Angels Fall Sometimes (2024)

Literally Bawling... [FIRST PART NO SPOLIERS]

It’s literally 4am as I’m writing this.. First of all this is my first Chinese drama, and it was really good. I don’t normally like watching shows more than 16 eps since they tend to loose me and the plot typically gets boring. But honestly this one had me hooked. It was wholesome and heartbreaking at times. Literally went through the 5 stages of grief. This drama made me do a lot of self reflection.. how every day is to not be taken for granted. What if there is a day where I can’t sing, or do the things I love one day? It’s sad to think about, but it really rose that question for me. Sometimes life throws curve balls that just suck, but we should live each day to the fullest cause we aren’t guaranteed tomorrow. I loved this drama so much. And might I add ALS and all incurable diseases can actually suck my behind … because actually fuck off 😭😭😭 Definitely watch this if you are thinking otherwise!! I like to add my little thoughts that are technically spoilers, so don’t look below if you haven’t watched!!


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I’m glad the ending wasn’t depressingly tragic because I think I would’ve jumped out my window LOL. It’s technically open for interpretation tho which I thought was nice. I will say…. I was heated for a good 10 eps 💀💀💀 Lin Tuo spent such a long time not telling anyone about what was going on, and it lowkey had my blood boiling… I understand it was something hard to process for him, and that came with a lot of denial, but at the same time.. my boy is stubborn 😭

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emotion and small thing can also be very good.

here this is the story of a boy named lin tuo who inspires to become a furniture designer. But he got diagnosed with als. a disease which can make u paralise slowly and at last u will die. This drama shows how it is very important for patients a family support and about als paitents. there are many people in this drama who are als paitents and how u should have a attitude towards ur life even though u have little time.

The acting of actors were mind blowing and so emotional that I cry very much in every emotional scenes. Lin yi has really improved his acting skills. I'm his big fan so I watched this drama. I watched landy li for the first time and she is was very cute and natural. love their acting. there support cast also done a great job.

At last in my life I have never seen such paitents so I don't know the pain but though drama I can now imagine.

osts are also mindblowing.

my favorite place in drama was hw cafe I like this cafe very much.


hope this review will help u.

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wow wow wow

I cried a lot it is the most emotional drama I seen so far the actor can act very well I love to see more of his drama.
and I home people living with the ALS don't give up on life and live their life to the fullest
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How to live in the face of death

It's been a while since I last saw Lin Yi (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) but he seems to have been quietly building an interesting portfolio of dramas with real stories. Angels Fall Sometimes looked like another interesting show. Lin Yi plays Lin Tuo, a talented young person with a promising career as a designer, suddenly facing an early death sentence with a diagnosis of ALS.

The last show with a similar theme that I watched was Love is Panacea (2023). Angels achieves what Panacea does not: it addresses the question of how to live in the face of death. In these types of dramas involving terminal illness, I tend to look for messages of hope or possibilities on an individual level. Panacea failed on several levels & for a while I thought Angels would fall short as well. Angels explored so many negative reactions, the what-not-to-do, surrounding the main characters for most of its duration. Its tone didn't change until the final episodes when all the questions that built up were finally addressed.

It's a cultural thing to cover up serious illnesses, but trying to maintain an alternate reality by lying is toxic & unsustainable. The level of denial & inability to cope is far worse than trying to face the truth in the first place. It was rather rediculous to watch, but sure enough, the friends who try to support Tuo break under the strain & his secret isn't kept for very long.

Toxic parents add to the mess, because why not? They suddenly become concerned & compassionate at the flip of a switch. If the workaholic father was essentially estranged from his sons for most of their lives, to the point of being oblivious to the younger son's near suicidal depression, why would he rush to Tuo's side at the drop of a hat & apologise for being a shit parent at first word of Tuo's illness? That didn't make much sense but at any rate they become an important part of Tuo's support network.

Keeping the illness secret from his grandfather by lying about why he's in a wheelchair is another level of incredible. Will the grandfather find out only when it's too late? The cruelest thing to the people around Tuo is to not allow for a proper good-bye.

Tuo retains intellectual capacity & the desire to work throughout his disease progression. His workplace supports his being there and eventually installs a wheelchair ramp at the front entrance. But instead of assigning an assistant to help him draw, his employment is initially maintained by making him use his wheelchair as a delivery cart to bring coffee & supplies to his office mates. From being a highly marketable designer, he becomes someone simply to be taken care of & every ounce of autonomy is taken away from the get go. Does he really accept this patronizing loss of dignity?

The acting overall was not bad. From the beginning the leads were so relaxed & easy with each other, it seemed natural & was nice to watch. But the 2nd FL character was annoyingly antagonistic & shouted most of her lines at the top of her lungs. Honestly, what is the purpose of such a character? Lin Yi did fairly well in portraying the very difficult role of Tuo, but Landy Li showed the strongest performance of all the cast as An ZhiQue, the steadfast girlfriend who takes matters into her own hands to pull Tuo through his ordeal. The actor playing Tuo's neurologist was so natural in fact, I wondered if he was an actual doctor. The show thankfully doesn't delve into romance tropes as the story is not a fairytale romance but a tale of endurance, purpose, & meaning.

