LA_Drama Fan

Random observation:
I really like this drama and look forward to the new episodes on the weekend. I'm not sure why, maybe because it's so different from what we've seen from KBS weekenders lately. The elders are amazing together, and the story has many different plot angles, all tied together by the robbery/recovery of the 10 million....errr make that 7 million dollars.

I feel good for Kim Jung Hyun that he got a meaty role to be in after his work in CLOY. I'm kinda ambivalent to the rest of the cast, for many of the reasons given here: CR is a gold-digger extraordinaire, DaRim is so clueless (but can be forgiven due to her naivete to how the real world works), their mother should take some of the cash and get menopause therapy, for crying out loud, I'm getting tired of her red-cheek makeup. TaeUng and his father are brooding, emotionally-inept robots, GangJu's team at work is dysfunctional as all get-out, his mother is a head-case, and MuRim and SuJi are the least interesting couple I've seen on TV in a while. I cringe every time he's on screen.

Bright spots: I like the role of MiYeon. I've known enough women in her spot, and I like how she's being portrayed, plus there is the promise of a relationship with the Grill owner. The acting of Soo Yeon as Bom continues to impress (she was one of the few bright spots in THRC), and the aforementioned elders makes me chuckle.

Anyways, we're half-way done, and so far, so good. I'm not hating on it (yet).

Both of the mothers see the other son as a threat to their being an heir to the company. This is very common in historical dramas (princes vying for succession power and their mothers plotting against each other), so I guess they are carrying it onto this drama as well.

And 3 years later, she was the fraudulent sister in 2020's Once Again. She really gets around.

The only reason I could think of, is so that they can now implicate BongHee in taking the illegal cash???

I'm with you 100%. I really liked Ep 7, but Ep8 was so obvious that it was disappointing. And other than the elders, no one is really likeable in this.

I agree as well...we're only a quarter of the way in. Considering that the theme for this family is "false hope", which played out in the burning of the initial wad of money, might return if the surgery isn't all that it was hoped for.

I'll be honest....about halfway thru Ep 3 last night, I found myself asking "Why am I watching this show?" I can't figure out the relationships between characters presented in this ep, the ML is acting just plain stupid, I get nothing from the FL, and with exception of the Elders (who would be golden in just about anything together) none of these characters interest me. I'm getting a "Revolutionary Sisters" vibe here. I know we're only at Ep 3, but gosh.

BT, I should have known better, but sheer curiosity got the better of me. I am giving Iron Family a chance, only because the cast is great (but we've seen good actors choose bad scripts before) and I want to see if they can maintain a shorter series better than we've had with even the better 50-episode ones that inevitably fall apart in their last 3rd of the series.
Fingers crossed!

PS -(and FWIW) I still think this was supposed to be a parody of typical family k-dramas, with the over-the-top script cliches and over-acting. It's the only way I can try to make sense of it.

I don't even know where to start....so maybe I shouldn't.

All I will remember about this series is the wasted potential. This could have easily been a GREAT series, all it needed was a writer who could concentrate on the story without being distracted every 5 minutes and taking us all over the place instead of distilling the script down to the best parts. Oh, well. At least we made it.

That being said, I hate myself for falling into the trap of looking forward to Iron Family with its great acting cast.....they couldn't possibly screw up a shorter 30ish episode series......could they????

Iron Family actually looks promising, and what a great cast. Things are crazy here, as I'm in the middle of selling my house and moving...Things should be over and done by Halloween. I am currently watching "Her Private Life" and am 3 eps in and absolutely love it, however!

I had a margarita. They should have a warning on the subtitles "MAY CAUSE ALCOHOL ABUSE"

Save yourself, Sher and RUNNNNN

Good grief, how many head injuries are there going to be in this series??? You just KNOW the writer is doing this so we wonder "is she going to give us the 2nd amnesia arc like in YLAG?"

The stupidity of the writing here is another level...and a car gets into a head-on with a truck, and the trucker doesn't even call the cops? And a car is left smoldering on an embankment and no one notices?

What really gets me is that MaRi 's story is still the most compelling and interesting of all the garbage shown here. The writer really blew it, when she could have made a story of the life of a challenged young adult trying to cope in the world, finding love, etc....sort of a Extraordinary Atty Woo variation. Make PS/DoRa the 2nd leads and shorten their story to eliminate most of the angst and dump most of the other characters. KBS would have had a better time with that one.

Comment of the month!!!! LOL

Totally agree, and what really got me was the continuous over-acting. Especially with PS Mom, as you mention here....I can almost see the look on her face of 'do I really have to do this?' Even she knows this is a joke.

How on earth this show holds a 7.5 rating here is beyond my ability to understand.

Unbelievable. The show gets worse and worse with every passing episode. I didn’t think that episode 44 could get any lower, but 45 really takes the cake. This show stinks.

Well, it's an all-star cast of elders, that's for sure! Fingers crossed that at 36-episodes they can have a script that stays strong all the way thru.

What really angers me is that they are showing a "bright, brave woman" being constantly harassed by a stalker and she refuses to do anything about it. What kind of example are they showing to Korean women???? There should be a long disclaimer at the end of these episodes telling the audience that stalking and harassment is illegal and should not be treated this way, etc......MY GOD.

Oh my God, I’m watching episode 44 now and this may be the worst thing I’ve ever seen on television. You have to be a masochist to watch this mess.

(lead actress, Im So Hyang). And I concur, at least the ML knew what he was in for, with YLAG under his belt.