Go Back Lover (2024)

Romance simple (avec un troisième couple adorable)

Je me suis lancée dans ce drama pour Li Yun Rui après l'avoir trouvé excellent dans Blossom. J'avais aussi un bon souvenir de Xu Ruo Han. De plus, l'idée d'une seconde chance laissée à l'amour dans une intrigue légèrement différente et sur un court format était plaisante.

L'intrigue est facile avec une mise en scène intéressante. La construction des épisodes est bonne avec un flash-back, le présent et l'interview de l'émission à laquelle ils participent. C'est dynamique et ça permet de ne pas briser le rythme des épisodes. Si le cycle devient un peu répétitif, le format de 24 épisodes permet aussi d'éviter les longues scènes ennuyeuses tout en jonglant entre les trois couples de façon équitable.

Les trois couples étaient complètement différents les uns des autres. Tout d'abord, le premier couple avec Lu Xing Yan (Li Yun Rui) et Shen Xing Ruo (Xu Ruo Han). Leur histoire est jolie tout du long, c'est une relation confortable dans laquelle chacun va trouver son indépendance et maturité. Ils connaissent une belle évolution, ensemble et chacun de leur côté également. Ensuite, le deuxième couple avec Xu Cheng Zhou (Ryan Ren) et Chen Zhu (Wang Yi Jin). Ils se disputent sans cesse, l'une attend que l'autre comprenne tous ses désirs, tandis que l'autre ne supporte plus d'être un défouloir. Ce n'est pas une relation saine, jusqu'au moment où ils décident de faire une chose incroyable : communiquer. Pour finir par le troisième et dernier couple, He Si Yue (Xia Hao Ran) et Shi Qin (Duan Yu). Les grands timides du drame, ils étaient adorablement mignons tout du long. En tant que personne timide et introvertie, j'ai apprécié de voir leur nature être mise en avant avec douceur et surtout être respectée.

Cependant, si l'idée d'une émission de télé-réalité est intéressante, elle se révèle peu utile. Le peu de contenu avancé n'est pas intéressant, tant sur les jeux que les rendez-vous. Sur ce point, l'anticipation n'est pas au rendez-vous, dommage. En revanche, l'intrigue ne s'y attarde pas, mais elle aborde des sujets lourds tels que les violences domestiques, le suicide ou encore les traumatismes.

En bref, Go Back Lover est une romance simple avec trois couples qui livrent des histoires différentes et où chacune possède son propre chemin. C'est simple à regarder avec des méchants caricaturaux, mais suffisamment léger si on n'en attendait pas tout un spectacle.

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Multi-Layered Characters

Originally this was added to the watchlist because I had heard that LYR was doing his first ML role and he'd done a good job playing supporting ones so was curious and I'd seen XRH once before though I wasn't very convinced back then; don't know why. Some of the supporting characters were familiar. But the story itself was interesting and all of the characters were multi-layered.

Pros: What set this show apart for me from others I've watched was the fact that this second chance romance brought in the past of the leads first to the episode, than present day including their and the other two couple's participation in the filming of the variety show, that way things were explained and you understood why certain things happened. It seemed to me that all three couples evolved both separately and together as the show wore on. At first you thought FL was a selfish brat because of her actions and in fact she did admit to most of the mistakes from the past as being hers but when you saw her layers of trauma, you understood that though this was a drama, she was still a human being. Favorite character was ML; I like how he was sure of himself, confident, independent and quite obvious that from the two of them he had grown and matured first.

The second couple was weird, toxic, and codependent and at the end she became pregnant and somehow you just prayed the child wouldn't become neurotic like his parents. They were my least favorite. The 3rd couple were called the healing couple in the comments and I agree; even though they were both ridiculously shy to the point of social anxiety; they were always a soothing balm to each other and their friends especially once they got together. I also liked that all 6 people even with all of their shortcomings, were such great friends and support systems to each other to the point that the show ended with the 6 traveling around together. Their friendship started in HS and progressed way into adulthood.

The 3.5 annoying people who played either rivals in love or just one completely unhinged chick all stayed as long as necessary and were then sent packing. Ironically even though YS seemed like the most annoying, when giving advice to the other two women during their "dates" set by production, gave the best advice. And really great way everyone took down the unhinged chick in the 2nd to last episode. Also how symbolic that it was SXR that proposed to LXY in the last episode as a close to the chapter; the marriage-phobe realized that's exactly what she wanted and that near death accident made her understand being next of kin is vital when you love someone.

Cons: Obviously this show was lower budget, but it didn't really hurt it. I do wish the SFL was less baby-voiced viper most of the series. Towards the end, I don't understand why the legal proceedings were published on screen. For starters this was fictional and secondly, the unhinged lawyer chick's crimes went beyond "intentional attempted vehicular homicide", yet she wasn't charged for those. Also none of the civil charges were made public. So either get all of the charges or none. Makes zero sense to do what they did. I think things could have been explained better about the show itself, as well as how SQ met her abusive ex husband. The show should have focused more proportionally on the third leads as we don't know much about TML's or TFL's backgrounds or their parents.

Would I recommend it? Yes. This was a different show that you had to watch to understand the multifaceted characters and how they got to where they were. It's a nice modern drama.

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