You Are the Best! Episode 50

Heavy on the melodrama , light on the romance (not many warm fuzzies)

I was reluctant to watch this because it was 50 episodes, & I had a hard time finding it to be able to watch it, but I find both IU & Jo Jung-suk very appealing as actors so I slogged through this. Despite the cheerful perky intro, this is not light & fluffy. This is a heavy family drama & that where the focus of the story is, NOT on any romance. The romances in this are weighted down with obstacles & misunderstandings which drain the romances from being fun. It seemed like there were 2 episodes that gave warm fuzzies for the main couple & not even whole episodes ! This was a painful series with SO much crying & SO many characters that you wanted to slap. I frequently found myself narrowing my eyes & mentally calling the MANY female antagonists "__ __ __ __ __". To be fair, I loathe family dramas & this had at least 5 families going full drama all at once. I did not like most of the side characters & though this has a good theme & things are resolved for most characters with the focus on repentance & forgiveness, it's too emotionally heavy for me & I found it more annoying & painful than I like my entertainment-which I want to be escapism- not a reminder of how awful family can be. IU did a very good job here & Jo Jung-suk play the same character type as he did in Hospital playlist and Oh my ghostess character's personality but there isn't enough of screen time for them & they are not enough to save this from being drudgery to watch.

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