Murphy’s Law of Love Review

Title: Murphy’s Law of Love
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 19
Broadcast Period: Mar-2015 to Jul-2015
Cast: Ivelyn Lee, Wang Si Ping, Danson Tang, Lin Mei Zhen, Jolin Chien, JR, Sun Steven,


Murphy’s Law states “anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” Guan Xiao Tong (Ivelyn Lee) is known as the “love guru” of the Meet and Match Online Dating Company, able to solve anybody’s relationship issues. After He Zhi Yu (Wang Si Ping), a beautiful model, leaves Ji Jia Wei (Danson Tang), he is heartbroken but his father tries to convince him to move on. To help his own divorced father get close to Wu Mei Zhen (Lin Mei Zhen), the boss of the dating company, Jia Wei proposes a joint-company matchmaking event. There, Jia Wei meets Xiao Tong, and the two get off on the wrong foot and they soon delight in tormenting each other. Meanwhile, Mei Zhen’s son, Xiang Zi Yan (Jolin Chien), gets to know Xiao Tong and begins to develop feelings for her. Can dating experts who hold the fate of other people’s happiness in their own hands be able to navigate the tides of their own hearts?

Ji Jia Wei was one of the best male characters in a TW drama, finally someone that states clearly what he feels and thinks, doesn´t string women along or is indecisive, Tang Danson was really really good in this role. It’s my first time seeing him, so it was really surprising how good he is, and how I never heard of him. However, I have to say that the character Guan Xiao Tong really had me grinding my teeth lots of times. She only tries to help others and "cure" them, even her boyfriend, I couldn´t really warm up to her for a lot of reasons. The OTP had great chemistry; they really do deserve the best couple award. Loved all those cute moments that just make you cringe, and trust me, there were A LOT of those scenes. TW dramas really gives an unrealistic expectation of a boyfriend. I loved the drama, even though there were many questionable things, like how the second actor and actress really had nothing to do with the main story, like at all. Plus how the title was so pooly incorporated, why did they call it Murphy’s law when they only mentioned it in the beginning? It kept bothering me, but everything else was good. A huge progress for TW dramas!

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Zhong Wu Yan Review

Title: Zhong Wu Yan
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 19
Broadcast period: 2010-Jul to 2010-Nov
Cast: Cheryl Yang, Ming Dao, Chris Wu and Wang Si Ping.

Zhong Wu Yan (Cheryl Yang) has been judged by her appearance her entire life due to a birthmark on her face. As a child she met a boy Qi Xuan, who tells her that her birthmark is beautiful, which starts a ‘years long crush’.
Several years later, Qi Xuan (Ming Dao) who has become a ‘full grown brat‘ who judges people by appearance (the hotter the better), tries to woo ‘the sexiest woman’ Xia Ying Chun (Wang Si Ping), only to be fooled and left naked in the middle of nowhere, there he meets Wu Yan again, but doesn’t even recall her, whereas Wu Yan still is head over heels.
After a lot of incidents, it turns out that Wu Yan’s and Qi Xuan’s fathers are friends, and they had made a promise for their children to marry. Both refuse, but due to Qi Xuan’s fathers illness, Wu Yan agrees to move in with them, and help Qi Xuan with his work. As the two of them become closer, another character arises, Howard (Chris Wu) who has a secret and strong interest in Wu Yan.

Lol, I’m getting lazier and lazier when it comes to writing a decent review :P
Okay, describe in one word: hmm, cliché’ish? But then again, not really. It is with the typical ceo vs. tom girl, but I feel they really did something with the characters, they are pretty.. How do I say this? Human? They really aren’t those stereotypes; okay yeah Qi Xuan is snob, but on the other hand childish. Wu Yan is a tom boy, but not really stubborn. Howard is mr. Perfect, but not controlling, and Ying Chun is the obsessed ex, but doesn’t play dirty (all the time). Cast is great, love Ming Dao and he is the main reason for me to watch this.
As a whole, okay drama : )

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts