Beautiful and Moving Romance across multiple lifetimes.
Subjective Gut Rating: 8.25Is “Love Upon a Time” the next “I Feel You Linger in the Air” that I am searching for? Close but not quite. It’s hard to find a good historical Thai BL that I like because I want something serious without too much comedy and overdramatic acting. “Love Upon a Time” was close but it didn’t quite hit the mark, especially with the execution and storytelling of the mystery.
Romance
I really like the main romance and that’s what kept me interested throughout the drama. I feel that it was developed naturally and at a good pace. It’s pretty clear from the get-go how the handsome green flag Phop feels about Klao. Even when he was stern, you can tell from Net’s beautiful big eyes the affection he has for Klao. This is my first drama of Net as a main character, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The care, concern and affection he showered on Klao throughout the whole drama is what we want from a romantic lead. The romance hit the highest point for me in episode 7 when emotions and stakes are high. I love their emotional heart-to-heart conversation under the moonlight at the corn field so much that I was inspired to write my first episode review. Their kisses were lovely, so gentle yet passionate. The NC scene was beautiful and sensual. Add to the fact that Phop asked for consent! How sexy is that?? If you are a romance-lover like me, you will be satisfied with this main romance and all the shirtless scenes that Net has.
Secondary Romance
Their story is actually very interesting as it ties to their past and present lives. I enjoy seeing that connection. However, I think the execution could be better with better distribution of screen time.. I was having a little hard time getting into their story because Kaew’s hairstyle in the first third of the drama bothers me. I know it’s petty but having his hair all gelled up is not a good look for him. Additionally, Latte’s acting as Jom is the weakest of the group. He was better as college student Thi, then esteemed physician Jom.
Acting
As I mentioned earlier, Net really surprised me. I am so in love with him! JJ on the other was not bad but his facial expressions tend to be quite drama during some scenes (even non-comedic wise). Is that how he was directed to emote? Or was it him? I am also watching him in “The Next Prince” now, and his portrayal there is a lot more natural. Kim did a pretty good job as the more effeminate Kaew. I am not sure if he’s like that in real life, but he’s more girl, gentle and feminine than I am! Latte, on the other hand, is having a hard time being the stoic and esteemed physician. His expressions often feel uncomfortable and hesitant. But as the college kid, Thi, he seems to be back in his element. The rest of the supporting cast all did a pretty good job. I was especially glad to not see any overdramatic, gossipy and boisterous servants, who seem to be a mainstay in many period Thai dramas.
Fantasy/Mystery
I think the drama gave us a decent explanation of the fantasy. At least, I understand what happened and can believe in the reasoning they gave me. This is not always the case with fantasy drama, so for that, I think “Love Upon a Time” should satisfy most viewers. The drama does use an interesting angle to explain the fantasy and reincarnation theme through the lecturer of a time-traveling class. This could be a fun course to take in college! However, the mystery investigation was unable to hold my attention. Maybe because I love the main romance so much that I didn’t really care who killed who, and who’s corrupted. I just want to find out what happened to Klao, and that’s it. This could be a “me” problem or could be the writing.
Production
I love the production. I especially enjoy the use of natural lighting, just lanterns, candles and moonlight, without artificial bright white light. The costumes are beautiful for the men and women. The fight scenes are better than the shooting scenes. Seeing a topless Net fight is a beautiful sight.
Overall, I had a good time watching “Love Upon a Time”. I was also glad it gave us sufficient time back in the present timeline to close out the drama and tie up loose ends. The ending was not rushed and did not leave us with more questions than answers, like “I Feel You Linger in the Air”. The overall acting is not bad, even if it’s not excellent. I will recommend this if you are interested in checking out a period Thai BL with a strong romance focus.
Drama Completed: 6/13/2026 Review #693
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The Most Enjoyable the Drama in the first half of 2026
This drama is fun and unserious. It's a slapstick but will still leave you with a warm and fuzzy feeling afterwards.I have a lot of favorite scenes but I don't wanna give any spoiler here (to anyone who hasn't seen it). The story flow has a bit of slow down, specially the part when they were figuring out how to use their superpowers. There were a lot of lengthy dialogues but once past that you're in for a ride.
The chemistry between the superheroes are undeniably palpable. These are actors handpicked by the director so he knows exactly who will suit each character. Park Eunbin is as always phenomenal. She has great comedic timing and can deliver an emotional acting exceptionally well. Cha Eunwoo, though not on par with Park Eunbin in acting skill, held his own. The other two delivered their characters well too, specially Im Sungjae.
