Mine

Glorious women indeed

Admittedly, I started watching this show for three reasons: strong female leads, Kim Seo Hyung, and a lesbian main character. I was not let down on any of those fronts.

The women in this show are just *chef’s kiss*. Not only Kim Seo Hyung, but Lee Bo Young and Ok Ja Yeon did an excellent job as well. Their characters aren’t perfect, they have flaws, and that’s okay. They felt very real. Besides, women supporting women? We love to see it, truly. A lot of the interactions between them, especially in the later episodes, just made me so happy.

As for the lesbian character, well, I think Kim Seo Hyung portrait her wonderfully. I don’t want to speculate about whether she’s part of the LGBTQIA+ community in the slightest, regardless of whether she is or not, she did a good job. And honestly, at this point, I’ll take all the sapphic representation I can get. Especially when its a main character, and especially with an “older” character. I also liked that it wasn’t the main plot point of the show, and I especially liked that it wasn’t her sole defining character trait. It gives me hope we will see more LGBTQIA+ representation in the future, in a more “casual” way and not only in stories where it is the main plot (though of course I wouldn’t mind seeing more stories where LGBTQIA+ characters and their struggles are the main plot point either, we don’t have enough of those yet either). Honestly, this hit me real hard. I cried multiple times whenever her character was going through it. I cannot speak for the entire community, but personally, I approve of the way this storyline was handled and portait in the show. It was done respectfully, it felt real, it hit home, and it showed that Seo Hyun and Suzy’s love was real and valid.

As for the plot, well, I was prepared for nothing. I was genuinely prepared to sit through 16 hours worth of this kdrama just for Kim Seo Hyung and for the representation. But honestly, the plot wasn’t that bad? The whole subplot with the grand-son and the maid was quite... meh (I have no clue how they even fell in love to begin with, but whatever, their story was only a small part of the show anyway), but in general I didn’t mind the plot. I was actually very invested at times. No, it wasn’t mind blowing, but oh well, I’m just watching this for entertainment anyway, I didn’t really mind. This show definitely wasn’t plot-driven, and I’m not sure if it was going for that or not, but regardless I didn’t feel like i was watching 16 hours of nothingness either. It didn’t even feel all that dragged out, but maybe my mind is just clouded because I loved the characters so much. Or maybe it’s because I don’t watch makjang often, so I don’t have much to compare it with. I will say though, the final four or so episodes were edited in a very confusing way. I guess it was to make the whole mystery last longer and to keep people watching, but still.

Anyway, if you are a fan of any of the three female leads, I definitely recommend this. They did an outstanding job. The other actors did as well. If you just want to see some strong female leads, and with women supporting women, this show is worth a shot as well. And if you are like me and are looking for representation, or you want to support a show with a canon lesbian main character, please give this show a try. But do keep in mind, this kdrama is not only about that, its rather a subplot. Some episodes it isn’t mentioned at all, and sometimes it’s used against her. Still, it’s definitely there, and it doesn’t stop her. There is plenty of acceptance, both from others and herself. It’s not just queerbaiting, and it was, in my opinion, done respectfully. I can only applaud that. This review was a bit difficult to write for me, it was difficult to put into words exactly how I felt about Jung Seo Hyun as a character. This show impacted me a lot more than I was expecting. I think while writing this I realized just how glad I was to see this in a kdrama. I didn’t expect to be this overwhelmed to be honest. Idk, it’s late and I’m tired. I guess all I can say is thank you to the entire team for how they handled the storyline especially in regards to Jung Seo Hyun as a character, And thank you to Kim Seo Hyung for portraiting it so well too.

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Strong Female Characters: till what extent you go to protect/get what you consider "Mine"

OK, I absolutely loved this show. I only started it because of Lee bo young and N. But, oh god the drama was real good. I am gonna rate it in the later part of the review section wise. The plot was real grappling. Like i was always waiting for the eps and it had a lot of drama.. Idk if i can call it a makjang but i feel it is one.

Story: The story for the most part was good. However, i personally felt Soo Hyuk (vixx's N) arc was a bit weak.. like the story development of his felt weak. The story revolving around the 2 main protagonists was really well written.

A point to be appreciated is the Direction and the way they show and how the series progresses. Like the way they reveal tiny bits of the incident keeps us guessing.

Acting: OMG... Lee bo young and Kim Seo Hyung they absolutely nailed the role... The acting was so good. Ok Ja yoon was also real good . Again I felt N's acting was a bit off.. maybe i expected too much but still he did a good job considering the cast he was surrounded with.. must have been a lot of pressure.

