There’s not a single person that took even a peek at a trailer of this drama without every single bit of expectation weighing down on a single character alone. Everything, depended on portraying this rare lead character in drama land well enough. A balance of unforgivable and mysterious acts from Mr. Suave we can’t help but to uncover. A disturbing past, behind a dashing smile.

But i ask, how? How can you succeed at the only thing you set out to do, that EVERYONE wishes to see executed, and still fail? Well, you take all of the great build up and payoffs from the initial 7ish episodes and just say the magic word, sike.

Fe Ke

A great introduction of whom we’re dealing with here. A couple perspective twists thrown in early to link everyone’s experience with the man of the hour seamlessly. Slow, satisfying burns of finesse, open arms, and welcoming opportunities. Something’s unbalanced though, can’t quite tilt my soda can on it.

FeKe

Near flawless segues from one story to the other, why is that.. though? Was recollection always this easy? I mean hell, they’re bouncing off one another as if all of this over the past couple years has happened to them last week. Meh, who cares. These campfire stories are going great. Replace the battery in the flashlight for us Su Qian, that’s a 40 episode remake of classic Kdrama if i ever seen one. Something’s not quite adding up though, surely if i sell AMC now Cheng it wouldn’t hu-


Feke

Oh so predictable. Wait, come again? His daughter did what after? Hold on, these are the lies now, right? Well who the fuck wrote the lies y’all were dishing out the past 5 hours and where can i contact them for an inquiry? I mean this is absurd, why even stick with what really happened at this point when you can just make a better truth up. Now that I’m thinking about it, throw the damn soda can away already.


Fake

Hints of stories mixed so well together you refuse to believe the “reality” you chase down after them. You can tell the exact moment they decided to just start wiping their ass with the original work and start attempting to spin things their own way. I didn’t want to believe what i was told, but 7 episodes is as far as you need to go here to get what you want. 8 if you’re up for a good laugh after the dark and depressing themes this drama oozed throughout.

I’m not mad at the time i wasted. After all, the “twists” were at least in line with who most of these characters were from the jump, so it was of no surprise to me seeing it all go to shit because they must’ve forgot they were adapting an original work halfway through. I just wonder if the FL’s role was this dull and pointless there as well.

I don’t usually poke mindless fun at a drama without some pros at least, so here :
~ Skip to Su Qian. Done? Skip again to Su Qian, you’re welcome.
~ Great cinematography, music, and use of imagery.
~ Episodes 1-7 are worth your time, skip to Su Qian after. Done ? Close it out.
~New… party trick?