Overall, this drama is fun watch, nothing too profund. Just relax, bring out the snacks, and enjoy the ride from start to finish.
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From the opening episode, the drama immediately captures attention with its cool late 90s atmosphere. They opened it with banger song by Radiohead?!! I was sold.
The homage to Guardians of the Galaxy was a fun surprise. The CGI effects are on par with many Hollywood productions and never feel out of place IMO. It can feel dark at times but it pulls you back to comedy. It's just unserious lol!
The acting chemistry between the cast was great as well, plus Chaeni and her grandma.
Park Eunbin, the master in acting, I don't even need to elaborate. It's no longer surprising. I just watched her in awe. She was so nimble switching from comedy to melo drama and she takes me with her with those emotional change outs. Her body acting was so GREAT as well, her teleporation and the lifeless body acting was so good it was creepy.
Cha Eunwoo played the stoic character well. His acting complimented with the highly energetic trio. Director Yoo Insik is known for bringing out the best of his actors regardless of skill level. And I see it here, CEW went from weak (previous works) to decent acting, although his tone is still kinda of flat. He needs to work on that next.
It's not a perfect drama, it definitely has its flaws but the good stuffs in it outweighed the flaws so I only want to highlight things that I like about it.
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Yi Chen was toxic as well
First of all, I would like to apologize to my 15-year-old self for reading the novel and watching the movie back in 2018. 😭😭🙏🙏Even though I already knew all the entire story beforehand, I genuinely enjoyed the psychological suffering while watching it.
Although the acting in the movie was indeed good, the actors in the drama truly outdid themselves. Their performances were outstanding.
While I won't deny that Lu Feng's character was genuinely toxic and extremely toxic at times, I would also like to point out that Yi Chen was equally toxic.
On many occasions, he avoided explaining his situation to Lu Feng despite knowing that Lu Feng was an impulsive, hot-tempered, and emotionally unstable person. Even though he knew exactly how Luo Fang would react, he still chose to stay silent.
What frustrated me the most was that Yi Chen always seemed to choose other people over Lu Feng. Meanwhile, Lu Feng literally chose Yi Chen over everyone else. He gave up his name, his family, and his inheritance. He turned his back on his father, who was on the verge of death, and on his sister, who loved him dearly.
But for what?
In the end, Yi Chen would always choose others first. What bothered me even more was that he chose others over himself as well. Because if he had chosen himself even once, he would have chosen to stay with Lu Feng. 💔😭
This does not excuse the many unforgivable things that Lu Feng did to Yi Chen. However, what makes the story so tragic is that I actually witnessed Lu Feng's transformation from a genuinely kind person and an almost perfect boyfriend a complete green flag who stood by his partner through every hardship and was never afraid to be proud of his love into a black flag who literally became a kidnapper and a r@pist.
Watching that downfall was heartbreaking because he wasn't introduced as a bad person from the start. He gradually turned into someone completely different, consumed by his obsession, jealousy, and desperation.
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lots of fluff/sexy scenes and angst is resolved quickly
I really enjoyed it and binged watched all 10 episodes. It's been a while since I've watched bls so it was a really nice welcome back. Loved the main couple and the side couple was also cute. Unexpected when it became supernatural, but overall a fun experience would recommend if you like the soul swapping troupe (struggling orphan kid to billionaire heir).Was this review helpful to you?
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At a Certain Point, This Shouldn't Even Be Considered a "Toxic Relationship"
I'll try to be as objective as possible when writing this review but I gotta admit it was a hard one to watch. And I'll cut it short because tbf there is not much to say about this series:(This review contains heavy spoilers bear that in mind!!)
I'm gonna start with the script bc that's the only thing we should talk about this series. This story was so bad that after one point I was like "What am I watching ? Why am I watching This ?". Even from the beginning, the extensive homophobia literally made my blood run cold. Yes, it is actually very common thing to happen in real life to most of us Queers; but on the other hand as the events develop, the amount of choices that have been made regarding the homophobia they encountered is so bitter to watch and from my point of wiew, nearly unacceptable. Doen't matter how much you love your parents/friends/family, a person should always choose themselves if it comes to either them or yourself. I know saying this may sound selfish or inconsiderate, but as someone who encountered something very similar to this, I truly believe this is the only healthy choice for both parties.