Music: The bgms were very nice and in the last ep the final few minutes along with the ost in the background .. it was real good!!

One thing to be noted regarding to the drama is the aesthetics.. the way they showed the house and the attire of the cast.. everything was really detailed and unique.

It also has some comedy scenes but it tends more to the drama. If you like shows with a lot of tension and drama then, Mine is the perfect drama for you.

I tried my best to not spoil anything. Have fun watching!!

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Girl Power Done Well

Normally I am turned off by girl power scripts where the women are all winners and the men are all losers. Had I watched the finale first I might not have watched the series in the first place, as the girl power underpinnings (and gay rights) are finally laid bare in the last minutes of the series. Yet, having binged through the episodes, with frequent fast forwarding, I felt that these women had earned their results and weren't just given them capriciously. It was only after reading some reviews that I bothered to look up the director and writer and saw they were both female. There were a few hints along the way that it was a feminine hand on the tiller, but not those hands were not as heavy as I might find in an American production.

Sure, the male characters were killers, adulterers, and generally inept human beings. But I didn't feel that the women in charge of the production were bent on indicting ALL men, merely highlighting the foibles of THESE particular men. There really wasn't much to applaud in regards to the male characters. The Young Master was let off the hook a bit and given a participation trophy for rising above the barriers of tradition in order to date and marry a maid whom he barely knew and who certainly didn't seem as much fun as his arranged fiance. (Or maybe the writer was dissing him for his unwise decision. Hmm)

And I'm not sure I would have watched the series if Lee Bo-young wasn't so darn attractive. I guess that's why they cast pretty people. I enjoyed the over-the-top presentation of Grandma and can't remember another series where they purposely allowed a main character to have food on their face while eating or showing an open mouth full of food. My own mother was quite dramatic and given to outbursts at times, but the cultural behavioral expectations of Americans and Koreans are much different. How would a Korean view Grandma's (or her daughter's) bombastic episodes?

Fortunately the ending of this series broke the string of unsatisfactory ones that I've experienced recently. Though I wouldn't categorize the ending as great or romantic. I would have enjoyed an epilogue set several years in the future instead of just 6 months. Let's see how well the young couple is doing. Bring in some new romantic interests. Alas, not enough there for a second season, so I'll just have to make up my own story lines.

And as always, the product placements were blatant, which I find a bit humorous.

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Mine (2021) - the cast in the drama is star studded, my eyes could not believe it.

I really the first parts of the drama but I think it got drag down in the long run. I love the characters, especially that it's female dominated with taboo topics that is also given importance in the drama. It's great.

For me though there is something lacking that I could not pinpoint what. I think I was just not convinced especially at the end. And to N, please don't accept a chaebol role next time, I love your role in Tunnel but not as a third generation chaebol. It does not suit him at all. I'm sorry. I didn't really felt the romance nor chemistry within the 3rd gen chaebol love story, but I understand since it's not really a romance drama.

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⛓Dynasty Meets Hitchcock @ Girl Power Hour⛓ °8.1° °excellent°

Ⓜ is about one of the poshest prisons on earth - A chairman's compound, eh… home. This is a family shackled by the proverbial golden handcuffs. If we scrape off the gilded trappings, it reveals that this family's hearts are what's shackled.

Is this not for everyone? Sure.

Is it well done? Absolutely.

Ⓜ was skillfully crafted. If one can watch until the end, the message is powerful. Truly outstanding craftsmanship went into this series. Everything in Ⓜ is deliberate & methodical work. The pace augments the slow burn effect. The soundtrack portends doom. The dialogue and acting sustain the tension. While Ⓜ's not exactly subtle, it appears to be designed that way. The truth is in front of everyone. It's not running away - It's escaping them, because they refuse to see it. It's not subtle. It bludgeons the audience. Ⓜ is a slow burn style show with a weighty feel to it along w/ a sense of impending doom.

The quest for more and more elusive power may leave one's soul powerLESS. Trapped. Snared. Hooked. Captured. That's the feel. Love, or the lack of it, is the true power in Ⓜ. We see the power of love is snuffed out by pride, and nearly every person in Ⓜ is damaged over the want of love. Jin-ho and Jin-hee were marred by a dearth of affection & (emotional) support because their parents are thoroughly self-centered. However, even /they/ were provided with more (emotionally) than Ji-yoon.

