I've never seen the original "Brief Encounters"
I liked this remake but it wasn't thrilling to me.
I don't know if the plot was meant to be "basic" like every other drama, if it was meant to be then they did a great work. The story was predictable to me, like "I'm looking for sighs my husband is cheating, he has another phone that I don't know about, Yep! he is cheating". That predictable.... Great actors though!! They did excellent work representing the characters. The show was funny in ways and boring in others. Also definitely missing pieces of the show, specially 'why did yhe cheater grt away with it" Re-watch value: low