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If I could just get my hands on the screenplay
I will join with everyone and give compliments to story and characters.
First off, I was so close to dropping this show because there's a lot of yelling in the first 3 episodes. Yelling is not for me. But I was strong and continued and was grateful that I did.
I usually don't want mental and physical disorders as the foundation to my shows. I fear they'll be used as a crutch; normal people are just as chaotic and helpless with interesting stories to tell. But this show incorporated sickness well enough. The actors were so good playing the characters and playing to each other.
And like the rest of the reviews, there are criticisms.
Did we waste time by following the moms to the fortune teller? I say, 'yes.'
What was the point exactly of the drag artist and the part-time clerk? I don't have an answer to that question.
Why did Min, numerous times, turn away from Hwio in the last few episodes?
Why was Hwio in the wrong place, wrong time towards the end? And when he was in the right place, right time, why did he react chaotically?
From episode 3 to 11, I understood what each character was struggling with and how they found solace or understanding in their next door neighbor. I didn't question why they kept running into each other, why they relied on each other, or why they were drawn to each other.
But in episodes 12 & 13, I wasn't sure why or how they needed each other. When he was the protector she needed, she was repulsed. When she was the mystery mind he needed, he ignored her. When he usually finds his inner calm with her nearby, he had many aggressive and brutal reactions. When she was growing her capacity to trust again, she gave up on all trust towards him, regardless if he deserved it.
I can make tiny excuses for those 2 episodes but, as a show is nearing its end, it should be ironing out the wrinkles, finalizing the stories, and making things make sense. The time for incoherency should be at the beginning of the show, not the end.
Is it a rewatch? Yes, because the episodes are small enough that its easily digestible.
First off, I was so close to dropping this show because there's a lot of yelling in the first 3 episodes. Yelling is not for me. But I was strong and continued and was grateful that I did.
I usually don't want mental and physical disorders as the foundation to my shows. I fear they'll be used as a crutch; normal people are just as chaotic and helpless with interesting stories to tell. But this show incorporated sickness well enough. The actors were so good playing the characters and playing to each other.
And like the rest of the reviews, there are criticisms.
Did we waste time by following the moms to the fortune teller? I say, 'yes.'
What was the point exactly of the drag artist and the part-time clerk? I don't have an answer to that question.
Why did Min, numerous times, turn away from Hwio in the last few episodes?
Why was Hwio in the wrong place, wrong time towards the end? And when he was in the right place, right time, why did he react chaotically?
From episode 3 to 11, I understood what each character was struggling with and how they found solace or understanding in their next door neighbor. I didn't question why they kept running into each other, why they relied on each other, or why they were drawn to each other.
But in episodes 12 & 13, I wasn't sure why or how they needed each other. When he was the protector she needed, she was repulsed. When she was the mystery mind he needed, he ignored her. When he usually finds his inner calm with her nearby, he had many aggressive and brutal reactions. When she was growing her capacity to trust again, she gave up on all trust towards him, regardless if he deserved it.
I can make tiny excuses for those 2 episodes but, as a show is nearing its end, it should be ironing out the wrinkles, finalizing the stories, and making things make sense. The time for incoherency should be at the beginning of the show, not the end.
Is it a rewatch? Yes, because the episodes are small enough that its easily digestible.
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