rule. None of this goes to plan when her parents move her to Seattle, a gray and rainy place where no one has any time for the girl in pink.
‘ELLE,’ SEASON ONE: A PREQUEL STORY ABOUT YOUNG ELLE WOODS. Review of the #PrimeVideo show #Elle. #LexiMinetree Share on XIn the ongoing bid that sees Prime Video produce YA content (a trend that apparently isn’t going to slow), their latest is Elle. A TV show earning the prequel moniker, Elle season one also has a season two renewal already. From Hello Sunshine (Reese Witherspoon’s, the original Elle Woods portrayer, production company), this is certainly a series that has the same expressions of the story we love Elle Woods in. Witherspoon also reportedly had a very big role in casting the younger version of the character she made famous in Legally Blonde. Which brings me to the fact that Minetree deserves admiration for her dedication to the role.
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So, yeah, while this show is bubbly and of course, so cute, at the same time it’s one I have reservations about. The big one is a personal preference which is I’m not into going backwards when I already know the future. Still, the pink, the cast, the Elle-isms, well, they are all here and bring us back to the iconic character whose catch phrase “what, like it’s hard?” challenges us.
Marketed as the story of how Elle Woods became the Elle Woods, this is kind of like the same overcoming plot only in a new setting. What makes this prequel (Prime isn’t planning to “remake” her college years) a bit hard to fully like is that these characters seemingly don’t stay with her. We already know where she ends up, who she trusts and what she does. In a sense, we also already know who she was to get there. That said, this will undoubtedly become a ratings success. If you aren’t annoyed with the before coming “after,” well then, you’ll like Elle. It’s sparkling and joyful and quite fun.
Stream, at publication, Elle season one exclusively on Prime Video
Photos: Alamy | Feature Image: Amazon MGM Studios / Prime
Content: based on episode one, this show is relatively wholesome. There is a mention or two about hot boys and that someone is a virgin (plus other sensuality), but not much profanity or otherwise bothersome content. A girl is called unkind things and made fun of.
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