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Slow burn but deep, meaningful pairings
If you’re looking for lots of casual skin scenes then this is probably not for you. The first few chapters are slow burn but set the scene for what is to follow very nicely and this a well cast, well acted team who deliver beautifully.
The plot centres on Team, a first year student with a scholarship because of his swimming talent, and Win a third year student with commitment issues.
They hook up almost immediately upon meeting each other for the first time and for them the rest of the story is one of the development of love as well as trust that the other person in their life feels as they do and accepts them flaws and all. One is wracked with guilt for what happened in his childhood and the other has a dysfunctional family that he is trying to keep together.
The majority of the support characters, who are predominantly students as the same university, explore their own feelings through a well balanced, well written plot as young, inexperienced adults tentatively navigating their way through the ups and downs of life.
The chemistry of all the actors is great and the production values anre excellent though I will admit the grow out length of Wim’s hair kept changing which I found off putting. There were a couple of scenes that were a bit wooden or stilted (Win’s father for example came from the Ham School of Wooden Acting) but on the whole it was a well performed series.
As a retired swimming teacher/junior coach was pleasantly surprised that the actors could actually swim (ok, so much of the technique was that of a 12 year old competitive swimmer but even so) and that the races looked reasonably realistic so hats off to all those involved in these scenes.
Would I watch again? Maybe not as there are so many other dramas out there on my list, but if I have a spare few hours to kill I could revisit it.
The plot centres on Team, a first year student with a scholarship because of his swimming talent, and Win a third year student with commitment issues.
They hook up almost immediately upon meeting each other for the first time and for them the rest of the story is one of the development of love as well as trust that the other person in their life feels as they do and accepts them flaws and all. One is wracked with guilt for what happened in his childhood and the other has a dysfunctional family that he is trying to keep together.
The majority of the support characters, who are predominantly students as the same university, explore their own feelings through a well balanced, well written plot as young, inexperienced adults tentatively navigating their way through the ups and downs of life.
The chemistry of all the actors is great and the production values anre excellent though I will admit the grow out length of Wim’s hair kept changing which I found off putting. There were a couple of scenes that were a bit wooden or stilted (Win’s father for example came from the Ham School of Wooden Acting) but on the whole it was a well performed series.
As a retired swimming teacher/junior coach was pleasantly surprised that the actors could actually swim (ok, so much of the technique was that of a 12 year old competitive swimmer but even so) and that the races looked reasonably realistic so hats off to all those involved in these scenes.
Would I watch again? Maybe not as there are so many other dramas out there on my list, but if I have a spare few hours to kill I could revisit it.
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