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Overall: I have mixed feeling with this one. 12 episodes about 35 minutes (plus long end credits and bonus scene at the very end of each episode 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 12 were my favorites). Aired on GTV YouTube Channel (ep 1 free, 2 onward for channel members?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRZsDVs7WAo (available in Africa, Southeast Asia and some countries in the Middle East); GagaOOLala (not available in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, India, Japan or Korea); Viki viki.com/tv/41593c-deep-in and Heavenly (for S. Korea)
Content Warning (for the series): non con touching, punch, rape/dub con sex (drunk), non con kissing, non con recording/sharing, unwanted outing, homophobia, slap, manipulation, slurs
Content Warnings (for the series they were filming): therapist/patient relationship, trauma, mental health struggles, rape (shown, not between the MLs), attempted rape, self-harm, attempted murder, choking, blood, manipulation, punches, non con recording/sharing, victim blaming, drugging, threatened suicide
Watch Suggestions (to take out most content warnings and focus on sweet/steamy parts)
- watch episodes 1 and 2
- start episode 3 at 4:10
- skip episode 4
- episode 5 watch beginning-5:10
- start episode 6 at 12 minutes
- episode 7 watch beginning-14:25, 26:30-29:30
- episode 8 watch 7:50-10, 15:40-25:10, 28:30-31:45
- episode 9 watch16:20-23:25, 29:30-32:25
- skip episode 10
- episode 11 watch 7-9:30, 20:40-22:30, 33:10-end
- episode 12 watch 22-25 and 35:55-end
What I Liked
- chemistry/tension
- intimate scenes done well
- easy to understand premise
- non cliche female character
- one character wanted to fight for their relationship
Room For Improvement
- that both MLs had girlfriends and it felt like a gay for you trope
- love rivals
- the drunk sex/rape, it had the fictional 'active participant but later so drunk couldn't remember' trope
- too much time spent on the series within the series, also fast cuts (the black margins on the top and bottom of the screen are different as a way to tell)
- character in the series called the police
- time jump
- after all of that I was disappointed in what a character did in public
Content Warning (for the series): non con touching, punch, rape/dub con sex (drunk), non con kissing, non con recording/sharing, unwanted outing, homophobia, slap, manipulation, slurs
Content Warnings (for the series they were filming): therapist/patient relationship, trauma, mental health struggles, rape (shown, not between the MLs), attempted rape, self-harm, attempted murder, choking, blood, manipulation, punches, non con recording/sharing, victim blaming, drugging, threatened suicide
Watch Suggestions (to take out most content warnings and focus on sweet/steamy parts)
- watch episodes 1 and 2
- start episode 3 at 4:10
- skip episode 4
- episode 5 watch beginning-5:10
- start episode 6 at 12 minutes
- episode 7 watch beginning-14:25, 26:30-29:30
- episode 8 watch 7:50-10, 15:40-25:10, 28:30-31:45
- episode 9 watch16:20-23:25, 29:30-32:25
- skip episode 10
- episode 11 watch 7-9:30, 20:40-22:30, 33:10-end
- episode 12 watch 22-25 and 35:55-end
What I Liked
- chemistry/tension
- intimate scenes done well
- easy to understand premise
- non cliche female character
- one character wanted to fight for their relationship
Room For Improvement
- that both MLs had girlfriends and it felt like a gay for you trope
- love rivals
- the drunk sex/rape, it had the fictional 'active participant but later so drunk couldn't remember' trope
- too much time spent on the series within the series, also fast cuts (the black margins on the top and bottom of the screen are different as a way to tell)
- character in the series called the police
- time jump
- after all of that I was disappointed in what a character did in public
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