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None so far. And considering that only 3 episodes are left I don’t think they will. All romance went into ML’s backstory and literally died there.

I dunno, Lee Chung Ah is here only for 2.5 episodes. The leads though have hilarious chemistry on their own, but it’s a different kind. And FL actress already worked with ML actor in The Veil drama.

Well, he went offscreen in season 2 anyway. I liked his daughter character and I like her actress, she was pretty good in this year’s Snowdrop.

There was a big time gap in leads character relationship in their backstory - ML avoided FL for many years after their college years. And during that time ML, instead of tackling his problems head on and working as a prosecutor, loafs around and leisurely writes crime fiction books based on what he secretly investigated about the bad guys. He doesn’t attempt to take them down to be together with FL, even though he has unrequited love for her all those years. Only when she moves into his building to open her law cafe he starts rethinking his life choices.

Really? I thought they were very cliche, such backstories are often shown in crime kdramas - corrupt villains that hero with unwavering justice must take down for revenge. And that aside, they were completely out of tune with the rest of the series, as if taken from another drama. Shouldn’t have spent 2.5 episodes on ML’s background story in a drama that has only 12 episodes. Wasted too much time on it.
And btw, FL in May It Please The Court is a way more realistic depiction of a top ace attorney in a big unscrupulous law firm, that defends corrupt rich people for lots of money, than that overly idealistic character with unburied conscience in One Dollar Lawyer’s backstory.

Definitely better than Blind 😆
One Dollar Lawyer is a different genre - its highlight are hilarious comedic characters, not the intricate plot.

Yea, this drama is underrated. But judging by the amount of user scores it simply looks like not many people know about it. Gonna be another one of those hidden gems that flew under the radar it seems. Disney+ needs to promote kdramas better, it's not the first time.

I felt like chaebol family plot was left unfinished. In the first season there was that old head of the family (who's actor always plays the same type of villain). Then his daughter stepped into the spotlight in season 2. She was fighting for control over the conglomerate with her offscreen brother. And that side plot ended nowhere.
For coherency of the story I think characters from that family need to get involved in season 3 as well. If it happens, that is.

No bigger than between the first and second one.

I felt like her screen presence felt more important than the actual FL. ML even made an inside joke after his backstory episodes ended that it's been a while since she got to show herself. How does that make sense??
I think the writers went completely off track with ML's backstory, should have left that tangent tale for another drama.

Showing consent is good, but it's like a joke - if you need to explicitly explain it then it's a miss. At times it felt like I was watching some educational clips sprinkled with law clauses instead of a rom-com, 4th wall breaking didn't help with immersion either. And weirdest part of it was that characters talking about these things were rather old, it would have fitted younger ones better instead. I think writers shouldn't have increased that already ridiculous waiting time gap from the source material. The more old the characters are, the more offputting their immature behavior becomes.

Aside from utterly ridiculous and unbelievable giant time gap of waiting and doing nothing, I also didn't like how ML was running around with FL like she's a precious egg or smth. It just made him look like a desperate doormat.

FL's character also wasn't particularly my cup of tea - too rowdy and emotional to be a believably good lawyer. And some of her behaviour only someone with a patience of a saint, like ML, would have been able to tolerate.

Well, the last two episodes were cringey soap I just couldn't stand. And considering ridiculous time gap premise, and uneven overall writing, with lots of filler, I guess it's a 6.5 from me.

Looks like Stranger 3 is in discussions finally, btw:
https://kisskh.at/article/cho-seung-woo-and-bae-doo-na-s-drama-stranger-to-reportedly-have-a-season-3

Starting from episode 12.

Cool, I like these series.

Yea, it's good. It has a very coherent plot, FL undergoes good character development and there's some good funny stuff as well.

I think the writing started to go downhill a while ago. Lately it was either an ok episode or some crap filler. But episode 15 was the final nail in the coffin, what a cringey soap 🤦‍♂️ .
This drama should have been 12 episodes to keep the plot tight.

Ffs, what the hell? What is this cringey soap in episode 15?
Everyone is so fake and overacting, the villain is just so cliche 🤮 And police, just f*cking shoot the guy, he's wide open, the victim is on the floor. Jeez...🤦‍♂️
I don't like this show at all anymore, what a mess. Feels like the script was written by a teen or smth.

Judging by the preview all the bad guys may get killed this week already. They seem to be taking a page out of Saw movie's script.

https://kisskh.at/photos/02Pdr_3