Then the second main subject of this show comes before us: Obsession to the point of a person loses their mind. Even now as I am writing this review, it still sounds insane. literally insane. After the mother of Yi Chen dies, our character cuts off his communication with his brother, decides to stay married to the woman he does not love and goes into hiding. I was okay with all these decisions. Then there is a time jump of 5 years and we see the couple moved on, healed and ready to divorce to build a better life which was sweet. But then, (this is the moment this show goes to down hill . Or may I say, sorry for my vulgar language, straight up bullshit) our masochistic Lead Yi Chen decides to contact his Ex-boyfriend Lu Feng who caused so much pain to him before. And then after encountering him, he becomes a captive of his lunatic ex. Watching those episodes was very hard I have to tell. I couldn't watch some of the "sex" scenes because of how painful it is. The show doesn't say how long Yi Chen was captured (I think in one scene Yi Chens's brother and his bf talks about how they couldn't find him for a couple of months but I am not sure what events that time period contains) but we could tell it was quite long because by the end of it, the actor literally looked like he lost half of his weight.
Anyways, after everything he's been through, Yi Chen decides to be with Lu Feng once again which while I was watching that scene, I audibly laughed. that moment, I lost my very little remaining sympathy that I had towards Yi Chen. Yes, on the last episode we learn why Lu Feng acted this way and I admit discovering his condition softens some things a little but for me the main issue was not him but how Yi Chen kept coming back to Lu Feng. This is not love. The only sick one was not Lu Feng. Seeing a person wasted away like this was very sad. I wanted to talk about how the story was written badly in and on itself rather than pointing out its illogical and/or inconsistent sides because this story is very bitter and moving and I felt it should be approached emotionally to talk about it. Some of you may find this boring or think this is not a review and I respect that. I am avare that my review looks like it goes over the story mixed with my comments and I am sorry for that but as I just said, I didn't feel right to approach this any other way.
I have no comments on the music. I personally not a fan of how chinese BLs uses music but it was okay for me for this piece. The production quality was top notch. The actors literally carried everything and made this story watchable. That's all I'm gonna say about this show I think. I don't know if it's stupid to put this at the end of the review, but people who struggle with mild mental illness should NOT watch this series.
PS: I know I said I'll cut it short at the beginning but ended up writing a whole ass essay so I'm sorry lol please bear it with me.
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If you love thrillers, this is for you!!!
The opening scene of this series draws you in, making you curious to know the beginning from the end. This drama had me stressed, smiling, laughing, frustrated and at the edge of my seat! Everybody brought their A game❤️They did justice to the themes explored in this drama, I love the ending as well
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Fantastic Acting
Now I just wanna say that I haven't really watched a lot of medical dramas because I know I'm not gonna be able to get into it, nor does it interest me whatsoever. But this one? It made me appreciate the genre and what it can offer me as a whole. I get it now, I get why the medical genre is popular.I know this is a Chinese take on the Korean original, but mind you, I haven't watched the original as well, so this is gonna be a fresh take on someone's lens who has no knowledge at all.
Watching this made me remember why i wanna retire early in life, because ever since i discovered cdramas, i've never looked back. It's very hard for me to watch kdramas or jdramas now because they are so compact due to declining attention span because of shorts/tiktoks. Now there can be exceptions from time to time, I'm not generalizing, but i'm just saying, cdramas know how to properly fluff a story without making it draggy. Though yes, since this is an adaptation from the korean version, it's following almost the same number of episodes, even shorter at that, unlike your standard cdrama 30-40 episode, but they managed to capture my love and appreciation without fluff.
As i've said, i haven't watched a lot of medical dramas, nor am I a medical student. So i'm probably just gonna be brushing off the medical side of it. Though i'm sure you can still appreciate this because the acting is so good. Every. single. actor/actress. here they are all good at acting down to the extras, there's no flaw in the acting. I actually came into this purely because of Jiang Pei Yao, but i stayed because of the acting, and for the plot i guess haha.
The story in the beginning can be annoying or i guess you could say the MC, but as it progresses, you feel that he's slowly becoming even more humanlike. The dynamic between the characters is very smooth. The chemistry is impeccable. By the way, i love how they handled Chen Hui and Yuan Ye's romance, its very open-ended, because i was thinking if this was the korean version, I'm pretty sure there will be romance in it, but in here there's almost little to no romance at all, not until the end, and again it's very open for interpretation, i love that.
Overall, Fantastic Drama, if you're someone like me, watch it blind, don't look at anything else, and when you're done, make your judgement.
