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Yes. A failed opportunity in both cases.

Maybe if she didn’t look 35? It’s downright distracting, and a little weird to see an adult trying to play a giddy young girl.

And I’d say the same thing about a ML if a clearly older actor was cast as a teenager. (Which has happened plenty of times.)

It’s bad casting. There are many actresses in their 20’s who could carry this off, just not this one. And we have a right to complain about it without insinuations that we’re sexist.

So, to answer you question: yes, it’s you.

The big test for me in Ep 2 was whether the FL would actually try to kiss the ML when she knows he has had an emotional day, and has fallen asleep after a memorial ceremony for his dad that he had to carry out all by himself without the rest of his family.

And of course the thoughtless ditz goes for it.

What have they done to one of my favorite series?

The FL is utterly without redeeming qualities. This drama is approaching train-wreck status.

You speak for many! I’ll keep watching but the FL makes it more of a chore than it ought to be.

She’s more stalker-ish than the FL in the Cdrama and lacking in charm. I hope they give her some personality traits that make her more endearing.

Right now I only sympathize with the ML and I’m pretty sure that’s not what they want viewers to feel.

With ‘Alice’ now introducing him to the world I see mega-stardom ahead. Incredibly talented. I’ll watch anything he stars in.

Viki has Ep 1 subbed only 19% but even with just that little taste I can sense a really good story here. A nice improvement after the disappointment of Wish You.

We'll probably see Jaime play around with Heart as well. Maybe that's the core conflict for this drama: Heart will be at odds with Winston, and the big question will be who will 'win' Jaime.

Meanwhile, the real winner will be whichever one of them runs in the opposite direction.

I can't NOT watch the rest of this series. It's so over the top that it almost plays like satire.

Brilliant. Perfect choice.

Exactly. That bit at the end where he gets up close to her while she's sleeping ... way too soon.

Everyone has already said everything. I'll add that I don't like the narration. It adds nothing.

I too was disgusted by having to see Heart's mouthfuls of food again and again.

I know that the standard for humor can differ depending on where you are in the world, so maybe that's what's going on here.

LOL this series is softcore porn with a budget ... even the acting is sub-par enough to meet that standard.

I'm gonna guess that the screenwriter was keeping one hand busy while he typed with the other. And it could be that he's just getting started. Not dropping this by any means! ^_^

Speculation time: The housekeeper with the milky eye has supernatural abilities and is going to bring the two timelines together. As the housekeeper she bridges both eras, and having seen Jose suffer back in the 1970's she feels for Wade in his own heartbreak. She decides to bring the two boys together.

One of the best 'first episodes' that I can remember for any drama.

Thank you so much! I would have kept waiting for days, fuming the whole time. :)

When I saw the trailer I thought this might be a parody of 'Manner of Death'.

On Viki, is it possible to ask that certain subbers not be allowed to work on a series anymore? This crew is terrible.

I kept forgetting that this is airing, which is a good thing because as of this moment the subbers on Viki STILL haven't managed to sub the last two clips. (I hesitate to refer to them as episodes.)

Full disclosure: I haven't yet watched those last two clips, but so far the drama has wasted a lot of time on preliminary setup and hasn't given the two lead characters any chance to get to know each other as people as opposed to musicians. Where tf is all this 'chemistry' that everyone sees between them? One of them is arrogant and short-tempered and the other is a mouse. That doesn't bode well for their future together.

I feel like production companies are cashing in on the BL phenomenon with minimal investment. Imagine if this series had been given the red carpet treatment along the lines of 'True Beauty'. Imagine a Korean BL with 16 one-hour episodes! Why are we so grateful for the crumbs they're throwing to us (and stale crumbs at that)?

All we hear now are announcements for more of these micro-length K-BLs, but if you think about it, the reason they're coming at us so fast is that they're cheap to produce. You barely need a script -- just hire a couple of cute idols. The lack of a real story for 'Wish You' is why the kiss at the end of Episode 6 seemed so random and out of character. It was put there because of how little time the series had left to finish with the two leads in a relationship.

'Where Your Eyes Linger' was the only one of these short series that tried hard and actually delivered something. In the wake of that there's been a steady decline in quality.

I predict that the next one coming up (I forget the title) will be even more shoddy than this one.

I love this review, and how meaningful the series is to you. It's a wonderful thing when a work of art can touch us so deeply.