A rom-com that makes it worthwhile to spend an evening at home

Mind you, this series I found hypnotically and addictively must watch. Think Scylla the Sea Siren, seductively perched above the treacherous Aegean shoal. Go ahead, sailor Simon, try not to look. Thought so!

The series is Mr Right (lianai xiansheng in Chinese) and stars a high-end dentist/relationship consultant Cheng Hao (Jin Dong) and hotel manager Luo Yue (Maggie Jiang).

The very first scene has Luo bashing Cheng unconscious with a wine bottle after mistakenly thinking he was taking advantage of a tipsy swimmer. Turns out he was merely giving her CPR after she passed out, with ol' sawbones ending up cooling his heels in the clink. And their romance only gets more fraught and star-crossed as time goes on.

But don't fret, lovebirds, the intensity of their ardor has 45 episodes to work itself out. I hated the IQ-point shaving show Friends of a few moons ago.

Worry not, Mr Right is the anti-Friends antidote to sitcom mediocrity. I truly recommend this captivating Chinese rom-com for its stellar dialogue, twists, turns, tears and titters.