Great Actors, Weak Story
Where to begin? Individually, the actors all bring a strong catalogue of work, and I pick what I watch based on who has been cast. That being said, there just isn't any chemistry between any of the actors. Add to that the holes in the plot that never really get filled in and the who series left me feeling just a little flat.
The ML and FL have a history together. But even before they split and came back into one another's lives, the chemistry just is not there. It always feels more like besties instead of lovers. The fact that the ML never explains to her why he dropped out of her life doesn't make sense. They leave it to the audience to infer that it was discussed. This poor young man has lived a life of loss and they really didn't begin to touch on that until episode 8. The FL had a disjointed relationship with her parents, but again, not touched on until late in the series. Maybe if they had more episodes it could have been fleshed out a little more but given that they had 10 hours to define these characters, I'm thinking they could have found a way to do it.
The second couple is just dysfunctional. The SFL is a stalker and the SML has been in a depressive spiral for years thanks to SFL (who is completely tone deaf). There is no chemistry between them. and it doesn't help that SFL actress was the weakest of the four leads. We get a glimpse of his relationship with his family for five minutes. We get nothing on her background. What's the point of having a SFL and SML if they aren't going to explore the characters? 10 episodes is more than enough time to develop all of these characters.
The supporting characters (including the injured brother of the ML and the ailing former neighbor of the FL) are just there, taking up space. Their stories could have been better told. The actors in these roles were underutilized.
It is not a bad production; it just lacks spark.
At the end of the day, there was a ton of potential that the director and writers just did not solidify. Unfortunate for the cast that did their best with what they had to work with.
Not unwatchable, but not at the top of the list, either.
The ML and FL have a history together. But even before they split and came back into one another's lives, the chemistry just is not there. It always feels more like besties instead of lovers. The fact that the ML never explains to her why he dropped out of her life doesn't make sense. They leave it to the audience to infer that it was discussed. This poor young man has lived a life of loss and they really didn't begin to touch on that until episode 8. The FL had a disjointed relationship with her parents, but again, not touched on until late in the series. Maybe if they had more episodes it could have been fleshed out a little more but given that they had 10 hours to define these characters, I'm thinking they could have found a way to do it.
The second couple is just dysfunctional. The SFL is a stalker and the SML has been in a depressive spiral for years thanks to SFL (who is completely tone deaf). There is no chemistry between them. and it doesn't help that SFL actress was the weakest of the four leads. We get a glimpse of his relationship with his family for five minutes. We get nothing on her background. What's the point of having a SFL and SML if they aren't going to explore the characters? 10 episodes is more than enough time to develop all of these characters.
The supporting characters (including the injured brother of the ML and the ailing former neighbor of the FL) are just there, taking up space. Their stories could have been better told. The actors in these roles were underutilized.
It is not a bad production; it just lacks spark.
At the end of the day, there was a ton of potential that the director and writers just did not solidify. Unfortunate for the cast that did their best with what they had to work with.
Not unwatchable, but not at the top of the list, either.
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