Dream of Splendour – Unhelpful Recap (Ep.12)
Chen Lian feels guilty about not mentioning Pan’er’s dealing with Ouyang to Qianfan. He is also uneasy about keeping Pan’er’s teahouse business plan from Qianfan. Pan’er means no disrespect, but she wants to keep her teahouse secrets because she’s afraid Qianfan might talk them out of it. She has aContinue Reading
Dream of Splendour – Unhelpful Recap (Ep.11)
Pan’er and the girls sit down to have their first peaceful meal after the traumatizing Ouyang incident. At this time, they all realize something: the food here kind of sucks. Yinzhang comes up with an idea then: the three of them should open a restaurant in the city. With theirContinue Reading
Meet Yourself – First Impression
EPISODE 1 RECAP (and a bit of 2) Hongdou (Liu Yifei) is a manager of a five-star hotel in Beijing. She is super busy and career-focused. No homemade meals. No time for boys. When a guy hints at asking her out, she says she has to walk her dog thatContinue Reading
Dream of Splendour – Unhelpful Recap (Ep. 10)
Pan’er and her two lady friends are having a chat when a woman suddenly bursts in, asking to see San-niang. While she looks like she is about to shove a cake in someone’s face, she actually just wants to tell San-niang how much she admires the Tofu trick San-niang didContinue Reading
Dream of Splendour – Unhelpful Recap (Ep. 9)
Ouyang starts berating his servant De. This guy has taken liberty with a lot of things and keeps bringing Ouyang more trouble than he bargains for. Like they say, a nosy servant can be the death of you faster than an evil one. I think… Meanwhile, the leader of theContinue Reading
Dream of Splendour – Unhelpful Recap (Ep. 8)
Lady Gao gets straight to the point, she heard rumours that Ouyang was talking to a woman, so she wants to know who that was. Ouyang’s response: Uhh… which one? He isn’t very sharp. While Lady Gao’s nanny shakes her head in disapproval, Gao herself is pretty relaxed about it.Continue Reading
Unchained Love – First Impression
EPISODE 1 RECAP The emperor has passed away. Power is now in the hand of a head eunuch Xiao Duo (Dylan Wang). Though not an official leader in the court, he has built himself a strong support system that includes the current empress. As the rule says, when an emperorContinue Reading
Xiaoyanzi — Mischievous, not Troublesome
Xiaoyanzi is the main protagonist of Princess Returning Pearl, a 1998 drama. Not-like-other-girls, rebellious and progressive in a restricted and male-dominated society, Xiaoyanzi was hugely popular when the drama came out. But has she survived the test of time? I’d say: yes, she has. A closer look at the character tellsContinue Reading
Dream of Splendour – Unhelpful Recap (Ep.7)
RECAP Ouyang Xu starts saying all kinds of things he believes will sweep Pan’er off her feet: I’ll make sure no one bullies you; I’ll give you everything you want; our future children can be adopted by my first and official wife. See? I’m sooo responsible. Dude, just go backContinue Reading
Dream of Splendour – Unhelpful Recap (Ep.6)
RECAP According to the evidence and how the case is being presented, reason belongs to Pan’er. But unsurprisingly, the judge is like: yeah, I can’t argue with your logic, but it’s part of my job to take a stand against smart women, for emperor and country. Cool? He sentences herContinue Reading