A slow 'slice of life' relationship story between two completely unrealistic adults.
Our two main characters Ji Min and Eun Ho are just naive children hiding in serious adult shells. Despite being highly competent ambitious sharks at work, once they have a crush they are willing to completely throw work aside to sneak glances. Despite Sun Ho being divorced with a 7 year old kid, and Ji Min being in her 30s, they are giddy at the prospect of holding hands.
Ji Min is the head recruiter at her own head hunting firm, and yet is portrayed as someone who feels awkward around other people, does not network or socialise, and has no idea how to build human relationships and so relies on Eun Ho to do that work for her. Eun Ho, who has been in an internal HR role for years and had so little a network that he had to rely on a childhood friend to get a job.
These are just some of the many contradictions that were built into these two characters. They are not interesting and complex contradictions, just contradictions that make no sense.
On top of that, the 'stories of the week' about the the candidates they are trying to recruit and place are similarly unrealistic, and the 'mysteries' of their pasts not particularly interesting.
Why watch this at all then? In the first few episodes, Eun Ho is quietly competent and protective. It's satisfying and intriguing to see him take care of Ji Min and softly fall for her in careful way, but once that initial tension resolves there is nothing left.
Our two main characters Ji Min and Eun Ho are just naive children hiding in serious adult shells. Despite being highly competent ambitious sharks at work, once they have a crush they are willing to completely throw work aside to sneak glances. Despite Sun Ho being divorced with a 7 year old kid, and Ji Min being in her 30s, they are giddy at the prospect of holding hands.
Ji Min is the head recruiter at her own head hunting firm, and yet is portrayed as someone who feels awkward around other people, does not network or socialise, and has no idea how to build human relationships and so relies on Eun Ho to do that work for her. Eun Ho, who has been in an internal HR role for years and had so little a network that he had to rely on a childhood friend to get a job.
These are just some of the many contradictions that were built into these two characters. They are not interesting and complex contradictions, just contradictions that make no sense.
On top of that, the 'stories of the week' about the the candidates they are trying to recruit and place are similarly unrealistic, and the 'mysteries' of their pasts not particularly interesting.
Why watch this at all then? In the first few episodes, Eun Ho is quietly competent and protective. It's satisfying and intriguing to see him take care of Ji Min and softly fall for her in careful way, but once that initial tension resolves there is nothing left.
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