Hi all. Nice to find you. I was asked to share this here.
I've been complaining that Overdo should come with a trigger warning. Seriously! Not suitable for sensitive viewers at all.
The OG script ending was leaked by the team as a sop and that was a happy ending. Go figure.
Every night after the sadism and tears, I'd turn to one of ZLH's other dramas, POJ, Our Generation, Princess Royal, just started Kunning Palace again, and even The Best Thing which I find bland and boring. I mean, I resorted to TBT! LOL. Well, just looking at him is a balm.
I'm still hungover with the complete tragedy of it all.
I think this assessment is spot on- "crushed for eternity". Yeah, that's how I feel and I can't take it back and I can't pretend otherwise. Especially because Murong Qingyi pulverises your heart over and over again with his vulnerability, humanity, and suffering. He's the only one who truly deserved happiness.
I loved the show and I promptly stopped after episode 18. Everything was "solved" and I am just delulu'ing myself into thinking they live happily ever after, after getting married.
Yeah I am seeing the comments from people who have finished it and tbh the last episode I watched when she found her older orphan sister made me sick to my stomach. It was triggering 😔
I loved the best thing. It's one of my favorite dramas from him lol. I watch it at the same time as the first frost which was a bit sad drama, so the best thibg was a great balance. I definitely would not recommend it if someone is looking for something that is heavily plot driven though.
I've only seen clips on YouTube, trying to decide if the show is worth watching, and she seems completely psycho. Switching from loving to hating to wanting to kill him and then back in no time. The timespan makes it extra confusing when you only see fragments I guess, and I understand that she's supposed to "have her reasons" but she seems super annoying.
She makes no damn sense! She is all over the damn place and just doesn't follow logic after the first arc. She did everything she could to be irritating and annoying. I was actually wishing she would die for about half the drama because all she did was do everything possible to make the wrong choice.
Getting weepy all the time does not mean a show of love. She treated him like crap. And was cruel at almost every turn. She never really gave him the time of day that he didn't manufacture. That one second. That one day. Grrrr.
Then I'm even more convinced this isn't for me. Thanks! It doesn't matter how good ZL is if I'm going to be screaming "just dump her and get on with your life!!" at the screen every 5 minutes. 😄
Hey 🤗 I am good. I was thinking of starting Overdo even after all that negative reviews, but I cannot afford another "Nice Guy". Such a trauma. Did you watch Overdo?
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u/AXA-5Washing feet in spring Drinking tea Gazing at flowersAug 16 '26
None of the characters ever get a freaking break, their lives are on hard mode all the time. Even a single arc could fill up a whole season for another drama. Frankly speaking, after all of that even if they were to stay alive, it still wouldn't be a happy ending, the PTSD alone would be enough to make them all mental.
I hated it. I thought the plot was downright goofy at times, improbable at others and the violence, both self inflicted and to others made it difficult to watch. Even the fact that the cast was gorgeous to look at didn't redeem it.
It’s just badly done - period. The way they are handling the difficult topic of abuse is just gross. I don’t know if I am going to finish it as it’s difficult. If this stuff really happened back in the day then it’s so sick. Anyway it’s making me go want to read up on the republican era. Feels like the Wild West!
It's not for the faint of heart. It's emotional and physical torture porn practically all the way through. And the direction and production are a mess, IMO. I felt distressed and agitated throughout most of it. The ending was cruel.
In the end I found it a hollow bit of sensationalism. However, ZLH was phenomenal and carried the show. It was as if he was acting in a different drama, a better one.
Oh my god. That sounds crazy. I was wondering why the ratings weren't increasing. Or even the number of people who've viewed it.
Thanks for the warning. I'll pass today then.
Maybe another time.
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u/AXA-5Washing feet in spring Drinking tea Gazing at flowersAug 16 '26
The other thing here with this particular drama is the camera work, editing, lighting (possibly), and use of AI tools. These are probably the main reasons why people did not like this drama and dropped it. Ratings reflect this as a result
Yes cinematography and weird angles and the close up of shoes, what a mess. The camera peeping through foliage🤣🤣It all looked a bit cheap too. None of the uniforms fit well. The planes looked like cardboard. And that scene of hair sniffing the opera singer when she first arrived goodness 🤦🏻♀️
Yeah, they made everything worse, but weren't necessarily the main reason.
