I'll start by saying props to Net and James' chemistry, because it really carried the whole show.

Unfortunately for me, there isn't much that narratively worked about it.

The trauma storylines they gave Uea felt extremely heavy- handed. As other reviewers pointed out, it's not that people can't be serial victims, it's that the show didn't execute it well. And James just didn't have the acting experience to really emotionally convey what that's like. I also didn't overly appreciate that the trauma at the hands of men in his life felt purely like a chance for King to knight in shining armour the situation. As if all survivors need is a protective partner to come into their life. I understand the point was meant to be that King helped Uea love himself and set his own boundaries, but i'm not sure that was clearly communicated tbh.

Now to King and Uea's relationship. I think the problem with it was the show spent a long time telling us King was a player and they only had a FWB relationship, but at what point did they actually show that? It was pretty clear to me that King was down bad from the beginning. Which made the whole "will they, won't they?" dynamic feel super low stakes. Because like, they spent the whole show dating. They just called it something else. But again, props to their chemistry, because that was fantastic.

Idk it felt like a very nothing plot in the end unfortunately.