It's rare to get this much closure for not only the leads but many secondary characters too. Love it.We usually…
Love your comment and agree with all. Even I came in to the show totally blind to the leads real age. I thought she must be mid 30s to early 40s at most in real life and honestly thought the ML is older even though he is a looker. I was shocked to learn that the FL is actually 50. in the early episodes when she was getting in to the character she looked a bit out of place and older. In the latter half of the show they gelled so well together that the age gap wasn't showing at all.
I have already watched all 14 episodes but there is one scene which is still bothering me , someone plzz explain…
I think he was just trying to break up the argument between Chiyeol and Haengseon. Not really planning to kill anyone. Otherwise he could have harmed Chiyeol too if he was aiming really at Haengeson
Does anyone think that the Donghui's apology was sincere because he wanted back in the good books of Chieyol?…
He also doesn't look very organized as a killer. He has no MO. He killed the girl and probably hid / destroyed her body, then threw the other boy from the academy building, then killed the math teacher and dumped his body in the river, then tried to kill Haeng seon in broad daylight. He is in a disturbed state of mind and has already given enough clues to Chiyeol regarding his hatred towards Haengseon and her family, and how manipulative he is. Soon he might make a mistake that would lead to his capture
Does anyone think that the Donghui's apology was sincere because he wanted back in the good books of Chieyol? In the previous scene he looked mad at Chiyeol for abandoning him, then he turned up and apologized. But when he was leaving he looked angry again. I suspect he is planning to harm him.
I think the advertising messed up here. The trailers were chock full of rom-com moments with no hint regarding…
Yes I think so too. They must be fans of the romance part of the show and want just that. Honestly I don't think it would be realistic to just show a love story in a show without any other elements. It would be boring.
Re point 1, late 30s early 40s would be rather young to have a teenager that age in Korea (if not many other places…
Is it? If so then I agree with your point. How old do you think other all care moms are supposed to be? Late 40's? I am not familiar with Korean culture so have no idea. I am a south asian, and the average age of marriage is quite young in our culture, early 20's is socially well accepted as an age to become a parent, even though most girls with a higher education and a career tend to wait until their late 20's-early 30's to get married.
Maybe I am quite older than the average audience of Kdrama, but I am baffled by the general audience's preoccupation with the genre. A lot of people seem to behave as though they were promised only romance and comdey but the showmakers have somehow betrayed them. Isn't the fact that it is a overall well-balanced good story enough to watch it? It has done really well in all the tropes it has utilized; comedy parts are really hilarious, romance is really really sweet, the social issues are very well handled, the thriller part is so far decently writtend and excecuted for me. Like everyone else, I really fell for the leads and their story. I didn't pay much attention to the murder mystery plot until episode 14, when they really stepped on it and brought it to the forefront. I am much more aquainted with indian shows, and plotholes the size of craters are a universal part of almost all of them, so I find the most Kdramas decetly well-written. Out of the few I have watched, this was only love story that had me hooked as a fan though. My thoughts on some controvertial topics of interest are : 1. Age of the lead a characters - I was previously not acquainted with Jung Kyung Ho and Jeon Do Yeon, so I didn't know their actual age. I also didn't pick up on the fact that FL is supposed to be older than ML initially. But their apparent age difference didn't stop me from falling in love with them. If you really believe that love has no age limit, then you shouldn't have an issue with their age - actual or fictional. The only mistake in my opinion the writers did was trying to highlight that FL looks too young to be a parent. She definitely looks late 30-early 40 so she really can be a parent. 2. Female lead's look and clothes - She is supposed to be a hardworking mother who is not well off and has no time or money for fashion, for Pete's sake. She doesn't have the typical barbie-doll looks of korean actresses, yes, but does everyone in korea look picture perfect? Isn't the real people look and dress like her? The male lead is a very rich man, so he is bound to be well-groomed, well-dressed and his obvious good looks are a significant factor in his massive popularity among students and parents. I don't think the makeup artists did a poor job on FL's look. Jeon Do Yeon has looked much more beautiful and well-dressed with that fringe in her other shows, so it's not like it's an unachievable goal. So lets assume that the FL is suppoed to look like that, she is supposed to look like an unlikely match to the younger and handsome ML. Their love is mainly based on their personalities, not the looks. 