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Perfect Couple chinese drama review
Ongoing 31/45
Perfect Couple
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by Gerry Parks
May 15, 2023
31 of 45 episodes seen
Ongoing
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
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After 31 episodes, I fast forwarded thru about 2 shows worth. I got tired of watching FL fighting in the beginning after the 4th or 5th time; the fight scenes took up third of the episodes. Then the fighting stopped, and now comes the will we/won't we/i need to save everyone/I love you/I hate you sacrifices, plots and tropes. Fast forward, so much repetition. The bickering scenes between the leads was good, i enjoyed it. But.... The I'll make him/her hate me so I/she can leave was way to much.

Then there's the "seriously, you're going there?" moments. Like, firing a canon pointed at a crowd of people; the ML fainted at sight of blood, but then had no problem with it; or the "the lie will kill everyone" trope (that was overused so much);ML can fight, but can't fight; and whole yo-yo on again/off again, leaving/staying.

I started to watch it because ML was a detective. Well, don't expect more than 5 shows worth of that. more often than not, they fall into it like Mystery Incorporated.

The biggest problem I had was with the 'breaking of the rules' story line. If the wife comes from a good or noble family, then she is expected to act an be a certain way. Its overlooked so often, I wondered was I watching a period piece or fantasy. And if the mother thought FL was a vixen, why didn't she lock her away? Or kill her outright? SMH that gave me a headache with all that back and forth.

If you want to veg, and can fast forward thru all the repeating tropes, it's not to bad. But seriously, it could be cut down by at least a third to make it better.
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