Episode 30 was a blast. I need a spin-off of the brothers-in-law alliance. I'm now wishing there are 12 sisters. That entire initiation of Yang Xian into the Li family had me in stitches. Certainly one of my favourite sequences in the series. Possibly my favourite even. Pulling down the shades. Circling their prey, intimidating him and then giving him a good thrashing. Heh. Frankly I think this is what he needs. Good o'l down to earth family treatment. Big brothers to keep him in line and put him in his place. Afterall he grew up with sisters and has been over-indulged by his parents. And the meal table stuff is chef's kiss. His apprenticeship as a newly minted husband has only just begun.
is that good? the only j medical drama i watch is Doctor X its pretty good too
Yes. I've seen it several times. I think there are at least 4 seasons of it. The first two are pretty good. But it's very much about building a team and leadership.
I love Li Han's arc. Made me cry a bit. I come from a long line of hoarders, my father made it into an art form. All my relative who survived the second world war were absolutely frugal to a fault. I turned into one even from a young age. These days I try to donate my stuff to second-hand shops. The need to have things around me has never really left me.
Excited that the artist as psychologist has returned. Bawled my eyes out during Episodes 4 for the kids. Love the attention to detail and the continued use of art to connect with the victims and perpetrators. Surprised at the negativity surrounding this. Compared to 90% of C dramas I've watched this year, this is a masterpiece.
It has murders at the centre of it. There are definitely thriller/melodramatic elements. The romance is okay and the leads have good chemistry. But that's not unique with this show. Plus it's the writer who is using the time skip elements to drag out the push and pull as well as the resolution of the murders. Unnecessarily, I might add. I don't watch dramas with the aim of disliking them. I expect more from a show that rates 9 on MDL but maybe I shouldn't given the track record of the last few years. :P
It's incredible to me (and convenient) that Sol manages to come to wrong conclusions at every time jump. I suppose it's one way to drag out the push and pull. But what a frustrating character. Hard to believe she's a woman in her 30s the way she's written. It's no Signal or Kairos that's for sure. Even from the first 2 episodes it's obvious that this isn't a 16 episode drama. 10 at the most.
I enjoyed this one. Lee Joon-hyuk is reliably great in the titular role. Dong-jae is many things and no doubt deeply flawed as a prosecutor but there's no denying his investigative ability. it's amusing to listen to his internal monologue and him counting his chickens prematurely. The highlight for me was watching his evolution from his Stranger days. He really is a lot less garrulous.
It's not bad so far (15 episodes). I like the consistent darker tone and of course the leads especially Zhao Lusi are doing their best work. It's a horrible cutthroat marketplace and I'm glad that they didn't sanitize it too much.
can you please tell me the other two dramas they were in ?
One of them is called Your Trap. The other I don't have the title to. But it can be found on YouTube. He's a hidden CEO who is playing a model to pursue her. She's just come off a bad relationship.
This must be the third drama I've seen the leads together in. Anything with Shen Haonan is a automatic watch. No matter how absurd. He's probably the king of the short dramas.
I guess I'm not disappointed because I never really had high expectations of the show and I haven't read the novel either. By the 6th episode, I knew that this wasn't any kind of serious great drama especially with a character like Zigu in the mix. If the show had any real gravitas, she would have been dead within the first 5 episodes because a character like that doesn't belong in a credible palace drama. The one thing that kept me watching was Liu Xueyi who is in my opinion, one of those rare acting talents who never looks like he's acting. He completely draws you into his world and immerses you in it as long as he's in the frame. The fact that he's easy on the eyes certainly doesn't hurt. For the story the showrunners wanted to tell, the ending is fine. It's about the recovery and redemption of Murong Jinghe, a bitter vengeful man who finds his way out of the pit of despair because of love. It's not a great script by any stretch of the imagination but at least his story is one that I can live with. No doubt this show would have been better off being only 24 episodes long. Pacing is a huge problem in C dramas. Not to mention the egregious use of fillers.
The problem with C dramas more generally is that they are largely beholden to tropes. This one is no different. It is riddled with all the usual tropes that is the staple of the douyin short dramas. A disabled CEO/feudal lord entering into a contract relationship with a young woman after revenge. Those dramas are plentiful to say the least. Tropes are safe and reliable. Especially from the scrutiny of censors who are the servants of state control. Even the relationship between Zigu and the emperor is a hugely popular trope in the short dramas: Stories featuring an older man and a younger woman entering into marriage out of expediency are a dime a dozen.
It is sad to me that the only consistently good C drama that I've seen all year is Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty 2. Even the execution of the storyline in Joy of Life 2 is pretty patchy although the plotlines are interesting.
I'm glad to see that Yue Qin's words and hubris came back to bite him. And bite him hard. All that posturing about the fact that Mei Lin is better off with him than with Jinghe. He can barely look after himself much look after anyone else. The complacency is what I expected. I also expected what he said to come back and haunt him at some point. When you're close to the seat of power and close to the fire, protecting the people around you is much harder than you think.
Spoiler tags are provided for a reason. Please use them.
I actually came here to post something about the episodes that I just watched. The first thing I saw was that comment. Not everybody comes here for spoilers.
Can people be considerate of others and use spoiler tags? There are still plenty of people who haven't finished watching the show. Alternatively wait a day or two before posting.
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I don't mind a good, well-written soap opera.
Surprised at the negativity surrounding this. Compared to 90% of C dramas I've watched this year, this is a masterpiece.
I don't watch dramas with the aim of disliking them. I expect more from a show that rates 9 on MDL but maybe I shouldn't given the track record of the last few years. :P
It's no Signal or Kairos that's for sure.
Even from the first 2 episodes it's obvious that this isn't a 16 episode drama. 10 at the most.
The other I don't have the title to. But it can be found on YouTube. He's a hidden CEO who is playing a model to pursue her. She's just come off a bad relationship.
Anything with Shen Haonan is a automatic watch. No matter how absurd. He's probably the king of the short dramas.
For the story the showrunners wanted to tell, the ending is fine. It's about the recovery and redemption of Murong Jinghe, a bitter vengeful man who finds his way out of the pit of despair because of love. It's not a great script by any stretch of the imagination but at least his story is one that I can live with. No doubt this show would have been better off being only 24 episodes long. Pacing is a huge problem in C dramas. Not to mention the egregious use of fillers.
The problem with C dramas more generally is that they are largely beholden to tropes. This one is no different. It is riddled with all the usual tropes that is the staple of the douyin short dramas. A disabled CEO/feudal lord entering into a contract relationship with a young woman after revenge. Those dramas are plentiful to say the least. Tropes are safe and reliable. Especially from the scrutiny of censors who are the servants of state control. Even the relationship between Zigu and the emperor is a hugely popular trope in the short dramas: Stories featuring an older man and a younger woman entering into marriage out of expediency are a dime a dozen.
It is sad to me that the only consistently good C drama that I've seen all year is Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty 2. Even the execution of the storyline in Joy of Life 2 is pretty patchy although the plotlines are interesting.
All that posturing about the fact that Mei Lin is better off with him than with Jinghe. He can barely look after himself much look after anyone else. The complacency is what I expected. I also expected what he said to come back and haunt him at some point. When you're close to the seat of power and close to the fire, protecting the people around you is much harder than you think.