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Beyond the Bar korean drama review
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Beyond the Bar
29 people found this review helpful
by Tempest
Sep 7, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 10
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 10.0
This review may contain spoilers

Beautiful. I just wish they hadn't left us hanging at the ending.

Quote 1:
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I think marriage is built on love. Over time, that love just changes shape.
Love between a couple, starts with passion, goes through reality, and ends in solidarity.
Losing passion, doesn't meant losing love.
Solidarity, loyalty, belonging.
They're all just different forms of love.
- Yun Seok Hun (Episode 12)

Quote 2:
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If love is about looking at each other, Marriage is about looking in the same direction.
- Yun Seok Hun (Episode 12)

Quote 3:
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Marriage isn't the process of culmination of love, but the process of exhausting it.
- Kang Hyo Min (Episode 12)

Quote 4:
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Some love stories are epic tales and some are short stories.
Just because you wrote a short story doesn't meant it's a failure.
It means that one book has ended. You need to write another one.
One with a passionate romance.
- Kang Hyo Min (Episode 12)

The writer did such a beautiful job on the entire drama, but most specially the ending. The 4 quotes I shared are some that resonated with me as I watched the final episode.

Although many dramas were airing, at the time, this is the one I looked forward to the most every weekend. I found everything about it appealing, the actors, the characters, the storyline, the production, and the setting.

It is going on my rewatch list, I just wish they hadn't left me hanging because I desperately wanted them to have a start and things did look promising but I need more!!!!!

This reminds me a little of Judge Vs. Judge. If there's a season 2, I'll watch, but it's highly unlikely.

I'm so sad that this only had 12 episodes.
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