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Started Strong but it was getting weird at some point
This show started off so strong, but then completely went downhill. One of my biggest pet peeves in dramas is grown adults who never know what they want and can’t form their own opinions. For a 12-episode drama, how many times did they seriously need to break up?The script also wasn’t great. At times, it genuinely felt AI-generated because the dialogue and character decisions made no sense. And I’m sorry, but I absolutely could not stand Xiao Cheng’s character. He constantly looked spaced out, confused, and like he had no idea what was going on around him.
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An....Effort
Honestly I don't know what went wrong with this. the premise was good, the plot could've been executed very well but it just wasn't. Let's talk about the positives first.The Acting. As usual, Gun is amazing. All the other actors did really well too which includes Film, Nani, Jane and Dew, kudos to the actor who played Prasath, guy was so creepy he gave me chills every time he was on screen. Chimon played Pennhueng exceptionally well that i wanted to protect him as well, Love also played a pathological liar very well. Amazing acting.
Now i think that was the only best part of the series. While i must say the series maintained it's suspense element, but there were so many things that ruined it.
For once, why was no other Gen 4 student shown, like ever? Why did the series start with Run running away and getting caught, but no idea what actually made him take the final step of running away? (or maybe i missed it, but I'm sure i didn't.)
Next, Jingjai and Hugo were shown leaving for another city when they went back home, why didn't they leave? actually how was even the police involved with the Home School administration to bring them back when they first tried running away?
Another question is, how does hypnosis even work? At one point we're shown Master Amin is hypnotized to the point his views change, and the students also get hypnotized that they turn into potential killers. but then we see that students like Jingjai stop themselves moments before killing them, without any intervention like Fuji and Biw had. I get that "love" made others stop, but even then they had to be reminded of it, why did Jingjai stop? So many questions which never get answered.
Now we come to the characterization.I think Dew and Nani were not seperate characters of their own and I'll stand by this. They were very superficial, only existing for the female leads (which i saw for the very first time, usually it's the other way around, #.malesinfemaledominatedfields lol). Even Maki didn't feel...real till her backstory was revealed, which still didn't help much. the only characters i could comnect with was Love and Chimon's, who actually showed development and felt like real characters. even jingjai and fuji had better development than dew's and nani's character.
This could've been a power show if it wasn't for the plotholes and odd characterization, with a great cast(which i didn't understand the reason of half of it disappearing in the second half). Maybe even reducing the number of episodes would've helped, made it bit more coherent.
Wish to see better stories with similar vibes with these actors again, they deserve the chance. Just will regret the lost potential of this series.
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The Curriculum Includes Consequences
Teach You A Lesson is one of those dramas that knows exactly what kind of story it wants to tell. Blending action, social commentary, and school drama, it delivers a highly entertaining watch while tackling issues such as bullying, abuse of power, teacher rights, and flaws within the education system. Based on the controversial webtoon Get Schooled, the adaptation focuses on the Educational Rights Protection Bureau, a special agency tasked with restoring order in schools where traditional methods have failed.The drama's biggest strength is its pacing. Rather than dragging out a single conflict for multiple episodes, it presents different cases that keep the story fresh and engaging. Each case explores a different aspect of school-related problems, making the series feel dynamic and easy to binge-watch. The action sequences are satisfying, and there is a strong sense of catharsis whenever bullies or corrupt adults finally face consequences.
Kim Mu Yeol delivers a commanding performance as Na Hwa Jin. He carries the drama with charisma and intensity, making even the most over-the-top moments believable. The supporting cast, particularly Lee Sung-min and Jin Ki-joo, add emotional weight and credibility to the story.
That said, the drama is not without flaws. Some situations are exaggerated, and the solutions often rely on intimidation or physical confrontation rather than realistic conflict resolution. Viewers looking for a nuanced exploration of educational reform may find the show's approach simplistic. The series also inherits some controversy from its source material, which has faced criticism for problematic themes, although the adaptation appears to soften or remove many of the webtoon's most criticized elements.
What makes Teach You A Lesson work is that it doesn't pretend to be subtle. It's a revenge-fantasy-style school drama that gives viewers the satisfaction of seeing injustice challenged head-on. While its methods may be questionable, its message about accountability, respect, and the consequences of unchecked bullying resonates strongly.
Overall, Teach You A Lesson is an entertaining, action-packed drama with compelling performances and relevant social themes. It may not be for everyone, but if you enjoy fast-paced stories where wrongdoers are forced to face the consequences of their actions, this drama is well worth watching.
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Even the production team won't be able to make such a mind blowing series again!
