My Safe Zone EP 2

LenaMiu’s chemistry is the biggest reason I finished this show. They are so cute together and I love all of their scenes together. The stares do feel dragged out and I end up feeling a little awkward with it but it’s not unbearable.

We start with a past heartbreak; apparently, Lin broke up with some girl, and Jane was there to comfort her; Lin praises her for her help, remarking that Jane’s never been in love herself (yeah, sure… 😊) but Jane argues that Lin is great as everything except love. But she claims that it was the right thing to break up, and she still has her. We are back in the here and now, and Jane is preparing a soup. Lin wakes up on the floor next to Jane’s bed. She goes to Jane to complain about her having to sleep on the floor – but that was actually her choice. We get a flashback of to their kissing scene from last week, which quickly ended by Lin throwing up. Jane then took care of her washed her, put fresh clothes on her and let her sleep in her bed choosing the floor for herself – but Lin did not stay in bed, but joined her on the floor just to sleep next to her. But she doesn’t remember anything from last night, her memory goes only as far as revealing that Kate cheated on her. Apparently, she doesn't remember kissing Jane, so her allusions that Jane thought she was Kate go to waste. Jane then reminds her to eat the soup she made for her, and to go shower cause she reeks. Suddenly, Lin realizes she’s not wearing her clothes from the day before anymore; she asks Jane whether she’s changed her cloths. She confirms it, say she’s changed everything but her underwear. But she must have seen, Lin asks her, specifically her “tiny boobs”, to which Jane just remarks, “they’re just the right size”. 😉 Then, we’re back at the table discussion. Jane has not yet given her a table at the restaurant. Lin barges in ignoring that Jane is just changing cloths, repeating Jane’s argument that they’ve changed in front of each other all the time as kids, and is willing to do anything to get the table. As she’s in buttoning up Jane’s shirt, Jane accepts – if she helps her come up with a new menu. She accepts. After changing, Lin is still at the gate because in doesn’t open, Jane hat the key and lets her though, and Lin is glad that they can talk again – she still wants that table – but talking to her is even better. Then, we meet Jane’s kitchen help – a guy and a girl, who banter a lot. Lin comes in, to the surprise of the helpers, not knowing who she is, but apparently, she’s friend with her boss. Lin asks her whether her restaurant is really that famous, and Jane denies it, but the helpers claim she’s just being humble, the place is super popular, and people line up all the time, a lot of them celebrities. Jane wants to know when she’s leaving again, and Lin has no date planned but “probably in two or three months” (Jane doesn’t know yet that her career as a photographer in New York is gone as well). Jane wants to know why she wants the table that badly, and she claims it’s because Pie is important to her future. They, she takes a look at the current menu, and claims even cheap diners have better pictures. Jane want to know if she’s good as a photographer, and Lin says she doesn't want to brag, but yes, she’s number one. Then, Jana proposes to take new photos. But she is a fashion photographer, Lin argues, but then admits that even she can make better photos than the ones in her old menu – which look like they were shot from a phone, Lin argues, and Jane hesitantly confirms. They, they are having lunch, and Lin realizes she hasn’t eaten all day. But she wants them to eat together, so she gets a second plate and gives Jane a portion as well. Then, Pie calls and she is actually at Jane house’s having been briefed by her mother where Lin was. Pie is bringing pastries and flowers to Lin – to which secretly Jane gets very jealous – then, Pie takes a seat next to Lin on the couch; she realized that Jane and Lin are close friends and the restaurant is just next door, and Lin confirms that she is trying to get a table, arguing that Jane and her are friend since childhood. Pie takes her hand and promises that – if she gets a table – she will treat her to ten meals obviously flirting with her. Then, Jane comes in. gives them both a bottle of water, and takes a seat right between them. Pie then moves to the other side and hugs Lin for tying this hard to get a table, she’s so sweet to her. So, this is Pie, Jane asks Lin later, and Lin asks if Jane doesn’t know her. Jane argues that she must not be that famous, then – but Pie’s mother owns a large fashion magazine, hinting at potential work for Lin. But Jane argues she was flirting with her, Lin asks her if that’s such a bad thing, at least, she will have someone new and stop bothering her. Lin asks Jane what she’s cooking now, and when she’s replies “pork stew with eggs” this triggers a flashback to the time Lin made this dish for Kate; she looks sullenly at her phone when Jane invites her to shop for the dish she was just making the next day – cause the story isn’t there yet, and a good story makes good food. Meanwhile, Pie is IG stalking Jane, but doesn’t find any photos of Lin. Jane’s mom comes home from shopping, and wonders if the Lin and Jane are back to normal, but Jane hasn’t told her yet how she feels for her. Her mother wonders whether she’s playing hard to get, or whether it’s the impending marriage that’s stopping her, to which Jane breaks the news of Kate and Lin’s breakup. Her mother want to talk to Lin’s mother at once, but Lin hasn’t told her mother yet. And what about her, she asks, and Jane thinks she won’t wait this time. Then, Jane rings at her door, she asks what to bring for their shopping trip. Jane tells her just bring herself and a camera, arguing she doesn’t know anything about photography. But Lin just couldn’t sleep so Jane accompanies her walk home. Jane’s mom looks for something in storage boxes, but we don’t find out what it is. The next day, Lin and Jane drive to the countryside looking for eggs at Jane’s usual farm. When they arrives, and after a few moments of almost falling and fixing their hair, and almost kissing again, they are put out of their staring contest by the farmer, who leads them towards the eggs, which they have to collect by themselves. Lin helps Jane into the boots they are given, and Jane is wondering why Lin acts this sweet all of a sudden, but Lin argues she’s done band things to her (I assume she means her leaving without notice for eight years), and is doing this so that she’d forgive her. They’re breaking for lunch after just having collected a few eggs, and surely, Lin trips at the fence and falls down - onto Jane. At lunch, Jane claims to have forgiven Lin – but it still hurts. Jane explains why she’s is doing simple dishes like five-spice eggs; she argues that people most want what they got as kids – simple, but good meals that remind them of their childhood – and we get flashbacks to Lin’s childhood meals. After a bit of more hair-fixing and hearts pounding they continue to collect eggs. After the egg-collecting, we get a bit where Jane confesses her feelings for Lin – only for it to turn out to just happen in her head. They return home, and after a bit of sponsoring, they start to cook. Jane asks Lin to first fetch the pork from the fridge, then the spices from the cupboard – but she is not large enough to reach them, so Jane has to get them – but she accidentally draws something else with falls onto them. Lin immediately protects Jane with her own body and we get some more staring and hair-fixing. Jane breaks the tension by instructing her to get an apron. While looking for an apron in Jane’s room, she comes across the high school short that Jane wrote “Can I love you?” on. Jane come in, asking whether she found an apron, then finding it herself and putting it on her; as she is doing that Lin asks her whether she loved her. And that’s where the episode ends. ___ This episode was shorter – but especially the second half contained quite a few moments of staring at each other for far too long and slow-motion hair fixing that I count as time-wasters dragging the episode down IMHO, as well as the confession fakeout at the farm when the let Lin find out the truth anyway by the end. The first half was okay, nicely establishing Pie as the primary competition for Jane, who is perhaps not as nice as Engfa was in “The Secret of Us”. What Jane’s mother looked for, we don’t know, and neither do we know what show is going to do with the revelation of Jane’s feelings. So, all best are off for episode three, I just hope it will contain less hair-fixing and staring. 😉

I've watched this series twice now and have come back with a different perspective on it. I'll expound on that more as you continue to watch it.