This review may contain spoilers
So... I liked it?
I'm gonna try and sum up my opinion in as few words as possible, but as all my reviews go, this'll be a yap sesh.
SO I really liked the beginning, the music is like the cutest thing ever, idk, every time music started playing I got so happy, the OST was good, I liked the visuals, most of the cast, I liked the story.
HOWEVER as most people say, the ending felt VERY rushed, unfortunately, I feel as though they could have maybe added an episode or two to kinda make it better? I always have a hard time with such big time skips, yk? And the fact that JaneRyan didn't contact at all during those 5 years was completely out of character for honestly both of them, Ik Jane said that it was cause if he did contact Ryan he'd immediately wanna come back, but honestly I didn't like the reasoning bcz I didnt like the problem. OH WELL I honestly didn't have as big of an issue with that as I did with the second couple.
The second couple... I love Sea, I just watched Last Twilight, I didn't even realize he was in this until I started it and he appeared and I was like "Oh! Sea! Oh... Sea playing a straight man?" Lol, Not that I have an issue with that, I think he ate the role up as a straight man, It was good, HOWEVER the issue I had with the second couple is that they were SO BORING they reminded me of that high school couple who is so cringe its not even cute, like they're so cringe AND TOXIC that it makes you never want to be in a relationship? Like any joy I got from JaneRyan was immediately put down by couple #2, honestly after she cheated I just started fast forwarding all their scenes because I just have such a difficult time watching the cheating trope, because ok
1. Ew cheaters
and 2. Wdym they got back together?????
Their relationship was toxic before she cheated and low-key got worse after they got back together. Like she literally said in the last episode how much they fight, and she just didn't get with (I think her name was June) Because what... because she took care of her and knew her and loved her? Like this isn't me saying that all relationships in BL or GL shows should be queer and there can't be any straight couples in an LGBTQ+ show, No. What I'm saying is that the Lesbians had a lot more chemistry and a lot healthier relationship than the straight couple that ended up being together, and that's just the gosh darn truth. Honestly I don't think that girl should've ended up with anyone bcz I just cant stand cheating, but also her bf was completely neglecting her, so YES they did NEED to break up, she should've broken up with him in a better way then cheating on him tho OFC, but it just makes me mad that they GOT BACK TOGETHER??? LIKE I CHEERED WHEN THEY BROKE UP BECAUSE YES GET OUT BOTH OF YALL YOU ARE NOT GOOD FOR EACH OTHER! Idk if I watched it wrong or maybe because I watched all their scenes in 2x speed bcz I legit could not, but like I couldn't stand that they got back together! I saw someone comment somewhere that they enjoyed that the characters in this show had flaws and made mistakes and had growth from that and I completely agree, but sometimes couples don't need to get back together when they do bad things to each other, and that's ok, because THAT IS GROWTH!
Look at me giving relationship advice... wow
I am single.
ANYWAYS! I did have another slight issue
Low-key the cheating couple was just the blatant big ol issue I had and anything else I mention is minor compared to it. BUT!
Where is the JaneRyan Screen time? I'm not saying I need to see em smooching and all that jazz 24/7, I'm content with the amount of smooching they did, BUT HELLO? They're the main couple and they got like idk not that much 1 on 1 time it felt like tbh, like I don't really feel like there was a lot of just THEM, but also there was, idk if this makes sense, however, OffGun did an amazing job with the script they were given, and they pulled it off great! Even though I don't think any show will ever compare to my Roman Empire; Not Me. I still think that they did an amazing job in this, I think I really liked the characters they played, they portray emotions rlly well, I just have so much love in my heart for OffGun and all their projects I've seen (I'm about to watch Cooking Crush, and if it sucks I'ma cry because I have not heard good things about it either) all I'm saying is that OffGun put their blood sweat and tears (BTS) into all their projects and no matter how bum ahh the story, plot, script, or anything might be, they pull it off, because I just know very few BL couples would've been able to make this show watchable for me like how OffGun did (I also wished they both talked about themselves a bit more and like we got to see them get to know each other, not just things about your job or future, but like personal family things, like I wouldve liked to have seen Jane meeting Ryans family and friend officially as boyfriend, but its ok!)
Anyways, Moral of the story, this show is pretty good, I binged it in like 2 days, no the ending isn't my favorite but its not the worst thing ever, most of the characters are loveable, OffGun did an amazing job as always, and the music was my fav, I also loved the lil error sound put in randomly HAHAHAHAHHAH
Something that I did really like about this is how realistic it is for the age that the interns are, like especially Ryan just absolutely knowing nothing about anything he wants to do for his future, anything he likes, or is good at, like that is so relatable for that time of life, and I know I've went through that and I'm around his age in the show and I'm still going through that process of deciding my entire future, I think that might also be why I'm not rating it lower, because it is like truth, like I think this show is pretty realistic in the life of interns (I've never been one) And like that age group specifically, I think that all the characters are believable as people in real life, like I can probably see each of these characters being someone I know irl and I think they did a pretty good job with the realism of that, because yeah there's gonna be that cringe, toxic, cheating couple despite how much I cant stand them, I related to Ryan on such a personal level it kinda hurt (Lowkey all I need now is a hot older man to come and marry me) I think I'll forever give an OK show a higher rating if the characters are relatable. They did that really well!
