The Story of Pearl Girl Episode 16
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Every cdrama romance series has to have an episode or two where the mains really cement their attachment and this is clearly one of those episodes. I really, really liked that they are being mature adults and not hiding their relationship such as happens in so many of these dramas. They are a natural couple with obvious chemistry and they aren't bound by any restrictions such as one being royalty or other arbitrary reason not to be together. So they are gravitating emotionally and physically together like normal people would. When Yan Zi Jing grasped her hand at the dinner table in front of everyone to acknowledge their relationship that was so refreshing compared to so many dramas that would have resorted to stupid silliness.Of course, now the question is, what nasty bad stuff is going to happen to disrupt this happiness?
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The Story of Pearl Girl Episode 10
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Wow! Major kudos for Ciu Shi Jiu standing up to her father. That was an incredibly progressive scene.And man , Yan Zi Jing is such a schemer. Liu Yu Ning is an interesting actor. I first noticed him in The Long Ballad. He's sneaky the way he makes his characters grow on you. You may start out not liking his character but after a few episodes you are totally on his side.And jeez, don't you just want to slap Zhang Jin Ran hard in the face for his stupid naivite' , interfering with Duan Wu's revenge on the man who stabbed her mother? What an arrogant tool.
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Just a comment on the opening scene, Zao Lu Zi as Dwan Wu, experiencing her new top-deck quarters. She doesn't say a word, but her expressions, movements and body language really sell her emotions as this is a massive leap in living conditions and sensory experionce for the former pearl diver who has to this point only lived in squalor and oppression.The rest of the episode is full of drama-ramp-up as. it switches from one of the major players to the next as they plot against each other, amping up the stakes.HUGE jump in the relationship between Dwan Wu and Yan Zi Jing. The jade hairpin was a pretty charged moment. The following scene wihere she helps tend to the slightly wounded Zhang Jin Rin Ran is ... well ... flat. Seems to signal where this series is ultimately going. He's clearly shaping up to be the 3rd wheel.
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Yo Gwang has consistently been the most useless - indeed, the most damaging - "ally" of the good side. Throughout the series he has failed to do the right thing again and again including often simply opening his mouth and telling people important information. And now he really caps it off with his failure to stop the Zombie Former Head Taoist, despite knowing full well all the stakes at risk.Oh well, the rest of the episode is pretty good, with the understanding that at this point in the series, with just a couple more episodes to go, they have to really put everyone in a bad way. Darkest before the dawn. Nice redemption appearance by Sol Gae.
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Consistently in this show, the royal guards and troops are unbelievably incompetent.Folks just sneak again and again into whatever corner of the palace that they want - including the royal bedrooms!!!! And then where are the troops guarding the streets and the square during the ceremony? How on earth did a dozen or so armed terrorists manage to just saunter up and threaten the royal family like that?This show is mostly good, but stuff like that really breaks immersion.
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While some seem to have enjoyed the injection of humor in this episode I personally found this episode to be grating with its blatant dependency on contrived plot gimmicks. The story did not feel 'honest' since it relied on a series of silly gimmicks to advance from one point to another.I also found it very frustrating with the continued over-reliance on the classic drama trope of characters for no good reason just plain failing to talk to each other in plain language.The early episodes of this series moved the plot with actual story events. I hope they get back to that.
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The Legend of Heroes: Hot Blooded Episode 14
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Rant: Huang Yao Shi has got to be one of the stupidest, most selfish and thoughtless father characters I've seen portrayed in a long time. This series of episodes on Plum Blossom Island have been excruciating simply because of having to endure the portrayal of his combination of utter stupidity and/or complete lack of concern over his daughter's well-being and happiness. What an absolute zero of a parent. His supposedly enlightened and 'sensitive' character is simply not believable and that made these episodes painful to watch.
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