IncorrigibleMe
An unentertaining attempt to continue with a flawed story-line of season 1
The sheer confidence that the makers of this series must have displayed when they decided to continue with the story left off in season 1 is mind-blowing. Love Area Season 1 had its flaws like the lack of any story or even character development except for Pete and King which I was a little interested in. Instead of Season 2 being an attempt to right that wrong and genuinely try to tell a story about the 2 couples would have gone a long way in salvaging this series. But the makers decided to double down on their previous mistakes and decided to make some more.
We end Season 1 with Valen and Kaitoon developing feelings for each other and Pete and King reconciling and giving their relationship another chance. A great material in my opinion to begin Season 2 no matter how little they showed in the 1st season. We however find that the makers abandon this opportunity and instead decide to create drama; first by introducing 3 new characters and have a love triangle going on. Fair to say I was not interested in that affair even a little bit.
Then we have the story of Pete and King, where their relationship is already rocky and 2 new characters are introduced to make this plot even more convoluted. We are left to ask questions like What's up with Pete? Is King falling for someone else? What has Sean got to do with Pete and what does he want and why? None of these questions are satisfactorily answered and we are left with more confusion than what we started with.
Finally, they decided to botch the relationship between Valen and Kaitoon. Like in Season 1, Valen continues to act like a douchebag and I fail to see what Kaitoon likes in him instead of going for Non who is a more caring and loving individual. Well, love blossoms between Valen and Kaitoon and we get the mandatory montage of them vacationing and having awkward conversations leaving you holding your face and wondering when will this end. After the mandatory montage, we get to the mandatory 3rd act break-up courtesy an illogical misunderstanding that is inflated because the two characters’ inability to listen. When eventually we reach the final episode, I was pleasantly surprised that Kaitoon reacts like a real human but the final few seconds robs me of that satisfaction.
This series ends up being a lesson on how not to extend your series to another season when you have no good storyline to showcase, main leads with no chemistry and think that more characters disrupting the ongoing relationships between the leads is what will make it successful.
We end Season 1 with Valen and Kaitoon developing feelings for each other and Pete and King reconciling and giving their relationship another chance. A great material in my opinion to begin Season 2 no matter how little they showed in the 1st season. We however find that the makers abandon this opportunity and instead decide to create drama; first by introducing 3 new characters and have a love triangle going on. Fair to say I was not interested in that affair even a little bit.
Then we have the story of Pete and King, where their relationship is already rocky and 2 new characters are introduced to make this plot even more convoluted. We are left to ask questions like What's up with Pete? Is King falling for someone else? What has Sean got to do with Pete and what does he want and why? None of these questions are satisfactorily answered and we are left with more confusion than what we started with.
Finally, they decided to botch the relationship between Valen and Kaitoon. Like in Season 1, Valen continues to act like a douchebag and I fail to see what Kaitoon likes in him instead of going for Non who is a more caring and loving individual. Well, love blossoms between Valen and Kaitoon and we get the mandatory montage of them vacationing and having awkward conversations leaving you holding your face and wondering when will this end. After the mandatory montage, we get to the mandatory 3rd act break-up courtesy an illogical misunderstanding that is inflated because the two characters’ inability to listen. When eventually we reach the final episode, I was pleasantly surprised that Kaitoon reacts like a real human but the final few seconds robs me of that satisfaction.
This series ends up being a lesson on how not to extend your series to another season when you have no good storyline to showcase, main leads with no chemistry and think that more characters disrupting the ongoing relationships between the leads is what will make it successful.
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