Whomever wrote this episode has zero idea what acute appendicitis is about. It extremely rare that it is not treated with an appendectomy and that needs to be done promptly. You need to go immediately to the hospital and they perform the surgery. There is no leisurely waiting around to have the surgery at some convenient time. You are in pain until it is treated. Now, if it has not burst, modern laparoscopic surgery means you can usually go home within a day or two, unlike with open surgery which typically means 3-5 days. But it is very serious and definitely life-threatening if not treated promptly. This show put out all kinds of absurd misinformation about appendicitis and the writers should be chastised for that. This show is mostly well written and very enjoyable but every now and then it dips into weirdly extreme stupidity. Aside from this appendicitis silliness, an earlier example were when Lin Fei stopped the car and GOT OUT OF THE CAR when the road was blocked by the 'bandits'. That was insanely stupid behavior on the part of Lin Fei. And then later, when Shi Yi and Wenxing stood up in the boat. THAT was stupid enough but the scene was compounded further by the sheer insane stupidity of a boatman not knowing how to swim! All of these scenes could have easily been written to have the same plot impact without being so obviously stupid. These are the big, obvious script failings. There are also little fumbles. Chen tells Shi Yi he is taking the day off from work ... but later, he is working in the study - a plot point solely for the purpose that Shi Yi, Xiao Yu and Du Fang can talk without him for a moment - until he dutifully emerges to check on Shi Yi's needs, just for a little mild humor. These problems with the script lower the whole experience for the show.
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Haven't dropped a review in a while but need to put down some thoughts at this point in the story. First off, overall, this is a very good show and it's interesting to watch the growth of a relationship between someone who is clearly neuro-divergent (prob autistic) and someone who prob has non-hyperactive ADD. But on the other hand, it's getting annoying just how the plot keeps 'coincidentally' contriving reasons to separate the ML & FL. Dropping the fact that ML has to stay in Bremen another 30 days at the end of this episode feels silly and contrived. It' obviously a cheap plot mechanic to put FL into vulnerable position during that time. I really hope that the writers won't stoop to such stupid lazy gimmicks very often.
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This episode was a huge improvement over the last 4 episodes. Plotwise, it's still a sad episode, given what his going on. But the events in this episode don't feel as silly and contrived and the dialog is much better. There are some legitimate funny scenes and also some heartfelt moments.
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The writing has really dropped in quality over episodes 21-24. I get it that the writers wanted to contrive a breakup in order to fill out some episodes. And there were definitely plenty of grounds for creating a breakup. But the implementation of that was done so poorly with so many really stupid plot contrivances that it was embarrassing to watch at times these last few episodes. So many contrived 'conisncidences' and then supposedly smart characters behaving incredibly stupidly. Also, the whole Zheng Qi + Yuan Lishu romance sub-drama is just awful because both characters are awful. Both are pathetic characters in different ways but it's just hard to feel any sympathy for either of them. So much screen time has been devoted to them these last several episodes and it has just been annoying. Plus both those characters were involved its that disgusting embarrassingly racist 'thug' scene in 'England' that should never have made it past the editing room. I really hope the writing / directing quality improves going forward.
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This was a "meh" episode. Mostly , it was a torture session for the FL, as she kept having to endure more gossip and rumors and, well, bullying from various directions. Also, in large part, she got a big fat FAIL from her boyfriend, Feng Teng, for not properly guiding her about the anniversary event even though she point-blank asked him about it. His failure to just simply talk to her is getting old. His inability to just tell her things keeps causing her problems and it's not really funny anymore. It's getting old and it would be nice if the show started to show some character growth on his part to start to address this.
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This episode finally got most of the main characters to clarity on who loves who. Only Lishu remains still a little uncertain of where she should be going romantically now, though the episode closed with a pretty direct sign post for her.
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I think the problem with this show is that while the story wants to portray the ML, Feng Teng, as emotionally reserved and aloof, possibly somewhat due to his parent's death, they have gone overboard. It's one thing to make him difficult to read by the FL, Shanshan. But he is near impossible to read even by the viewing audience. Which makes him very, very hard to empathize with. Especially since many of his decisions do not make sense from a normal healthy male romantic sense. His inability to communicate is not a new disability for C-Drama ML's, but he's taking it to an extreme that just isn't healthy and certainly doesn't make him attractive as a romantic partner. Communication is a hugely important part of any healthy relationship so who would want to be in a relationship with someone who can't seem to communicate? He keeps leaving her hanging out to dry, gaslit with no information about what he's doing or thinking and making her vulnerable to gossip and rumors again and again. Oh, and my goodness, could Shanshan's two besties be any worse at relationship advice? They are both so negative and always talking her down and predicting the worst for her relationship! Thank goodness Manager Yan (Feng Yue's husband) stepped in at one point with some really encouraging words and advice to her!