Ok, as you can see I did not succeed in keeping my opinion short. That's it for my ted talk, please return next time I watch a show and write an essay!
SO I really liked the beginning, the music is like the cutest thing ever, idk, every time music started playing I got so happy, the OST was good, I liked the visuals, most of the cast, I liked the story.
HOWEVER as most people say, the ending felt VERY rushed, unfortunately, I feel as though they could have maybe added an episode or two to kinda make it better? I always have a hard time with such big time skips, yk? And the fact that JaneRyan didn't contact at all during those 5 years was completely out of character for honestly both of them, Ik Jane said that it was cause if he did contact Ryan he'd immediately wanna come back, but honestly I didn't like the reasoning bcz I didnt like the problem. OH WELL I honestly didn't have as big of an issue with that as I did with the second couple.
The second couple... I love Sea, I just watched Last Twilight, I didn't even realize he was in this until I started it and he appeared and I was like "Oh! Sea! Oh... Sea playing a straight man?" Lol, Not that I have an issue with that, I think he ate the role up as a straight man, It was good, HOWEVER the issue I had with the second couple is that they were SO BORING they reminded me of that high school couple who is so cringe its not even cute, like they're so cringe AND TOXIC that it makes you never want to be in a relationship? Like any joy I got from JaneRyan was immediately put down by couple #2, honestly after she cheated I just started fast forwarding all their scenes because I just have such a difficult time watching the cheating trope, because ok
1. Ew cheaters
and 2. Wdym they got back together?????
Their relationship was toxic before she cheated and low-key got worse after they got back together. Like she literally said in the last episode how much they fight, and she just didn't get with (I think her name was June) Because what... because she took care of her and knew her and loved her? Like this isn't me saying that all relationships in BL or GL shows should be queer and there can't be any straight couples in an LGBTQ+ show, No. What I'm saying is that the Lesbians had a lot more chemistry and a lot healthier relationship than the straight couple that ended up being together, and that's just the gosh darn truth. Honestly I don't think that girl should've ended up with anyone bcz I just cant stand cheating, but also her bf was completely neglecting her, so YES they did NEED to break up, she should've broken up with him in a better way then cheating on him tho OFC, but it just makes me mad that they GOT BACK TOGETHER??? LIKE I CHEERED WHEN THEY BROKE UP BECAUSE YES GET OUT BOTH OF YALL YOU ARE NOT GOOD FOR EACH OTHER! Idk if I watched it wrong or maybe because I watched all their scenes in 2x speed bcz I legit could not, but like I couldn't stand that they got back together! I saw someone comment somewhere that they enjoyed that the characters in this show had flaws and made mistakes and had growth from that and I completely agree, but sometimes couples don't need to get back together when they do bad things to each other, and that's ok, because THAT IS GROWTH!
Look at me giving relationship advice... wow
I am single.
ANYWAYS! I did have another slight issue
Low-key the cheating couple was just the blatant big ol issue I had and anything else I mention is minor compared to it. BUT!
Where is the JaneRyan Screen time? I'm not saying I need to see em smooching and all that jazz 24/7, I'm content with the amount of smooching they did, BUT HELLO? They're the main couple and they got like idk not that much 1 on 1 time it felt like tbh, like I don't really feel like there was a lot of just THEM, but also there was, idk if this makes sense, however, OffGun did an amazing job with the script they were given, and they pulled it off great! Even though I don't think any show will ever compare to my Roman Empire; Not Me. I still think that they did an amazing job in this, I think I really liked the characters they played, they portray emotions rlly well, I just have so much love in my heart for OffGun and all their projects I've seen (I'm about to watch Cooking Crush, and if it sucks I'ma cry because I have not heard good things about it either) all I'm saying is that OffGun put their blood sweat and tears (BTS) into all their projects and no matter how bum ahh the story, plot, script, or anything might be, they pull it off, because I just know very few BL couples would've been able to make this show watchable for me like how OffGun did (I also wished they both talked about themselves a bit more and like we got to see them get to know each other, not just things about your job or future, but like personal family things, like I wouldve liked to have seen Jane meeting Ryans family and friend officially as boyfriend, but its ok!)
Anyways, Moral of the story, this show is pretty good, I binged it in like 2 days, no the ending isn't my favorite but its not the worst thing ever, most of the characters are loveable, OffGun did an amazing job as always, and the music was my fav, I also loved the lil error sound put in randomly HAHAHAHAHHAH
Something that I did really like about this is how realistic it is for the age that the interns are, like especially Ryan just absolutely knowing nothing about anything he wants to do for his future, anything he likes, or is good at, like that is so relatable for that time of life, and I know I've went through that and I'm around his age in the show and I'm still going through that process of deciding my entire future, I think that might also be why I'm not rating it lower, because it is like truth, like I think this show is pretty realistic in the life of interns (I've never been one) And like that age group specifically, I think that all the characters are believable as people in real life, like I can probably see each of these characters being someone I know irl and I think they did a pretty good job with the realism of that, because yeah there's gonna be that cringe, toxic, cheating couple despite how much I cant stand them, I related to Ryan on such a personal level it kinda hurt (Lowkey all I need now is a hot older man to come and marry me) I think I'll forever give an OK show a higher rating if the characters are relatable. They did that really well!
Ok, as you can see I did not succeed in keeping my opinion short. That's it for my ted talk, please return next time I watch a show and write an essay!
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