The relationship is not toxic. It's abusive. Emotional abuse. Classic abuse: pretends to care, humilate, act remorseful. Rinse and repeat.
And it's clear why he chose a novice: any woman with an ounce of self- respect would have bounced along time ago.
I wonder if part of her staying is to keep her job? She is still pretty new to the company and Luke is unprofessional. He would retaliate.
If she is more established in her career ( after 6 years) she would feel brave enough to leave with no repercussions on her career.
I know I am alone and this is very unpopular but no amount of atonement could mend this. But this being a Cdrama, I expect a BS redemption arc. My happy ending would be for Flora to open her own company and dump him forever.
I'm gonna wait till the end to give my honest thoughts on this. I am not super comfortable with the premise of the show.
As a feminist, I would have preferred if Tao was a rival advertising executive. I don't like the fact that she is his subordinate. Even worse now that he is the General Manager.
On a positive note, happy we have a true grown up drama: no step- siblings or weird childhood connection. Hoping, with a few tweaks, that more C-dramas follow the same vibe.
Positives: Great scenery, good acting, the leads were nice to look at.
Negatives The plot lets the whole thing down. I feel like the same scene was replayed several times ( FL overstepping, ML rejecting, clueless Hiro, etc). There was no meaningful tension and I feel undelying issues were not dealt with. Really , really hate the lack of proper 'care' given to the theme of mental health. Also for the FL styling, the overuse of Chanel gave tacky.
Decent watch to leave in the background while doing chores, but a mid drama.
The rating would be 2/10.
The relationship is not toxic. It's abusive. Emotional abuse. Classic abuse: pretends to care, humilate, act remorseful. Rinse and repeat.
And it's clear why he chose a novice: any woman with an ounce of self- respect would have bounced along time ago.
I wonder if part of her staying is to keep her job? She is still pretty new to the company and Luke is unprofessional. He would retaliate.
If she is more established in her career ( after 6 years) she would feel brave enough to leave with no repercussions on her career.
I know I am alone and this is very unpopular but no amount of atonement could mend this. But this being a Cdrama, I expect a BS redemption arc. My happy ending would be for Flora to open her own company and dump him forever.
As the older and more experienced partner, he should be taking the lead in creating a decent rapport, even it's a situationship.
I hope we don't get repeat episodes of constant miscommunications. However, I fear this will be the plot for the next few episodes.
Your life won't end if someone has a different POV. Relax, ignore my comments and touch grass.
And in the show she does benefit from this special relationship.
This is the nightmare many ladies spoke of during the "Me too" movement.
But this is a fictional scenario and Luke being hot makes the whole thing more palatable then it should.
As a feminist, I would have preferred if Tao was a rival advertising executive. I don't like the fact that she is his subordinate. Even worse now that he is the General Manager.
On a positive note, happy we have a true grown up drama: no step- siblings or weird childhood connection. Hoping, with a few tweaks, that more C-dramas follow the same vibe.
Great scenery, good acting, the leads were nice to look at.
Negatives
The plot lets the whole thing down. I feel like the same scene was replayed several times ( FL overstepping, ML rejecting, clueless Hiro, etc). There was no meaningful tension and I feel undelying issues were not dealt with. Really , really hate the lack of proper 'care' given to the theme of mental health. Also for the FL styling, the overuse of Chanel gave tacky.
Decent watch to leave in the background while doing chores, but a mid drama.
6/10.