Spot on hint. I am suspecting that they have the same Mom or are relatives. Just my guess. As you watch to ep…
That's the obvious implication, yeah. My guess would be that Gao Feng is the biological child of the dead woman (who was also Feifei's mother) and another man, and that Feifei's father killed her in a crime of passion. Gao Feng's biological father could be Xu Peng, Xu Zhiyang's father and Wu Guohao's business partner. So Gao Feng would be half-siblings with both Feifei and her husband, and would also be the lawful owner of the shares that are currently being contested within Penglai.
But I wouldn't be surprised if this was all a red herring and Feifei and Gao Feng turned out to have different mothers. That's where the mysterious woman in a wheelchair could come in.
Edit: I just realized I got my dead Penglai executives mixed up. I meant to suggest the recently deceased board member who left no heirs as Gao Feng’s most likely father. I guess Xu Peng could also work, though.
Fei fei is unreliable narrator and we can’t judge her from what she tells us. A big part of the scheme is being…
Her being an unreliable narrator and not knowing everything doesn't excuse her terrible personality and poor choices based on the information she did have...
And she clearly met Wang Dan without telling her fiancé (which was already veering into crazy bitch territory) to insult her and throw money at her like some soap opera villain. Then Wang Dan turned out to be better at slinging insults and being a crazy bitch than her, so she... pushed her down the stairs.
Like, I'm sorry, but no, there's no excusing or rationalizing that. She acted deplorably, and what is more, she's a moron who directs her anger at the nearest vulnerable target and can't control her emotions. Again, I trust and hope she'll get some character development, but her actions were completely indefensible.
I've only watched the first two episodes so far, but Wu Feifei's character introduction made her look utterly detestable. Stupid, petty, muddle-headed and vindictive. She dragged that guy into a transparently transactional, loveless marriage and then when it turned out he had had another girlfriend in the past, she got so mad she completely lost her head—and assaulted the ex-girlfriend (not even him!) and left her for dead! And when the ex-girlfriend disappeared, presumably out of fear of her psycho antics, she tried to find the ex-girlfriend again...?
And all the while she was biting her lip and scrunching her brows like she was on the verge of tears. Lady, you're not the victim in any of this.
She needs to get humbled by life HARD because I can't imagine where else her character growth is going to come from.
The whole point of the drama is that neither of them has been able to move on because they're both damaged people...…
I’ve no idea what dramas you’re watching or why you’re mad at women as a group. Sorry if you got cheated on or something. I’m telling you your interpretation of this show is insane.
The whole point of the drama is that neither of them has been able to move on because they're both damaged people...…
She's been depressed since she was 20 and hated her husband, whom she was forced to marry. She's had a very miserable life and is now reckoning with the fact she wasted her youth following her crazy narcissistic mother's orders, to zero benefit. Sorry to be blunt, but only a very inattentive viewer would interpret her failed marriage as a sign that she moved on from Lee Kyeongdo.
I don't get what they are doing at all? He loves her now or not? He is afraid he will be left alone again? What…
1. Yes, 2. yes, 3. escape her problems, 4. her sister explained her reasoning at the end of ep. 2, 5. there is no child (but even if there was, it wouldn't matter because the husband is a scumbag).
I am liking the main couple here. He’s a bitter loser with a heart of gold, she’s a charming bully, they’re both pathetically obvious about their lingering feelings. The fact they clearly still like each other is what makes their cat-and-dog dynamic so good.
My issues with the drama all stem from its handling of the leads’ backstory. They’re both quite immature on the surface and Won Ji-an can’t help but look her age no matter how severe her haircut and powersuit may be. I just can’t buy that these people are 38-39. They should have made them ten years younger. The flashbacks are slightly excessive too, and less engaging than the present-day scenes.
This is the second time you've dragged JCW in this comment section for literally no reason.
The person you're responding to gave an example of an actor who often picks masculine, action-oriented projects in response to the bizarre criticisms of the male lead in this drama. I think their comment made a lot of sense. It's weird that you took offence to it.
My first reaction upon hearing this casting news was, 'What a mismatched duo!' Originally I thought the issue was that Gong Myung is too young for Han Hyojoo, but then I checked and he's only seven years younger than her, which should not be a problem even if their characters were supposed to be the same age (which I'm not sure they are). Then I realized the problem is that he's just too plain for her and lacks the charisma to balance her out. She's a great actress (and has a very distinct beauty) and he's just there, comparatively speaking.