I started watching it after I saw a reel on Instagram where Lu Feng takes off Yi Chen's glasses and I thought this scene looks something unique and I should give it a try. I was unaware that this was going to be such a wonderful ride. Lu Feng's delivery of expressions and the way he portrayed his love for Yi Chen genuinely needs hell lot of praise. He literally showed all 7 stages of love in just 12 episodes. Now you might see comments like this was peak toxicity and all but you have to learn to differentiate between fiction and reality. If you want to watch love in it's raw form, this series is the right choice. Double helix is the epitome of perfection!!!Was this review helpful to you?
Disappointing at best
As far as the leads go, Net carried this show. JJ needs to go back to acting school and learn to control his annoying facial expressions. I liked the second couple, the opium story line and a lot of the side characters, but JJ was totally miscast.This series is definitely not a masterpiece or deserving of a 10. It was disappointing at best.
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Best slaps I've ever seen
I'll start by saying I enjoyed the show. The show deals with a lot of heavy topics centered around the schooling system, from kids bullying each other, to overbearing parents bullying teachers, to school violence and gang culture in schools and drug use in school. They focus on trying to solve the problem at the root.For a drama tackling such heavy issues it was a relatively easy and enjoyable watch. I love a good fight scene and they gave me plenty. The male did an amazing job in his role that I want see his other works. Good acting all round. I hope they make a second season.
Watch if you enjoy a good story with good fight scenes and good acting. It you enjoyed taxi driver, I think you'll enjoy this.
I read a lot of reviews saying its unrealistic and I'll say this I don't watch tv because I want realistic.
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Abuser X Victim: Traumatic God Awful Show!
I don't know where to start with this. I'm so tired right now. I'll try to be succinct, doubt that's gonna happen though. Double Helix is supposed to be symbolic of their relationship. Of our (ugh not mine) two main characters: Yi Chen and Lu Feng who crossed paths in high-school, found each other in college again and reconnected promising a forever love and a future together, but on contrary the Double Helix is one a zig-zag line another a squiggly line, the latter getting attacked by the former because love made it blind and also gave it a mental illness.Lu Feng, A rich spoiled kid- brat, entitled, and inhuman selfish piece of shit. Yi Chen, our poor victim, warm-hearted dumb dumb, timid and dumb. God! I don't have adjectives for this guy other than those.
See now how I didn't have much to talk about Yi Chen, since other than being a victim and his whole life revolving around the other protagonist. We don't get much on him. Like his dreams, ambitions and a set of things he wanted for himself in his life. He lacks much of his personality(not talking about behavior). We see him hustling around, being told he is a great at this that, and we never see him being assertive, his cafe business also barely running. I hate that we are never given anything convincing to show he had a life of his own, he also turn into his assistant WTF BRO? YOU WORKED IN DESIGN OR SMTG. On the other hand, we have his brother but, we can easily see how he is different from him. He has dreams, he loves his family, and he is childish but guarded, his love life: healthy and supporting comparatively.
Lu Feng, from a strict rich family. But, he too is pathetically written like Yi Chen so there ain't much going on here and I don't care about him anyways. He has a company to inherit that's on stake because no gay, estranged relations, abusive father. He isn't passionate about anything else, other than Yi Chen. He doesn't care about anyone, not even Yi Chen.
Now let's talk about *drumroll* The Problematic Plot: It begins in high school, ML likes the other ML,Yi Chen because he has a nice smile? I don't remember much (thanks brain) Lu Feng, pretending to get hurt using this thin guy everytime, doing stupid things to get his attention. (Also they fucking ran in their school uniform not gym clothes bruh) College days and it continues more, Lu Feng is soooo pushy, all over Yi Chen, so much sexual harrasment gets excused here it was so hard to witness. From here on Yi Chen is done for, for life!
He doesn't care about the feelings of his partner, and whether he is ready or not for physical intimacy. He forces him to have sex[RAPE], also always when he needs to get Yi Chen to abide him he manipulated this guy in the name of love and their stupid vows. It was honestly so hard to watch those scenes where I expected clumsiness, gentle patience and understanding.
From here it spirals from one conflict to another, seperation after seperation from ep 2 onwards. So, the rest of 10 eps spanned over several years just doing this stupid continuous fall outs and second chances. Where we see more concerning debilitating, call the cops situations presented by: Lu Feng. Yi Chen gets conditioned to give in to everything because Lu Feng's abusive behavior and his rampant insecurity in their relationship controls as Yi Chen tries to refuse and so, he submits. I don't know if this guy is into it but at some point of time it is hard to distinguish whether he doing this because he is a masochist or because he is completely stuck in the bottomless pit of a hellhole that he believes as love and life.
