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12 episodes are not enough for a Korean drama
I have always said it: 12 episodes are not enough for a Korean drama, and this drama proved that.
I think this is one of the dramas that I have watched that I did not mind her ending up with either man. I would have understood her if she didn't get back with the ML, and I also think that they will be a couple that could be featured in any future shows about K-drama couples that did not last forever.
The story starts off very well; there was drama at the beginning that kept the viewers interested, and the way the couple got together seemed genuine. Then the creepy guy joined. I was surprised that the ML did not create a clear boundary with him. And I don't think the interaction between Sejin and any of the other lab techs was realistic. How is it that he was never confronted for his stalkerish behaviour? I was so angry when he still got the new system the ML bought for the FL after laying claim to the old one. To the ML, how are you comfortable with someone who blatantly crashes your dates? And you never confronted him? Blurts out your home address without you even informing him in the first place. Going through your personal mail?
There was no in-depth explanation for any of the characters. So many plot gaps, and none were filled. E.g. why did her parents say they wanted someone with full limbs? Of all the things to mention, why that? Why was ML's relationship with his mother strained? Why did his mom show up at the FL's family's car centre? Why was the FL's relationship with her brother strained? What's the deal with the FL's brother? Why didn't the FL's brother's first crush/relationship work out? What was the female professor trying to gain by blacklist the FL? Why is the creep the way he is? Why did the creep leave his first lab? Why is the creep drawn to the ML? Why did he move so close to the ML?
Then the plot hole: no one knew he had a mother; how did she suddenly know Tae Ho's name to tell him that she is disappointed in him?
Also, I hate that we didn't see their breakup. We didn't get to see them hurt, especially the girl. And the audacity of the guy to pull the same thing again. I didn't feel or see the intensity of their love/relationship to justify the girl saying that she will die if he does. Her making that statement without the writer/director/editor showing us that their relationship was intense made the statement childish. I think these are some of the things that were edited out. At a point, I felt I mistakenly skipped an episode, because the next thing I watched was an 18-month jump without any in between.
Overall, the actors did a good job. I believed their characters, and they conveyed what the writer/director wanted us to feel. I understand that in real life not everything gets closure, but I would have liked the following to happen: the female professor got exposed, the creep was reported, he didn't get his girl, and at least one of the other lab partners got a girlfriend. The only character that never pissed me off from beginning to end was the Professor. He was a friend to the girl all through, despite loving her one-sidedly and getting rejected.
I will still advise people to watch it; however, you will leave with more questions than answers.
I think this is one of the dramas that I have watched that I did not mind her ending up with either man. I would have understood her if she didn't get back with the ML, and I also think that they will be a couple that could be featured in any future shows about K-drama couples that did not last forever.
The story starts off very well; there was drama at the beginning that kept the viewers interested, and the way the couple got together seemed genuine. Then the creepy guy joined. I was surprised that the ML did not create a clear boundary with him. And I don't think the interaction between Sejin and any of the other lab techs was realistic. How is it that he was never confronted for his stalkerish behaviour? I was so angry when he still got the new system the ML bought for the FL after laying claim to the old one. To the ML, how are you comfortable with someone who blatantly crashes your dates? And you never confronted him? Blurts out your home address without you even informing him in the first place. Going through your personal mail?
There was no in-depth explanation for any of the characters. So many plot gaps, and none were filled. E.g. why did her parents say they wanted someone with full limbs? Of all the things to mention, why that? Why was ML's relationship with his mother strained? Why did his mom show up at the FL's family's car centre? Why was the FL's relationship with her brother strained? What's the deal with the FL's brother? Why didn't the FL's brother's first crush/relationship work out? What was the female professor trying to gain by blacklist the FL? Why is the creep the way he is? Why did the creep leave his first lab? Why is the creep drawn to the ML? Why did he move so close to the ML?
Then the plot hole: no one knew he had a mother; how did she suddenly know Tae Ho's name to tell him that she is disappointed in him?
Also, I hate that we didn't see their breakup. We didn't get to see them hurt, especially the girl. And the audacity of the guy to pull the same thing again. I didn't feel or see the intensity of their love/relationship to justify the girl saying that she will die if he does. Her making that statement without the writer/director/editor showing us that their relationship was intense made the statement childish. I think these are some of the things that were edited out. At a point, I felt I mistakenly skipped an episode, because the next thing I watched was an 18-month jump without any in between.
Overall, the actors did a good job. I believed their characters, and they conveyed what the writer/director wanted us to feel. I understand that in real life not everything gets closure, but I would have liked the following to happen: the female professor got exposed, the creep was reported, he didn't get his girl, and at least one of the other lab partners got a girlfriend. The only character that never pissed me off from beginning to end was the Professor. He was a friend to the girl all through, despite loving her one-sidedly and getting rejected.
I will still advise people to watch it; however, you will leave with more questions than answers.
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