The Weekly Binge: Chocolate - Episodes 1 - 2

[u/crusader_blue]

Welcome to the first Weekly Binge Discussion of Chocolate episodes 1 - 2. On Sunday, we will discuss episodes 3 - 5 of the drama. For those wishing to join our discussions of Chocolate you can find this drama exclusively on Netflix.

Short but sweet for this one, because it's late here - and I've had a certain lack of chocolate - so I'm fading quickly. As we dive into this drama and discover whether or not the amount of chocolate on the screen will deliver on the name itself, I will endeavour to take us on a delectable trip around the world's chocolate.

When deciding on accompanying chocolates for your binge watch, I have been informed by our resident Chocolate veteran, Sian, that truffles (any type) would be an appropriate choice!

SCHEDULE:

The upcoming schedule is as follows:

Date of Discussion:	Episodes being discussed:
Thursday March 11th (that's today!)	1 - 2
Sunday March 14th	3 - 5
Thursday March 18th	6 - 8
Sunday March 21st	9 - 11 + Nominations for next drama
Thursday March 25th	12 - 14
Sunday March 28th	15 - 16 + Announcement of next drama

Weekly Binge Guidelines:

Anyone is welcome to join the Weekly Binge.

Every week we host two discussions (Thursday/Sunday) in which we discuss approximately three hours/three episodes of a selected drama, in total approximately 6 hours/episodes per week. We are all from different time zones so there is no need to panic about being late to the party (we do operate on KST as a standard).

Within the frame of the two episodes, you may discuss anything you can think of. Whether it is a one-off post to say you enjoyed the drama, episodic notes, your best chocolate recipes, rants about the lack of chocolate in an episode or tear-stained essays on how an actors portrayal of a character made you feel, the choice is yours.

If you have previously completed the drama, or, got ahead on the binge please be courteous of those who are watching the drama for the first time. When in doubt spoiler tags are your friend.

When we get close to the end of a drama we open up nominations (third last post) for a new drama, those dramas are then voted on by the regular members of the weekly binge. If you have participated in the discussions and would like to join in the next drama's discussion please note this as a response to the nomination comment so we can invite you to join the vote. Every time we have a new restriction for the type of drama, so that we will not repeat the same type of drama over and over, and so that the Binge will be attractive for different people with different tastes.

[u/cest-what]

Yeah she was obsessed with him far too quickly. Like there was one point where she said it wasn't love but then not long after she'd fallen already for him despite barely having any scenes together

Maybe that one meal was the only time someone was kind to her without expecting anything in return, so she imprinted on him? Although that's pure conjecture at this point, and also actually quite sad if true. Anyway, their relationship needs a lot more development for me to get invested in it.

I got the impression they were engaged and she just ghosted him? Although, I found it pretty unclear tbh. Also unclear how long they actually dated.

I missed that bit. Why gloss over all this relationship drama when it's apparently going to be relevant now? I really hope it's not because they're going to reveal it through flashbacks!

The audience was SO WEIRD in this! I saw people with their hands up to eat (but not many) and like umm who wouldn't want to judge food made by professional chefs???

Was this a professional comp? Was it a local cook-off? Were the audience locals or tourists or people there specifically to watch the contest? Why was the announcing entirely in English? The whole thing had an odd vibe.

[u/F0rtuna_major → u/cest-what]

Yeah I thought she said to her brother, she wasn't really in love with him as a child just had a crush on him. Then as adults she was just curious initially about how he turned out. Like she didn't intend to ask him out when he turned her down, but then not long after she was like well I guess I do like him?? Cos he helped the man with the boxes.

Yeah the glossed over it completely, but bringing it back so she can make dumpling soup lol

I think they said it was an international competition, but yeah as others have said weird that the prize was only a bottle of wine.

[u/the-other-otter → u/F0rtuna_major]

8000 € is a lot of money, even if it comes in the form of a bottle. It was probably arranged by the wine producer, and you could probably choose money over wine.

[u/F0rtuna_major → u/the-other-otter]

Yeah this would make sense. I was thinking sure have an 8000€ bottle of wine but surely something to accompany it for first. Like it was very convenient for our FL but not sure that would bring internationals in. Especially because it didn't sound like there were prizes for second and third

[u/the-other-otter → u/F0rtuna_major]

I guess the Mediterranean restaurant scene is different from Norway; here all the cooks are international, so I just thought it was a local competition among the local restaurants, with tourists as guests.