3. Murder mystery plot - I liked it. Yes it is not a brilliant whodunnit. I guessed that Dong hui is going to be the killer by episode 10 or so. Even now, I think the thriller part is not there to keep us guessing then blow our mind off with a complete turnaround. It's there to complement the story and give off a social message. I am predicting the ending of that storyline will be done decently without diasspointing most of us. The clues were dropped regualrly from the get-go, so no one can accuse them on suddenly focusing on it now. It was bound to come to the forefront at the end of the show. Also I think the first stalker girl is not mentioned because she is still reported missing and her body has not been found, so nobody suspects her to be a metal ball victim. Most probably they will bring that one to a close in the next episodes as well. 4. Hae-yi's mother - I didn' like the fact that she turned up. But she must have been introduced for a reason - maybe to give closure to Hae-yi, since she seemed to have a hangup regarding her mother abandoning her. Or maybe she was brought into confirm the fact that Haen-seon is truly Hae-yi's mother, despite not being her biological mother. I also think that she tuned up for some selfish reason - she may have seen the scandal and hae-yi appearing on social media, and thought she could claim some fame by turning up as her mother. 5. Social issues - This is one of those stories that really highlights how childhood stress affects the rest of a person's life. Teenage suicide, Dong-hui's deterioration in to a reckless serial killer, dissociative disorder the Su-a seem to be developing, the incredible pressure Sun-jae and his borther is feeling due to their mother - these facts are very well done.
Bottom line, let's give the benefit of the doubt to the makers and actors, and let's just enjoy the show. You can always stop watching if it is not your cup of tea instead of being so toxic about it.
1. Age of the lead a characters - I was previously not acquainted with Jung Kyung Ho and Jeon Do Yeon, so I didn't know their actual age. I also didn't pick up on the fact that FL is supposed to be older than ML initially. But their apparent age difference didn't stop me from falling in love with them. If you really believe that love has no age limit, then you shouldn't have an issue with their age - actual or fictional. The only mistake in my opinion the writers did was trying to highlight that FL looks too young to be a parent. She definitely looks late 30-early 40 so she really can be a parent.
2. Female lead's look and clothes - She is supposed to be a hardworking mother who is not well off and has no time or money for fashion, for Pete's sake. She doesn't have the typical barbie-doll looks of korean actresses, yes, but does everyone in korea look picture perfect? Isn't the real people look and dress like her? The male lead is a very rich man, so he is bound to be well-groomed, well-dressed and his obvious good looks are a significant factor in his massive popularity among students and parents. I don't think the makeup artists did a poor job on FL's look. Jeon Do Yeon has looked much more beautiful and well-dressed with that fringe in her other shows, so it's not like it's an unachievable goal. So lets assume that the FL is suppoed to look like that, she is supposed to look like an unlikely match to the younger and handsome ML. Their love is mainly based on their personalities, not the looks.
3. Murder mystery plot - I liked it. Yes it is not a brilliant whodunnit. I guessed that Dong hui is going to be the killer by episode 10 or so. Even now, I think the thriller part is not there to keep us guessing then blow our mind off with a complete turnaround. It's there to complement the story and give off a social message. I am predicting the ending of that storyline will be done decently without diasspointing most of us. The clues were dropped regualrly from the get-go, so no one can accuse them on suddenly focusing on it now. It was bound to come to the forefront at the end of the show. Also I think the first stalker girl is not mentioned because she is still reported missing and her body has not been found, so nobody suspects her to be a metal ball victim. Most probably they will bring that one to a close in the next episodes as well.
4. Hae-yi's mother - I didn' like the fact that she turned up. But she must have been introduced for a reason - maybe to give closure to Hae-yi, since she seemed to have a hangup regarding her mother abandoning her. Or maybe she was brought into confirm the fact that Haen-seon is truly Hae-yi's mother, despite not being her biological mother. I also think that she tuned up for some selfish reason - she may have seen the scandal and hae-yi appearing on social media, and thought she could claim some fame by turning up as her mother.
5. Social issues - This is one of those stories that really highlights how childhood stress affects the rest of a person's life. Teenage suicide, Dong-hui's deterioration in to a reckless serial killer, dissociative disorder the Su-a seem to be developing, the incredible pressure Sun-jae and his borther is feeling due to their mother - these facts are very well done.
Bottom line, let's give the benefit of the doubt to the makers and actors, and let's just enjoy the show. You can always stop watching if it is not your cup of tea instead of being so toxic about it.