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Too many episodes, too much business talk
I’ve had this on my list to watch for a long time. I kept putting it off, thinking one of two things would happen: 1) either I’d love it and not be able to move on; or 2) I’d be disappointed. Unfortunately, it was the latter, for so many reasons. I know that almost everyone waxed poetic over this show, but for me it had many issues. Just my personal opinion, people. This is long and if you don't want to waste your time reading, I'd still say give the show a try. I'm one of the few that didn't like it. Actually, I probably would have rated this even lower, but I loved the leads, and we actually got a wedding and life after the wedding. I'm one of the few that didn't like it. Spoilers below.
Let’s start with what I liked:
1) The lead actors. I’ve really liked them in other projects. I’ve also seen a bunch of scenes with them and it looked like their chemistry would be off the hook.
2) I really liked how he’d liked her for a long time.
3) Good ending.
4) The FL’s parents.
5) The friendships.
6) The young uncle and his mom. They were so cute!
7) I love me a man that can cook!
Not so much:
1) 41 episodes, really? Unnecessarily long show due to…
2) Multiple couples. Why couldn’t they focus on one?
3) I really disliked that she was involved with someone else at the beginning. For me, that takes away from the love story. I know, it’s not realistic, but I watch romances for the once-in-a-lifetime love.
4) They did not even become a couple until after episode 20! And once they did, I couldn’t buy that they were a couple, because all they ever talked about was work.
5) Speaking of which, 90% of all the talk was about work. Enough about business.
6) The story was implausible. She had no clue how to run a business. She leaves her job and starts a business with a friend, and they didn’t seem to have a plan at all. Then suddenly, they have a huge, beautiful office with quite a few employees.
7) All the companies were inter-related and all I could think about was the conflict of interest.
8) There’s the cliché of the cold businessman. Not only was he cold, but even though he liked her, he talked to her terribly.
9) Her ex-fiance married one of her best friends. That didn’t sit right with me.
10) Each of the couples seemed to have a hard time deciding who they wanted to be with.
11) Her carrying her phone in her hand at all times. She had a purse, and multiple pockets in every outfit she wore, but yet carried it. It was big and clunky, especially after she added the beaded thing. Then, when someone needed to get in touch with her, the phone was dead! But then quickly charged.
12) She had no time for her boyfriend/fiancé, yet when they broke up, she was a complete mess.
13) When FL ask ML if he loved her, he asked what that meant and talked about suitability. Was it a translation problem? I hated that!
14) Didn’t get enough of her business partner and her friend (because for most of the show she was involved with someone else). She was so wishy washy and we got one hug and a phone call once he went to Germany.
15) Minor thing. Once they got married, she never wore that gorgeous ring he gave her. I had a problem with this in Crash Landing on You, but there it was a continuity issue because the end scenes were filmed first, but here, he wore a wedding ring, but she didn’t.
16) The scene of her shaving him in the bathtub. They were cute together, but there is no way he could have climbed into that tub with his back injury!
17) At the end of the show, in the epilogue episode, they were STILL mostly talking about work!
With a good editor, this show would have benefitted from being half the length that it was.
Let’s start with what I liked:
1) The lead actors. I’ve really liked them in other projects. I’ve also seen a bunch of scenes with them and it looked like their chemistry would be off the hook.
2) I really liked how he’d liked her for a long time.
3) Good ending.
4) The FL’s parents.
5) The friendships.
6) The young uncle and his mom. They were so cute!
7) I love me a man that can cook!
Not so much:
1) 41 episodes, really? Unnecessarily long show due to…
2) Multiple couples. Why couldn’t they focus on one?
3) I really disliked that she was involved with someone else at the beginning. For me, that takes away from the love story. I know, it’s not realistic, but I watch romances for the once-in-a-lifetime love.
4) They did not even become a couple until after episode 20! And once they did, I couldn’t buy that they were a couple, because all they ever talked about was work.
5) Speaking of which, 90% of all the talk was about work. Enough about business.
6) The story was implausible. She had no clue how to run a business. She leaves her job and starts a business with a friend, and they didn’t seem to have a plan at all. Then suddenly, they have a huge, beautiful office with quite a few employees.
7) All the companies were inter-related and all I could think about was the conflict of interest.
8) There’s the cliché of the cold businessman. Not only was he cold, but even though he liked her, he talked to her terribly.
9) Her ex-fiance married one of her best friends. That didn’t sit right with me.
10) Each of the couples seemed to have a hard time deciding who they wanted to be with.
11) Her carrying her phone in her hand at all times. She had a purse, and multiple pockets in every outfit she wore, but yet carried it. It was big and clunky, especially after she added the beaded thing. Then, when someone needed to get in touch with her, the phone was dead! But then quickly charged.
12) She had no time for her boyfriend/fiancé, yet when they broke up, she was a complete mess.
13) When FL ask ML if he loved her, he asked what that meant and talked about suitability. Was it a translation problem? I hated that!
14) Didn’t get enough of her business partner and her friend (because for most of the show she was involved with someone else). She was so wishy washy and we got one hug and a phone call once he went to Germany.
15) Minor thing. Once they got married, she never wore that gorgeous ring he gave her. I had a problem with this in Crash Landing on You, but there it was a continuity issue because the end scenes were filmed first, but here, he wore a wedding ring, but she didn’t.
16) The scene of her shaving him in the bathtub. They were cute together, but there is no way he could have climbed into that tub with his back injury!
17) At the end of the show, in the epilogue episode, they were STILL mostly talking about work!
With a good editor, this show would have benefitted from being half the length that it was.
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