First impressions - Inborn Pair
Yep, awkward English title there. The title in Chinese translates more to 'true love comes looking for trouble' and not only does 'Inborn Pair' not reflect any of that, it sounds more like something for a Korean horror movie. Initially I thought it was an idol drama but turns out it's a daily drama with a planned run of 80 episodes (45 min each). I'm 8 episodes in and so far IP has been a relatively entertaining watch though it is rather textbook with the plot lines. Boy meets Girl, misunderstanding happens, they hate each other's guts but keep bumping into each other, many more misunderstandings later, they find out they were betrothed at birth by their grandparents! Dun dun dun.
Annie Chen and Chris Wang played supporting roles in 'Material Queen' and 'The Fierce Wife' respectively and now they are fronting IP as the main couple. They have good chemistry and I enjoy their bickering though Yi Jie (Annie Chen) can be irritating sometimes as she is prone to over-reacting and often acts before getting facts straight.
There is also a secondary story line going on with Wei Xiang's elder sister, which totally screams 'The Fierce Wife'. Ladies, do not ever ever ever invite your pretty cousin/good friend/whatever to stay long term at your house ok? It's never a good idea to bring temptation to your doorstep no matter how faithful a guy you think your husband is. I've already caught TFW so won't bother with this portion of IP again.
In short, decent start but I'm not sure if there's sufficient meat to the story to carry me through for all 80 episodes.
Annie Chen and Chris Wang played supporting roles in 'Material Queen' and 'The Fierce Wife' respectively and now they are fronting IP as the main couple. They have good chemistry and I enjoy their bickering though Yi Jie (Annie Chen) can be irritating sometimes as she is prone to over-reacting and often acts before getting facts straight.
There is also a secondary story line going on with Wei Xiang's elder sister, which totally screams 'The Fierce Wife'. Ladies, do not ever ever ever invite your pretty cousin/good friend/whatever to stay long term at your house ok? It's never a good idea to bring temptation to your doorstep no matter how faithful a guy you think your husband is. I've already caught TFW so won't bother with this portion of IP again.
In short, decent start but I'm not sure if there's sufficient meat to the story to carry me through for all 80 episodes.