The Dark Romance Episode 5

No way out

Dr Luo gets bad news and after the nurse turns him down he call Yan Ling. I am wondering if he got the exact type of cake from her WeChat moments. It served as a trigger for her own grief. Now they seem to share bittersweet moments of their dead fathers. Hers was a loving dad and his became more and more abusive when a health issue kept him from returning to the city. He visits his mother and still resents their poverty. Yan Ling is passed over for promotion because she rescued her student. They are more than willing to let the best teacher have a fault denying her consideration. Her mother is like an incessant drip of poison. She won’t let you live or die. She sucks optimism and kindness out of you. It is most likely she turned her resentment to Yan Ling when she lost her husband. Yan Ling is willing to take the blame for anything she feels even remotely responsible for. It is really working against her currently. The abused wife has turned to her for support and Yan Ling takes it on because she reminds her of her best friend. After seeing the tattoo and hearing her story she is even more determined to find justice for her. The only good thing about Dr Luo this episode is his call interrupted the mother’s lament and fault finding. He is a lesser poison than she is. Dr Luo is finding a better urn for his father’s ashes. He and his mother can’t feel sorry that he’s dead but they can’t be at peace about it either. It is clear the women in his life tried to help him as best they could, but for whatever warped reason he wants to add to women’s trauma rather than help. The sadistic manipulation of people and circumstances are surreal in how easily accomplished with no backlash or punishment. The actors do an excellent job making you feel their characters’ situations. It is tense and oppressive.

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