Someone with a bit of personality like Seo Kangjoon or Kim Youngkwang would be a much better fit. KYK in particular would be great at playing a down-and-out baseball player reckoning with an existential crisis IMO and he usually has good chemistry with his female co-stars. Lee Sangyeob is another actor who would excel at this kind of role, and he's actually played a similar character in the past. If we have to go younger because the character is supposed to be around 30, what about Kang Tae-oh? Or Nam Joohyuk?
This is not a Gong Myung hate comment BTW. I think he's fine. He's just not on HHJ's level.
This was an awesome first season and I can't wait for the sequel (or more precisely, the continuation). It ended on the perfect note of cresting tension.
I have to say Kamuykocha was a total scene-stealer and probably my favorite character together with my pookie Futaba despite his sparse screen time.
Speaking of Futaba, it was hilarious to watch Shujiro treat her like a princess versus how he (and his companions) treated the other inexperienced weakling in their group, whose name I'm forgetting--Shunsuke? Shinnosuke? Anyway. Futaba's innocence was worth protecting, whereas his marked him as deserving of death. It rules when sexism works in our favor for once, amirite ladies?
(We'll see who has the last laugh when Shinsuke or whatever his name is inevitably goes mask off and turns out to be a psycho hitman or a badass government spy who was pretending to be a helpless crybaby all along... This better happen at the end of S2 for maximum drama because it's my favorite cliché in the genre.)
On the opposite end of the spectrum, in the sector reserved for characters I wish I could banish straight to the MH370 crash site, we have Bukotsu. This bitch annoyed me every time he was on my screen. Don't get me wrong, I get his character; he's lashing out at the world because he feels he's been left behind and the only thing he can do is kill people, he's a relic of a bygone era, blah blah blah. I get it!!! But here's the thing. He's not supposed to turn to the camera and explain, "I'm lashing out at the world because I feel like I've been left behind and the only thing I can do is kill people. I'm a relic of a bygone era," while killing people! Has no one heard of Freud around here? Bukotsu's attention-whoring motivations should have been hidden even from himself, let alone the viewer. It's like he was running around naked and pointing at his junk the whole time.
Anyway. Ninomiya Kazunari was perfectly cast as the smug and enigmatic MC of the kodoku. This was basically the same character he played in Black Pean, where he was also very charismatic. I get the sense purely based on the casting choice for this role that Enju will be more important to the story in S2.
Kyojin and the siblings were also very fun.
Lastly, Shujiro's wife was sleeping off a cholera infection the whole time? This woman deserves a sword to decapitate her husband with and I can only hope she'll get one soon.
I've seen the first three episodes of this drama so far and I am super impressed by the overall production quality. The premise is a total cliché, but the direction, camerawork, cinematography, set design, and last but not least the great original soundtrack/music editing elevate it way beyond expectations.
The flashbacks are kept to a tasteful minimum, the music is both good on its own and used very effectively in context, the characters are good, and each episode is self-contained and tightly structured.
Han Hyojoo's performance is particularly impressive. I'm not even talking about the fact she's acting in a foreign language, which is already an amazing achievement, but about the life she breathes into her character. Lee Hana is an old-school romcom heroine in the sense of being a little strange and a bit of a loser and yet garnering the viewer's sympathies because of her emotional vulnerability and because she comes across as a real person (even if she's not a person every viewer can see themself in). I'm tired of romantic dramas (especially kdramas) playing it safe with cardboard-cutout protagonists who have no real edges or depth or sore spots in the human sense but act like idiots simply because that's what the plot demands of them. Here we get a protagonist who acts like a human being and charms the viewer with her unique mannerisms and personality.
I'm a huge fan of the original, but I don't know if PMY and WHJ fit the characters they're supposed to recreate in the Korean version. I'm willing to be proven wrong, of course, but I actually think KJH would have been a better fit for the ML role.
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But I wouldn't be surprised if this was all a red herring and Feifei and Gao Feng turned out to have different mothers. That's where the mysterious woman in a wheelchair could come in.
Edit: I just realized I got my dead Penglai executives mixed up. I meant to suggest the recently deceased board member who left no heirs as Gao Feng’s most likely father. I guess Xu Peng could also work, though.
