Reviews

Fake and true piety…the Fu legacy

Fu Ting Zhao and family came through in a true showing of Fu family filial piety. He basically told his father he could stop the act and he would honor his Gma's wish and take her home to be buried with family. He is breaking the chain of his father’s fake piety and showing his children what loving family really looks like. TingYun got in the last word with Ms Yan when she asked her if making it to the top and existing as a solitary corpse was what true love looked like. She wanted to be by her husband’s side no matter where he was or position he held. She wanted to know if true love could exist between husband son or daughter in law when the goal was moving up not hanging on to family. She she tries to plead ill for her husband’s next round of scheming, he doesn’t try to comfort or be concerned….he was annoyed that she could feel bad at such a time when he needed her to do his thinking for him to make a plan.😝I think it is here where she starts to lose it a little as she really takes in where her chosen path is taking her. Shen has told Zhao Ling of the discrepancies in the grain/salt ledgers and that he needs to get there to help fix. Zhao Ling knows this traces to the Yus so he confiscates all the records before they can be lost or changed by Yu. In retaliation, he talks Fu into killing his wife so his son in law will be removed from duty to mourn. He was a bit reluctant but remembering his wife’s divorce decree and hiding the rest of her inheritance….the bastard complied and then had the audacity to create another worshiping hut near the capital so he could stay. TingYun got a goodbye from her mom in a dream but she was devastated to find out about her death. I am not sure if the maid was paid to tell that story or if the maid believed it true, but it was made to look like her body gave out rather than helped along to die. The end of the episode TingYun confronts her father asking how long his act was going to continue.

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The Ultimate Sacrifice of an Undercover Cop

I can’t imagine what it must be like being an undercover cop. You’re constantly risking your life because if your identity is exposed, you could be killed. You sacrifice so much, including your love life, your family and any chance of living a normal life.I can’t believe it’s already been over a year since they had to leave each other. After everything they’ve been through, it makes their story even more emotional.Also, this entire episode had no AI. Where are all the AI police now? They were everywhere complaining before, so surely they should be here giving the episode some praise too.This series is seriously so good. Nine episodes are definitely not enough. I need more!

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Oh, my bias!

9.5/10 Rating. I got into this drama because I needed something as an escape, and lately, the new K-drama drops have been slow. This one was on my radar for a while, so I was excited to see how this story would take the secret fangirl idea (It's not a trope just yet) and turn it on its head, and I was pleasantly surprised. I enjoyed how they wove various topics about interpersonal relationships between friends and couples. Including loss and loneliness in various ways. I do wish they'd learn how to include the topic of the importance of mental health self-care in this type of world, but that's not really a con here.Reiterating, I have no cons about this drama except two: 1. The deadfish kissing with our FL. She was SUCH a joy with her chemistry with both our fellas. She just fell flat when we finally got our big kiss because her kisser (I won't spoil) is a spot-on big steppa in that regard. WHEW! I need him to get more romcoms and leads as such; he was great (not just with the kissing).2. This series is 12 episodes...the 'Netflix' format, even with it not being on Nettyflix is really causing issues with our shows, because I did not like the last-minute dump of story plots that occurred. Just...bad there. They could have given us an extra 15 or 16 with what they did there.Outside of that, I truly enjoyed this drama, it was just the right level of sweetness that I needed, and as an OG fangirl from America, I truly wish I could get this with my own crew but...alas...my bias ended up being a weirdo. *sobs*

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Striking deals to change Grand Empress dowager’s mind

This episode was how to get the appearance of a million for 100k allotted funds. Jin was so helpful with the merchants and they bragged loud and clear their progress in materials. This of course was scandalous compared to drought victims and Zhou Ling was reprimanded with loss of his position. TingYun was next because she had suggested all the plans. She got to spend the day kneeling. The end result was the emperor had the appearance of being the filial grandson with no renovations happening and the money donated properly to disaster relief. This was a sly way to make his gma understand how frivolous burial plans were compared to taking care of the people. Jin was given a letter to let him sell merchandise but he was left to deal with the angry merchants. He recognized he was the fall guy and with this I was disappointed that the Zhaos did all this at Jin’s expense. 😝 His crime was loyalty and they abused it. The emperor went on to make Zhao Ling responsible for the funds so out of one frying pan into another. Ms Wu was quite clever to have the sesame flatbread included with the meal. Ya Ke knew what it represented and immediately tossed it. JingXiu split one with Ms Wu which was a slap at Ya Ke. What Ms Wu noted was JingXiu had no idea what TingYun’s flatbread tasted like so she recognized obsession rather than love with him. She also noted the lovers that cared about each other only ate this for survival not because it was a chosen favorite between them. Once again she had a session of the tales of TingYun for him after her visit. I like that Ms Mo shut up the noble gossipers by reminding them that the military husbands were out giving life and limb for the country while the nobles stayed home sitting around gossiping.😝But at least the gma said the project was cancelled and the needs of the people more important than her grandson honoring her last wishes. And all I could think was poor Jin being the fall guy and those pretty lapis lazuli beads from the emperor telling Zhao Ling what an honorable man he was for the way he handled things.😝I wonder if Jin would agree?

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RED FLAG BUT IM COLOR BLIND IF YOU EVEN CARE

AI OH MY GOD IM BEGGING. We drained the entire ocean for that shit; I'm so irritated. HEY SO I HOPE A BOMB GOES OFF BC FUCK YALL. We cant be happy. WHAT? HELP IM LOOKING DOWN AND I CAN STILL UNDERSTAND. SEXY AH NIGGA IN THE POOL and bif hane walking like its heavyyyy. PUT THE APPLE DOWN. DAN WHAT THE HELL. I knew dan was gonna do something crazy because of just bullshit. GLAD HES BRINGING A GUNNNNN. DAN WAS BEHIND THE CAR ACCIDENT. I like the dead flowers that was fun. So Jamie, they are actually engaged. If big jane was poor he wouldve gotten faded for fast. Did we ever find out how old big Jane is? Wedding in the house we rich rich. Obsessed with the dancing parallels. I HEAR THE SONG. 9/10 okay bye!

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A page from the walking dead

At times, these episodes felt as though they had been taken straight from a page of The Walking Dead, yet beneath the familiar apocalyptic imagery was something unexpectedly poignant…the quiet revelation of A Lie’s humanity and kindness. Whether he is driven by his need to save someone immune or by the beginnings of a deeper connection, the slow burn created the perfect foundation for developing both characters and their relationship. Their feelings are not being forced upon us…they are slowly emerging through trust, protection, and vulnerability. As the beautiful lyrics of the theme song say, “You are my north…I am your sky.”The only thing that bothered me other than perfectly handsome faces was that lone zombie who somehow knew exactly where to look. I thought zombies had lost the ability to think. I’m certainly no zombie expert, but is their sense of smell still intact? Because for a dead person, that creature certainly had perfect instincts…and apparently 20/20 vision.

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This is an interesting story, but I can already see some issues with the directing

What was the Krishna Kali spell actually supposed to do? It doesn't look like anyone expected it to cause a transmigration. The lightning strike doesn't look like it killed Great, so I'm wondering if that means he switched places with Gaew or at least there's a chance he'll return.The premise of the story is really interesting, but I can already see a few things with the directing. For the most part, the acting seems good, but there are some places where they needed to do another take. You can see there's a delay in response like the actor paused too long before they took a step or was too slow giving a response. On another note, I think the costume and set design is good.

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