The liver problem all began because the FL's mother went to some shady market health store and bought some unknown liquid they called 'medicine' that wasn't even an approved medication. That's what you get when you trust these weird concoctions that they are very fond of in Asian countries. In so many dramas, they provide those "tonics' all the time.
I've only watched 3 episodes and this ALCOHOL is driving me crazy! The woman just got a new liver, she's older, she's taking medicines and is exhausted from working very long hours as a resident in a hospital. Yet, she DRINKS alcohol at the party, which is DANGEROUS to her body where the new liver is still healing. Her excuse: I've always been a good drinker and I'm only drinking a little . And how stupid can these Korean doctors be? The boss doctor is treating his co-workers to liquor (bottle after bottle) to welcome the new people, one of which had a recent liver transplant.. Doctors are supposed to tell people to avoid alcohol instead, not encourage it. And to give alcohol to a woman who just had a liver transplant is so medically wrong. The message of this drama is that drinking alcohol supersedes everything, even your health. That is so irresponsible towards Korean society.
Are old Chinese women so stupid? Her daughter-in-law is already 4 months pregnant and she wants to force her to take medicine so that she can give birth to a boy and not a girl! The sex of the child was already determined long before.
Ok drama to watch if you have a couple of hours to spare and want something light. Each episode is at most 5mn watching time. Good ending. This drama would be great if it was longer, I'd say 24 ep of at least 45m n each, so that the plot/characters could be more developed.
It must be difficult for a Chinese woman to chose marriage. Who wants to get trapped in these?-she must take care…
Your last point is so right. Parents can do no wrong. In so many Asian dramas, we see extremely bad parents: gamblers, fraudsters, violent domestic abusers, losers, even murderers... Yet, the children are supposed to support them, put up with them and pay for their mistakes, over and over, just for being the parents. In some dramas, bad parents of successful children take it for granted that the children will support their bad habits and even blackmail them if they don't. And if the press announces it, it's the children that are viewed as bad children instead of the opposite.
I still don't understand why it's the FL that is investigating as a reporter the cause of the fire in the accident. Shouldn't it be the fire/police officials? After all the fire dept's test proved that the fridge was responsible. Officials aren't doing anything then?
I enjoyed watching this again after many years. I found the very ending very bizarre (where the seemingly adorable child prince loudly uses the North Korean 'omuni' in a hoarse and aggressive voice). The only person who could have taught him to speak like that at this young age is his mother. Why would she do that? It's not even funny in their circumstances where there's always tension between the two countries and their every step is carefully watched.
I LOVE this series so far. I find it a little slow and they spend too much screen time on long useless shots, I hope that it moves faster at ep 3. I definitively don't like the vibes within the ML's family: mean and competitive and no warmth or love. The ML didn't grow in a kind environment and was psychologically affected somehow. No wonder he seems to have a problem with people's smiles.
Don't think I could have finished Episode 2 if it didn't have Jun-Ho looking gorgeous as always. But that's not…
Sa Rang's behavior was unprofessional on day 1 only at the fitness center when the rude guest with the tiger t-shirt did that to her. After that, she was perfect and got many awards and promotions. She did need to use the bathroom in the guest room. She did inform her female manger (who hates her) that she needed to use the bathroom urgently but she wasn't allowed. When it became an emergency, Sa Rang had no choice but to use the restroom immediately. I wouldn't consider this unprofessional.
媽寶 Situation going on….. 🤣 amongst other esp prevalent social issues in Mainland…. I.e social and familial…
It must be difficult for a Chinese woman to chose marriage. Who wants to get trapped in these? -she must take care of her two parents -she must take care of her husband's two parents -she must take care of the children -she must take care of the husband -she must accept the husband's infidelity and vices and to be blamed as the cause for it because she didn't take care of him well enough -she must do almost all household chores -she must work at her job too -she is bullied by her parents in law -she is bullied by her sisters in law -she must show filial piety to her parents, grand-parents, parents in law -her husband is the 'godly' decision maker No wonder fewer women in China marry and the birth rate has declined so much. The economy that they usually blame is one small factor. For women, avoiding those above problems prevail over the economy. China has no countrywide program to take care of their elderly and the burdens fall mostly on the wife (and financially by the husband). Even grown children can be sued by their (sometimes bad) parents for not supporting and visiting them. The children didn't ask to be born so that they can spend many adult years supporting their parents. No matter how much a women loves a man, marriage comes with this whole package. I'd decline too and stay single!
Good drama. But the drinking...!!! It's disgusting. It's destructive. Almost every day, any reason, any opportunity, after work, with friends, colleagues... There were countless drinking scenes in every episode. Even if one didn't want to drink, the higher ups would use their power to force them to drink... more and more. Friends push each other to drink. Let me pour you one. And let another pour you one... And the cycle never stops. Ep 15, the FL is completely drunk almost passed out at a bus stop by herself at nighttime. I don't know how any man would find this so cute and romantic. Too much drinking is the part of Korean culture that sucks.