Metaphors, both visual and verbal, are utilized to add layers of depth. One character has a literal and metaphoric wake up. This person, though late to do so, makes an effort to encourage those around h/h to alter their destructive courses & improve themselves. Han Soo-hyuk's heart sweater represents his character. Kang's visual signals and wardrobe change as she adapts to the situation. Mother is always eating meat, always consuming.

Cadenza and Rubato are metaphors. Neither is a beautiful mansion. Cadenza is institutional, like an asylum. There is imagery of bars and cells everywhere. The beautiful painting at the top of the stairs features black, sturdy looking columns that aren't as strong as they first appear, vaporizing into the persistent wind. There are narrow hallways with ceilings that look like they reach the sky. Cheerless, they look like big inescapable boxes. Another hallway even has painted bars on the walls. Many of Rubato and Cadenza's rooms and hallways look like segments or cells lined up. That, again, brings to mind prisons and mental words. Could this represent compartmentalization? The focus constantly drifts back to the stairs in the foyer. Kim Yu-yeon is always polishing that stair railing.

CADENZA: The main house, Cadenza, is a major player. It's more than a metaphor: Cadenza is a character in the show. Its feel is creepy & imposing, which reflects its denizens. Remember what the one detective says about it? "The house wasn't that great. It was big, but drafty." (ie. cold, chilly winds & devoid of warmth). It's institutional, with the repeating imagery reflecting confinement. Hi-soo refers to escaping it as if it's an asylum, or prison. The focus constantly drifts back to the stairs. The staircase is an open mouth-when looking straight on, and the observer is INSIDE of the mouth. The stairs are the teeth. The bunker has the arches and segments in separated sections, almost as if they are RIBS. We've been consumed. They think they are consumers, but they are being consumed. Are they inside a beast? If they are, the big window in Seo's office is its eye. The inside pattern is an eye, or perhaps, an eye in a spider web. The window clearly is a metaphor as the occupant of that office is the all-seeing eye of the family and the compound.

The director/writer consistently uses repetition to hammer a point and build tension. “MINE” “MINE” “MINE” Is ubiquitous in the series. One of the characters says: "I've never had a thing that was truly mine. Now, everything is mine," exposing replete self-deception. As Mother Emma will point out, we are all deluded about what we consider to be "mine." In high irony, "I feel sorry for them," is said twice or thrice. Jin-ho being the first to voice that sentiment. He adds: "Everyone in the family is lonely." They've abandoned contentment for an illusion. They are blind to their own "stuff," shredding their hearts as they plunge to meet their own hard truths. Yet, they still try to enforce their way of life on Soo-hyuk.

Foreshadowing is prevalent. There's a heavy, weighty feel to Ⓜ w/ a sense of impending doom. “Lie,” “spy,” “die,” is how they fly. Everyone has secrets. They spy to get fuel for their designs. They blackmail and threaten as easily as they breathe.

Arrogance infects all interactions. Ji-yoon is “chairdad‘s” illegitimate child, who was brought home to be raised along with his half-siblings. Ji-yoon tells his son, Ha-joon, that 'God always takes something from special people like us." His declaration that he's special may be coming from a place of pain. He was not made to feel special or loved, growing up, so he's grasping at anything that will feed his starving self-image.

The humor - it's funny at times. Nobody's funnier than clueless mother and her kids. She says stuff like: "Nobody's more stressed out than I am." (Tsk tsk!). Mother Emma is held up as a comparison to the family. She's the one that's truly living a fulfilling life.

Ⓜ echoes the excellent movie, Gosford Park. A predecessor to Downtown Abbey, there is not one scene where the servants are not present. They play their whole torrid lives out in front of the servants without hardly noticing anyone is there. Another character starts to channel an inner Rev Dimmesdale from The Scarlet Letter. This person becomes consumed with anxiety and guilt over the situation. These last few episodes are downright Hitchcockian, with Hi-soo as a Grace Kelly type (if Grace Kelly could flip a switch and dress a person down with Oscar-worthy verve). It's not perfect. Toward the end, they made one of the 'baddies' too easy to kill. The person was being too honest about h/h intentions, which wasn't realistic. No doubt some viewers will think it's too heavy handed. I'm of the opinion that it all works together well.

The narrator says in the intro that "she" caused the caste system at Cadenza to collapse. Wouldn't you like to know who that is? Is it, perhaps, a generic "she?" Ep16 is entitled: "Glorious WOMEN." We see some satisfying "girl power" moments in the last episode. I hope that some of this will help to underscore what is going on beneath the surface. I wasn't dying to watch it, but I think I'll probably drop in for another visit sometime.


