(Good) Charlotte

Series in one sentence:
A weak-willed teenage boy sitting on the edge of becoming a hero or a villain has to save everyone.

Series in more sentences:
A teenage boy with the superpower to control people abuses it to get high grades in school, but is soon visited by a group of other teenagers who also have powers. They wish for him to attend a secret school filled with gifted children and stay there until his power fades away and he's safe from being targeted as a government test subject.

While there are many dangerous and useful powers out there, he happens to possess one that surpasses them all.
 

I enjoyed this, bold choices were made, though I think some of the relationships needed more development to make these choices be more impactful. Still, it was a good, heavy story that made proper use of the amount of episodes ordered for it.

The main character is a slightly selfish person who's proven to lose himself easily when things go sour, but it was portrayed in a way you couldn't entirely hate him for it. I feel the need to mention this, as I've seen enough TV shows fail at this.
He has a good side and listens to people, even when he's at his very worst -as long they put effort in him and are genuine about their care. Which is a fair demand.

I feel there's enough to critique about the series, but I think it all points to the same thing: the series could've easily been 2 seasons long and given smaller characters more screen time.

In any case, worth checking out.