BOTH:
- deal with male lead and female lead lives being intertwined by their friends and family
- love happens between male and female lead due to tragedy of a loved one (male lead loses loved one in Secret) (female lead loses loved one in Uncontrollably Fond)
- DECEPTION theme - male lead is deceived into believing female lead did wrong when really it was someone else but still male lead falls for her in Secret / in Uncontrollably Fond female lead is deceived by many close to her who know the truth including male lead but he still chooses to fall for her
- both dramas filled with pain and misery
- female lead in both are pitiful, poor and stoop very low to appeal to the rich at some point
- deal with male lead and female lead lives being intertwined by their friends and family
- love happens between male and female lead due to tragedy of a loved one (male lead loses loved one in Secret) (female lead loses loved one in Uncontrollably Fond)
- DECEPTION theme - male lead is deceived into believing female lead did wrong when really it was someone else but still male lead falls for her in Secret / in Uncontrollably Fond female lead is deceived by many close to her who know the truth including male lead but he still chooses to fall for her
- both dramas filled with pain and misery
- female lead in both are pitiful, poor and stoop very low to appeal to the rich at some point



