Niya

More of this please, writer-nim! Such good storytelling! In 10 episodes, we got a complete and fully realized story for all of the characters, with nice but believable redemption arcs for Dal's dad and the grandfather and all the swoon-y moments you'd want in a romance. With a good business story to boot and a potential match for the second ML. (Although I would have been fine with a different ending for Nam Su and his girl, but this is a romance in a relatively conservative society & I’m guessing one of the reasons why the production didn’t go with an abortion is the pro-birth sentiment the Korean government is trying to push forth, considering SK’s very real dilemma with their low birth rate, which just rebounded this year.)

It shouldn't be this remarkable but I can count on one hand how many of out of the dozens of dramas I've watched that have nailed the writing as well as this one. It's clear they had a defined story and outcome they wanted to achieve and outlined a script to get there in ways that make sense. No weird tropes, forced break-ups, white trucks of doom. Just a really good script with very capable actors.

Automatically, this goes in my top 5 of dramas I've watched. And at 10 episodes, #1 in my rewatch list.