Spare Me Your Mercy Episode 8
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I wanted to like this so badly but the best I can muster is that I didn’t dislike it enough to drop it. The good part was I did enjoy the acting from all the actors (both lead and supporting!). I did have some issues with Tew and Kan’s romantic relationship but I think my issues were more with the writing than with the actual acting. The timeline of their romance just didn’t make sense to me. Going from ‘I don’t think this could work’ to ‘let’s move in together’ all before sharing a first kiss PLUS the underlying tension of them being suspicious and making the audience question if their relationship is real or not just made their relationship unbelievable. I also personally have a lot of issues with the ending. I think this is partially because I have my own very strong opinions on the ethics and morality of euthanasia and how heavily I sided with Kan but also because of my strong dislike of the ‘justice-driven cop’ trope. It’s just such a tired trope and honestly, so far from the reality of most criminal justice systems that it almost seems like a deluded fantasy. Having Tew go and say he loves Kan only to arrest him, placing the law higher than his love, for me, meant he never loved Kan. It really put a damper on any enjoyment I had in their romance up to that point. I would have respected him a lot more and believed him more as a relatable, human character he he choose to look past Kan’s crimes. He could have done that in a variety of ways too! If his love was strong enough to not be able to arrest Kan, he could have cut off contact with him, he could have resigned from the police force and stayed with Kan (or not!), or extra fairytale-like, maintained his job and and relationship. I just think literally any other ending would have been preferably to the ending they actually when with. But idk, that’s just my opinion!
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