The Love Knot: His Excellency’s First Love (2018)

It Had to Go!

I really wanted to like this drama! I loved the story and how the drama started. I thought it was going to be a very interesting show and better than another Korean drama that I won't name that I watched last year. I thought the fox mythology would bring an interesting aspect to the story, which it did. I love fantasy subject matter like that.

I whipped through the beginning episodes so fast. I just couldn't finish it. I think the story fell flat in the middle and sort of dragged on. I found that I was avoiding the show and watching anything else so I didn't have to sludge through another episode. It just didn't move fast enough for me. It seemed like the middle episodes had a lot going on and nothing going on at the same time.

I liked the main couple and their chemistry. I liked the passion that they evoked and I thought they portrayed star-crossed lovers well. I didn't like the whole ex-boyfriend and best friend story line, I thought that was unnecessary . I also loved the 2 males that followed the Male lead around. I thought they brought a lot of comedy and a nice change to the story and the cast. I did not like how PiPi always seemed sad. It got boring really fast.

I did like the structure of the episode where PiPi gave some commentary at the end of each episode. I thought that was beautiful.

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I watch this drama for the sole reason that Huang Jingyu is the lead of this but honestly I am not that enthusiastic on the fact that he is paired with a girl cause I am quite used to him paired with a guy just like on his web series but I didn't expect that I fell in love with this drama. It might have a clichè story but the fact that two leads click look so wonderful. The casts was great. I like the chemistry of the child actors. Everyone was great in the series. I am expecting more in the next few episodes. I am really proud to see Huang Jingyu here cause I have been a fan of him since like long ago. I really like Victoria here. All the hard work they did in Thailand was worth it. Everything was wonderful. I don't know what to say. Thumbs up for this and very proud for Jingyu and Victoria. They really did great.
And for Huang Jingyu, you have grown up. From the Gu Hai that I fell in love into this man in this series. You're indeed a good actor.

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The end is terrible...

Cannot separate the feelings i felt throughout this drama with those felt in the last few episodes.
The last 2 are horrible for me. The ending is badly edited and really bad.

STORY - interesting story, with ancient curses and myths that were more or less wrapped together. An old alien clan lives among humans. For a strange reason, some fell in love with humans and the plot emerged. A mixed child is born and there we go, a story like so many juvenile stories.
To save the loved one, they have to sacrifice one or reborn again to die… unrequited love or more than one choice…

ACTING - i like the acting of the main Leads and all the characters in the three love triangles. The villains are awful and not interesting.
Male lead was strong and righteous and FL was very strong and brave. Their chemistry was ok.

MUSIC - liked the ending melody. The rest I did not pay much attention to. Since I do not understand Chinese, I think I did not appreciate it as much as I should.

REWATCH - definitely no! The end will always haunt my neurons. Maybe one or two scenes…

OVERALL - i really cannot really say what to think. It started ok, was ok in the middle and was awful in the end…

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