Let's just cut right to it, this show was painfully boring. There, I said it. A story built around partial amnesia has real potential, but between the choppy scene structure and random flashbacks thrown in constantly, the whole plot ends up feeling more tangled than it needed to be. The romance doesn't fare much better either, it's written so poorly that I never really found myself invested in this couple. Both leads come across stiff on screen and deliver their lines in a really awkward way. The show runs 8 episodes, each somewhere around 30 to 35 minutes. Hanuel, a 29 year old language teacher, wakes up after an accident only to realize his memory stops at age 19. It turns out he'd been in another accident back then too, which is why his memories cut off at that point. He has zero recollection of the fact that he's currently living with his childhood friend Saebyeok, who's now a huge celebrity. That makes the whole situation even harder for Hanuel to wrap his ...
So Basil is this classic womanizer type who runs the moment any girl starts catching feelings. After a hookup with Lily, she gets fed up and puts a curse on him, nothing ritualistic, just pure frustrated girl energy, basically wishing that he feels everything he's put all those women through. That same night, his childhood best friend and roommate Theo gets his heart broken when his girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal. The two guys sit there consoling each other, one thing leads to another, and suddenly they're kissing and then sleeping together. The morning after, they both just pretend it didn't happen. Basil eventually goes back to Lily looking for some kind of fix and she half jokes that a kiss from someone who genuinely loves him might break it. Meanwhile Theo is quietly falling apart because turns out he's been bisexual his whole life and has had real feelings for Basil since they were kids, feelings he buried because he didn't want to lose the friendship. And Basil on his end is starting to question everything about himself too.
Look, the story goes exactly where you think it's going to go. The second you see two attractive guys messing around with women, if you're a gay audience member you're already mentally rooting for them to figure it out. That's just how it works. The Lily curse angle is actually kind of fun though. She wasn't some mystical figure, she was just a girl venting, and the fact that Basil took it so seriously is where most of the comedy comes from. Oddly enough those two end up becoming pretty good friends through the whole mess, which I liked. Theo's bisexuality reveal makes total sense looking back and explains a lot. What I couldn't fully get past though is how quickly and comfortably Basil went along with everything that first night. Like okay I get it, the plot needs to move, but still. I don't think the filmmakers lost sleep over that detail though. This is very much a watch it, enjoy the vibe and forget kind of film. And honestly that's fine. I'm not going to remember it a week from now but I didn't hate the time I spent watching it. Unless Theo's actor shows up in something else, because wow that man is built, I probably won't think about this one again.
It's harmless, mildly entertaining, and does exactly what it sets out to do, nothing more. (4.5/10)
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