Elmond_u

I’ll keep this short because I’ve already wasted enough time on this show. I only made it through the first episode, and I seriously doubt it will magically get better over the next five episodes. Unless you have a serious patience, skip it.

I won’t say this “isn’t for me”—I’m literally the target audience. I love fantasy. I liked the premise. I love confident, classy female leads. I love layered, kind, aspirational main characters. This show had all the ingredients to be my dream show… and somehow it managed to dump them on the floor, sweep them back up, and light them on fire. Execution-wise, it’s a disaster.

Let’s start with the acting. I don’t know the cast, and normally I give actors the benefit of the doubt—but this is hard. The female lead is insufferable, and her performance does nothing to help. It’s painfully over-the-top and unrealistic. I suspect the problem isn’t entirely her—direction clearly played a hand. I’m willing to give her another chance in Lovely Runner, but here… yikes.

The dialogue? On-the-nose to the extreme. Characters repeatedly tell each other things they already know, purely to make sure the audience “gets it.” Exposition doesn’t have to feel like a lecture, people.

Visually, the show is fine—but the special effects look cheap. Except for her tail—that part actually looks amazing. And the sound effects? At times it felt like I’d been transported to an ’80s sitcom.

Honestly, I can’t tell you how it might turn out later because I couldn’t stomach finding out. I’m fairly confident I’m not missing anything worth my time.