I knew this drama was described as a "tear-jerker" going in, but what I was looking for was a message of hope and a show of possibilities. I'm a doer, not a cryer. Up to 20 episodes are spent highlighting the emotional impact on the people around Tuo, who behave quite badly. There's a lot of hysterical crying, shouting, & getting smashed drunk without realistic solutions to enhancing Tuo's quality of life. The despair & helplessness is somewhat unsympathetically portrayed. Then come moments of clarity, like ZhiQue's father telling Tuo to put as much effort into himself as his friends were putting into helping him (although an actual psychologist might've been more beneficial). However, by the final 5 episodes we then get Tuo finally not only facing his reality but also finding a new purpose to his remaining life. He revives his role as a designer and continues to work as I felt the character should've been supported to do so from the start of his illness. The show further explores the stories of other ALS sufferers & the various effects on them & their families, & ends with the decisions Tuo is able to make for his life as a result of the full support of all those around him. So the hope, possibilities, freedom of choice, & having a meaningul life are there & I'm glad this show was able to reach this conclusion.

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I liked it but it had some serious flaws

I will start with what I liked about this drama and then talk about my problems with it. Lin Tuo, as a character, was deeply relatable to me. I myself have severe physical disabilities and his mental struggles were very understandable to me. I really enjoyed his relationship with Xiao Que, especially at the start. Their first meeting, at the interview, was so cute and I loved how natural they felt together. I really liked the side couple, they were actually my favorite. The acting in this drama was really good, they all did phenomenal. The friendships in this drama were really great and I really liked how supportive they were of each other.
Now to the things I didn’t like. The relationship conflict was too drawn out. They made it last longer than it should have and Xiao Tuo was getting somewhat annoying towards the end of the arc. Like I get it but at the same time, it was too much. When I said I understood and related to him, that had its limits. That limit being ruining his relationship and lying to all his loved ones… but my biggest problems were with the subtle ableism and the way they depicted caregiving. I know it sounds weird, a show about a disabled person being ableist shouldn’t be a thing. And I genuinely don’t think that the creators were trying to be ableist or anything but when you write a character who has internalized ableism and don’t do anything to fix his view point, it only projects the idea that the view point is right. That view point being that disabled people are useless and burdensome. Which is obviously not true but this show did not do anything to try and disprove the point. Lin Tuo said that he was useless many times and the entire break up arc was because he didn’t want to be a burden to her. I am fine with a character having insecurities but this show needed to make it clear that this was only that. An insecurity, rather than the universal truth they made it out to be. This ties in with the way they handled caregiving. They made it seem like it was the worst thing ever, that it was better to be out of the relationship than have to take care of your disabled partner. I literally got so pissed when they tried to make the guy who left his fiancé pitiable. Like caregiving is hard but he LEFT her! He did not try to get assistance or do anything to try and make things easier for himself, he just left. It annoyed me so much that they kept trying to make it seem like that wasn’t a bad thing. Caregiving is hard and nobody is perfect but leaving your partner without first trying to get help just makes you shitty. Maybe I’m too biased but I hated it.

Overall, I did enjoy the show and I think it’s really great that we are getting more disability representation in cdramas but there were some serious issues I had with this one so it’s getting an 8.5/10

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From Hope to Heartbreak: Reflecting on Angels Fall Sometimes

Angels Fall Sometimes is honestly unlike any other c-drama that I've watched before, despite it being really emotional it unfortunately failed to make me cry. This drama shows how unexpected life can be, and how sometimes everything won't be alright and that everything is not always smooth-sailing. I really like how their relationship took off almost immediately, like we have no time to waste, and almost everything went downhill once LinTuo got diagnosed with ASL. A highlight for this drama was definitely the main leads, LinYi and Li LanDi, they portrayed their roles so well that I have absolutely no complaints at all. Especially LinYi, who definitely has a very promising career with his skills and ability to adapt to characters so well! The side characters weren't anything that remarkable, at times the second leads were unbearable and the amount of second hand embarrassment they caused. However, their reactions to some things were justifiable. This drama really portrays reality so well, and seeing the frustration of Lin Tuo and how his body was slowly failing him really made me feel emotional. Overall, this drama is another not to miss drama of 2024, with only 24 episodes it is definitely worth your time.

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I don't usually like to watch the dramas that i already know are going to be tearjerker as you can tell from the synopsis that it is a DISEASE based storyline. yes, you will cry a lot and maybe this is a spoiler that this drama will make you cry rivers.
but the storyline is a
kind of beautiful in a way that there were a lot of people supporting the male lead throughout his journey and didn't get tired of him . this is the story of love in all forms , love of the grandpa , love of parents , love of brother , love of friends and colleagues
this is my first time writing a review and i don't know how to write it .

and at the end i am not going to rewatch it because i don't want to cry again .
storyline is beautiful, friendship is beautiful
Acting is on point
and the female lead looks bubbly and cute that it was painful to see her cry
The point to ponder was that he was the lucky one with many supportive people in his life and not everyone is that lucky although it was quite unfortunate that such a young handsome tall , well settled in life (in regard of a promised career and a beautiful and caring love of his life , maybe bride to be) , talented person suffering from incurable disease . But people like him
exists and we should be grateful that we are blessed with health
HAPPY WATCHING AND HAVE SOME TISSUES IF YOU ARE SOFT HEARTED

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Prepare yourself for the water tap and make sure you have tissues!

A story about life. This is not your ordinary drama, but touches more about Life and situations people will face. It is a very beautiful but sad drama with some cute adorable moments along with some humor. It is a beautiful story of watching two people getting to know each other, fall in love and work things out throughout life's challenges. Until the biggest challenge hits, a terminal illness. In this series, there are many life lessons and moments you can learn from. Many of the advises and scenarios are very valuable to learn. The series is also a rather tragic show, alot of waterworks - so make sure you prepare alot of tissues before watching.

Both the male lead and female lead are quite adorable together and I feel like they really did an extremely good job portraying their characters. The entire casts also did an extremely good job bringing this series to life. The songs paired to this series are also quite nice and I love them.

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