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Hated it. Hated it. Hated it.
Not the show. Overall, even with this episode I enjoyed almost every minute of this. I couldn't stop watching it. It was like Kdrama crack.
Frankly, I would love to give this 10 stars but I just can't because of the godawful extension.
For 20 episodes, Jealousy Incarnate was a fun, smart, romantic and chaotic discussion of all aspects of jealousy. Wonderful acting, witty script and exuberant tone. Great OTP. Loved every minute of it.
Until...
I felt the show started meandering after episode 21 and then this episode really disappointed me.
At the beginning of the series, Na Ri is a weather girl in love with Hwa Shin. At the end? A weather girl in love with Hwa Shin.
At the beginning Jun Woo is a single fashion designer and Mummy's boy competing with his best friend for women who always choose the other man. At the end? Exactly the same.
Hwa Shin's relationship with his niece, a really important part of his character, was almost completely glossed over for half the drama and then neatly resolved with one short scene.
In the end, this was Hwa Shin's show and his character got lots of development. But I felt that he finally resolved his masculinity issues especially around fatherhood only to have the show deliver children to him anyway. I was especially disappointed in that. It also came off the back of someone's asexuality being "cured", which I found actively offensive.
Basically, I felt that this show had a chance for a great ending about episode 20 when it (I'm assuming) was supposed to have ended. Instead, the last four episodes lost focus and momentum and the last episode almost hit the reset button on a lot of character growth and development in a way I very disappointing.
The thing is, they had several plot lines they could have explored for the end including Na Ri's own breast cancer risk, Hwa Shin's reconciliation with his niece, Na Ri's relationship with her father and his abandoned younger wife, Jun Woo's relationship with his mother, and several others. Instead the wedding was treated as the resolution and while I'll always pay money to see Jo Jung-seok sing and dance I felt a lot of it was pointless.
Not the show. Overall, even with this episode I enjoyed almost every minute of this. I couldn't stop watching it. It was like Kdrama crack.
Frankly, I would love to give this 10 stars but I just can't because of the godawful extension.
For 20 episodes, Jealousy Incarnate was a fun, smart, romantic and chaotic discussion of all aspects of jealousy. Wonderful acting, witty script and exuberant tone. Great OTP. Loved every minute of it.
Until...
I felt the show started meandering after episode 21 and then this episode really disappointed me.
At the beginning of the series, Na Ri is a weather girl in love with Hwa Shin. At the end? A weather girl in love with Hwa Shin.
At the beginning Jun Woo is a single fashion designer and Mummy's boy competing with his best friend for women who always choose the other man. At the end? Exactly the same.
Hwa Shin's relationship with his niece, a really important part of his character, was almost completely glossed over for half the drama and then neatly resolved with one short scene.
In the end, this was Hwa Shin's show and his character got lots of development. But I felt that he finally resolved his masculinity issues especially around fatherhood only to have the show deliver children to him anyway. I was especially disappointed in that. It also came off the back of someone's asexuality being "cured", which I found actively offensive.
Basically, I felt that this show had a chance for a great ending about episode 20 when it (I'm assuming) was supposed to have ended. Instead, the last four episodes lost focus and momentum and the last episode almost hit the reset button on a lot of character growth and development in a way I very disappointing.
The thing is, they had several plot lines they could have explored for the end including Na Ri's own breast cancer risk, Hwa Shin's reconciliation with his niece, Na Ri's relationship with her father and his abandoned younger wife, Jun Woo's relationship with his mother, and several others. Instead the wedding was treated as the resolution and while I'll always pay money to see Jo Jung-seok sing and dance I felt a lot of it was pointless.
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