This review may contain spoilers
1st watched in 2019 (8*) rewatched in 2026 (7*)
Pieces of this are great, but as a whole, it's too frustratingly flawed to be satisfying.
I was surprised that I disliked this alot less when I rewatched it. The parts I disliked made me want to give it less than 7*
There's ALOT to like about this drama . How you feel at the end of a drama really can overshadow & make you forget the parts that you didn't like so much. That's how this drama was for me as it sandwiches the dislikeable parts in between the first half-(which has a good bit of silly comedy) and the last half (which has a good bit of warm fuzzies leading to happy endings for the 4 main characters.)
There are honestly some very lovely moments where the leads have sweet interactions. The male lead's character brings the heart fluttering moments & the drama ends happily making it difficult to remember how much I hated the middle part of the drama .
1) The drama pretty much centers around the female lead who is sort of a surrogate mother to her boss, which makes for an odd romance. The bulk of the drama is about her taking advantage of her boss in a way that only takes a second to become completely humorless. By Episode 11 the lie has gotten old & now it feels as the female lead is using the boss. You can't "sugar coat" it- it's a lie, it's deception and it is mean. The fact that it continues almost to the end of the drama was too much.
++++That's what disappointed me & kept me from loving the drama.
Female lead also goes on to break his heart twice, but not to worry because
2) Male lead's character is an (annoyingly) endearing golden retriever puppy type ( with abandonment issues) whose up bringing does not match up with his willingness to forgive.
3) There are some very good kisses in this drama (again, the male lead shines)
5) The inconsistencies of :
the 2nd male lead knowing then somehow not knowing about what's going on with his best friend the male lead.
the male lead saying that his secretary is the only face he can see & then later he isn't able to even when she's wearing the same clothes ...it doesn't make sense
4) They present the office workers stealing from the company & thier bosses as justified & righteous when they actually made things worse for themselves by stealing. How are they not just as bad as the people they are stealing from ?
5) The female lead isn't honest which puts the male lead through alot of misery.
6) The female lead thinks that it's better to break someone's heart than let that person lose thier position at work. This noble sacrifice trope is anything but noble and is more selfish than sacrificing a she's supposed to know her boss better than anyone, so she should know what is most important to him, but she totally disregards his words & intent & unilaterally makes a life altering decision for him.
7) The male lead is confused as soon as he gets what he wants- showing just how much the female lead messed up his head! (this is-yet again, not a point in favor of the female lead).
8) Male lead's best friend is given all the clues & even explanations how does he not know about the male lead's "handicap" !? And then the female lead tells him, yet he totally seems clueless afterwards !
Quite a few :innuendo moments.
Interesting drama quote :
"Stop thinking about where your love is headed & think about where you feelings originated
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**********Spoilers***********
Specific instances in the drama that chipped away at me:
Cleaning woman goes into men's room knowing a man is in there & calls HIM a pervert (plus he is a CEO which she would recognize him as such)
Veronica Park in the bathroom stall while handcuffed-was disgusting-not comedy in my culture.
Why doesn't almost getting hit by a car raise the male lead's blood pressure ?
Female lead leaves the male lead ALONE at a funeral full of people that he is unable to tell them apart ! they've written her character So badly, as it is 3/4 of the way through the drama so how can she do that ?
the attacker caught in the office-throwing things at male lead, uses a box cutter on him & THEN the female lead defends the attacker (he's wearing a cap & mask just like he did in the previous attack PLUS he's got a box cutter!) it's just stupid that she doesn't connect the attacker to the previous attack plus she defends the attacker.AND no one mentions that the flash drive is gone from the desk drawer (eye roll!) (& we are to forget the she saw the attackers face in the first attack !)
The attacker: His motive is ????? he's willing to harm any person who would interfere with his the group that steals to support the office workers.... so he will harm even co workers (the very people his group say they support!?) and then he attempts to stab an innocent blind man who doesn't want him to steal a laptop from the blind guy's house. I'm not seeing any Righteous agenda here.
Attacker breaks into same drawer & steals flash drive twice & no one notices ?
the lap top is stolen twice !!
