First Kill Has Already Doomed Calliope & Juliette's Relationship
First Kill is Netflix's latest teen drama, focusing on characters Juliette (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Calliope (Imani Lewis), who are forbidden to love, and it is the Shakespearian references that could mean the two are headed toward tragedy. When they meet, Juliette and Calliope, a.k.a. «Cal,» are tasked with their first kill, but that task becomes almost impossible when they fall in love. Juliette and Cal are forbidden to be together by their families because of their natures, but throughout and up to the First Kill season 1 ending, they don't let that stop them.
Following the plotline of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, First Kill has two warring families, who are constantly at odds with one another. Juliette's family are legacy vampires, a more powerful type of vampire that is born rather than turned. They have a pure bloodline, making them much harder to kill. Cal's family are monster hunters working with an organization called the Guild. Their job is to get rid of all supernatural creatures, which includes Juliette and her family. Cal and Juliette meet and fall in love, but their families have other plans.
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However, by drawing such close parallels with Romeo and Juliet, First Kill may have doomed the characters to a tragic ending from the very moment they met. In fact, Cal is already planning to drive a stake through Juliette's heart, believing her to be a monster. Their makeout session in the closet is interrupted when Juliette's bloodlust takes over and she bites Cal. In return, Cal stakes her, but Juliette lives and the two find themselves linked. Cal's heart does begin to soften and the two pursue a relationship, which their families try and fail to
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