More Than a Married couple seems intent on being as dumb as its premise, refusing to use its school-mandated-fake-dating scenario for any interesting commentary or even any interesting character scenes.
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More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers
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More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers
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