The male lead goes through alot for the female lead and she can't just give him a straight answer to his proposal!?
when will men in dramas learn that giving a woman everything that they think that she thinks she wants will always lead to her being spoiled instead of satisfied
I was surprised that I disliked this alot less when I rewatched it. The parts I disliked made me want to give it less than 7*
There's ALOT to like about this drama . How you feel at the end of a drama really can overshadow & make you forget the parts that you didn't like so much. That's how this drama was for me as it sandwiches the dislikeable parts in between the first half-(which has a good bit of silly comedy) and the last half (which has a good bit of warm fuzzies leading to happy endings for the 4 main characters.)
There are honestly some very lovely moments where the leads have sweet interactions. The male lead's character brings the heart fluttering moments & the drama ends happily making it difficult to remember how much I hated the middle part of the drama .
1) The drama pretty much centers around the female lead who is sort of a surrogate mother to her boss, which makes for an odd romance. The bulk of the drama is about her taking advantage of her boss in a way that only takes a second to become completely humorless. By Episode 11 the lie has gotten old & now it feels as the female lead is using the boss. You can't "sugar coat" it- it's a lie, it's deception and it is mean. The fact that it continues almost to the end of the drama was too much.
++++That's what disappointed me & kept me from loving the drama.
Female lead also goes on to break his heart twice, but not to worry because
2) Male lead's character is an (annoyingly) endearing golden retriever puppy type ( with abandonment issues) whose up bringing does not match up with his willingness to forgive.
3) There are some very good kisses in this drama (again, the male lead shines)
5) The inconsistencies of :
the 2nd male lead knowing then somehow not knowing about what's going on with his best friend the male lead.
the male lead saying that his secretary is the only face he can see & then later he isn't able to even when she's wearing the same clothes ...it doesn't make sense
4) They present the office workers stealing from the company & thier bosses as justified & righteous when they actually made things worse for themselves by stealing. How are they not just as bad as the people they are stealing from ?
5) The female lead isn't honest which puts the male lead through alot of misery.
6) The female lead thinks that it's better to break someone's heart than let that person lose thier position at work. This noble sacrifice trope is anything but noble and is more selfish than sacrificing a she's supposed to know her boss better than anyone, so she should know what is most important to him, but she totally disregards his words & intent & unilaterally makes a life altering decision for him.
7) The male lead is confused as soon as he gets what he wants- showing just how much the female lead messed up his head! (this is-yet again, not a point in favor of the female lead).
8) Male lead's best friend is given all the clues & even explanations how does he not know about the male lead's "handicap" !? And then the female lead tells him, yet he totally seems clueless afterwards !
Quite a few :innuendo moments.
Interesting drama quote :
"Stop thinking about where your love is headed & think about where you feelings originated
__
**********Spoilers***********
Specific instances in the drama that chipped away at me:
Cleaning woman goes into men's room knowing a man is in there & calls HIM a pervert (plus he is a CEO which she would recognize him as such)
Veronica Park in the bathroom stall while handcuffed-was disgusting-not comedy in my culture.
Why doesn't almost getting hit by a car raise the male lead's blood pressure ?
Female lead leaves the male lead ALONE at a funeral full of people that he is unable to tell them apart ! they've written her character So badly, as it is 3/4 of the way through the drama so how can she do that ?
the attacker caught in the office-throwing things at male lead, uses a box cutter on him & THEN the female lead defends the attacker (he's wearing a cap & mask just like he did in the previous attack PLUS he's got a box cutter!) it's just stupid that she doesn't connect the attacker to the previous attack plus she defends the attacker.AND no one mentions that the flash drive is gone from the desk drawer (eye roll!) (& we are to forget the she saw the attackers face in the first attack !)
The attacker: His motive is ????? he's willing to harm any person who would interfere with his the group that steals to support the office workers.... so he will harm even co workers (the very people his group say they support!?) and then he attempts to stab an innocent blind man who doesn't want him to steal a laptop from the blind guy's house. I'm not seeing any Righteous agenda here.
Attacker breaks into same drawer & steals flash drive twice & no one notices ?
the lap top is stolen twice !!
The male lead goes through alot for the female lead and she can't just give him a straight answer to his proposal!?
when will men in dramas learn that giving a woman everything that they think that she thinks she wants will always lead to her being spoiled instead of satisfied
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