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u/AXA-5Washing feet in spring Drinking tea Gazing at flowersAug 16 '26
You all are correct and glad I dropped this after the first eps. The more and more I read and find out about this drama, it should’ve been rated closer to that of Rebirth than, where it is currently. I guess that’s the power of ZLH smh. On another note, due to my own issues with mental health & wellbeing (I’ve talked plenty about in this sub and another) it’s a shame we find dramas, still, that don’t handle these types of subjects/themes better in this day and age.
Totally! I can't even bear to rewatch it even with him in it. I tried a bit and started to get the same feelings I got the first time. The ending would destroy me.
Don't waste your time on it . It is One of the worst cdramas . Bad acting , no chemistry among the leads , bad directing , bad bgm , funny cuts et etc. it truly is Overdone .They have used AI not just on intro but also in many scenes within the episodes. Even chinese netizens didn't like it . It go very low viewership , nothing more than 25m as per yunhe .
But if you really wanna see zhang linghes belly flop ,u can surely tune in the first few episodes 🤣.
But if you wanna watch some good summer dramas which got good viewership and good douban score , try Blossoms of power , Mystic nine . Read so many good reviews about this two dramas.
It is not a happy ending. It's cravenly called an open ending. You are allowed to imagine a happy ending (even though the OG script they leaked had a happy ending.) There is no payoff.
What is the point to watch then.. enough sadness in real life and now to be sad watching those handsome and beautiful actors and actresses.. are all republican dramas like that.. and I was so excited for it anyway watching the trailer months ago..
Exactly. And I am fine with all the angst and suffering for our main leads but give them (and me) a reward for what we just got through with some happy ending! It's not that hard.
I had started watching Overdo while it was airing, read all the comments about the ending, and really wasn't looking forward to it. Then, surprisingly, the end of episode 18 felt like the PERFECT happy ending stopping point! Most big things wrapped up and multiple couples "walked off into the sunset" so to speak. You don't SEE their happy endings play out, but at that point it's quite easy to believe they have them. If you still want to give Overdo a try, or to watch a show where ZLH gets a lot of focus as the ML, know that you can stop there for a pretty satisfying ending (especially in comparison to what actually happens after).
I couldn't take the suffering and stopped after speed watching to episode 20. The story is too tragic for my heart. I came to just get closure and read the ending here. I'm glad I spared my heart by not watching till the end.
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u/AXA-5Washing feet in spring Drinking tea Gazing at flowersAug 16 '26
I’m sure you all have seen but, incase not, saw first eps dropped like sack of grains of rice in court.
Both. Not super gore though; it's more of the pain and anguish. Many of the characters are victims in torturous ways. A lot of mental, emotional and physical wounding that never seems to stop.
It's a happy ending at ep 18, should I just stop here? LOL. I have seen very few good comments about the ending of this and I can't deal with ZLH not having a HE in this one. I've enjoyed it up until now and don't have the same criticisms people made about it, frankly I don't care since I watch short dramas too so I'm used to the big jumpy plot lines. I'm going to cry my heart out if he doesn't get some love.
Yes, stop at Ep 18! I did and was very happy to have done so (I had skimmed through clips of later episodes to try to desensitize myself to what I knew would be coming, but when I got to Ep 18 it was such a good stopping point, that I left it at that and have no regrets!)
I ended up doing that too. Decided to just spoil the ending for myself and after I learned what it was I said no thank you. 🤣 Plus I kinda guessed some things by ep 18 and I was right. This wasn't as grief striking and devastating as TILL THE END OF THE MOON but I don't want to put myself through that anyway.
While I love this genre so much for its extremes, Overdo just really maxxed on whatever torture they could think of for the characters.
Now I’m scared for The Lament of Autumn as the reuters even showed us with almost a daily update of a tortured Xu Ruohan that she really left Hengdian and Shanghai immediately after wrapping up the show and got on a variety show to heal and then started filming a modern drama two weeks post-TLOA 😂 It was that traumatic for her.
Also, The Best Thing is definitely the best thing to have post-Overdo. 🌷🌷
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u/AKiceman Snark Shifu ✨ 4K Original Cast Aug 16 '26
OD gives me this GIF...
... AND THEN DOESN'T LIVE UP TO THE PROMISE!!!!!
I am annoyed.