lana

finally finished this drama.
it had such a good idea, but the script ruined everything. the second half is especially weak. they ignored the time skip, changed the lives of the main heroines and heroes, yet the characters somehow became even dumber than in their teenage years. yeong rye, poor miserable one, as she's portrayed here, starts fighting for jae pil only when jong hui appears. what were you doing all these 7 years??? jae pil is completely wooden here — both the actor and the character are absolutely useless. what especially made me laugh was how he hesitated in the last episode, wanting to go to yeong rye at the "miss korea" event. instead of just asking for time off, he waits like a kindergartener for the teacher to take him to the toilet. seriously, that’s what it looked like. and when a patient shows up, he suddenly decides to stay because he knows him? the guy who bullied jong hui. his motivation is weak too. he was aggressive toward jong hui, to the point she ran away from him, and now he suddenly worries about her? jae pil, instead of going to the woman he loves to support her, suddenly ditches her because of that crap? when there were plenty of other doctors around??
seriously, this drama does everything to justify men, even that bus driver who was absolutely awful in his attitude toward women. conflicts appeared out of nowhere. the screenwriter clearly lacked imagination.
the women here are eternal martyrs. not a single strong woman was shown. not one who knows what she wants and values herself, not competing for a "prize" in the form of men. the drama turned out to be very misogynistic.
seriously, i already don’t think much of romantic dramas, but ones like this make me want to stop even trying to give them a chance.