Annoying FL

So, this remake is the worst of all and here is why:
The ML character is cruel, like really cruel (the acting was great!)
The FL character is really dumb, annoying and over the top.
VWS was casted perfectly for that role, since she can not act without overacting - or it was the other way around and she displayed the FL character in that way, because she can not act any other way....? A bit less screeching, a bit less overacting, a bit more depth and real, honest and normal conversations and this could have been good.
If you like the story watch the taiwanese original or the chinese remake waking love up.
Both are so much better: better acting, better script (the story is the same, but it does not drag that much and the FLds are actually more mature than this one that only knows how to stomp her feet, throw temper tantrums and scream) and both have a nicer happy ending.

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What the duck!?!

What the duck did I just watch!?!
To sum this up in a few sentences: ML has a mistress till the very end. ML sleeps with the mistress till....yeah.....ML brings mistress home, now all of them life a great live under the same roof....ML sleeps with mistress in the same room that he sleeps in with his wife.....He sleeps with his wife directly after he slept with his mistress - without protection of course.....he does not even take a shower in between.....this is not a one time thing, you get to watch this over and over and over again....you get to watch him making out with the mistress in front of his wife.....after the wife has watched this, she lets him make out with her....ähmmmm yeah, ok.....stupid much?
From start to finish, that is what this lakorn is about. In between all of this, the writers want me to believe, that he fell in love with his wife while he was *** his mistress....and the wife fell in love with her husband while watching him *** his mistress. Yeah, very funny.
Then why did I watch this? Honestly, I wanted to see the FL character grow and ONCE, just ONCE show even a tiny little bit of backbone, even a hint of a spine.....something....! But no, no, no, no!
If you have endured all of this for 14 episodes you reward is a two minute happy end.
My perfect happy end for this: husband and mistress stay together. Wife starts a new live after some serious therapy sessions where she learns to value herself, respect herself and love herself.

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Frustrating weak ML

Well, this is one of those frustrating ones.
The ML is a very weak character, that keeps his "mistress", the SFL till the very end. He is unable to really reject her and always puts her first.
The FL is like a boomerang: no matter how often the ML or the SFL insult her, she keeps coming back. There are a lot of scenes, where he is with the SFL and everyone knows, that she is his wife too. Even when he is outside with the FL the townspeople call him "the Sheriff with two wifes"....in front of his wife. Yeah, but you know, the FL stays, comes back, even after he tells her to stay away and we are supposed to think how great she is because of that.....the ML character does not have to grow, does not have to reflect, because she is ok with everything that he does to her. This drama preaches about trust, marriage values, respect......and it all seems to be connected to the wife: she has to trust, she has to value her marriage and she has to show respect to her husband...He? Well, he can do whatever he wants. Some call that a virtuous wife. I call that stupid.
I understand the message this drama wanted to "send out" but it went overboard with what she had to endure - and only she had to endure.
The acting was good. Bella was good. James was ok.
5/10

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Pleasant surprise! Very good acting!

So wayree surprised me. I went in with absolutely no expectations at all, because of some of the comments here.
The script was very good, the story enfolded with little to no loop holes, directing was good - cutting was annoying and weird sometimes as if something went missing.... (did they shorten the whole drama? Where there supposed to be more episodes?).
The acting of ML and FL was absolutely on point and fabulous! The second leads were amazing, too.
Especially Kem was able to portray the tortured, very much in love ML! Will have to watch more of his works to see, if this was a one time thing or if he really is that good.
On screen chemistry was over the top mindblowing - hope to see those two again as main leads.
Will rewatch this one!

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10 Stars just for Marios acting!

Really, 10 stars for Marios acting! He nailed both characters, was always on point!
This was a drama, where he could really show his acting talent.
The story was good, less crazy than other lakorns - which is a big plus for me.
Less crazy, less bitch slapping, less screaming and shouting........
Mint was meeeeh, as always (sorry not sorry) but still ok, since she had a strong acting partner.
Really, 10 stars for Marios acting! He nailed both characters, was always on point!
This was a drama, where he could really show his acting talent.
The story was good, less crazy than other lakorns - which is a big plus for me.
Less crazy, less bitch slapping, less screaming and shouting........
Mint was meeeeh, as always (sorry not sorry) but still ok, since she had a strong acting partner.

