MPL88

Two boring leads trying to teach each other love and desire made for an overall dull show. Despite this, the show’s social commentary was really interesting. Many commenting on it stated that the discussions about the struggles behind dating and finding love or even marriage in S.Korea being perfectly accurate. As a result, are people leaning into sex toys and hookup culture to find some form of intimacy and physical enjoyment? I’m not sure. The show certainly implied as much.

However, the romance for which this story was built around was so uninteresting. It was understandable that the FL had lived a sheltered life when it came to love and sex but her naivety at times just wasn’t believable. She lived and worked in a big city, had a worldly BFF and aunt with whom she is close, and even had a boyfriend but she’s completely green about sex not equaling love, and about one of the most common of intimate relations e.g. FWB. It just didn’t track. It would’ve made more sense if she was aware of these things but was a staunch believer in love before sex. Hence her conflict with the concept of casual sex and pleasure that the sex toy company was selling. Moreover, she had no personality and I’m sorry to say the actress playing the FL always looked as if her elevator didn’t go to the top floor.

The ML wasn’t much better. I could appreciate him telling the FL some hard truths about human nature when in relation to sex, but his facial expressions rarely changed and he was also dull as dishwater. He was not believable as the CEO of a sex toy company because he had not an ounce of charisma. He was just kind of there. His staff was livelier than him. SMH. I will admit the show did have some absolutely hilarious moments surrounding the toys but that nor the interesting social commentary on dating/sex/love could make this show worth the time I spent watching it.