This is giving: the planned next series for PPW got cancelled and they needed something on the board that would take little to no effort and still bring in the money ... enter Thee and Me Part Deux!Peach and Me - 4 episodesFor such a short series, they spent a lot of epi 1 beating us over the head with what was already made clear in Season 1: Thee is obsessed with Peach! We got it the first time. They didn't need more than 5 minutes establishing that they are enjoying their honeymoon, but Peach is getting restless and wants some "me" time and to return to work. That time could have been better spent on Rome taking over the company and what that means for both him and Thee, or expanding Ran/Tawan at the restaurant. Instead, they add Mira/Pan, and for a four episode series, it feels like too much. What made the first season work was Thee's originality and his over-the-top devotion, he was charming/fresh. But now that we've already seen this dynamic he feels less endearing, tiresome, and borderline annoying at times. TheePeach say all the right things, but their passionate moments feel stiff and forced. Mok and Rome have more natural heat, but with so little screen time they remain unexplored. The bigger issue is that these characters actually don't feel like they had more to say. There's no real emotional territory left to explore, so the conflicts feel manufactured rather than something that naturally comes from the characters. Normally, I would give a series until epi 4 or 5 to find its footing, but with only four episodes total and 25% already gone, I don't know that there is enough time left to make this feel like anything more than a money grab.
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