You Are My Glory Episode 11

First 2/3 of this episode are very depressing

and deal mainly with the impact of Guan Zai's health problems on his family. While the performances are excellent, it's a real downer plot-line and I worry that the point of it is just to paint all the negatives that can happen to someone working in Yu Tu's field who tries to have a family. And that he will use this as an excuse later to reject Jingling. But it's kind of over-the top and frankly there are a lot of flaws in the storylines the last few episodes. Assuming China's rules around who can get clearances for confidential work are at least remotely similar to those of other countries, one of the requirements is disclosure of things like, well, financial problems and severe health issues. The requirement to disclose these things is not to be punitive, but rather to protect the employee from becoming vulnerable. It's just not credible that YuTu would not have informed the Institute of the stressors on his financial situation and if he hasn't then he's probably in violation of his contract. So the storyline has been very irritating that so many of YuTu's colleagues and superiors are pressuring him about work .... when Yu Tu himself has simply not been honest and fully disclosed his financial worries stemming from his mother's health. And similarly, Guan Zai fails to disclose his obvious health problems to anyone until he ends up collapsing. Avoiding problems like these are why disclosure rules are put in place. So your employer and colleagues can help. or at least be understanding. The last couple of episodes are overall extra frustrating because of the many points where the righters have characters (mainly YuTu and Guan Zai ) purposely withhold information or outright lie to others about various problems in their lives. And Shen Jing also does it to hide things from her son. And later, when YuTu finally joins up with Jingling again, does he bother to let her know at all about his sick friend and how he's been spending time in the hospital with him? No. He keeps it to himself and says nothing about it. AAAAGH!!! This is simply not how real adults interact. It's like the last two episodes are a celebration of lies, half-truths and misinformation among friends! WTF are the show writers doing here? I really hope this isn't something the show keeps using as a plot device.

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