REVIEW: Put Your Head on My Shoulder [C-drama]
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Re-watch value: 1 out of 5 stars
SYNOPSIS
*From DramaList*
As Si Tu Mo’s graduation is nearing, she is confused about her future plans. She tries out all sorts of things all the time and is unable to make her own decisions. Her ordinary days are suddenly shaken up when the genius Physics student Gu Wei Yi appears in her life. The two accidentally end up living together and chaos begins.
RAMBLING
*beware of spoilers*
I had some hella bad luck trying to get into shows lately. I endured maybe 10 or so episodes of what I thought was going to be a decent show—One Spring Night. I was convinced, from the promos, that it was going to be the second coming of Something in the Rain, which I adored. Not the case. And then I tried desperately to like the fantasy C-drama The Legend of the White Snake. I found that one utterly boring.
So I backtracked and said, Maybe I need to go light with the drama. Find something that’s not so time-consuming and not so involved plot wise. And I certainly found that in Put Your Head on My Shoulder.
I would classify this drama as not good but not bad. It’s a standard cohabitation drama and our couple have a happy ending. Here are some things that stick out after 24 episodes.
(1) The first half of the show was way more engaging and compelling than the latter half, where it falls into familiar ditches of extremely sweet together-now romance with very little conflict. Yet that first half had a plotline that I connected with—Situ Mo was in love with her best friend from high school. In fact, it was one of those drop-everything-I’m-coming-with-a-towel-to-wipe-your-sweat kind of loyal one-sided loves. I couldn’t get enough of Situ Mo time after time relying on Fu Pei. Things like grabbing lunch together or being her personal chauffeur—even fetching her from a particularly sketchy neighborhood after she was brutally mugged (!!)—were too much to ask of Fu Pei.
Some would say he’s just not that into her. But that’s the twist: ever since high school, when they almost got together, he did want to be with her, had a crush on her the whole time, too. Why didn’t he commit and get with our girl Situ Mo? In an obscure flashback, it seems like Fu Pei was afraid of being with her, scared of what people would say… basically chickened out and canceled their date. That’s what happens when you have all these complex feelings and are too young and stupid to know how to handle a miniscule amount of peer pressure.
(2) In the end, I was more interested in Fu Pei’s budding relationship with Wang Shan than I was with the main couple. They had to get over Fu Pei’s bizarre temper and pity party after he lost out on finally being with Situ Mo; they had to get close, with her tutoring him to pass whatever state exam he kept failing; she confessed to him first and then he manned up and confessed back; then they had to find common ground—how was this gonna work when she’s so much smarter than he is, and they have different, slightly competing career paths? Where our main couple had zero parental conflict, our second couple had a raging, womanizing father to contend with. It just made for better television.
(3) Speaking of parents, I found it very unique that Situ Mo and Guwei Yi’s parents are fully aware of the cohabitation and in fact encourage it. I found that a little unnerving and a little too easy.
(4) Was Guwei Yi on the autism spectrum? It could be my imagination, but he wasn’t quite intertwining with Situ Mo much of the time and seemed completely clueless as to how his actions could come across. It made me wonder if he might be on the spectrum.
(5) I hated, and I mean hated, any time the show followed Guwei Yi into the lab. During those portions of the show, I resorted to fast forwarding until I ended up anywhere but in the lab. Lord, it was like watching paint dry. There was absolutely nothing interesting or exciting about his time spent there. The fellow classmate obsessed with outdoing Guwei was extremely annoying and bratty. No one likes a whiner. And the fellow classmate with a good heart and pretty face who had a crush on Guwei couldn’t even be considered a second female lead; she stood zero chance of getting with him. It was a waste of my time. Empty filler.
(6) [This is a major spoiler] I’m still confused how Situ Mo and Guwei Yi attempt to have sex—and they can’t quite figure out the logistics? Like, that was really unbelievable to me. They end up in the same bed, under the covers, buck naked, but they can’t seal the deal…? It’s all the more outrageous when Guwei Yi gets up, gets dressed, and heads out to research female anatomy and human sexuality. That was weird.
This show was easy, sure, but it’s not perfect. It had compelling bits and fell flat when it neared the finish line. If you’re looking for something light-hearted and cute to fill gaps in between more taxing shows, this might be just the ticket.
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