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“I want to be like this with you every day. I want you to be the last person I see before i sleep and the first person I see when I wake up.”
Somebody put a lot of love and thought into the making of “The Secret of Us” and it shows. MDL suggests that my overall rating should be 9.5 but search as I might, there is no reason to dock half a star so a 10 it is.
It's always great to see new concepts in shows and dramas and movies but there's a certain irreplaceable charm in taking the tried, age-old concepts and bringing them to life. That's exactly what “The Secret of Us” is. The story of two queer women who fell in love but were broken up by the choices of their parents. It is a duplicate, perhaps, but not tedious. It is sad but not morose.
Dr. Fahlada, a capable doctor and to-be executive manager of the hospital run by her parents is faced with demons from her past when her ex-girlfriend, Earn returns to her life after 4 years of being apart. In these 4 years, Fahlada has barely managed to recuperate from her wounds but Earn is back and the wounds bleeding anew. Like a scab that needs to be peeled to allow healing, Earn heals the wounds that she had herself created.
Although their story takes the centre stage, it is continuously emphasized how love can only bloom in the backdrop of other healthy relationships. And so, the interpersonal relationships of Earn and her actressing manager and colleagues, Fahlada and her friends who were always there for her, and their families, most importantly that of Fahlada and her mother are equally important. These are ultimately the little stories which breathe life into it, making it not a story of just romance but of lasting love.
Apart from the superb actors, like I said previously, somebody put a lot of care into the story. I suspect it is the awesome director; the slightest of details, easy to miss maybe, were incorporated both into the acting and story. It's never enough to just present a story, but we must understand the motivations of the characters, the good and the bad.
The pacing was also important to not mess up, considering there are just 8 eps. Timely back-and-forth in the present and the past, revealing only as much is necessary and only when it can create maximum impact allowed the show to proceed without feeling choppy or rushed. Basically I have nothing bad to say about this :p
Moving and tender, this is a gem of a drama and well-deserving of all the awards!
Somebody put a lot of love and thought into the making of “The Secret of Us” and it shows. MDL suggests that my overall rating should be 9.5 but search as I might, there is no reason to dock half a star so a 10 it is.
It's always great to see new concepts in shows and dramas and movies but there's a certain irreplaceable charm in taking the tried, age-old concepts and bringing them to life. That's exactly what “The Secret of Us” is. The story of two queer women who fell in love but were broken up by the choices of their parents. It is a duplicate, perhaps, but not tedious. It is sad but not morose.
Dr. Fahlada, a capable doctor and to-be executive manager of the hospital run by her parents is faced with demons from her past when her ex-girlfriend, Earn returns to her life after 4 years of being apart. In these 4 years, Fahlada has barely managed to recuperate from her wounds but Earn is back and the wounds bleeding anew. Like a scab that needs to be peeled to allow healing, Earn heals the wounds that she had herself created.
Although their story takes the centre stage, it is continuously emphasized how love can only bloom in the backdrop of other healthy relationships. And so, the interpersonal relationships of Earn and her actressing manager and colleagues, Fahlada and her friends who were always there for her, and their families, most importantly that of Fahlada and her mother are equally important. These are ultimately the little stories which breathe life into it, making it not a story of just romance but of lasting love.
Apart from the superb actors, like I said previously, somebody put a lot of care into the story. I suspect it is the awesome director; the slightest of details, easy to miss maybe, were incorporated both into the acting and story. It's never enough to just present a story, but we must understand the motivations of the characters, the good and the bad.
The pacing was also important to not mess up, considering there are just 8 eps. Timely back-and-forth in the present and the past, revealing only as much is necessary and only when it can create maximum impact allowed the show to proceed without feeling choppy or rushed. Basically I have nothing bad to say about this :p
Moving and tender, this is a gem of a drama and well-deserving of all the awards!
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