This show has a lot of weird tonal issues. I appreciate the subject matter, but the the writing seems to cheapen it. The main female character does stand out in that I don't think she's even written to be particularly likeable, whereas the male lead is one of the first I've genuinely loved in a drama. I was really surprised by how emotional the mother - daughter relationship here ended up making me. I don't believe I'm going to be rewatching this anytime soon, the more violent scenes & story-lines can be very hard to stomach and the tonal dissonance between the violence and the comedic timing of the show don't really do it for me. I'm glad I did watch it and I want more stories like this to be told. I liked that the romantic connection between the leads felt organic and heartfelt for the most part. I didn't enjoy how many of the accused abusers etc were actually shown in a sympathetic light.
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