Squandered potential
This show has a lot going for it. The actors are great, there's believable chemistry, the premise of the story is classic and evergreen, and the build-up of the romance is extremely sweet.
So why have I dropped it after 10 episodes? The simple answer is that every ounce of tension was killed off after episode 6 and it never recovered. I was enjoying myself immensely until episode 7, even found myself thinking about the characters while I was going about my day. I think that's also why I'm so disappointed and uninterested in finding out how this ends.
Without spoiling too much, there's an important scene in the relationship that is immaculate. I think the show would almost have been perfect for me if that was the second to last episode, and things wrapped up after that scene. Unfortunately, the show had to go on for another 6 episodes, so they injected a meaningless time skip, introduced a silly way for the boys to continue playing games with each other, and chucked a whole bunch of project placements into the mix. The pacing of the next couple of episodes felt baffling, as the relationship between the leads was both regressing and skipping ahead at the same time. In one scene they're joking and hurting each others' feelings, and in the next they act like they've been established lovers for years. When I dropped the show, it felt mostly like how it does when me and my bestie flirt with each other as a joke.
Maybe this thing gets better in the last two episodes. Maybe not. All I know is that I don't have it in me to watch another drawn-out scene of a boy fiddling with a printer, or complimenting how healthy and delicious this iced tea is.
Do better!!!
So why have I dropped it after 10 episodes? The simple answer is that every ounce of tension was killed off after episode 6 and it never recovered. I was enjoying myself immensely until episode 7, even found myself thinking about the characters while I was going about my day. I think that's also why I'm so disappointed and uninterested in finding out how this ends.
Without spoiling too much, there's an important scene in the relationship that is immaculate. I think the show would almost have been perfect for me if that was the second to last episode, and things wrapped up after that scene. Unfortunately, the show had to go on for another 6 episodes, so they injected a meaningless time skip, introduced a silly way for the boys to continue playing games with each other, and chucked a whole bunch of project placements into the mix. The pacing of the next couple of episodes felt baffling, as the relationship between the leads was both regressing and skipping ahead at the same time. In one scene they're joking and hurting each others' feelings, and in the next they act like they've been established lovers for years. When I dropped the show, it felt mostly like how it does when me and my bestie flirt with each other as a joke.
Maybe this thing gets better in the last two episodes. Maybe not. All I know is that I don't have it in me to watch another drawn-out scene of a boy fiddling with a printer, or complimenting how healthy and delicious this iced tea is.
Do better!!!
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