Potentials Wasted & Left a lot to be desired

the first half of the show is pretty soild (for a rom-com) but the second half is boring as hell. i skipped alot just to be done with it. I watched it for PMY but her acting is questionable at some points. Main Male lead's performance was also underwhelming, the second male lead was good tho.
i think what made the second half unbearable to watch (aside from the poorly written script) is that the main characters had no chemistry, the FM and the second lead worked better for me, and it's not for "second lead's sympathy" reasons, they pairing felt refreshing and made up for the chemistry which lacked in the endgame couple. in addition, i think their stories would've made a lot more interesting plotlines and events than what we've been left with. I was surprised by the LGBTQ+ representation but again, something was lacking, much like most of the sub-plotlines, it felt poorly done and toned down.
to put it simple, yet another underwhelming project from PMY.

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Sky Castle turns to The Penthouse S3

The show starts off pretty strong, the acting, story, thrill on MAX! very reminiscent of Sky Castle (A must watch btw!).
However, at some point the plot holes start showing and the show got progressively worse & worse. take the acting for example, it was very got at the first half of the show, but it got worse and worse, i found myself laughing at how bad it was during a couple of scenes, notably by Mi Ho & Ji Ye, when theu cried or they yelled or literally any scene beyond staring into the camera like a fish, they were honestly so bad... like the kind camp rock kind of bad lol

~Now let me break down my thought on some things

1. The investigation:

girl do i have questions
°Why wasn't the husband a prime suspect?
°Why did the police so absolutely no investigation whatsoever?
°In the finale, the detective somehow stopped ignoring the fl's doubts??? and they arrive ~magically- to arrest the husband?? it's so poorly written might as well sit on the floor and beg.

2. The neighbours:
I liked the bitchness of the other moms, again, Sky Castle vibes. They were cruel and absolutely merciless with each other. their dynamics were very hooking. it seems the writer saw that and was like "nah nah let me ruin the one good thing about the show" and suddenly it's garbage. like im sorry how come Na Yong forgave the icy witch who literally drove her to suicide???????? and youre telling me all main female characters suddenly started caring for fl?????? this pushed girl boss✨️✨️ energy ruined it for me.

3. The Female Lead (Mi Ho):
let's??fucking??talk??about??it??

one of the worst most boring stupidest fls EVER!
she got on my nerves so bad, every time she gets some sort of information about someone, she confronts them head on! like are u serious girl?? what if one of them was the murderer?? her character was very flat and one dimensional, but considering the fact she couldn't recognise her mum's abuse of her sister, i guess it's very on brand of her to be so blood boilingly oblivious. if you want a smart fl, definitely skip this one.

4. Plot holes/unfinished stories:

*Mi Ho's mum got off wayyyyyy to easy for my liking, there was zero consequences for her when realistically she's the source of all evil on this show.

*Did the ignore the fucking pedophilia??????
I despised the way they handled this issue, and it seems it never got acknowledged by the police either. also, what happened the poor girl (Yu jin's daughter)?? did the writer seriously just send her bad to her grandma??? is that feeding scense supposed to be her happily ever after?????????? the show straight went to below 5 when i saw this scene.

*that cheater didn't meet a harsh enough ending, idk it didn't feel satisfying.

*The little twin SHOULD in fact MUST go to therapy, not be sent to the US. // i honestly hate how very little psychological perspective was taken into account during the making of this show.

*Making the mom who got scammed by the banker mom forgive the scammer is so lame & shows that the writer does not understand how ppl think at all. this one ties back to my point about the girlbossification of every female character in the show, just weird and shallow.

*[this one out of sheer pettiness only so take it with a grain of salt] the Mi Ho's colleage is very annoying, like in real life he'd be the worst person to have for a work partner lmao.

~tbh the only person who i have nothing but positive notes about is Yu Jin, she did the thinggg or whatever Ariana Debose said lol

OVERALL
if you value your sanity, don't even bother. the story had SO MUCH potentials but everything got so messy after the episode when the husband woke up (men stay ruining everything huh?)

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