The final episode is exquisite. I mean, the rest of the series is excellent, but the finale is on another level.
That bat joke - omg, I was howling. It was really clever to write that into the screenplay, because by that point I as the the viewer can use a bit of relief from all the tension that has built up, just as Bas can.
I’m gonna miss KaoUp pairing, they were great. Hope they have a future series together again.My only complaint…
I could go either way for Aoey. On one hand he is emotionally damaged, but on the other it's important that people like that not get away with hurting others. In so many dramas the evil characters get a last-minute redemption.
What ever happened to Mork, though? I assume he was the guy in the mask at the press conference. What was the purpose of even having him there?
If Aoey and Mork had ended up together that would have been pretty cool. Something tells me that only Mork would be able to bring Aoey back from the brink.
(Hey, how about a series with those two as the leads?)
The intimate, loving moments between Up and Kao in the finale really landed. Those hand caresses were truly beautiful -- that whole scene took my breath away.
This series is almost universally perceived as a bromance, or even a veiled BL. Which makes it the wrong place to look for feminist themes. Neither of the leads ever has a girlfriend -- their central obsession is with one another. Had the series been produced in any other country it would probably have been a BL.
"that incident" is the crux of their relationship drama. It was not "thrown in" somehow by accident. It was the…
I didn't use words to describe it because I wasn't marking my comment as a spoiler. Quit thinking you can psychoanalyze everyone. You make a fool of yourself.
I'm so taken with An Jun Peng's acting. What a great performance he's giving as Xingsi.
Lin Chia Wei as Youngjie has the most difficult role in the whole series, and I have to say that he's made his character believable and surprisingly sympathetic. I think a better writer would have been able to create Youngjie without having to throw in that 'incident', which is always in the back of my mind when Youngjie is in a scene.
The work crisis (I won't say more lest it be a spoiler) seems unnecessary. I wish they'd just coasted into their happy finale. Still, these later episodes have really made the series compelling. I'm glad I didn't give up on it.
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That bat joke - omg, I was howling. It was really clever to write that into the screenplay, because by that point I as the the viewer can use a bit of relief from all the tension that has built up, just as Bas can.
I look forward to Season 2.
The actor who played Gene's dad will be playing one of Mork's two gay dads in 'My Ride'.
What ever happened to Mork, though? I assume he was the guy in the mask at the press conference. What was the purpose of even having him there?
If Aoey and Mork had ended up together that would have been pretty cool. Something tells me that only Mork would be able to bring Aoey back from the brink.
(Hey, how about a series with those two as the leads?)
Lin Chia Wei as Youngjie has the most difficult role in the whole series, and I have to say that he's made his character believable and surprisingly sympathetic. I think a better writer would have been able to create Youngjie without having to throw in that 'incident', which is always in the back of my mind when Youngjie is in a scene.
The work crisis (I won't say more lest it be a spoiler) seems unnecessary. I wish they'd just coasted into their happy finale. Still, these later episodes have really made the series compelling. I'm glad I didn't give up on it.
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