Series of events unravel just to drag on plot and reach new heights in enabling the more of shit Lu Feng does as he never understands or is made to feel the weight of his actions. He selfishly paints Yi Chen as a villain for caring for his family who have been there for him his whole life. He doesn't acknowledge that he brought doom to both of his family members. Bipolar disorder doesn't justify his skewed morality. We never see him having episodes in the first place, if they were building towards this, they should show apparent and believable symptoms of the illness. Even if we were to say he was having an episode during that time when he did that. We never see the aftermath of his remorse or regret for causing harm. He just sucks as a human being, maybe with another mental illness or bunch.
Then Lu Feng drugs him, locks him up and constantly verbally, sexually abused him to the point that Yi Chen attempts suicide. After this utter depravity, rooting for them to end up together, wanting someone like him, and considering what Lu Feng did as righteous and out of love and out of yearning is fucking messed up. And arguing it is not real and it is acceptable because it's fiction is seriously vile. I don't care how everyone perceives it, if you enjoy it fine but calling it acceptable because it's fiction still negates the feelings a fictional character, for whom fiction it be, is real, the abuse happens there and he suffers A LOT.
I don't want to see homosexuals represented like this, nor would I accept a straight drama such. But, how it's disgustingly incessant and appreciated is concerning as it's being romanticized. Media such desensitizes the intensity of abuse and demoralizes the autonomy and feelings of the victim in whole. We see the exact same thing happen to Yi Chen and the drama brushed past the rape and trauma inflicted from it as if it was a phase in their relationship. He is an abuser, criminal, a rapist. He should be condemned and jailed lifetime. Yet, he is fawned over and excused because man he has mental illness.
Yi Chen goes back again for fucks sakes, I hated this drama so much for this. I don't care if Lu Feng cries that little shit uses his tears to shackle this guy and man does Yi Chen loves chains. He needs to be freed, he needs therapy, he should've been involuntarily taken to get medical help, we could've saved him but no, we need to give them a fucked up ending.
Yet Lu Feng, a criminal is free, And with a mental illness for the last episode. Stupid foreboding from ep 11, but wasn't expecting a sorry excuse of a mental disorder, wrongly diagnosed that too. And the whole episode is written even badly lol. None of it makes sense, from showing all patient records to not a guardian, disguised as a lover to check on your patient's obsession and not knowing that your patient is fucking vermin with an abuse history!! who needs to be kept away from the victim because he is a walking hazard with fragility of glass. Just because he has a mental illness doesn't means he can just get away with all of the fucking crimes he committed. Utterly bullshit. Well, dumb drama. I hate that Lu Feng gets that much understanding at his vulnerability of his mental illness(??) when the same is not offered when Yi Chen actually goes through worse and life threatening.
Seeing Yi Chen happy family made me hope that his parents would be supportive towards his sexual orientation, but writer made them die bitterly and making their children extremely sad and resentful(if not them, i am) too. The second couple was decent, only sane thing in the show. I just appreciated that it was a healthy relationship.
Complaining about the brother is dumb, he is fictional ffs bleh and right where he is coming from expect when he says that they(lu and xi) should get together that, a no! The siblings actually has a good relationship which was nice. The only thing that I liked about the mcs was the recorded video of their relationship montage in their college days played in ep 2 I think, that was cute and should've been the whole plot. 1 star considering all that. I can't rate it nothing or negative either so yeah.
A lot of the characters never appear again, the second couple barely gets any screentime. The acting is just okay, I didn't feel any chemistry between the characters, they kiss because their faces are close not because there is some tension. I didn't pay much attention to the OST since the show spends most of it's screentime ragebaiting me.
This was my first Toxic BL or whatever we call this stupid genre I don't know why such themes exist in the first place when they are gonna end up together and it is a happily ever after, given the horrifying things that are inflicted on one by their so called love interest and endgame. It doesn't offer any meaningful perspective cause I definitely don't want to understand or empathize with an abuser who, in question is never made to suffer the consequences of their actions. Not like a redemption arc would save his wretchedness, definitely ending that stupid relationship would've saved it some face and I would've tried to accept that the conflicts and abuse he endured finally over and he would get therapy and healing, finding purpose in his life.
So what's the point of Double Helix? Nothing. It is a twisted horror story where abuser and victim end up together. Not recommended. Very triggering and agitating. Don't watch this garbage.
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