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This episode pulls a plow. It makes only the tiniest of plot advancements. We do get indications that JBZ is still there for Ming Yi. She still clings stubbornly to her remaining lies though, so the plot is still stuck on that gimmick. On the other side of that, Ji Bo Zai is apparently now unable to figure out obvious clues that would reveal the truth to him even when laid out right in front of him. And various other characters are just irritating in this episode.This part of this series feels like the writers have no respect for the intelligence of the viewers and are just contriving reasons to drag out the episodes with no real progress in the story. It's a total shame after such a promising first 18 or so episodes.
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This episode gets a 10 simply because it finally kills off the stupid lie that has been dragging the series down for many episodes. The FL's unwillingness to confess her identity has been an absurd and stupid plot device that should have expired long before this. But at least now it is finally done with.
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Unfortunately, the writers of this series have leaned hard into the same predictable and contrived plot devices of so many asian romance-dramas and the 'lovers who fail to talk to each other' has led predictably into a totally unnecessary conflict and falling out. So this will allow them to drag us through more episodes of misunderstandings as they struggle to live life without each other only to eventually come back together. And of course they are decorating that weak plot trope with other annoying hack tropes like the 3rd-wheel romantic wannabe who is really an obsessed stalker.So much about this show is very enjoyable. The actors are top-notch and the production levels are fantastic. But the basic plot so far is very, very disappointing and not creative at all. It feels the basic story was thrown together by ChatGPT from prompts from a 12 year old. Why is it so difficult to have the characters behave like thinking adults and still write an engaging plot?
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We find out that the letters he wrote are all about answering questions Jingjing had posted to a group chat 10 years ago. Seriously? That's it? Nowhere in them does he actually apologize. Nowhere in them does he explain that he loves her. This is just so freaking bizarre that I'm seriously questioning whether the writer intends to reveal that YuTu is actually an alien robot planted amongst our species. Because the fact that he didn't apologize and didn't confess in those letters is just mind-boggling insane. Is he still really this clueless? I completely support her for her response that, those answers he gave do not matter anymore. Later, he surprises her by showing up to be her driver to take her to her hometown for the holidays. But again he doesn't even begin to apologize or confess. The episode closes with him asking her if his answers don't really matter anymore and all I can think is, "YOU ANSWERED THE WRONG F'ING QUESTIONS YOU IDIOT!!!!!" The last thing she had told him was that she would no longer ask him "Why?" THAT is the question he needs to answer for her.
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This episode is mostly treading water for Jingjing as she pulls back within herself to deal with what happened and YuTu wanders about looking for a way to fix things now that he's starting to realize that it was HE that broke things. Not his job. Not his filial duty to his parents. Not anyone else but HE himself who was the jerk to both women in his past. He's starting to grow up emotionally first with realization that he has an impact on other's emotions and now he needs to find a skill with which to try to fix things. Because up to now, he has no such skills. The best, most powerful moment is when he visits his home and revives and old computer and looks at old group chat messages by Jingjing from way, way back that reveal how hard she was trying to bridge the gap between her and him. The picture those chats paint is a brutal, painful indictment of what a total jerk he was to her and, well, to others as well.. This is a painful moment of enlightenment that he has been an emotional cripple and that he has hurt people because of it. The next powerful moment is a great conversation with his mother who gives him some powerful wisdom by simply reminding him that he doesn't have to be the best at everything.
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exhibited by some of the 'Elders' of the Storm Alliance on applying several of their rules is mind-numbing. These folks have gone way off-course from Wei Qing Yu's original vision. The arbitrariness of their 'no one can leave' rule makes it a defect prison and then flogging violators defeats the purpose of having just spent all that energy healing someone! And it's definitely asking for trouble for the future to try to detain someone like Feng Sui Ge! So stupid. And then of course, they have serious - murderous - internal in-fighting! Sigh ... this show's world is so full of hateful, psychotic people! Even this so-called 'refuge' is full of them.
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Feels very much like episode filler. This whole episode dragged around this. Very irritating that the 'medical experts' act like complete idiots on how to handle this situation. Dr. An's advice to YiXiao to just leave for several years (and Dr. Ling's insistence that Sui Ge not see her)is clearly just meant to trigger viewers who rightfully can't stand stupid, plot-contrived separations of the lead couple. Because if they did what the two drs suggested, that's exactly what it would be. Both doctors clearly are pulling this prescription out of their backsides. Totally made up garbage just to tease the audience. Fortunately, the writers are at least letting their smart leading lady use her brain to figure this out more quickly. She remembered her promise to Sui Ge not to leave him. And she also figures out that the other guy who lost memories remembered his wife.
