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February 2025

Perfect Match (2025) In the final analysis... and Special Edition Podcast
Included in this post, is a special podcast episode between absoluteM and yours truly.
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Perfect Match (2025) Perfectly Matched or Better Writing?
The arc dealing with the fourth sister Li Haode and her newly acquired husband Shen Huizhao ended today.
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Perfect Match (2025) So far...
Episodes 1-22
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Drama Watch 3 February 2025
In conversation with absoluteM
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January 2025

My Week in Dramas 25 January 2024
I am Nobody (2023), The Trauma Code (2025)
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My Week in Dramas 17 January 2025
Blossom (2024) When the Phone Rings (2024)
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Under the Skin 2: A Review and a Jumble of Thoughts
Years ago when I was a teenager and when Eddie Murphy was in his heyday, he made a funny little film called Trading Places. The play on words in the…
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Drama Watch January 2025
In conversation with absoluteM
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My Week in Dramas 3 January 2025
Happy New Year!
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November 2024

The Atypical Family (2024) A Study in Salvation
Stories about human beings with special abilities are, of course, nothing new.
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Drama Watch 20 November 2024
0:00 Greetings, introduction and travel plans
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My Week in Dramas 12 November 2024
Started The Story of Pearl Girl on the weekend and seven episodes later, I can say that there’s reason to hope that this won’t probably disappoint like…
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My Week in Dramas 5 November 2024
There be major spoilers for Kill Me Love Me…
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October 2024

Lost You Forever 2 (2024) Ramblings 2
There are touches of brilliance everywhere and I lament at times at what it could have been under different circumstances.
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Lost You Forever 2 (2024) Ramblings 1
Beware, there be spoilers all around…
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Kill Me Love Me (2024) Early Impressions: Episodes 1-6
The multi-talented Liu Xueyi is finally getting his due in recent offerings.
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Drama Watch 17 October 2024
In conversation with absoluteM
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1:10:12
My Week with Dramas 30 September 2024
Love Next Door Episodes 1-10, The Brothers Sun, The First Shot
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September 2024

Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty II: To the West (2024) A Recommendation
The Lu-Su mystery solving gang are back and this time there’s no pussy-footing or the obligatory head-butting that comes packaged with a buddy cop…
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Drama Watch 18 September 2024
In conversation with absoluteM
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Are You The One (2024) Review and Ramblings
It occurred to me somewhere at the end of Are You The One that the show could be renamed Lie Your Way to a Successful Marriage. Deception being the name…
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Are You the One? (2024) Episodes 12-20
As Cui Xingzhou resigns himself to impending marriage to cousin Binglan, he receives an imperial mandate that sees him traipsing off to Jinjia Pass (the…
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Are You the One (2024) Episodes 1-11
As I was searching for more episodes to watch on YouTube (only because I’m able to manipulate the speed), a review video of the show came up.
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