The heart-wrenching Netflix series "From Scratch" - Based on a true story.

 If you haven't watched Netflix's series "From Scratch" premiered on October 21st 2022, please prepare a couple of tissues before you do or wait for when you're truly sad and in need of somewhere to release your anger, haha, but that's how emotional it is. 

From Scratch 

The 8-episode series starring Zoe Saldana as Amy, and Eugenio Mastrandrea as Lino, is a romantic story about an American lady, Amy, who goes to Italy to pursue her Art studies and ends up falling in love with a Sicilian Chef, Lino. 

When her stay in Italy comes to an end, Lino chooses to follow her to America where he dreams of opening up his own restaurant. 

Soon everyone is wrapped in their love story and not even the disapproval of Lino's dad can stop them from starting their family. They have a glamorous wedding and just as when their lives start taking shape with Lino finally opening his restaurant, he is diagnosed with cancer and everything gets back to scratch! 

I don't even know why the series wasn't named From Scratch to Scratch because what is all this! 

Every episode has you on the edge of what terrible thing could come along. 

Just when Lino finally connects with the dad, the dad dies! 

At some point, you wonder if all of it was just scripted but Netflix's From Scratch is actually based on a true story from Tembi Locke's book, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, And Finding Home. 

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, And Finding Home, cover

I can't begin to fathom how much pain one can take in one lifetime! 

It is said that even after Tembi produced the series with her sister Attika Locke, she still hasn't got to watch it because writing the book alone left her wounds fresh from losing her husband.

Locke's husband, Rosario "Saro" Gullo died in 2012 and she published her book on April 19 2019 which inspired the making of the series, From Scratch. 

Tembi Locke and her late husband Rosario

My thoughts about the series.  

• Am still traumatized, more like crying from watching it but did it really have to be this sad??
• Tembi is definitely a strong woman because after going through all this and still blessing the world with this great work is next-level strength, hand down. 
• If they dare produce the next season, we will be rivals because l can't take any more crying. 
• Though some small details were missing like where Lino's sister was all through his sickness (and not just at the end), l will just take what l can get. 

Me as me, l will not give it a whole 5 stars but a 4.5 because l terribly hate sad stories be it true or fictional. My life is already a sad story to start watching more sad stories for fun. 

But well, the production and presentation was on point, and if Zoe doesn't win an Emmy, l will be so mad. 

The series is definitely worth watching but like l said, be emotionally, mentally, and teary-ready, haha and l didn't give away many spoilers!