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When Potential Isn't Enough: A Romance That Forgot to Romance
Kind of frustrating, potential was there.
Lets talk about the characters a little because I need to vent.
The only scene where Dr Jiu does something for the female lead in all of 7 episodes: 1) Helped her in the hospital in dealing with her
2) get jealous whenever Hari talked to the second ML.
3) Gave up his bed for Hari to stay in.
This man needs to speak up. Being weak physically doesn't make you any less of a man. Being scared of insects doesn't make you a loser.
But you being bad at communication and not making an effort to make it better however does make you look pathetic. Sure he is a good doctor. But there are other more important things that define your character.
My patience dried out in that one scene where the annoying contractor comes and pushes the female lead and he does nothing but stand there while the second male lead immediately jumps in to stop him.
The other thing however he does do is fix her leaking house in ep 8 which I guess is the turning point of the entire relationship. But I mean what about the previous 7 episodes I had to suffer through? Now suddenly he can't help but "see" her. I'm sorry this story is not building up properly.
I'd say the second male lead did a lot more than the main Male lead himself. He got hurt for her and also defended her on many occasions.
Anyways, this show started off quite strong, but it became annoying at some point. The romance looked forced and there isn't any chemistry. The actors did their best with the material, but...that's it.
The second couple did it better in terms of chemistry. They atleast had their sparks.
I might end up dropping it at some point. Lee Jae Wook is such a good actor, why would you do this ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. Shin Ye-eun was very good, as you'd expect. She nailed the acting. Especially that scene where her grandmother passed away :(
Anyways. I'll be updating this in case I continue watching it and eventually finish it, who knows.
Lets talk about the characters a little because I need to vent.
The only scene where Dr Jiu does something for the female lead in all of 7 episodes: 1) Helped her in the hospital in dealing with her
2) get jealous whenever Hari talked to the second ML.
3) Gave up his bed for Hari to stay in.
This man needs to speak up. Being weak physically doesn't make you any less of a man. Being scared of insects doesn't make you a loser.
But you being bad at communication and not making an effort to make it better however does make you look pathetic. Sure he is a good doctor. But there are other more important things that define your character.
My patience dried out in that one scene where the annoying contractor comes and pushes the female lead and he does nothing but stand there while the second male lead immediately jumps in to stop him.
The other thing however he does do is fix her leaking house in ep 8 which I guess is the turning point of the entire relationship. But I mean what about the previous 7 episodes I had to suffer through? Now suddenly he can't help but "see" her. I'm sorry this story is not building up properly.
I'd say the second male lead did a lot more than the main Male lead himself. He got hurt for her and also defended her on many occasions.
Anyways, this show started off quite strong, but it became annoying at some point. The romance looked forced and there isn't any chemistry. The actors did their best with the material, but...that's it.
The second couple did it better in terms of chemistry. They atleast had their sparks.
I might end up dropping it at some point. Lee Jae Wook is such a good actor, why would you do this ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. Shin Ye-eun was very good, as you'd expect. She nailed the acting. Especially that scene where her grandmother passed away :(
Anyways. I'll be updating this in case I continue watching it and eventually finish it, who knows.
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