Patrick's misfortune all stems from his father, arrogant, authoritarian, violent, extreme, abusive to his young son and his mother. However, in addition to the perpetrators, there are bystanders as well. Patrick's mother clearly realized that her son was under great pressure, but did not bravely rescue her son, which forced him to endure a tragic childhood. Although the adult Patrick escaped from his father, he indulged in the illusion of drugs, and his reluctance to let go of his mother made him extremely struggling. The death of his father made him feel that the nightmare ended and he hoped to start again, but his mother's incomprehensible "self-salvation" drove him crazy several times. Neither of Patrick's parents qualified as parents, and children were just tools for them to vent their emotions and find a sense of control. The tone of the whole show is hopeless, no matter how hard you try, everything will go back to where it started, hopeless. Until the death of his mother, Patrick was going through a cycle of despair - cheer up - despair. At his mother's funeral, the last old friend with the shadow of his father died suddenly, and Patrick felt that his life seemed to have escaped from a nightmare, and he was able to stay awake. will be forced to sink again. But in my opinion, Patrick's life has been traumatized and his mind will be more sensitive than ordinary people. Even if he wants to start over, once he finds some clues around him that remind him of his childhood, he is likely to fall into despair. Suffocating bystanders watching him struggle to survive.
I was very sad while watching the whole drama. The plot is hard not to remind people of some of my negative emotions in the past. Many times it made me suffocate and despair. I hope he can come out and be happy every time. When he was sluggish, he would be forced to watch him go crazy. This emotional tear was painful.
But I'm still very lucky to see such an empathetic interpretation of Chou Fu, and fortunately I'm just a bystander.
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