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The Best Partner chinese drama review
Ongoing 39/42
The Best Partner
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by Terrica18
Jan 11, 2020
39 of 42 episodes seen
Ongoing
Overall 6.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

Hard pass

Maybe my taste are changing but I found this series very uninteresting. I honestly feel that it’s not a “pull you in” type of series. Each episode felt like a stand alone episode with no significant connection to the previous one. No excitement, mystery or chemistry.
In terms of the story I honestly felt like there was no story. What I saw was many episodes of Lawyer talk and client complaints and concerns. There was no plot or anything remotely taking place that seem to tie into the title of the series itself “best partner..” The series is titled best partner so naturally I assumed that the series was about someone finding their mate or someone that found someone that is so compatible with them they know that this is just it. I would’ve loved for there to have been a connection between someone or anyone for that matter in terms of partners but up to episode 36 I still have no idea who the best partner is and there are only 46 episodes. The supporting cast who I can only say is the secretary appears to get just as much screen time if not more as the main lead of the series. The supporting leads face is all over the place and I have to tell you after watching so many episodes she has become famous for swaying her hips aka catwalking. It also appears that the directors or whoever decide on what the cast wears gave more attention to the supporting lead in her wardrobe than they did with the main lead. They consistently had the secretary a.k.a. supporting female lead dressed up fancy and attractive while they left the female lead wearing just random things. It just seems like something wasn’t right. It just feels like another season of “law and order” without all of the serious crimes of course. Each episode brought on a different issue or a different client so don’t get your hopes up on trying to establish a relationship with any one person. There are consistent members in the series and those people are the cast members who are most likely been highlighted as the stars of the show. There is one possible love interest and one we’re really not certain of. Up to this point the male lead has shown no interest in the female lead at all other than recognizing that she is smart. All the women appear to be smart so no worry about the naive female floating around.
The acting of all cast members have been good.
The music is OK. There is a consistent upbeat tune that plays whenever we are to assume something big just happened however it is usually nothing big so the music just doesn’t work. At least not for me it’s sort of like playing music for a grand entrance and there’s no one to enter. This one is definitely not on my rewatch list. The truth is it’s not awful but because of how it was scripted you will really not get a sense of attachment for any character. Although you won’t hate them you won’t really care what happens to them either because you really don’t see a connection with any of them. At least for me it was hard to try to find a connection with the individual and what they are going through. Even the relationships were not very clear so you really couldn’t hope for anyone to get together or say “oh, they would make a cute couple.” Chemistry most certainly did not make an appearance which is also why this is on my will not watch again list. Even if the directors decide to build a relationship in the last 8 episodes it is far too late for someone to like anyone or to say that anyone has an amazing chemistry in that short amount of time. It’s just a big no for me. There is no real insight into the leads past or interest. He just says lawyer stuff arrogantly and people get stumped. Again the acting was great but a series without a plot is aanh. Hard past!

Great acting-yes
Chemistry- no
Good plot- no
Action-no
Excitement-no
Mystery yes/no
Romance-no
Revenge -no
Plotting- yes
Intelligent- yes
Drama- not really
Legal-yesss

If you really feel up to a legal drama, try lawless lawyer instead but a series without a plot is aanh. Hard past!

Great acting-yes
Chemistry- no
Good plot- no
Action-no
Excitement-no
Mystery yes/no
Romance-no
Revenge -no
Plotting- yes
Intelligent- yes
Drama- not really
Legal-yesss

If you really feel up to a legal drama, try lawless lawyer instead.

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