Quote🗣:

"Think about what's truly yours. {She lists a bunch of possessions and points out that everything they own will be passed on to someone else, so things aren't truly yours.} The things you've said, the things you've done, and the values that you strived to keep throughout your life, or what you'll bring with you when you die. Let's drive to find what's truly ours during our time in this world. ~Mother Emma~


⛔️ SPOILER SECTION ⛔️

The following is more of an addendum to my non-spoiler review, expanding on the skillful work that went into this production. Ⓜ shows what happens when a family is trapped in despair for a long time. Sometimes death is the only escape.

Trapped; Snared; Hooked; Captured➡ That's the feel. The quest for more & more elusive power may leave one's soul powerLESS, we see. The power of love starts to shake the shackles. None of the feckless men in the family were permitted to marry whom they loved. This created a schism that allowed despair to creep in. The fallout is mistresses, illegitimacy, isolation & family succumbing to the cold draft. Jin-ho+Jin-hee is exhibit #1, while Soo-hyuk is the first man to break the cycle - This kid's fallen for the new maid, Yu-yeon, & he intends to treat her right.

Kang tells Ji-yoon that he makes her skin crawl. Next, Hi-soo says the whole family makes her skin crawl. It's a small link between the two & an early sign that they are starting to think alike. Does almost everyone in the show lose what {they believe} is theirs? The words “kill,” “murder,” & “dead” are constantly mentioned. This group isn't a family: They are a death cult with corrupted beliefs. Womb & Tomb - Twice, a family member asks someone to murder a relative. Ji-yoon, Kang, and His-soo all make actual death threats. Hi-soo has the miscarriage, underscoring her now moribund connection to the family. The repetition supports the pound-pound-pound of the soundtrack.

Foreshadowing: Ⓜ has a heavy, suffocating feel to it w/ a sense of impending disaster. Seo-hyun even tells Ji-yoon to be quiet as the "dead." He replies that she should be scared of him, and if she keeps provoking him, he's not sure what he'll do. He's looking more and more like a sociopath. “Plunge,” "Fall,” & “Descent” are all concepts explored in the show, both verbally and visually. Soo-hyuk sees it all for what it is. The ominous soundtrack thrums MINE MINE MINE: Doomsday is roiled and on the move, hunting. Dread builds.

Bitter Regrets: Regret dashes the family to pieces. Everyone is affected except Soo-hyuk, who had donned a breathing mask to shield himself from their toxins. Mother, who seemed the most callous, is the most sincere in expressing regret. Ji-yoon's death arrests her focus. It rankles her. Father's overtures toward his family, after waking up, show he regrets his previous actions - cut to him mourning Ji-yoon as the son of the woman he truly loved. Their refusal to allow love into their lives left them rotting from the core out.

The legitimate kids, Jin-ho & Jin-hee, win the contest for whom I want to party with out of this group. Jin-hee will make it a night to remember (bring bail $), and frankly, Jin-ho could benefit from a little fun. Jin-ho is the most honest. He is too weak to do something about the prison he's in, so he self-medicates & droops. He never gets what he needs. He freely admits he's lonely. Jin-hee's story is great amusement. She is pure Rage-Against-The-Machine, most of the show. By the time of the hospital scene, I was exclaiming: "Jin-hee, girl! You've grown!" 😁 Ok, it fell apart later😕. She manages to at least delay her tantrum. She's 100% solid in her demands for penance. Baby steps👍🏽.

Metaphors: They're plotted throughout the series. 🐣Free No-deok!!! No-deok, the peacock, is a living metaphor. /His/ cage is near the center of the compound. Residents (other inmates) circle round this resplendent detainee but draw no inferences pertaining to themselves. No-deok comes back, accepting his defeat: Mother had hobbled No-deok, just as she & Father hobbled their kids. Oma changes after Ji-yoon's death. (Ji-yoon is the mistress's kid. Chairdad brought him home long ago. He's married to moviestar Hi-soo & their son is Ha-joon, but Kang is Ha-joon's birth-mother. In ep1, while in disguise, Kang is hired as the governess). Mom sees that No-deok has a stray chick in his cage, so she asks if he'll raise somebody else's baby? If he will, she tells him to "DO IT RIGHT!"

