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The Review Geek
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Forget You Not – Season 1 Episode 7 Recap & Review
Rain The Won't Stop Anytime Soon Episode 7 of Forget You Not starts with us cutting forward to Kuang-chi's funeral. It's a somber affair but also one that sees numerous people talking about the good he did while he was alive. Interestingly one comment about there being less 'in the audience' for funerals does a good job of contrasting the audience VIP seats at Le-le's comedy club. Whether intentional or not, it's a nice way of contrasting the two areas. Chang Kai is also here too and introduces himself as a close friend of Kuang-chi's. He points out that the guy had a zest for life and he classed him as a friend more than a father-in-law. He also goes on to mention how they both love Le-le more than anybody else. Before Le-le gets a chance to say a few words, we cut back in time to our titular character at the hospital. She prays for her father to get better, and he does actually regain consciousness. Yep, it turns out the funeral that's here (as we cut back to this earlier scene) is all for show and a big prank from Kuang-chi. When Le-le wheels him out, half the crowd are shocked and the other half are too stunned to say anything. Kuang-chi says a few words, convinced that he's a good man based on what everybody has said about him, but also not disillusioned enough to shy away from the many mistakes he's made in his life too. The 'funeral' does work well to reframe all of Le-le and Kuang-chi's time together, which becomes a lot more warm and emotional compared to previous episodes. Kuang-chi is determined to keep up his exercise regime around the apartment, focusing on walking, and this time Le-le even takes proper photos of her dad and joins his laughs too. Unfortunately, Kuang-chi's condition continues to deteriorate, as he winds up wetting himself in his room. He's ashamed and tries to hide it from Le-le, throwing his wet trousers in the bin. Le-le is none the wiser though and struggles to juggle responsibilities, leaving her father to head out and do her comedy set. Shockingly, Le-le brings her phone with her and as it goes off mid-set, it causes chaos. She hurriedly leaves mid-set, messes up her opportunity and Mark is not happy with her. Le-le leaves the club and tries desperately to find her father, who's off wandering around aimlessly outside. When Le-le finally catches up to Kuang-chi and brings him home, she opens up about her struggles. She's sick of working double-shifts, she's frustrated about him taking a loan out on the house, and Le-le is just generally struggling to keep everything together. To make matters worse, they've passed the period of critical treatment and the only thing they need to do is look at Kuang-chi's caregiving. This falls on Le-le to handle as primary caregiver but she needs to seriously consider putting him in a home too. Through all of this, Le-le and Kai make their divorce official and part ways, at least on pleasant terms. Le-le jokingly calls him a bachelor as they say goodbye, but it's clear that she's using humour as a crux, given her regrets over what's happened. Things aren't made any easier as Kuang-chi's condition continues to worsen back home. He's bound to his wheelchair for much of the day, and no longer able to look in the mirror and see the man he once was. Le-le eventually brings in a carer to look after him but Kuang-chi is starting to slip. He's not focusing at all and even slips in and out of consciousness. Even worse, he locks the carer out the house and Le-le has to scramble to get home quicker. Unfortunately, this ordeal causes the carer to think twice about coming back, while Le-le finds herself caught in a difficult position about how to handle this going forward. Naturally, Le-le dedicates more of her time to look after her dad and but it's the rain that causes him to jog his memories of the past. Kuang-chi wheels himself out to the rain and looks up, smiling. It reminds him of the past and the pair have big smiles and laughter as they enjoy their time together in the rain. The Episode Review The end scenes with Le-le and her father are beautifully constructed and really show exactly what Chia-yun said earlier in the season about looking after children and the elderly are one and the same. Here, we see their time together given completely different context And the pair share a really beautiful moment just for them in the midst of all this pain and misery. Seeing Kuang-chi smile is such a touching moment and it ultimately leads into this finale which promises to be quite the heart-wrenching ordeal. As the longest episode of the season, this chapter really dives into how difficult it is to care give for someone with dementia, along with the difficulties in juggling that with your own career and aspirations. It's a beautifully bittersweet way to close out the series and the finale looks set to be just as emotionally charged. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
The Review Geek
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Forget You Not – Season 1 Episode 4 Recap & Review
The Reserved Seat Episode 4 of Forget You Not starts with us back at the comedy club as a male comedian discusses the differing reactions to marriage from men and women. Turns out a VIP has bought a seat for the comedy club that night but they haven't bothered to show up. It's not Le-le's set here and Mark shrugs it off, believing that they may just show up late. Back in time, we see Kuang-chi playing Mahjong with his friends back home but you can see the strained relationship with Le-le building from a mile off. She shows up at the door without being picked up from school and she's fixated on her schoolwork. From her dialogue, it also appears that Kuang-chi has been jumping between different women with flings or short-lived relationships. In the present, Le-le does her set but she focuses on Chai-yun's birth but she's not getting the same reactions she was before – and Mark knows it. He encourages her to use the divorce she's going through as material, given it's rife for exploitation, but she doesn't want to be cliché. However, the real issue here is that last time she ripped into Kai, it caused the downward spiral of their relationship and she clearly doesn't want to make matters worse. Le-le is flustered when she shows up at the hospital later on with Kuang-chi. Her mother has been brought in and is deceased. This causes all sorts of memories to come flooding back for our titular character, who heads outside to get some air. Our flashbacks this time jump back to see how Kai and Le-le's mother, Hsiao-fang, met. She was initially very flamboyant and worked as a singer but after Le-le's birth, something changed. It looks like post-natal depression at first glance. Kai isn't exactly an attentive father, and he heads out for military service, leaving Hsia-fang to handle a crying baby all on her own. Unfortunately, this is a mainstay as Le-le grows older, and Hsiao-fang is never happy as a mother. She doesn't converse with her kid, she barely plays and eventually, she packs her things and leaves. It's a heartbreaking way to go, especially as all Le-le wanted was love and her mum was never able to give that to her. This explains why things are so fractured between her and Kuang-chi, which doesn't make the job of clearing Hsiao-fang's place out in the present any easier. Kuang-chi and Le-le show up and hash out their issues while working through the possessions. Le-le has never had closure here and even worse, Kuang-chi saw Hsiao-fang a few times behind Le-le's back. None of this helps with Le-le's already fractured relationship with her father. Le-le lets her troubles out on the mic, spilling her heart to the room while Mark watches on. Thankfully, it's an empty crowd and Mark decides to take a chance and go for it with Le-le's new direction, but is quick to remind her that these people come to the club to forget their worries, not to be completely depressed. I's here where we see the truth of the matter. Apparently, Hsiao-fang did try with Le-le and wasn't completely depressed the entire time as we'd been led to believe. She smiled and spent time with Le-le and when she left, Le-le actually let her go willingly. Le-le has been keeping all of this repressed for a while, blaming her dad for the way Hsiao-fang just left, and also explaining how this big chasm in her heart has never really been healed. Finally confronting this now, she puts to rest the memory of her mum, signified by the ketchup lids she's kept, a reminder of when her mum used to cook and taught Le-le how to do the same thing. The Episode Review So Forget You Not confirms that Le-le is an unreliable narrator and sometimes it's quite tough to work out what's the real story here and what's been fabricated. However, this does work well to flesh out more of Le-le's story and her complicated – and oftentimes tumultuous – relationships. The show has managed to showcase the difficulties in nurturing said relationships and how our own memories and perceptions of events can be shaped over time. Forget You Not has been a compelling ride so far, leaving the door wide open for the second half of this drama. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
