It’s rare to see a show so well executed as the new Netflix adaptation of The Baby-Sitters Club, which uses its premise to launch a charming collection of characters, brought together for business, but reminding us that friendship can create whole new families. However, it was surprisingly easy to detach from the preteen memories of books and embrace how creator Rachel Shukert, has updated the concept for a modern audience, without losing sight of its original charms. The premise is thus: Kristy (Sophie Grace) is a middle schooler with business sense, so when she sees her mother Elizabeth (Alicia Silverstone) scramble for a babysitter one night for her younger brother, Kristy realises that the adults of her small town could use a service where with just one call, they could reach several reliable babysitters. Thus, Kristy assembles her friends for the titular club. It’s a great framework for telling stories about girls at a very specific and pivotal moment in their lives, and the show does so while putting in serious elbow grease to make sure that these characters are richly developed. All five of the core characters are such unique individuals, given strengths and weaknesses that make it impossible to boil them down to archetypes and they all come to life with sparkling wit and serious charm.