Strong story and acting
I ended up binging this; the story is well-written and strong, and the acting is brilliant.
The synopsis here on MDL is very weak and a bit misleading, though, in my opinion.
So, brief synopsis from my POV:
Ning Yue was a lawyer with a successful career ahead of her, but after marriage, childbirth and other life obstacles she has been out of the workforce for several years. Her husband is the CEO of a company about to go public. He is extremely devoted to her and their son, and in everyone's eyes, the perfect husband. When Ning Yue wants to enter the workforce and re-establish her career as a lawyer, she finds that her husband might not be so supportive of this. As she fights for equality in their marriage and independence to make her own choices, will it be possible to change her husband's mindset and maintain the marriage, or will divorce be her only option? And if so - will he let her go?
The cast:
Feng Shao Feng as the ML Hu Cheng delivered a very strong performance - how he managed to switch from having a tender, loving look, to absolute scary the next moment, was impressive.
Elvira Cai who portrayed the FL Ning Yue was also good. I felt her struggle with conflicting emotions.
I kind of felt the 2nd ML Qin Can played by Xing Zhao Lin was a bit in the background, and disappeared too much.
The story:
I found this to be very well-written. The characters were well-developed and had depth; there were no character that was pure evil/villainous - we got glimpses into their backgrounds or other sides of them. The FL was not flawless either, even if she was "the victim".
The flow was good - it kept me wanting to continue watching. It was a bit intense at times, but also gave you some breathers. There were small drops and hints that made you think you knew what might happen later, but did it?
I also believe it is an important topic; that abuse can also be in a non-physical way. The way they also showed the generational gap/differences was well done. The episode(s) where ML's dad was left on his own: Brilliant!
As for the ending, it was kind of non-conclusive. I wouldn't call it exactly for an open ending either though, but if you absolutely detest open endings this might disappoint you.
The synopsis here on MDL is very weak and a bit misleading, though, in my opinion.
So, brief synopsis from my POV:
Ning Yue was a lawyer with a successful career ahead of her, but after marriage, childbirth and other life obstacles she has been out of the workforce for several years. Her husband is the CEO of a company about to go public. He is extremely devoted to her and their son, and in everyone's eyes, the perfect husband. When Ning Yue wants to enter the workforce and re-establish her career as a lawyer, she finds that her husband might not be so supportive of this. As she fights for equality in their marriage and independence to make her own choices, will it be possible to change her husband's mindset and maintain the marriage, or will divorce be her only option? And if so - will he let her go?
The cast:
Feng Shao Feng as the ML Hu Cheng delivered a very strong performance - how he managed to switch from having a tender, loving look, to absolute scary the next moment, was impressive.
Elvira Cai who portrayed the FL Ning Yue was also good. I felt her struggle with conflicting emotions.
I kind of felt the 2nd ML Qin Can played by Xing Zhao Lin was a bit in the background, and disappeared too much.
The story:
I found this to be very well-written. The characters were well-developed and had depth; there were no character that was pure evil/villainous - we got glimpses into their backgrounds or other sides of them. The FL was not flawless either, even if she was "the victim".
The flow was good - it kept me wanting to continue watching. It was a bit intense at times, but also gave you some breathers. There were small drops and hints that made you think you knew what might happen later, but did it?
I also believe it is an important topic; that abuse can also be in a non-physical way. The way they also showed the generational gap/differences was well done. The episode(s) where ML's dad was left on his own: Brilliant!
As for the ending, it was kind of non-conclusive. I wouldn't call it exactly for an open ending either though, but if you absolutely detest open endings this might disappoint you.
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