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Yi Xiao finally confronts Xia Jing Shi about his shooting her and clarifies they are now enemies. Later, on the advice of Dr. Ling, in order to make her recovery safer, Sui Ge takes Yi Xiao to a place of refuge (his late mother's villa in the woods) for a peaceful interlude. Their romance starts to move steadily forward from this point.
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So we got (a) FL meeting ML's cousin - who looks like she'll be a very supportive bestie. Followed up rapidly by (b) ML meeting FL's mother and auntie ... in what could have been a drawn out exaggerated misconception scenario with all kinds of extreme drama or comedy, if this show was written like so many others. Instead it was quickly cleared up by simple adult conversation and everyone has a pleasant chuckle. FL's mother quickly takes an instant liking to MQC so that's an important hurdle cleared. Now we need a formal introduction to all of her crazy, over-protective brothers!!!
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So far this show has been a breath of fresh air after having watched so many very stressful dramas lately with deceptions, misunderstandings, betrayals, the constant threat of disaster looming, etc., etc. Not to mention annoying, stupid love triangles. This show is proof that a show can be enjoyable without all that. Yes, it's a slow, slow developing romance. But things are actually happening in each episode that are entertaining and the romance feels natural and 'real'. Not forced at some crazy pace that doesn't fit the characters. Both FL & ML are traditionalists and seem to want to move the romance forward in a particular order, without rushing past steps. Hopefully the show will manage to maintain it's pleasant tone and pace all the way through. I'm very intrigued to see how they go through the next phases of introducing each other to their respective families! Heck, even we, the audience, still have not met his parents. Only his cousin. Though I guess that fact hasn't yet been revealed either.
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I can tell by the Viki comments that folks are chomping at the bit for their first kiss. And poor Mo Qing Cheng is having a tough time because she keeps doing/saying cute things that make him want to kiss her so bad. But he also wants the first kiss to be special and when she's sober. And she seems to subconsciously feel that way too.
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 24
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She was already starting to ponder whether her feelings were just guilt over what happened in her first life. But now I think she realizes that she and Zhe just can't truly work as a couple. She sees and admires him so much for his ironclad principles, but she realizes that emotional entanglements will break him due to those principles. And she knows that SHE, on the other hand, is much more morally complicated, just like Xie Wei. In a way, she sees that Zhe is both 'too good for her' ... but also that he is 'too limited' in his worldview for her. And just like a moon attracted to a planet by gravity, she ends up drifting right back in Xie's orbit. The only negative here is that she didn't fully realize things until after Zhe started to fall for her. So his emotions may be hurt already by her withdrawal. But hopefully she did the right thing soon enough to prevent any serious problems.
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Story of Kunning Palace Episode 19
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Ning'er masterfully manipulates everyone again in order to secure the missing half of Yan Mu's letter.. And once again it's a frightening thought to think how terrifying she must have been as an _evil_ schemer in her former life!!!
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This episode was headed for a much higher score until the 'fake kidnapping' stunt near the end. This was stupid and irresponsible on the part of the ML and he's already done several stunts in these early episodes that were not cool. Early on, this show has had a tendency to whitewash the bad behavior of the ML and I hope that stops.
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My Girlfriend Is an Alien Episode 19
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Finally, this episode moved multiple character arcs forward. The obvious one is Xiaoqi finally realizing she truly cares more about Fang Leng than she even cares about retrieving the messenger and going home. Unfortunately, while she is on her way to this understanding, it comes too late before Leng gets seriously hurt as she inadvertently disturbs the messenger, which got embedded next to his heart in the car accident. This puts his life in danger and this event reveals some new character traits in Fang Lie. On one hand, he seems to truly see just how much despair Xiaoqi is feeling for Leng and he helps to get his family out of the way for her to see him. But then, at the critical moment of letting her see him, he shows his true selfish, awful colors by forcing her to promise to give up Leng after this. Because he selfishly wants her,. I've kind of disliked his stupid, childish character ever since the very beginning and this action just cements it. He is one of the worst kind of 'villains' because he stupidly and naively thinks he is a good person. But he is not. He is as emotionally stupid and selfish like a child. And like a child, he breaks things.
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