A lot of potential but ultimately disappointing

The series was sold on the premise of ex girlfriend’s meeting again years later and us the viewer being left to wonder and speculate what actually happened between them. So right from the beginning of the show I was very disappointed that they showed and rushed through Lada’s and Earn’s entire romance from meeting, getting together, conflicts and why they broke up in the very first episode. It left nothing for the viewers to wonder or speculate about them, which cut down a lot of the interest, leaving a lack of build up in the present story with no subtlety or nuances to their actions.

The characters were too one dimensional, silly even, lacking depth, arcs and development and the ones we got felt rushed. I wouldn’t have minded this as much if it were for just the secondary characters but it was not. The main couple particularly suffered from this because their relationship lacked depth and them getting back together had very little to no build up, I barely found myself rooting for them. I wouldn’t have particularly needed for their relationship and dynamic to be more complex if the show had left their past together as something for the viewer to wonder and shown to us as the story went on. Because then atleast it would’ve had something to create interest from. But that wasn’t the case so really there was nothing to work with besides the fact that they had chemistry and were cute together, but it was not enough. There were so many clever and missed opportunities the show could’ve gone about portraying lots of aspects but the actual choices felt lazy.

The production and acting was good overall but no amount of good acted out scenes could make up for the mediocre story telling. On the acting topic, the dialogue at times was too in your face, like they would throw in these lines to make it feel deep or something but it just felt silly and lazy so it would make the acting look over the top in certain scenes.

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