Remarriage and Desires

Survival of the Least Homicidal

Short, easy to binge melodrama with good acting.

It's not anything original, unique, or pithy. Just a story about a bunch of homicidal people, the most homicidal being the social climbers without any ethics.

The FL, in contrast to just about every other female character in this drama, is not homicidal, and whilst I'm a fan of not being homicidal, I am not a fan of the meek, diminutive, innocent, bland Korean woman K-drama stereotype, which is exactly what the FL is. You know the kind that is too "timid" to dare to have a personality? Yeah, that's exactly the type of character the FL is, and it makes me not care about her, even though I'm glad she isn't a maniac like the rest of the female characters.

There has to be a balance between maniacal and bland/demure somewhere for a FL, and most K-dramas don't hit the mark, unfortunately.

Anyway, I am one of the few K-drama watchers that really enjoys a good love triangle, if it is done well, and this was quite a nice one. Would have liked to see the FL have more feelings for the SML, just because it raises the emotional stakes of the drama, but as it is, not a bad dose of romance.

The ML and SMLs looked so similar, and the cinematography was so oddly dark, that I couldn't always tell them apart right away. Sometimes, there were artistic neon lights put on in a scene for no reason other than artistry. The colour grading was all super dramatic, which fits the drama. I loved that the characters were older than usual in a K-drama. It didn't make the characters any less attractive or interesting just because they weren't in their 20's. Was so happy to see that!

This drama was not memorable. I won't be going back and watching it again, and there was nothing new to it, but it was worth binging once, whilst doing something else. The FL was annoyingly bland, but the drama itself wasn't terrible. There were two female antagonists that were the best femme fatale characters I've seen in a K-drama! My hatred for their characters was acute throughout, well done to them! Also, I don't usually get to see middle-aged women with juicy roles like that, so I was happy to see that! That gorgeous actress with the cheekbones you could cut bread with, the one who ran the agency, she was awesome, and I'd love to see her as a FL someday, when FL are better written, and for actresses of all ages.

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A must watch! You will not be disappointed!

Omg!I thought that the male lead and the second male lead were the same person up until episode #2. LOL

Overall, this is a fantastic, realistic K-drama showing how those who seek power, wealth, and fame will steal, kill, or destroy just to have more.

The pacing of this drama was a bit too fast. If it would have been 10 episodes instead of 8, then I would have given it a rating of 10. One thing that didn't make sense is after the second female lead got out of prison, the first male lead never reassigned this major contract to another attorney (episode 6). Also, how does the female lead character, love the male lead character already (referencing episode 8)? My only dislike is how frequently and nonchalant the word, "I want to kill you," are used in this drama. It's too much. They could have said destroy instead of kill.

A must watch! I binged watched this drama because of how captivating it was.

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Best revenge drama after the glory

This is the second best revenge drama I ever watched after glory. It’s so good I watched it in one day in one piece like it’s not boring at one second and it’s so worth to watch. I also love the cast and the ending is so good. I really don’t understand the people who rated this under 10 or 9 like it’s so good I can’t stop saying this because it’s true. I ignored this drama for so long time and regret it now so much and I really don’t understand myself why I never watched it. Now I have to find another drama meanwhile you hopefully watch this drama or just watched it.

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It's one of the best series I've seen. At first it seemed boring and it took 3 episodes for the actual action to start, but it's a captivating series and I'm really glad that Seo was with Lee at the end. I did not expect such a change at the end. The plot twist was BIG. I would have liked it to have more episodes, but that's fine. I really want a second season. All the actors were handsome and very talented, only the cunning was in power throughout the film, something that made the film even more interesting. In the last episode, the scene with Yoo-hui and Hyung-joo like "let's get married" and he slapped her face was SO GOOD. I was really fooled in the beginning. However, I would have liked to have more scenes with them as a family, but we overlook it. Long story short, it's a series worth watching.

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Initially, I liked the series because of its main characters. After watching the second episode, I was impressed by the story and the flow of events. However, the problem was the lack of some details due to the short series - 8 episodes, which were not enough to explain the intricacies of the plot. This was especially noticeable as the story is based on crime, excitement, and revenge. Most of CEO Lee's mysterious movements and communications remained unknown to us. The romantic story between the heroes was beautiful, but it lacked some romantic scenes to help us understand their love for each other. There were no hugs or even the touch of a hand, while we saw her hugging and holding the hand of the second hero more than once. This detracted from the pleasure of the romantic storyline.

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Too short

This drama had great promise. But since it was all squeezed into 8 episodes, some scenes felt rushed.

There was actually nothing new in terms of plot since it involved money grabbing politicians, revenge, femme fetales etc. Nevetheless, the actors all played their parts well and did justice to the story despite being one of the shortest episodes I have watched.

Would have liked to see how the leads' feelings developed since their interaction wasn't that visible.

The villainous female shined in her role because you will really hate her guts in this drama. First saw her in Snowdrop and she didn't leave that much of an impression that time.

Overall, the drama was ok. Just wished it was longer

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This drama caught me completely off guard

The story went completely different from what I thought it would be about. I didn't expect to like this drama this much since I just started watching it because of the cast, without watching trailers or reviews. I guess this approach sometimes can be actually a good thing.

The ending was a little rushed, and I expected a slightly different unfolding at the end, but for me, it was obvious who FL would end up with nearly from the start. I guess watching 250+ K-Dramas taught me to notice some important things that people around leads say and to realize what will have a big impact in the end.

If my overall rating does not look logical based on the specific ratings, some other things are very important to me, like cinematography, production, camera... and I also do not consider rewatching value as something that should be part of the overall rating.

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Great "real" story

This is my first review and sorry for shortness of it.
First, thanks a lot Netflix and all drama members for great drama that helped me get through hard Covid-19 fighting. That tells a lot how captivating and intense story is through the end of it!
Second, I'm pretty sure that this can be easily real story, thanks to technology and services that internet can provide in this era of our lives.
I even advised my adult kids to watch it and learn from it. Choices of actors are great, too.
Without further words, I'm giving 9.5/10.
PS. I know that we become very spoilt by choices of great drama and movies these days, but be honest - they worked very hard to represent entertainment for us that we're getting for granted and please support them with kindness and generosity.
Thanks for reading my first review. 🫶🌟🎭

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