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It didn't sound like putting it on hold was ever in consideration. The studio already paid for the airtime, so they would lose a lot of money if they went on hiatus. Since it sounds like the issue began around ep8, that mean giving up on 6 weeks worth of airtime money. The studio may not have enough cashflow to fund 6 more weeks of airtime especially with the expense needed to finish filming. The tv station may also not like having a hole blown on their friday night schedule. Basically, there was probably a lot of factors that made the studio push forward (especially with a pre-filmed finale) instead of going on hiatus

Does anyone know if Friendzone aired later at night compared to 2gether? At least for the West, the leeway for more mature content get larger and larger the later at night it is. It is possible it is the same for GMMTV

I think the main issue is that the two main storyline have very different tone: Dramatic for FighterTutor and Comedic for SaifahZon. That was always an issue from the beginning, but it got worst as FighterTutor get more and more dramatic. This is a built in flaw that can't be blamed on covid19.

What they should have done is have two concurrent shows running with cameos as needed. That way, you can keep two different tones with out it being so jarring to the audience. Alternatively, re-write either couple so they share the same tone.

Lol. What we need is a special episode with Zol where she is secretly masterminding everything.

I think the production said they will try. But this will likely involve the studio approving additional funding (to re-hire a crew, to re-schedule the actors, to rebook the filming locations). The studio just might not see enough pay off to approve it

From the original statement, it sounded like this episode was shot ahead of time completely (not surprising since this need to filmed separately from all the university stuff) like the previous beach trip. It would be near impossible to cut together a separate ending when they have this filmed already.

Well, at least for HwaHwa, they already hinted that she got a new love interest earlier on. So it isn't that surprising that she is okay with FighterTutor. Fighter's dad was a bit forced

Definitely, the actors do not deserve any hate. After all, they have zero control over the amount of screen time they get.

WRU was always marketed as having two main couples. True, that was not how they allocated the time/focus, but that doesn't change the original intention. Now, it isn't clear why SaiZon was relegated to secondary character status, whether it is because of Saint's popularity or covid19, but they were intended to be a main couple. I feel that by dismissing them as secondary characters, it just make it easier to ignore the legitimate concerns that fans have

Yah, but a pandemic is something so out of the ordinary that it really isn't something that would factor into planning this.

I think the age thing is only an issue if the age gap between the actors are really apparent. Tommy/Jimmy and Zee/Saint both look similar in age despite the real-life age gap, so everything is okay.

The original plan was going to be 14 episodes, but I guess they couldn't fill in all the gaps so they condensed it to 13 episodes instead.

Only twice? I think I been re-watching from the beginning before every episode aired since the first episode

Should be start. Last update was Mew and Gulf haven't even gotten the script yet.

It is entirely possible that 14 eps was the original plan and that they realized as they reedited the episodes that they can't stretch the footage they have to 14 eps and cut it down to 13. After all, plans change. But if so, you would think they would do better promotion that the next episode is the final episode.

I thought the official statement was explicit in saying that the special is not included in the 14 episodes?

I think if they had kept Blue and Dew as enemies, it would be much more understandable. S1 BlueDew would be just introducing their characters, and a potential S2 would actually show their storyline. The current decision basically destroy any potential to showcase their story. That is just disappointing.

The lack of SaifahZon and the choppiness of their storyline is forgivable due to covid19. It been a slight issue even in the first half of the show, but fine, we can just chalk it all up to the virus.

For me, what makes it all choppy is the side couples. Either remove them entirely or actually show them more. They appear so rarely that half the time they appear, I don't even remember their names any more. For DewBlue, they went from enemies to friends with no notice. For JapanTanthai , they never seem to change since the beginning. The side couples contribute so little that you wonder why they even include them at all. It just makes ever scene they appear in jarring and wrong like I accidentally switched channel to another show.

The only statement we got from the the director so far is that there will be 14 episodes. And that the extra SaifahZon episode would not be part of the 14 episodes. I guess it is plausible that they really couldn't find enough extra scenes to fill in the missing gaps and have to reduce the episode count by one, but I haven't heard anything about it so far

For BlueDew, my best guess would be that some of the missing unfilmed scenes include the transition from enemy to friends? We all know that ep 9 + 10 were not meant to focus entirely on just FighterTutor, so I assume there were supposed to be a few scenes on the side characters. That is my best guess, cause otherwise, they really dropped the ball in that storyline.