October 21, 2023

Never Too Late | Recap and Review

Never Too Late
A derpy cutie navigates between his hardboiled ex-girlfriend and his sunny-side-up auntie. 
Notable Actors/Actresses
Wang Zi Wen: Jiang Tian
Deng Jie: Wu Jing Fang
Bai Jing Ting: Zhou Ye Wen
He Hong Shan: Lin Xiao Xiao
Chen Hao: Zheng Qian
Director
Chinese Title
我的助理不簡單
My Assistant Is More Than She Seems
Year2023
Episodes: 37
Recap Grade: D
First Impression: 2.85/5



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Mini Recaps



[Ep1-10Hohoho! Who says Bai Jing Ting isn’t the main character? Bai Jing Ting's Zhou Ye Wen is the main character of my life recaps. His 60 year-young aunt (Wu Jing Fang) and his ex-girlfriend (Jiang Tian) are cohabitating without him. 

This is a second chance romance and by law it cannot start without awkward reunions like this. The ex leaves the cutest bumblebee hanging. I would never. I'd take a million photos first
These are his pyjamas: 
 
This is his girlfriend.....
(You Are My Hero reunion between the ML and 2ML ~
These are his glasses: 
No, he's not a glasses model. He's a potentially genius software engineer. And this potentially genius software engineer opened an amusement arcade. 

No, he doesn't fix computers. 
"I'm a software engineer. I don't repair computers."  
But if it's Jiang Tian's laptop, our software engineer repairs computers. 
And he'll repair it all day and all night for her. (His clothes are the same)
No, you cannot question his driving skills. Jiang Tian's bestie had nagged at him to drive safely. To shut her up, he's like:
"How about you drive?"

He really should have let Bestie drive. Our drunk Jiang Tian bodyslammed into the passenger seat because of his distracted driving.
Apparently he's worried that Jiang Tian likes him again. Oh please, lol. Who showed up at the hs reunion to be her designated driver the night before. 
No, he doesn't have to be like the girls concerned about matters like careers. Pft. That's for peasants. Our king, Zhou Ye Wen, is beyond that. He's at the pinnacle of his life for all to envy:  
Here's him dancing
Here's him being a living, breathing cathartic-room for his auntie
Here's him bicep curling with....water bottles. Get on with the economical trend, guys! 
Ignore the bruise on the eye from his ex in a boxing match that ended his pride with one strike.
As long as you can't see it, no one else can see your injured pride, sweetie. #Truth.
Ignore the scene after this where he's humiliated by a tween too. 
All hail Zhou Ye Wen. 
We all envy you. 
I swear. 

Sismance! I’m not kidnapped. I’m just capable of including non-BJT content. A best friend is when she can't be a lesbian for you when you didn't know you needed one. 
"We're lesbian, and if that makes you constipated, washroom is to your left."

[Ep11 - 20] Let us begin part two of Zhou Ye Wen's mighty adventures between his auntie and high school sweetheart. I wish I had two heads to sleep on both his shoulders too.
Zhou Ye Wen's arms feel that good because of all his economical bicep curling. I vote for disposable water bottles over reusable weights any day. It can also be a free ice-pack when your high school sweetheart punches you in the face because of your incompetence
Hitting the face wasn't enough, Jiang Tian hits his Whack A Mole Machine too. That hurts him as well. Dude. Is your Whack A Mole Machine not for whacking? To his dismay, she wants another round with those moles, but girl, there's the best mole right in front of you, under his right eye right here. Go hit on him
Kiss is a miss tho
Zhou Ye Wen is a responsible guy too. Here's him picking up his auntie at the police station after she committed a break-in. 
And he's a sweet guy! He, a guy with no real work, comforts Jiang Tian that work is tough. 
But some lady calls him a weirdo who kidnaps kids! Woman, where have you seen a man cute from head to toe, carrying a sabre sword hanging out with a child all alone before?! 
He's not suspicious at all hiding in that corner back there. 
He's just petty. Whenever the girls – his only customers ever – come play, he glares at them for taking out their stress on his poor machines in his de-stress arcade. 
Zhou Ye Wen glares at his bro too. He's jealous his bro's relationship is about to sail (it's not. It's moving slower than his. Typical of Chen Hao, really, haha
Zhou Ye Wen will also betray his bro without a second thought if he can score a dinner with Jiang Tian. See shameless smug face: 
This shameless smug face also tried selling Jiang Tian on the Blind Date Bridge with Auntie. 
He's not so smug anymore when there's a love rival! Despite looking like this, he's a real threat to my Bai Jing Ting. Sorry other dude, LOL. This love rival is an angel, seriously. Way. Too. Nice. 
Love rival must smell bad from 6ft away
Zhou Ye Wen asks Auntie if Jiang Tian and the new guy are an item. 
I've seen this somewhere
Zhou Ye Wen has a jealous buddy. Auntie is also jealous of the love rival. Because he's her work rival (Jiang Tian is working with him, and neglecting her). LOL.

