User blog comment:LilyLacreag/Road to Avonlea: Season 1 – A Review/@comment-35288575-20180413150311

Thanks, Lily, for the detailed review! :)

I concur with a lot of your thoughts on Season 1. It's interesting that in Road to Avonlea the characters behave differently depending on whether they're the main characters in the episode or just the supporting characters...main characters are usually written with a big character arc that involves them behaving badly (and, in my opinion, out of character), whereas supporting characters are allowed to be themselves. That's why Sara can be a brat in her own episodes and practically an angel in other episodes (like "Felicity's Challenge").

Some of the characters you mention not appreciating much in the first season do evolve over the seasons. Felix's character takes on a lot more depth as the series goes on. (I do think he's adorable, even in Season 1.  My little brother was a lot like Felix at the same age.)  Cecily also takes on more personality.

The fact that RTA stories are incredibly light-hearted rather than realistic doesn't bother me. (They do get more realistic...and more traumatic...in the later seasons.) The show is intended to be fun family entertainment, and I think it does its job well!