Stuck: If No-deok is the metaphor#1, the painting called The Narrow Gate is #2. An 🐘 has his trunk and half of his head through the gate, but he's stuck & in tears. The gate is too narrow. He can't pass. Jung Seo-hyun asks the autistic artist to demonstrate how the 🐘 could get past the gate, & it leads to an epiphany. The artist returns, accompanied by his mother. He trotts the 🐘 behind the gate, past the wall line and to the outside. The 🐘 didn't realize there was NO wall! He had never been stuck, he had just /believed/ he was. It's the jolt that helps JSH strip her life down to the simplest construct: She had over complicated things. In front of her is a special needs child with his mother. They have respect, trust, & love for e/o. She doesn't have /everything/. She's not even close.

Hi-soo is always eating 🍎. Is she Eve? Ji-yoon is the 🐍. *A* snake, rather. He's not the only one. The whole compound is a snake pit.

Kang: Visuals such as wardrobe, and transformation are her thread that's woven into the tapestry. In the early episodes her dress is lean & long, with a high neck: She has her armor on. The other notable outfit Kang wore was in ep8, when she did her harbinger-of-death thing. Her wardrobe gradually loosens over time. By ep14, Kang's in a relaxed dress, her face has softened, and she has a peaceful look in her eyes. Her transformation is complete. She's drained out the poison with the help of His-soo and Ha-joon. She's a human being now.

As things unravel - Ji-yoon says he was alone and hurt b/c he was powerless. He obtains what he sees as power, but he ends up more alone than ever. Mother acts like the grandmother in Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find.' ➡Sincere for the 1st time ever, she is truly broken up over Ji-yoon's death. She can't eat.

She. Can't. Eat.

She was consuming something in nearly every scene up until then. She offers her dinner to Mrs Joo as "Chef Jung worked hard to prepare it." She was both generous & thoughtful in one sentence. It's so absurdly out of character; it seems like a dream sequence. After Ji-yoon goes over the railing to his final reconciliation, they all agree that Ha-joon is part of the family, it proves they have made progress. They chose openness over exclusivity. They chose generosity over greed, and they chose love over hate.

RUBATO: The 2nd house is much like the big-house. Ji-yoon's office & the upstairs hallway look like lined-up cells. Compartmentalization? To see Yu-yeon moving into Rubato is unsettling. I'd feel better for her if she had said she's going to remodel. She discharges the maid; she notices the servants. Here's hoping the message is that they must be vigilant to keep the poison out. She's definitely intending to protect what's hers. Another message could be that she's Seo-hyun's disciple.

The last few episodes are Hitchcockian. Hi-soo is even in the rocking chair, looking like Grace Kelly, but echoing Norman Bates mother. In the end, Ⓜ is a total Girl-Power show. Ep16 is entitled: "Glorious WOMEN." Even Mother and Jin-hee make significant improvements by the close. Jin-hee is going to be just fine. The narrator says in the intro that "she" caused the caste system at Cadenza to collapse. As the camera is on Kang, the viewer might think it was just Kang that did this. While Kang certainly pulled her weight, the "she' in that statement is a generic, or collective she:

~ Hi-soo challenges the structure throughout the series. She's also the one that rescued Kim Yu-yeon, brought her to the house, and encouraged Kim Yu-yeon and Soo-hyuk's relationship.

~ Kim Yu-yeon also challenged and prevailed over the caste structure at the compound. She rescued the next generation without compromising who she is.

~ We have as happy an ending as we could wish for: Jung Seo-hyun becomes queen. A good queen. Long may she reign.

🐘Add It Up: Power+Dour+Sour × Cage+Rage+Wage × Hate+Weight+Bait × Profligate+Manipulate+Tribulate × Thrill+Will+Kill × Pride+Lied+Snide -Cried -Collide ÷ Died. Hopefully, now they can thrive.

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A true soap/telenovela

Having grown up watching, and kinda hating, telenovelas, I usually avoid any drama that sounds like a traditional telenovela, but I decided to give Mine a try. It followed the tried-and-true formula for 1980s/1990s rich family telenovelas. It had everything one would expect:
- Illegitimate children
- Secret room
- Illicit affairs
- Depraved hobbies
- Fake pregnancies
- Fake deaths
- Spying housekeepers
- Big shoulder pads
- Cross-class romance
- Horseback riding
- Sibling rivalry/back stabbing
- Catfights
- Amnesia
- Murder
- Evil stepmother
- Alcohol dependence
- Fabulous shoes and purses
- And of course, a nun

The only thing missing was the evil twin brother/sister and the split personality disorder.