[Ep21 - 30] Sweetie Zhou Ye Wen bringing lychee over! Rival opens the door. 
Sweetie Zhou Ye Wen chomping on jealousy the poor lychees.
Lychees attack! They choke him. 
And here comes the most humiliating moment of his life: Heimlich maneuver-ed by his high school sweetheart. 
Too embarrassed to look at her, but he'll wait for her while pretending to brush invisible dirt off his handle. 
Love rival phones her.
Hmph!
A drunk Bai Jing Ting. Every drama of his needs this
A cute toothache. And his younger counterpart. They're telling me that's him in his 16-20s. Please. Don't insult my brain.  
A kiss. They really have no chemistry....
Zooming out to include pretty lights for actual electricity.
These two have more chemistry. Zhou Ye Wen staring intently at Zheng Qian. Maybe these two should have been the couple otherwise I have no idea what the purpose of this scene was
Bai Jing Ting has chemistry with boxes too. Just not his FL
Hello Father Jiang.
A hug...
Caught by dad.
A flirty tackle...
Caught by dad.
This is more interesting than his romance: Zhou Ye Wen's mission to creep up on everyone. Jiang Tian, check; the little girl check; Lin Xiao Xiao, check; Zheng Qian, check. He doesn't do it on seniors, though. Good boy. 
I don't get the continuation of this little girl's storyline with Zhou Ye Wen. That Bai Jing Ting attracts girls in their 60s, 30s, and 10s? It's already a fact. Must we show it? 


[Ep31 - 37] Dad Jiang is in the hospital! It's more of an emergency that Jiang Tian showers though. Her head stinks. Phew! 
Nurse hollers at them for being flirty and showing off their romance. I must be blind
Our couple might die of fuit-icide. Too many fruit baskets. 
Just staring at face. 
And staring at this 😱 face. Hahaha. 
His mother complains that his limbs are weak. We need to get him Chinese herbal medicine to boost his strength. ...Mom. Boost which limb? 
Zhou Ye Wen (jokingly) asks for Jiang Tian to work and he'll stay at home. My man. You've already been doing this the whole show now.  Jiang Tian agrees. She was planning to raise some geese. She'll just feed him along with them. 
What's the buddy's name in the show again? Anyway Chen Hao's character gets his romance! And we get a very cute shy smile. Where has this actor been?
Zhou Ye Wen proposes with paper rings. Poor life ahead
Dun dun de dun!! Wait. We end off with Jiang Tian cohabiting with Auntie still. Was Zhou Ye Wen('s paper rings) rejected?! Hahahaha.

The end. 



Remarks



[First Impression (Ep1-10) 
I’m watching this for the ladies…

[Actors/Actresses
Bai Jing Ting is acting the most Bai Jing Ting of all his Bai Jing Ting roles. 

[Behind the Scenes

[Ending] Happy. It's never too late. Have courage!

[A Highlight] The humiliation in Ep21 when BJT is Heimlich maneuver-ed by his high school sweetheart. 

[Review & Rating]
You’re an idiot if you think I'm watching this for the ladies and not for Bai Jing Ting. There has never existed a sweeter walking-cathartic/room and a standing-punching-bag. ❤️ (There has also never been a ML excluded from the coveted cohabitation trope).

Chen Hao is in this too. He's the same. Slow. (Dude. Where have you been?) 

This is in line with my feelings (slightly below actually) for Simmer Down (Chen Xiao), Healer of Children (Chen Xiao and Wang Zi Wen), etc. These are my side-flings. It has good messages with a sincere heart, and a dash of romance with MLs I wish I could keep in my pocket. Sometimes with these dramas, I find a gem. Sometimes it’s on the express train to forgettable like this one unfortunately.

Watch if there are actors you like. 

Random RecommendationVacation of Love 2 because it's almost time for winer vacay.

Rating: 2/5 



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