Introduction

“…And they lived happily ever after,” is an ending we are all too familiar with. On Marriage focuses on portraying all those struggles couples meet when they give up themselves in order to fulfill their marriage. In this anthology series, each individual episode explores varying meanings of marriage from five unique perspectives. ｜ Wishful Syncing ｜Directors：John Hsu｜Cast：Kuan Ting Liu, Ke Fang Sun, Lego Lee As the saying goes, “a faithful heart makes wishes come true”, what it really means might be we must heed our inner voice. In order to win back his wife’s heart against her sweet childhood friend, a desperate husband decides to use a digital mind-reading device “moon blocks” that’s still under development. ｜ Marriage no.1314 ｜Directors：Wen Tang Cheng｜Cast：Xing Li, Wei Hua Lan, Chun Yao Yao In Mandarin, the number 1314 means one’s whole life. Li Guo-hua, a dentist based in Taiwan, solely supports his family living far away in the UK. One day, he unexpectedly shuts down his dentist clinic as a means to force his wife to return to Taiwan with their children. However, after many years of separation, Guo-hua finally realizes that under the family union and the perfect marriage he’s been pursuing his whole life lies the irreconcilable differences between him and his estranged wife. ｜ Save the Date ｜Directors：Peter Ho｜Cast：Man Shu Jian, Mason Lee Marriage is a scam and all you have to do is deceive yourself. Just like other women of her age, An-an rushes herself into marriage for fear of the notorious “Middle-Age Vanishing Disease” to hit. Therefore, in exchange for a smooth wedding, she secretly uses a high-tech product called “Marriage Bestie” to help her get through the fuss. However, An-an finds herself stuck in a trail of problems. Meanwhile, the truth behind her reasons wanting to get married is gradually revealed… ｜ Mary's Merry Marriage ｜Directors：Pin Chuan Kao｜Cast：Kimi Hsia, Ming Shuai Shih Mary, a stay-at-home mother who is eager to return to the workforce, uses an AI robot mouse “Juno” to help her get rid of anything that’s in her way. But instead, she triggers a series of family crises. Has AI technology outsmarted humanity entirely, or has mankind never really understood marriage? ｜ Book of Bayes ｜Directors：Herb Hsu｜Cast：Allison Lin, Chen Ling Wen, Rima Zeidan Jie and Hsuan are a happy lesbian couple but Jie is having an affair; she is torn between her recent love-at-first-sight “true love”, and her lifelong partner whom she’d sworn to grow old with. So, the real question is: who is her meant-to-be Ms. Right – predicted by the almighty algorithms?