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So much potential came to nothing in the end
-----TL;DR
Why you should watch this drama: Jang Ki Yong is hilarious, dynamic, and painfully attractive, the chemistry is fire for most of the drama, and there are some very funny and very heartwarming moments throughout.
Why you shouldn't watch this drama: The FL character never develops beyond her original poor, helpless, "I'm so giving and selfless" premise, the second leads are useless, and despite a clever, strong start by the end it felt like the writer was playing trope bingo and got blackout. The show fizzled out completely in the last couple eps and even the chemistry of the leads couldn't save it.
My recommendation: It's worth a watch for the main couple and first half, but don't expect much and don't expect the fun to last all the way through.
-----FULL REVIEW
This drama suffered from the typical K Drama fatal flaw-- a strong premise, a great start, a compelling build to halfway, and then a complete unraveling through to a rushed, superficial ending. Too many K drama writers have no idea how to up the stakes in a drama and keep things interesting without relying on the same old lazy cliches. This show used every single one. At first it was done in a way that flipped the tropes on their head, but by the end it was just your typical ridiculous K drama that was almost nonsensical.
When this drama was hitting, it was hitting GOOD. Jang Ki Yong was delightful from beginning to end, showing literally every side possible of a male lead from asshole chaebol to petty manchild to goofy loser to swoonworthy romantic, spending episodes commanding respect as a businessman, staring longingly at his Darim, breaking down crying, yelling at his deadbeat dad, and hamming it up with hilarious physical comedy. He was the heart and soul of this drama.
Ahn Eun-jin brought genuineness to the role but the character was written as your typical helpless, selfless, poor female lead. It seemed like the character might develop a backbone or some sense of self awareness so she could actually grow as a person, but they kinda just handwaved that all away by the end.
The main couple had really amazing chemistry. The second leads were utterly wasted. Their loveline goes nowhere, their characters change personalities every other scene in order to be whatever the main needs them to be in order to cause drama, they get no real character arcs and no real resolution. They may as well have been cardboard cutouts. I genuinely believed the writer forgot they were characters for the last few eps.
There was a lot of potential with the storylines with the side characters like the mother TF group, the two mothers, and the two families, but with a few eps left the writer abandoned all the story lines, wrapping them up sloppily and lazily so that she could throw in an unnecessary amnesia plotline . Yes, amnesia. I told you it was trope blackout bingo.
I'm glad I watched this show for the super romantic and super funny moments, but man, this could have been so so much better. Like a million times better with a little better writing.
Why you should watch this drama: Jang Ki Yong is hilarious, dynamic, and painfully attractive, the chemistry is fire for most of the drama, and there are some very funny and very heartwarming moments throughout.
Why you shouldn't watch this drama: The FL character never develops beyond her original poor, helpless, "I'm so giving and selfless" premise, the second leads are useless, and despite a clever, strong start by the end it felt like the writer was playing trope bingo and got blackout. The show fizzled out completely in the last couple eps and even the chemistry of the leads couldn't save it.
My recommendation: It's worth a watch for the main couple and first half, but don't expect much and don't expect the fun to last all the way through.
-----FULL REVIEW
This drama suffered from the typical K Drama fatal flaw-- a strong premise, a great start, a compelling build to halfway, and then a complete unraveling through to a rushed, superficial ending. Too many K drama writers have no idea how to up the stakes in a drama and keep things interesting without relying on the same old lazy cliches. This show used every single one. At first it was done in a way that flipped the tropes on their head, but by the end it was just your typical ridiculous K drama that was almost nonsensical.
When this drama was hitting, it was hitting GOOD. Jang Ki Yong was delightful from beginning to end, showing literally every side possible of a male lead from asshole chaebol to petty manchild to goofy loser to swoonworthy romantic, spending episodes commanding respect as a businessman, staring longingly at his Darim, breaking down crying, yelling at his deadbeat dad, and hamming it up with hilarious physical comedy. He was the heart and soul of this drama.
Ahn Eun-jin brought genuineness to the role but the character was written as your typical helpless, selfless, poor female lead. It seemed like the character might develop a backbone or some sense of self awareness so she could actually grow as a person, but they kinda just handwaved that all away by the end.
The main couple had really amazing chemistry. The second leads were utterly wasted. Their loveline goes nowhere, their characters change personalities every other scene in order to be whatever the main needs them to be in order to cause drama, they get no real character arcs and no real resolution. They may as well have been cardboard cutouts. I genuinely believed the writer forgot they were characters for the last few eps.
There was a lot of potential with the storylines with the side characters like the mother TF group, the two mothers, and the two families, but with a few eps left the writer abandoned all the story lines, wrapping them up sloppily and lazily so that she could throw in an unnecessary amnesia plotline . Yes, amnesia. I told you it was trope blackout bingo.
I'm glad I watched this show for the super romantic and super funny moments, but man, this could have been so so much better. Like a million times better with a little better writing.
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