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What a waste of a great cast and plot
The drama was a good slice of life. I liked the calm and warm vibe of it. But it fell short on many aspects. I believe if it had been done better, it would have been excellent. I'm very sad, it is such a waste of talent and good plot... I was drawn to it because I thought it was similar to my favorite drama Hospital Playlist -but with lawyers- and it was to some extent, just worse.
As for the main characters, I really like the cast, but I don't think they have much chemistry with each other. As for the romance, I knew this was not the main focus, but it just felt a little too forced. It could have been a beautiful slow burn romance, with little hints here and there that there were something, without really showing anything (like hospital playlist...) Having little glimpses of that Hong Kong romantic escapade. But as KHJ and AJH had absolutely zero chemistry together, it miserably failed in that aspect. Hui Ji had more chemistry with Cho Chang Won than An Ju Hyeong sadly.
But the one thing I am really, REALLY disappointed about is the chairwoman's story. This was done extremely poorly and felt very messy overall. This was such a missed opportunity... At first I was excited to see a side story with the CEO Gang. We could have seen all the CEOs bonding together and growing together as people, having probably a cute rivalry going on. (They did try to do that at one point when two CEOs were opposites in a trial, but that one felt just very dumb and not explored further.) I was hoping her and the whole ceo gang would have become real friends, somewhat like our main group. But no. There was nothing. The merger happened, then our lady leaves to pursue her dreams (I mean, good for her) and everything goes back to its place, as if nothing happened. Then why even go through the merger to begin with? Whyyy?
The chairwoman was supposed to be an important character, but she was basically just used as filler... The story with that one guy, who was an absolute POS, was inconsistent and boring. I understood that the guy was probably someone who profited from her at some point (probably from her foundation) and used that in bad ways, which is why she tried to stop him. But this was not explicitly shown, we just had to guess it... If the writers wanted to go in that direction, maybe a quick backstory of her past, where she saw the good in him and wanted to help him out, but then seeing him making all the wrong choices without being able to stop him would have been interesting to watch. Or at least would have explained their relationship. Or they could have just like...not done that? Like, why was his story SO important? Why was that character necessary for our chairwoman to be interesting? I found her plenty interesting to begin with. I mean, the lady has A LOT of money and is actually a badass yet altruistic chairwoman of a (probably) large conglomerate, with a passion for law. How is she not interesting enough?
I thought at first it was hinted that she sponsored some of the main characters, but turns out she only sponsored Ha Sang Gi. I was certain it would be revealed that she also sponsored Hui Ji back when her dad was having money issues after getting scammed, because she always looked at her sweetly, but no. This was absolutely not explored. I mean, how else could Hui Ji have become a lawyer when her dad had lost everything, to the point where she could no longer study piano and yet still manages to pay for her tuition for law school without any issues? That would have been interesting to explore. Huiji is known to be a huge social butterfly, they could have had a very cute relationship together, like with Ha Sang Gi towards the end. But our lady never properly bonded with anyone, even though it seemed like she was dying to be a part of it. I felt really sad for her, because I do love her.
Overall, I do believe the drama was not bad and was still enjoyable to watch. But it wanted to do a lot. Probably too much. But failed in every aspect.
Side note - I absolutely love Mun Jeong's hubby, the sweetest. (Now, THAT's chemistry !)
As for the main characters, I really like the cast, but I don't think they have much chemistry with each other. As for the romance, I knew this was not the main focus, but it just felt a little too forced. It could have been a beautiful slow burn romance, with little hints here and there that there were something, without really showing anything (like hospital playlist...) Having little glimpses of that Hong Kong romantic escapade. But as KHJ and AJH had absolutely zero chemistry together, it miserably failed in that aspect. Hui Ji had more chemistry with Cho Chang Won than An Ju Hyeong sadly.
But the one thing I am really, REALLY disappointed about is the chairwoman's story. This was done extremely poorly and felt very messy overall. This was such a missed opportunity... At first I was excited to see a side story with the CEO Gang. We could have seen all the CEOs bonding together and growing together as people, having probably a cute rivalry going on. (They did try to do that at one point when two CEOs were opposites in a trial, but that one felt just very dumb and not explored further.) I was hoping her and the whole ceo gang would have become real friends, somewhat like our main group. But no. There was nothing. The merger happened, then our lady leaves to pursue her dreams (I mean, good for her) and everything goes back to its place, as if nothing happened. Then why even go through the merger to begin with? Whyyy?
The chairwoman was supposed to be an important character, but she was basically just used as filler... The story with that one guy, who was an absolute POS, was inconsistent and boring. I understood that the guy was probably someone who profited from her at some point (probably from her foundation) and used that in bad ways, which is why she tried to stop him. But this was not explicitly shown, we just had to guess it... If the writers wanted to go in that direction, maybe a quick backstory of her past, where she saw the good in him and wanted to help him out, but then seeing him making all the wrong choices without being able to stop him would have been interesting to watch. Or at least would have explained their relationship. Or they could have just like...not done that? Like, why was his story SO important? Why was that character necessary for our chairwoman to be interesting? I found her plenty interesting to begin with. I mean, the lady has A LOT of money and is actually a badass yet altruistic chairwoman of a (probably) large conglomerate, with a passion for law. How is she not interesting enough?
I thought at first it was hinted that she sponsored some of the main characters, but turns out she only sponsored Ha Sang Gi. I was certain it would be revealed that she also sponsored Hui Ji back when her dad was having money issues after getting scammed, because she always looked at her sweetly, but no. This was absolutely not explored. I mean, how else could Hui Ji have become a lawyer when her dad had lost everything, to the point where she could no longer study piano and yet still manages to pay for her tuition for law school without any issues? That would have been interesting to explore. Huiji is known to be a huge social butterfly, they could have had a very cute relationship together, like with Ha Sang Gi towards the end. But our lady never properly bonded with anyone, even though it seemed like she was dying to be a part of it. I felt really sad for her, because I do love her.
Overall, I do believe the drama was not bad and was still enjoyable to watch. But it wanted to do a lot. Probably too much. But failed in every aspect.
Side note - I absolutely love Mun Jeong's hubby, the sweetest. (Now, THAT's chemistry !)
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