And she clearly met Wang Dan without telling her fiancé (which was already veering into crazy bitch territory) to insult her and throw money at her like some soap opera villain. Then Wang Dan turned out to be better at slinging insults and being a crazy bitch than her, so she... pushed her down the stairs.
Like, I'm sorry, but no, there's no excusing or rationalizing that. She acted deplorably, and what is more, she's a moron who directs her anger at the nearest vulnerable target and can't control her emotions. Again, I trust and hope she'll get some character development, but her actions were completely indefensible.
And all the while she was biting her lip and scrunching her brows like she was on the verge of tears. Lady, you're not the victim in any of this.
She needs to get humbled by life HARD because I can't imagine where else her character growth is going to come from.
My issues with the drama all stem from its handling of the leads’ backstory. They’re both quite immature on the surface and Won Ji-an can’t help but look her age no matter how severe her haircut and powersuit may be. I just can’t buy that these people are 38-39. They should have made them ten years younger. The flashbacks are slightly excessive too, and less engaging than the present-day scenes.
Someone with a bit of personality like Seo Kangjoon or Kim Youngkwang would be a much better fit. KYK in particular would be great at playing a down-and-out baseball player reckoning with an existential crisis IMO and he usually has good chemistry with his female co-stars. Lee Sangyeob is another actor who would excel at this kind of role, and he's actually played a similar character in the past. If we have to go younger because the character is supposed to be around 30, what about Kang Tae-oh? Or Nam Joohyuk?
This is not a Gong Myung hate comment BTW. I think he's fine. He's just not on HHJ's level.
I have to say Kamuykocha was a total scene-stealer and probably my favorite character together with my pookie Futaba despite his sparse screen time.
Speaking of Futaba, it was hilarious to watch Shujiro treat her like a princess versus how he (and his companions) treated the other inexperienced weakling in their group, whose name I'm forgetting--Shunsuke? Shinnosuke? Anyway. Futaba's innocence was worth protecting, whereas his marked him as deserving of death. It rules when sexism works in our favor for once, amirite ladies?
(We'll see who has the last laugh when Shinsuke or whatever his name is inevitably goes mask off and turns out to be a psycho hitman or a badass government spy who was pretending to be a helpless crybaby all along... This better happen at the end of S2 for maximum drama because it's my favorite cliché in the genre.)
On the opposite end of the spectrum, in the sector reserved for characters I wish I could banish straight to the MH370 crash site, we have Bukotsu. This bitch annoyed me every time he was on my screen. Don't get me wrong, I get his character; he's lashing out at the world because he feels he's been left behind and the only thing he can do is kill people, he's a relic of a bygone era, blah blah blah. I get it!!! But here's the thing. He's not supposed to turn to the camera and explain, "I'm lashing out at the world because I feel like I've been left behind and the only thing I can do is kill people. I'm a relic of a bygone era," while killing people! Has no one heard of Freud around here? Bukotsu's attention-whoring motivations should have been hidden even from himself, let alone the viewer. It's like he was running around naked and pointing at his junk the whole time.
Anyway. Ninomiya Kazunari was perfectly cast as the smug and enigmatic MC of the kodoku. This was basically the same character he played in Black Pean, where he was also very charismatic. I get the sense purely based on the casting choice for this role that Enju will be more important to the story in S2.
Kyojin and the siblings were also very fun.
Lastly, Shujiro's wife was sleeping off a cholera infection the whole time? This woman deserves a sword to decapitate her husband with and I can only hope she'll get one soon.
The flashbacks are kept to a tasteful minimum, the music is both good on its own and used very effectively in context, the characters are good, and each episode is self-contained and tightly structured.
Han Hyojoo's performance is particularly impressive. I'm not even talking about the fact she's acting in a foreign language, which is already an amazing achievement, but about the life she breathes into her character. Lee Hana is an old-school romcom heroine in the sense of being a little strange and a bit of a loser and yet garnering the viewer's sympathies because of her emotional vulnerability and because she comes across as a real person (even if she's not a person every viewer can see themself in). I'm tired of romantic dramas (especially kdramas) playing it safe with cardboard-cutout protagonists who have no real edges or depth or sore spots in the human sense but act like idiots simply because that's what the plot demands of them. Here we get a protagonist who acts like a human being and charms the viewer with her unique mannerisms and personality.