Last Madame

This show is surprisingly well-produced and executed. Joanne Peh's performance is truly the highlight of the show for me. Brandon Wong's performance as Master Seh was also a treat. However, I think the narrative of Fung Lan is sufficient to stand on its own two legs. The to and fro to the present timeline seems redundant/ rudimentary and takes away from the tone of the story (but maybe some national heritage organisation funded this film - I don't know and haven't done any research on the film's background haha). So nostalgic for me as it took me back to the good ol' Channel 8 days where I grew up watching the gripping 7pm and 9pm shows screened daily on TV e.g. The Unbeatables, Price of Peace etc. Not done with season one and am hoping a season two is in the cards. In addition, I loved how the accents of the characters weren't psuedo-American (like many other Singapore-produced films/shows that struggle between sounding Singlish or "step ang moh") and delivered realistically what well-spoken Singaporeans sound like. Not sure if this was intentional but kudos to all in the cast and production team - I'm a fan!

All the lead actors have done reallly well. When is season 2 expected.

While this show did seem interesting, it was very predictable and did not seem to have much of a point to it. There really wasn't much mystery or intrigue and what you saw was what you got.

The actors were great for the roles they played, but there needed to be more of a storyline to hook you in.

Great to watch a series which is unpredictable, entertaining and intriguing. Thoroughly enjoyed this series.

Overall I think for Singaporeans to speak English and not singlish seems to be unnatural for many. Similar to little nyonya last time but the little nyonya had more realistic expressions and I guess it was in chinese..that perhaps was their mother tongue.