EtoileNoire

Do the "friends" go to jail or nah? I'll only watch this if the FL gets some justice.

Eps. 25

The FL & ML are increasingly all kinds of "inappropriate" with each other. The ML should have told FL the truth the minute he became aware of it. Shame on him.

How no one else - besides the maid - seems to have noticed already is beyond me.

"The fl falling for the brother in law who was married to a sister she had never met would be icky now...but in those yes it was just eyebrow raising."

I guess. The son of a political figure in the US had a relationship with his dead brother's widow. It was probably trauma bonding, but in-laws falling for each other is not all that unusual.

Does anything actually happen in this series besides talking?

Stiff & lacking charisma. Ugh.

This one took some time to grow on me, but I'm enjoying it now. The leads aren't as charismatic as in some of the recent dramas I've watched but the story so far (episode 11) has been quite good.

I don't really follow the flashbacks and kind of zone out. Maybe they'll all make sense by the end.

Please tick the spoiler option. It's too late for me but for everyone else... Thanks.

Intellectual curiosity + beautiful mysterious woman = highly seductive

This drama had a lackluster start IMO, but because there was nothing else to watch I stuck with it. It does get better at around episode 10 (if I remember correctly). In any case, I don't feel like I've wasted my time on this one.

Bad subtitles are kind of spoiling this one for me. I have to set it aside for later.

The Nanny characters remind me of Aunt Lydia in the Handmaid's Tale.

Leshan is the best (although some of the beatings were a bit over the top).

I'm enjoying it too. The mix of court cases with just a bit of in-law/marital conflict is perfect.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I don't understand why Shen decided to give the nanny six lashes. Can someone explain why asking to see him was wrong?

Also why did Shen change his mind about divorce when the wedding gifts were returned?

Clearly there are gaps in my knowledge of the context and historical details because the denouement of the episode didn't make any sense to me. I was fine with the kidnapping, the Master then the court case, but felt lost thereafter.

Maybe take your own advice.

Spotted that one too. I'm going to look for a way to report errors like that.

ETA: It's at 33:50 in episode 21.

The most recent four episodes or so have been much more comprehensible. I really thought I was losing it when I couldn't follow that stretch of 5-6 episodes.

This probably explains why the show is not making any sense to me. I've tried watching with French & English subtitles but still struggle. The last two episodes were clearer though.