Young Rock features four different stories of the actor Dwayne Johnson; Credits: NBC

The Young Rock is the life story of Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Featuring the four different timelines of the wrestler, actor, and now politician, the series can become a little confusing for so many people. 

While it was supposed to be a biopic about the Hobo actor, things have turned weirdly political, probably accommodating The Rock's presidential aspirations for the year 2032. 

Season 1 featured the story of the actor, now 60, who has stepped into the vast, confusing arena of politics. The plot juggles the narrative back and forth plenty of times. 

It features the times back from the 1980s when the Rock was 10 and was called Dewey. Played by Adian Grolux, the young star who lived in Hawaii with his mother, the pro wrestler Ata, played by Stacey Leilua, and her husband Rocky, played by Joseph Lee Anderson, who also aspires to dominate the wrestling world. 

The story then shifts to when Dewey has turned into a teenager by the late 80s. The family now resides in Pennsylvania, and the character is played by Bradley Constant. Finally, the eldest of the young Rock versions is played by Uli Latukefu. The timelines extend to the early 90s and show the wrestler trying his hands at college football. 

The show features a decent comedic tone and is created by Nahnatchka Khan and Jeff Chiang. The two have already collaborated together on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 and Fresh Off the Boat previous to their work on the Young Rock. 

The show explores with clear distinctions as the younger years of the Rock in Hawaii were filled with fun and enjoyment. But as he grows up and his parents struggle with admitting that their star days are coming to an end, the late teenage years become hard for Dewey. 

A bit harsh to say, but the 90s timeline in the show serves no real purpose, and given that there is not much The Rock did in the time, it is almost excusable but boring for the audience. 

And then, in a weird plot change moment, the show simply shifts to the 2000s timeline, entering the fourth era featuring The Rock himself as the narrator. Contrary to the previous timelines, this one does not look into the past but rather into the future. 

Dwayne Johnson is in the middle of an electoral campaign, dealing with the public with promises that include the usual political vendetta terms like job security, bringing out the best in America, and dealing a harsher and fairer hand to the people of the Middle East. 

The speeches in the show are earnest enough in their intentions as they would be in a real-life political campaign, instead of funny gibberish, which you find in a comedy show. Hence, this only solidifies the fact that maybe Young Rock is less about entertainment and more about Dwayne Johnson's actual bid for the president position. 

While all of this is weird, this is not where the bizarre ends. Young Rock has a full-fledged list of even weirder incidents happening in the show. 

For instance, the critics of Rock are not as harsh as they would be to real-life Candidates or how they should be in a show either. Their only objection is that Rock comes from a Hollywood background. 

Adian Grolux, Bradley Constant and Uli Latukefu play the three younger Rocks in the series; Credits: The Wrap 

Additionally, these objections are put forward by Randall Park, the actor from Fresh Off the Boat. But weirdly enough, he wants the Rock to like him, and the actor, now a newscaster in the series, moves into the Rock's house for holding full-day interviews. 

All in all, the Rock has been trying to sell his own personal brand in the show, none of which is remotely funny. It is pretty obvious that the Rock will run as a Presidential nominee in the future, given all the work he has put in to paint a political advertisement as a comedy show. 

The character does not even face strong criticism as his only opposers are celebrity personalities who later end up joining his side, or social media trolls, which simply do not paint a good picture when it comes to healthy criticism. Others are firmly on his side in the series, probably trying to depict that the Rock would be a good President Candidate in real life. 

Presently, Young Rock is not enjoying good viewer reactions, and critics are having a field time bringing everything wrong about the series to the highlights. Its ratings have suffered drastically in the past season, and the audience is not very pleased. 

However, Young Rock still has a lot of potential for success. Only if Dwayne Johnson agrees to refute the election campaign plot in the show, they can bring back amazing storylines, featuring the performances of the legendary Anderson and Leilua. 

Another option is to explore the iconic stronghold that the Rock family had on wrestling back in Hawaii in the 80s. The audience had initially started to watch the show about how the family of the young wrestler came to earn their spectacular titles and would still love the series if the plot was subverted correctly.