Murphy's Law of Love

There are no big dramatic twists in this series. Basically, for 19 episodes we just watch every move, all the bonding, conversations, smiles, and tears of the central couple in particular, but every now and then we get to deal with other characters as well. Given that this is a Taiwanese series, it does get a little more raucous here and there than I'd like, but there's no affected mom or bunch of elderly gossips – which is a big plus. They're all just people with their own dreams, pains, and joys. So it's a very slow series, it's not rushing anywhere. I'd say it has a lot of unnecessary scenes that the show could easily do without, but maybe some people will find be suited by the breadth of it. It only moves along because of clichés at times, and it's not the best the writers could have done with it. Fortunately, the central duo is rather endearing. It's pretty dialogue-driven, so again, if you want something different from what's going on in Korea (drama, drama, nothing but drama), this might be a nice relaxing choice. The big plus, I think, is in the main male character's decisions, because even though he learns certain things that would cause him to break up and shed gallons of tears elsewhere, he's not like that. A series for people who have quite a bit of free time and don't know what to do with it. It's long, rambling, with nice situations that are often a long time coming. A weaker 3 stars. (28/08/2015)