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Cute, but Slightly Adrift
This show’s strength is in its actors. Song Kang and Kim Yoo Jung carried the show both individually and as a pair. Without their acting chemistry, this wouldn’t have been as popular as it was. Their love story is in parts wholesome, hilarious, and tragic and perfectly conveyed by the leads.
This show’s weakness is its story. It started off very promising; it wasn’t anything new, but it began with a pretty good momentum that had me hooked. After about halfway through it floundered and the pacing was all over the place. It also couldn’t see to choose a tone, sometimes being super serious and tense and other times super silly.
The villain/murder plot had a lot of potential to be great but the writers revealed everything too early. Instead of building up suspicion and characterization of the family, it was revealed early on who the real antagonist was. Furthermore, the answer was pretty obvious and by the time the “truth” was revealed to the characters, viewers had guessed major plot points long ago. With a 16 episode run, they could have spent that time padding out plot lines strategically but failed to do so.
Another waste was the second leads. Gu-won and Ga Young had zero chemistry, and her character seemed wholly unnecessary. Seok Hoon’s second lead syndrome was also half-written and didn’t need to be a plot point either. I actually thought Seok Hoon was going to be revealed as the main antagonist because Seok Min was way too obvious.
Overall, it was an enjoyable show but many parts lacked in development. The best part of the story was the main love plot and their past connection, but had the potential to be a lot better. Probably wouldn’t watch again, but it’s definitely far from the worst I’ve seen.
This show’s weakness is its story. It started off very promising; it wasn’t anything new, but it began with a pretty good momentum that had me hooked. After about halfway through it floundered and the pacing was all over the place. It also couldn’t see to choose a tone, sometimes being super serious and tense and other times super silly.
The villain/murder plot had a lot of potential to be great but the writers revealed everything too early. Instead of building up suspicion and characterization of the family, it was revealed early on who the real antagonist was. Furthermore, the answer was pretty obvious and by the time the “truth” was revealed to the characters, viewers had guessed major plot points long ago. With a 16 episode run, they could have spent that time padding out plot lines strategically but failed to do so.
Another waste was the second leads. Gu-won and Ga Young had zero chemistry, and her character seemed wholly unnecessary. Seok Hoon’s second lead syndrome was also half-written and didn’t need to be a plot point either. I actually thought Seok Hoon was going to be revealed as the main antagonist because Seok Min was way too obvious.
Overall, it was an enjoyable show but many parts lacked in development. The best part of the story was the main love plot and their past connection, but had the potential to be a lot better. Probably wouldn’t watch again, but it’s definitely far from the worst I’ve seen.
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