A good man and a good woman cannot have a good marriage.
The male protagonist Noah is a good man in all aspects. He is average in appearance, loves his wife and children, loves sports, has a decent job, works hard for his dreams, can socialize smoothly, private life can be romantic, not only the perfect object in the hearts of ordinary girls, but even conquered the youth The heart of Helen, the wife of the goddess. Although Phoenix Man needs to rely on the help of his father-in-law in both work and life, the long-term compromise made the couple believe that this is what an adult should know about real life until he met Alison, the waiter.
Alison was a hot and sexy beauty when she was young. The disintegration of her family in her early years didomed her emotional way of thinking. She was doing ordinary work but had a heart that yearned for freedom. Men were eager to flirt with her, and women regarded her as a A thorn in the eye. Although she appeared helpless in the abyss of sadness from her appearance, her popularity can be clearly felt from the attitudes of her husband, mother-in-law, friends, boss and others. Before meeting Noah, she never thought she could be freed from despair.
If "Gone Lover" is like the last stunned ice that falls from the top of a cold, dark cave, then "The Extramarital Affair" is a mirage that doesn't want to dissipate in the hot and vast desert. The former happily uses conspiracy and torture to rub salt into the wound, while the latter uses lies as poison and selfishness to sharpen the tip so that all arrows can be fired. Fright and hatred in marriage are only like the thorns of a hedgehog, but a weasel always shines when everything falls; understanding and love are delicious pufferfish, and they always teach people to be "worthy of that death".
The first amazing thing about "The Extramarital Affair" is that each episode unfolds the story from the perspective of Noah and Alison. It's unclear at first glance, so it's shocking to watch again, even the same thing is very different in the memory of men and women: The other party's clothing, the first active party, the ambiguous action language, the other party's performance, the reasons for the turning point, etc. are even almost the opposite. I think, in addition to the reasons why some details are not taken seriously, the cheating men and women modified their memories more out of self-preservation, that is-the two memories that the audience saw are actually unreliable. They all believe that years of education and cultivation have once made themselves struggling with ethical and moral concepts, and the appearance of the other party is too good, too flattering, too active, and they themselves are just the defeated party in this cheater's inner battle to defend their marriage. , instead of taking the initiative to attack Bichi, who also wants to set up the archway.
However, the truth is no longer important, because they finally officially broke through the line of defense, and the story is no longer entangled in true and false memories, but tells the aftermath of the two marriages with a clearer future.
The investigation into the cause of death of the deceased is always the highlight of the whole film, because Alison's dress is so different that she can clearly guess her future life trend, which is more likely to arouse the audience's curiosity about the extramarital affair process, and the appearance of the deceased is obvious. But revenge. Murderer speculation turned out to be a joy at the end of the first season: it wasn't Noah or Alison, and the no-suspense ending deserved to be shot a hundred times by the screenwriter; it's normal for Helen to turn to hate because of love It is not difficult to blame her ex-husband for a murder case with her IQ and her family's skills. The most important thing is that she is the promoter rather than the implementer, so Noah will find a way to escape the relationship. In addition to having a relationship with an underage girl, Scotty's death must also be related to the drug trade.
So I guess the trend of the next season: 1. Noah did a lot of shady activities in order to find materials for a new book. Behind these activities, not only did a little-known person become famous overnight, but more importantly, it involved the two islands. The interests of the family and the reputation of some big figures; 2. Helen's transformation, from an elegant, rational and tolerant urban woman to a scheming and revenge-based black-bellied woman, her father has lived on the island for many years. She may not interfere in the affairs of the two major families, so she may become a conspiracy boss; 3. Whitney's emotional and impulsive recklessness has a tendency to self-destruct, and one family will have children in a single-parent family. Children's psychological problems one after another; 4. The conflict between the two families of Kojima and Kojima has intensified, and the inherent financial balance of the two sides has been reversed, activating the dark attributes of people in extreme environments.
Love pays attention to your love and I will, and marriage pays attention to equal exchange. Even if two lovers do not care about material equality at all, the group of relatives and friends behind the lovers are pure passers-by in the love story. Families are secondary, and the most important value can be obtained from the spouses of children and girlfriends. Of course, this value does not only include the appreciation value that used to be a happy life but suddenly was evaluated like an overweight pig. It also includes the extent to which TA can make the spouse happy and thus less disturb the lives of parents, relatives and friends. One family is involved in the interests of several families, and this kind of interest relationship is profound and outrageous. I think this is also based on a kind of watchful mentality, using a little malice to evaluate whether other people's happiness is equivalent to material, and destroy the pain that I can't feel. As a result, the self-esteem of the lovers is amplified, the tolerance is minimized, and the voice of gossip gradually becomes louder than the voice of the spouse's support. The link between the two is no longer appreciation and love, but is replaced by a more pure interest binding. If two people are always poor, that's all. Once they are satisfied with food and clothing, they will extravagantly seek spiritual pleasure to water the dryness of their souls.
Love attracts people to each other, marriage binds people to each other. The child has changed from the crystallization of love to a heavy responsibility. When two adults cannot solve their own lives, they are forced to take responsibility for other fresh lives, and then they are full of a sense of failure in the lives of children that they cannot control. . Sometimes parents and children know that they can rely on each other, but they have to admit that for a moment, they resent each other.
This is marriage. Happy families are rare, unfortunate families are full of tricks, the only constant is regret, which is passed down from generation to generation. Communication is so difficult, how to tell the other party, "I have changed, I am no longer the person you first fell in love with, and you, do you remember what I was like back then?"
Reminder: To watch this drama, you must watch the download version. The performances of the two protagonists when making love are really suspicious. What is even more surprising is that there are a few minutes of "you know" in each episode.
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