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Janies overacting ruined it for me

To be honest, the story and the overall acting in this lakorn were very good!
Even if you do not like the cheating thrope, it is worth watching for some of the best Thai actors.
What ruined it for me was Janies weak acting. She has never been a strong actress and always needed her partners to "help" her - but this has already been discussed on many webpages on many occasions, so I won´t go into it.
However, one could overlook her weak acting skills because of her youth and beauty. Now, one can clearly see, that she needs to overact especially the emotion "angry". She is not a natural actress - she does not act naturally, every emotion and every facial feature are trained and do not come to her because she can really "feel" them on set.
Bella, Pong, Louis and Bua were on point and acting great - as always. Altough I am not a fan of Bua, one has to appreciate her acting skills, which she has refined over the years.

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Disgusting

No, really, it is disgusting.
What woman in her right mind would want a man, that nearly destroys her family, cheats all the time and does not respekt her or anyone else? He gets the FLs father to cheat on the FLs mother - can you imagine getting together with somebody like that?!? He tries to destroy the relationship of his best friend - of his best friend! Repeatedly - just like that, just for fun! He tricks the FL at every turn, endangering even her work.
All the charakters in this drama are depicted as stupid - except the ML who tricks and plays with everyone.
If you think I am exaggerating - watch it and you will see....

Was this drama supposed to be funny??? Fail!

If you think, that the ML will change his way - no, he does not regret or repend even once!
Really, even in the last episode she has to drag him out of a strip club - no thanks, no way.

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Annoying, much too long

So, how to put this nicely...?
Considering the fakt, that most of the characters are in their 30s or seniors, most of them acted like high school kids.
Starting with the most annoying character: the doctors wannabe wife and later wife.
Imagine a five year old child, that clings to her mommy like an infant, is spoiled beyond measure, never makes any mistake and always gets what she wants - even if mommy and daddy have to buy it for her - in this case a husband. She falls in love with him after 0,5 seconds and does anything in her power to get him - as she has no more brain cells than a duck and therefore no power at all, mommy gets him for her. Altough he never shows the least bit of interest towards her, does not even care for her, she only asks him around episode 40 of 52 if he loves her and is angry and annoyed and runs back to mommy, when he can not tell her, that he loves her, because he does not. She treats everyone around her like a servant and cries and calls mommy all the time, if other people don´t do, what she tells them to do - yeah, and mommy solves the problems for her. She never makes mistakes, it is always the other person, that it wrong and nobody cares about her feelings and thoughts (yeah well, as mentioned before, there are no thoughts because of the lack of braincells...). I don´t know, if there is any character growth starting from episode 43, because I had to fast forward any scene with her in it.
The eldest son: stuck up doctor who sells himself for a higher position in the hospital. This guy - I don´t even know, how someone can be so disrespectful to his father, who raised him, payed for his education and was always there for him. Really, he deserved the no brain cell wife he got. There is some growth starting from ep 35 or so. Till then, you want to slap him every single episode.
The eldest daughter: Puh, 30 something and acts like a teenager....can not express feelings, moves with every wind, in whichever direction it blows her, can´t make decisions on her own....would be fine and ok with 16 but so not OK in her 30s.
The ML CEO or whatever: another of those weak male characters, that is almost always present in chinese dramas. They are either overbearing and possessive (for the underage viewer) or weak. Has to do what his STEPmother tells him, even though he fights her in the beginning, as soon, as she is against him dating the FL (eldest daughter) he turns into a weak puddle of mud.
The youngest son: he was very young, so anything that he does is excusable.
Considering, that I had to skip all scenes which included either of the characters mentioned above, it was a quick watch.
Typical stretched out Cdrama to the point, where you can skip 10 episodes and nothing really happened and you can follow the storyline just fine.

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Excessive mental and physical abuse

If this were real life and not a drama, BOTH ML and FL would be in a mental health facility!
The FL obviously enjoys being physically and mentally abused - that really is a mental disorder, research it and you will find the FL depicted in the symptoms. The more he hurts her, the more she loves him. Ever wondered, why she does not just walk away, why she NEVER, not even ONCE sets any kind of boundaries at least to the physical abuse? Yeah, that is one of the symptoms of the mental disorder. I can´t even count how often he mistreats her - but at least once every single episode.
The ML obviously has a huge childhood trauma which results in excessive abusive behavior towards the FL and her sick mother. This goes on to the extreme, again and again and again.

If this were a drama about describing and depicting mental health problems , it would be really good because the writer really managed to bring those mental disorders to a refined dot on the i and this drama would get 10 stars from me.

This is NOT a romance, this is the TOXIC interaction between two mentally unstable people and this romatization of violence and abuse should finally STOP.

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