AllisonRobinson

I fear I'm in the minority in this, but I watched it with such high expectations and it took some time for me to put into words what bothered me about this show. I think it comes down to character arc and growth (or lack there of). We watch Kim Mi So start off the show with a desire to quit her job because she wants more out of life. Understandable, given her narcissist boss who has come to rely on her in the way a child relies on a parent.

However, and this is where I got so angry with the show, the characters never changed. No lessons were ever learned. In the end, she still keeps her job as his secretary (only this time he gets to sleep with her under the guise of a relationship, so bonus for him, I guess), he's still in his position of power over her as her employer, and neither character has learned anything. It felt like he got everything he wanted, and she was content to go along with it. I truly didn't understand the writing, and why the characters went through what they did only to end up in the same place. It's also incredibly frustrating to see a woman so business-minded who clearly has unmet professional desires just abandon it all. Park Min-Young was phenomenal, as always, and I know this is one of her iconic roles, but, as a viewer, I can't escape the resentment I feel for how her character was treated. The love was always going to be one-sided given the power/work imbalance, and that makes me sad as a deeply devoted lover of K drama romances. That's not true love. It's poor character development and a broken promise to the viewers.