One thing I hate about any lakorn or any drama for that matter is how they make it seem like if you are dark skinned…
It's a common thing in Thailand to look down on darker people. In all the lakorns these past 10/20 years, all the main actors are white skinned. The main servants are slightly darker. The lowest servants are dark. The common bad guys, for hires, thiefs...are all dark skinned. The drama's main leads are even praised for being white skinned by the other characters. I looked at the posters of Thai dramas/movies from the 70s,80s. and the main actors, even the main leads had much darker skin than today, although not as dark as the other actors. From time to time, there is a real product advertisement that pops up in lakorn when it's recorded. Every single person in these advertisements is white.
Ep 6 is heartbreaking. But the good guys didn't plan very well and ended up paying with their lives. They forgot that their vehicles can be easily followed on police cameras that even I know are all over in Seoul. And the villain had bribed the police so it was easy for him to get the footage and find where the good guys are. The good guys were also too soft. They should have killed the bad guys when they got them, especially that huge one.
I don't understand why it took them several days to move the money away from the bookstore. They know that the bad guys found out days before but just left it there. I would have moved the money within hours so the bad guys don't steal it!
I don't understand why it took them several days to move the money away from the bookstore. They know that the bad guys found out days before but just left it there. I would have moved the money within hours so the bad guys don't steal it!
I don't understand why it took them several days to move the money away from the bookstore. They know that the bad guys found out days before but just left it there. I would have moved the money within hours so the bad guys don't steal it!
The woman just got a new liver, she's older, she's taking medicines and is exhausted from working very long hours as a resident in a hospital. Yet, she DRINKS alcohol at the party, which is DANGEROUS to her body where the new liver is still healing.
Her excuse: I've always been a good drinker and I'm only drinking a little .
And how stupid can these Korean doctors be? The boss doctor is treating his co-workers to liquor (bottle after bottle) to welcome the new people, one of which had a recent liver transplant.. Doctors are supposed to tell people to avoid alcohol instead, not encourage it. And to give alcohol to a woman who just had a liver transplant is so medically wrong.
The message of this drama is that drinking alcohol supersedes everything, even your health. That is so irresponsible towards Korean society.
This drama would be great if it was longer, I'd say 24 ep of at least 45m n each, so that the plot/characters could be more developed.
I found the very ending very bizarre (where the seemingly adorable child prince loudly uses the North Korean 'omuni' in a hoarse and aggressive voice). The only person who could have taught him to speak like that at this young age is his mother. Why would she do that? It's not even funny in their circumstances where there's always tension between the two countries and their every step is carefully watched.
I find it a little slow and they spend too much screen time on long useless shots, I hope that it moves faster at ep 3.
I definitively don't like the vibes within the ML's family: mean and competitive and no warmth or love. The ML didn't grow in a kind environment and was psychologically affected somehow. No wonder he seems to have a problem with people's smiles.
After that, she was perfect and got many awards and promotions. She did need to use the bathroom in the guest room. She did inform her female manger (who hates her) that she needed to use the bathroom urgently but she wasn't allowed. When it became an emergency, Sa Rang had no choice but to use the restroom immediately. I wouldn't consider this unprofessional.
-she must take care of her two parents
-she must take care of her husband's two parents
-she must take care of the children
-she must take care of the husband
-she must accept the husband's infidelity and vices and to be blamed as the cause for it because she didn't take care of him well enough
-she must do almost all household chores
-she must work at her job too
-she is bullied by her parents in law
-she is bullied by her sisters in law
-she must show filial piety to her parents, grand-parents, parents in law
-her husband is the 'godly' decision maker
No wonder fewer women in China marry and the birth rate has declined so much. The economy that they usually blame is one small factor. For women, avoiding those above problems prevail over the economy.
China has no countrywide program to take care of their elderly and the burdens fall mostly on the wife (and financially by the husband). Even grown children can be sued by their (sometimes bad) parents for not supporting and visiting them. The children didn't ask to be born so that they can spend many adult years supporting their parents.
No matter how much a women loves a man, marriage comes with this whole package. I'd decline too and stay single!
Almost every day, any reason, any opportunity, after work, with friends, colleagues... There were countless drinking scenes in every episode. Even if one didn't want to drink, the higher ups would use their power to force them to drink... more and more. Friends push each other to drink. Let me pour you one. And let another pour you one... And the cycle never stops.
Ep 15, the FL is completely drunk almost passed out at a bus stop by herself at nighttime. I don't know how any man would find this so cute and romantic.
Too much drinking is the part of Korean culture that sucks.
The drama's main leads are even praised for being white skinned by the other characters.
I looked at the posters of Thai dramas/movies from the 70s,80s. and the main actors, even the main leads had much darker skin than today, although not as dark as the other actors.
From time to time, there is a real product advertisement that pops up in lakorn when it's recorded. Every single person in these advertisements is white.
They forgot that their vehicles can be easily followed on police cameras that even I know are all over in Seoul. And the villain had bribed the police so it was easy for him to get the footage and find where the good guys are.
The good guys were also too soft. They should have killed the bad guys when they got them, especially that huge one.
They know that the bad guys found out days before but just left it there. I would have moved the money within hours so the bad guys don't steal it!
They know that the bad guys found out days before but just left it there. I would have moved the money within hours so the bad guys don't steal it!
They know that the bad guys found out days before but just left it there. I would have moved the money within hours so the bad guys don't steal it!
They're married after all.