BradBluddy16

I feel your pain…nine episodes of pure joy followed by two plus episodes of pain and heartache, do create emotional whiplash, but I would argue that neither the plot nor the writing died out. Despite the two weeks of suffering most of us experienced watching Only Boo live, in retrospect the added tension only deepened the drama, and knocked the series into the next tier. Keen enters his Adele era with “Station 0”, and finds the same emotional depths in his acting. Nobody “enjoyed” Moo breaking down, nor that single tear at the piano…but it only made the ending sweeter, the drama deeper, and the story more resonant. We were all overjoyed to get sunshine-Moo back, but the experience wouldn’t have been nearly as cathartic if he had never gone away.

I get the sense that, in the earlier episodes GMMTV didn’t quite know what they had (only Oishe Honey Lemon knew for sure) and didn’t trust their young actors to carry the story, and were a little too liberal with the tropes and sound effects. But it also feels like at some point everyone involved realized they had something special, and let the drama and actors breathe more. My suggestion: trudge through the fluff and you’ll find the beating heart of something truly remarkable. Keen does most of the heavy lifting, but everyone else does their best to keep pace. 10 out of 10 for me.

And for anyone questioning Sea’s acting chops, check out how many conflicting internal emotions he puts across in those four words…

Favourite Kang flirt deflection technique: “you talk to much…”

Fourth squared