Michelle Topham

BTW, I have a feeling Season 2 is already in the works and, in all likelihood, already cast and probably in or heading towards production.

There is no way they would spend this much money on a drama like this, and cast such a superb cast of some of China's best actors, to not complete the story in a Season 2.

Just an FYI, if you're having any doubts about watching this (don't, it's incredible), watch the official Music Video.

It's beautifully put together, with scenes from the drama that, in just 4 minutes, will show you just why millions of people love this so much. Absolute goosebumps the first time I watched it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3xdU8-rLas

I'm currently on Episode 19 and, believe me, she's in it far more than I/you would like. Her character is the only thing that's truly awful about this otherwise perfect drama.

She's an excellent actress, but I want to scream every time she arrives back on screen in all the character's stupidity :)

The drama though is absolutely superb, and it would be a shame for you to miss it just because of her. I just watch all of her scenes on 2x speed, and it makes it less unbearable :)

The entire cast is superb. I can't think of one actor that isn't wonderful in their role. Really one of the best ensemble casts I've seen in a Chinese drama.

Yep, leads don't match at all, and I absolutely detest Lin'an (not the actress, the character) so that does somewhat spoil the drama for me. But... the rest of it is so good, it's the only thing I don't care for so still currently giving it a 10/10.

Absolutely cannot STAND Lin'an :) but, she doesn't get enough screen time for me to drop it because of her. Especially as the rest of the drama is so damned good.

Tian Xi Wei is brilliant playing Lin'an, so nothing against the actress. I just detest her spoiled self-involved character.

Prefer K-dramas the way they are. So sick of western dramas throwing in gratuitous sex scenes I just end up fast forwarding through. I'm no prude, but just so sick of all the sex on western shows, especially when, most of the time, there is ZERO reason for it to be there.

No, not bad at all. A little out of place compared to the rest of the series, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. I'd say don't head into it expecting to dislike it :)

Brilliant news -- https://www.soompi.com/article/1715835wpp/when-the-phone-rings-tops-most-buzzworthy-drama-and-actor-rankings-in-final-week-on-air

That means even more opportunities for the actors, director, writer etc. :)

Nobody cares :) And btw, it's still on the Most Buzzworthy Drama list even after it's ended -- and that means the actors, the director, the writer etc will make even more money from it as more opportunities will now come their way. Good for them!

And just a heads up, the so-called "Pro-Palestinian" crowd are toxic people. They destroy everything they touch.

Every single actor in this is brilliant. Such a superb ensemble cast.

Ah right, you've suddenly "got relatives" in Gaza. Funny how that always seems to be the case, isn't it?

And no, Israel's support is just as strong as it ever was. Only the brainwashed-by-terrorists trolling social media as they have nothing better to do don't support them.

Thankfully, we have Trump coming into office in less than 2 weeks, and that means even more financial/military support for Israel and even more pressure on Hamas (the terrorists) to free the hostages or, as he has said, all hell will break lose against them.

Yep, it's been consistently successful throughout its 7 week run and K-dramas, just like any other series, always drop off the list as newer shows are released.

Same thing with King the Land when the usual suspects tried to destroy that series over one character that "offended" them. Not only did the ratings go back up on any platform that monitored the trolls, and removed obviously biased reviews, but it has consistently received solid views on Netflix since. (As it should have, it's a very entertaining series, and one I recently rewatched).

Netflix, of course, just ignores all this faux "outrage", as they should. As they know, 2 weeks later, and the trolls have moved onto something else to try to destroy.

BTW, thrilled to still see When the Phone Rings on the Netflix Top 10 Non-English TV Shows chart for the 7th week -- looks like the trolls wasted their time downrating it :)

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10/tv-non-english

You can spot a theater-trained actor a mile off. The difference in their skills compared to most (not all) actors who have only appeared in dramas is HUGE.

No, the last episode was definitely odd, but... it didn't negate the fact for me that I thoroughly enjoyed the previous 11 episodes, so it still got a 10/10 for me (would have been a 9, but we've been inundated by so many trolls downrating it, I bumped it up a notch to counteract them :)

They really need to remove the limit as there are so many bots/trolls on MDL nowadays.

I'm completely at my limit and just had to remove 3 people in order to be able to add some of the most offensive people I've come across in my 3-plus years on MDL.

And btw, I couldn't care less if somebody leaves a negative comment (entitled to their own opinion) or makes some ill-informed comment about Gaza (whatever), but unfortunately most of these people camp out in the comments and just keep spewing bilge.

MDL really needs to fix their block system as, in this day and age, 100 is nowhere near enough.

Journalist here who has covered politics for more than 30 years, and has actually visited both Israel (3 times) and Gaza, which I highly doubt you have, or you wouldn't be spouting b.s. about an area of the world you obviously know NOTHING about.

instead, you have been brainwashed by an actual terrorist organization (Hamas) who invaded Israel, murdered more than 1,200 people (not only Israelis but Germans, Thais, Philippinos, Americans etc), kidnapped several hundred more, some of whom they then subsequently murdered, still have BABIES in captivity almost 18 months later and, because they lost the war THEY started, are now flooding the world with lies about what's going on in Gaza.

Amazing to me you think you're the smart one when you've actually been brain-washed by lies from an actual terrorist group. To the point that you're "offended" by a comment in a drama THAT DOES NOT EVEN REFERENCE ISRAEL OR GAZA, YOU ABSOLUTE FOOL.

Meanwhile, this "genocide" all you fools keep talking about is a bit difficult to comprehend, considering there are MORE people living in Gaza than ever before and are people who, BEFORE Hamas decided attacking Israel was a smart move, actually lived in safety, security and, in some cases, luxury.

Educate yourself, and you'd sound a lot less idiotic than you now do.

New data is just out from Netflix, and it's still at #4 on the Non-English TV Shows chart -- and on the chart now for all SEVEN weeks it was released.

A huge hit, and just got bigger because the usual loonies decided they wanted to destroy it :)

Yep. Used to watch so many European/American dramas on Netflix. Can't remember the last time I watched one as all my time is now taken up with Korean and Chinese dramas and Chinese donghua (anime). :)