The acting was fantastic, and the story was engaging, but I could not get past the telenovela vibe.

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TWO WOMEN FINDING HAPPINESS IN LIFE

I actually love this drama because of basically everything... The story is unique and very thrilling as many secrets are being shown each time. I love their acting soooooo much. The second couple there is really cute and heartfelt. I love how they portrait a lot of emotions through their acting and the story itself. The production is insane and some of the lines are deep.

Some characters are intimidating and annoying :) and some are mhmhmhmhmhm.... nice and relatable and funny.

That's all I can say to not spoil it....

Have fun watching.....

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Amazing cast, story, message

This drama is hard to describe in just one or two words, it mixes a lot of genres(soap opera, satire, melodrama, mystery). So I'll just list what it has to offer:
-A cast of colorful, dysfunctional, and likeable characters
-A satiric yet so true view on society, not just rich people
-A melodramatic story with lords and servants set in modern times
-A peacock
-Women changing dresses several times during episodes, always looking stunning
-Great acting and production value
-Sad and tense moments mixed with comic relief
-A good mystery that keeps you guessing
-LGBT representation and feminist message

If you like these things watch it and have fun like I did!

My favorite character was actually Min-su, partly for her clever personality, partly for amazing job from the actress who can make soo many facial expressions, some comic, some tragic, but you could always guess what she's thinking about and it was so great! I love that actress tbh(Park Sung-Yun).

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Well written thriller, without any filler episodes!

Kim Seo Hyung the female lead who also was the lead in the drama Sky Castle is such a talented actress. She resembles the female lead actress from The World of Married. I usually don't pay attention to fashion in dramas but they had Jeong Seo Hyun (played by the actress Kim Seo Hyung) dressed to perfection lol.

This drama is worth your time and it's currently on Netflix. I actually prefer Korean thrillers & historical/period dramas that are like this drama, as opposed to Korean romcoms. This drama was well written, well produced, and well acted. I also think the way that the story was told is beautiful (very short clips of the future in every episode, gradually giving us more clues to the conclusion). Additionally, the pacing was great and there weren't any filler episode, thank goodness! I am glad that the other female lead character Seo Hee Soo, did not take 16 episodes to decide to leave her husband. Unfortunately, we see this often in dramaland. She got out of a very toxic relationship asap, and good for her! No one needs to be cheated on, mentally abused, threatened with murder, and only loved because they are carrying the baby of the other person.

The con that I have is that this drama was too short. Usually, I advocate for fewer episodes, but I think if this drama had 3 more episodes, we could have seen the development of Han Soo Hyuk [Seo Hyun’s stepson] story, and also Han Ji Yong [Hee Soo's husband] childhood, which would have helped us understand how he became what he was. The last con that I have is the lesbian storyline in this drama, I prefer heterosexual romance.

The desire for power, wealth, and fame turn most people into undercover monsters once they get it.

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Due to the genres and setting this drama somewhat felt similar to Penthouse yet in my eyes it was even better than it.

The first reason is the number of episodes. Mine has only one season with sixteens episodes and the story was well paced with a climatic end and it concluded really well. (I am currently on the third season of Penthouse and it gets draggy and tangled too much sometimes.)

I really liked how Mine showed lives of both the rich people and the poorer ones who were working in the two mansions as staff. It was really nice to see these two worlds collide and how everyone had their own problems, privileges, and duties.

Also wow, we got a lesbian character in there! And she was a major character! And so many people were supportive of her when they learned the truth about her! And she got a happy ending with the woman she loved! 🌈 I was honestly so happy to see that. We need more casual representation like this.

For all these reasons, plus great acting and amazing plot Mine has earned the highest rating from me. 10/10!

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Wanna watch strong female characters, go for it!!

A drama about powerful and strong women. To start with, the plot isn't very out of the box and it is a character driven drama and not plot driven so main focus is definitely on the characters.
The drama had me from the first episode and it took me a day to complete it but after 16 episodes when I looked back, it wasn't much in terms of story but an exciting time I had.
The drama had its own charm, i.e- Strong female characters, Beautiful cinematography, amazing acting and Pretty clothes.
The drama also worked to break some stereotypes out of which most are associated with women and their relationships.
It also talked about same sex relationship.
If I had to give you one reason to watch it, it's THE CAST. The women in the drama are just amazing. Strong, empowered and who help each other just how I like it.

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