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It's a slow, awkward process but between her very moving and heartfelt confession and his sincere kisses, the two finally clarify that they are both in love with the other to each other and become a couple. Now to see how well they can BE a couple moving forward.
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Why did he force her to get so drunk?Why did he kiss her but then accuse her of pursuing him? What was the meaning of his accusation of her being a traitor?Is all this some problem with the translation? Or is the intention of the script writers that Feng Teng is just that confusing of a character? Because I sure as heck can't figure him out and I don't blame the FL for being totally confused. I can't blame her for wanting to back away from someone who is so confusing to her.
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Another episode with real forward progress in terms of character growth for the FL. A little annoying that they've introduced some cliche' drama tropes (the classic childhood friend who secretly is in unrequited love with ML). But that's understandable in order to provide some jealousy drama from the FL side. Hopefully they won't go overboard with psychopath characters or anything crazy like that.
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Finally, some actual character growth by both the FL and the ML. Not a lot. But each seemed to move forward a little from their stunted starting points finally. Feng grows in that he's starting to crystalize that he does care for Shanshan but can't be so careless with the impact on her life his actions (and inactions) have caused. And Shanshan seems to finally be growing past her stupid childish infatuation with creepy Handsome Qi. She's finally starting to see him as the player that he is. Please, please, let this progress continue forward and not regress for the sake of stupid plot gimmicks!
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The "Xue Shanshan and the Boss are having lunch Please don't disturb them." bit was so funny and made this episode great.
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I hope they aren't going to waste too many episodes dragging her infatuation with the inappropriate Zheng "Handsome" Qi. He's creepy and inappropriate. I get it that his character is used to women letting him do whatever he wants, but in a workplace, he was WAY too close to Shan Shan in that interview. If he was an ugly man, everyone would be screaming, "Sexual harassment!", for the same inappropriate behavior. If the script writers think his behavior is, "OK", just because he presents has 'handsome' then they are disgusting. Further, the whole plot idea that he's pursuing ShanShan purely to goad Feng into doing so is disgusting. It makes her into a game for him because she could have real feeling for him. He should only do so if he really has sincere intentions. But I guess the writers think that's funny?
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay Episode 16
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Amazing how much better things got once the story shed itself of that stupid evil-mommy-dearest sub-plot. The final episode returned to where it should have gone as of episode 12 and had a beautiful ending.Loved how they tied up multiple old side plots. And yes Kang Sun Deok (Ju-Ri's mom) definitely deserved all that praise and thanks.
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It's Okay to Not Be Okay Episode 15
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The fact that Gang-Tae shows up alone, without police help is just so stupid. Immediately proceeds to turn his back to a psychopath as he goes to check on his brother - more stupidity. Proceeds to think he can talk and rationalize with a psychopath - despite having years of experience in mental care - more stupidity. Watches as the psychopath picks up a weapon - more stupidity. ( Aside: Flashback to 20 years ago shows FL's mom using a laptop that looks far more '2019' than it does '1999'. ) Then lets her totally push his buttons like he was still a little boy and pretty much invites her to stab him. Which she does. Granted, the ML never seemed to be the smartest kid on the block at any point in this series, but this sequence seemed just too stupid even for him. And all that is on top of the absurdly unrealistic idea that the FL's mom survived all this time in the first place. So sad ho much this series has jumped the shark over these last couple of episodes.And man, frankly, I'm really tired of Gang-Tae. He's so emotionally locked up he's near useless. Thank god Sang-Tae had the common sense to just knock the witch out. Sang-Tae (who also saved Kang Pil Ong in an earlier episode) is definitely the hero this show desperately needed, since the ML certainly never was. And of course the plot then leans into the cliche' trope of the FL rejecting the ML 'for his own protection'. As if that really makes any sense given that her mom was finally absolutely caught. Come on, writers! Do better.And then what's up with the silliness of Jae-Su and Sang-Min not telling the others the truth about what happened? The witches arrest is now a police matter and thus a public matter! What are they being deceptive about it for? And then this doesn't even seem relevant later on.Oh well. Despite all the flaws in the plot, the actors and production crew all do a marvelous performance at delivering within this mess of a script. They are all still wonderful to watch. And Kang Sun Deok is still the best mom character ever! Once again she comes through with a clutch base-hit, this time in helping overcoming the aforementioned FL 'rejection' plot-trope.
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