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Darn! I've watched this all up to Ep 39. Now that I know that Xiao Shan dies at the end, I am dropping it. The whole drama went spiraling all the way down to the end. New phony melodrama moments were inserted in order to stretch out the number of episodes.

Also a lot of Chinese propaganda was inserted in the drama - reminds me of the Youtube reruns of WW2, where a lot of American propaganda was inserted in the films!

Also from watching C-dramas, there seems to be a strong moralistic tone to them: Xiao Shan can't live because he did something wrong, even if he changed his mind. This is also true with Lover or Stranger. The "bad" must be punished. This is totally outdated.

From now on, maybe I'll wait until the ending to watch C-Dramas, or read MDL posts.

Thank you chase_kayden for saving me another few hours of disappointment.

I am on Ep 39 of Broker and reading the spoiler comments it looks like another bad ending in Broker so if I had known, I would never have even started it!
It is badly written and badly directed and good actors can't save a drama from those two issues.

My suggestion, don't watch Broker. It is spiraling all the way to the bad end.
Thank you for your suggestion, I marked Crush on IQ to watch it. Sounds like a good production and sweet story.

Me too! The next time Vittoria is in a drama, I"ll wait until all the episodes are finished and then I'll watch the last episode. Sounds bad right? :-)

If you want to feel good about Leo Luo, watch "Love is Sweet" He is darling in it and worth a rewatch. I'm watching it for the 2nd time. He acts lost in Broker. I don't think it was a good match IMO.

You mean like in Lover or Stranger? That had an open ending that was stupid These would be 3 dramas where Vittoria was in dumb open ending dramas:
Lover or Stranger
Maybe Broker
And ...Moonshine and Valentine,

Thank you for your response! I tried to find the YT ending again but could not find it. I’m currently watching Broker a C/drama, keeping figures crossed that it has a good ending not like Lover/Stranger has.

Well I think she needs to build up her confidence, her self esteem is neg. I don’t know if her being alone would accomplish that. She needs some help and JE needs to communicate much better if he really likes her.

You wrapped it up perfectly! Very well said because filled in all the missing parts. Interesting way of analyzing it. Thanks for doing that filling in.

I agree, JE is the right partner for her. DH is just a nice placeholder. JE should have told Nabi that his ex-girlfriend had left for good. That could have cleared everything up for her. They don't have good communication even though they like each other a lot.

I think she has a very low self esteem and that stops her from all sorts of decisions. She's stuck, liking JE, can't put her emotions into her art, just stuck. Wakeup and decide NB.

Fully agree with you Lisa! DH is not the right person for her. JE is. He understands her and I do believe they both like each other very much. However he should have explained to her that his ex-girlfriend was gone but didn't. Hope it ends well, nevertheless!

That's what I thought - some Eastern Europe city like Prague. Makes sense . I lived in US all my life and I didn't think it was US. Thanks Saffy88!!!!

Sadly in most of the C-dramas I've seen, there is a lot of propaganda. Reminds me of the WW2 films I watch on Youtube - flag waving, "chest pounding" etc. However, they do touch on interesting subjects: Bioscience, computers, fashion, etc - subjects that K-dramas don't cover too much. The most recent, "You are my Glory" about space travel.

My favorite C-drama actors are Hans Zhang, Johnny Huang (sp?), and of course the current ML. They are different from K-dramas for sure. Try Love is Sweet, you won't regret it.
I live in the US and I don't think the country is America - to me it is maybe some Eastern European country....don't know. What I find weird, is that there are so very few timed comments, you know the one on the top/left of our the screen. Wonder why. Maybe no one is watching or maybe they are watching so closely that they don't comment.

Well I'm on episode 28. I don't know which country they are for the conference, do you know? He seems to "shrink" compared to FL but I don't mind that because of the role he is playing: sensitive, brooding, pensive, all of that. I don't have too many eps to go.
Thank you JadedOracle for your comments here. But please watch "Love is Sweet" He seems to come to life in this series, totally adorable handsome. And a really good ending!!!!!!!!

demithinks, you said it so much better than I could have said. I won't even try to add to what you said. He is in a complex, sensitive character with many layers. i like him in this role. His eyes are deep and beautiful. China is lucky to have such an actor. And you are right, for once, we have a role reversal. Thank you demithinks!

Thank you so much, now it all makes sense with the names. What would we do without MDL and a great group of posters that respond!

In ep 26, I just saw Jiang Xue Ming for the first time. Interesting face and presence. You might be right. The ML/FL are the same age but ML looks a lot younger, possibly for his smaller figure. As I said before, he was wonderful in "Love is Sweet" but in this drama he has to be depressed, grayed out, smaller than normal, just a pitiful figure trying to save his mother and himself.
Now that I know who Joang Xue Ming is, I'll play closer attention. But my heart is always with Leo Luo. :-) Thanks JadedOracle.

On IQ.com, Love Is Sweet

I sent you my viki list via "friend" on MDL

Ok, here goes: (I'll send separately ones on Viki and IQ. )

ON NETFLIX: (*'s are my favorites)
My Mister
My Holo Love *
Because this is My First Life *
CLOY (Of course :-)) *
Mad For Each Other
Second 20's *
One Spring Night *
My Shy Boss *
Put Your Head on My Shoulder *
Something in the Rain *
Vincenzo (Of course :-) *
Live Up to Your Name *
LMD
IT'S OK TO NOT BE OK.

So we are MDL friends so we can share a bit morel I agree on the comments for LMD's S2's. I"ll lost mine. Thank goodness I wrote on the ones I watched, most of the time.
The MDL comments are mostly against all the 3 men and for all the 3 wives, and against the women lovers. The S2's episodes are deeper than what people think they are and that is why I'm looking forward to S3.