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I'm writing this after my rewatch of this. I 1st watched it 2 years ago and I really loved it but tbh I slightly couldn't remember why so I needed to rewatch it ;)

I'd say this was a perfect time loop story, it was only one and a half hours and so much happened! usually it takes movies one hour to get to the point and then they spend the rest of the time "wrapping things up".
but here as soon as Joon Yeong leaves the airport things start to move along. and what's more thrilling than a father repeating the death of his daughter every day while he can't change it? a more desperate guy shows up and claims to be stuck it the same time loop.

as a time loop enthusiast, I usually only see 1 character stuck in time so the story is only about them, but this really kept me on my toes with how the story progressed. and even though they were technically repeating the same hour every time, the scene development differently and well.
also, since it is a time loop I think it's the only acceptable time to be twisty without trying too hard just to be "unique".

since it is my 2nd watch I'd say it's worth a rewatch, it's actually more intriguing when you know what will happen. also the acting was amazing from everyone.

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Started it for Jisoo, Stayed for Amber

Amber was the only rational person in this drama, she was understanding, pure, nonjudgmental and she went after what she wanted but she didn't take hwan's bs and called him out for it, honestly I wonder how she was written by that same writer xD

everyone else just loves to inflict pain and suffering onto themselves and call it "love".
yeji loved to play the victim card "why are you back to ruin my peace", "I'm the most miserable woman on earth"
hwan was crazy enough to say "I want to ruin my life" for someone who keeps refusing him, "I want to suffer", the dude had alot of problems ;/
jin was all sad and wallowing in self pity and he diverted all his angst onto controlling others
the mom is honestly so distant she doesn't deserve to be a mom
and the dad looks nice but again yet he only used hwan as his caregiver then yeji as the substitute
yeji's mom is living through the pain that was "unshcokingly" done becasue of yeji
yeji's aunt is crazy and overdramatic
and they had the audacity of wasting time on the side side characters and their messed up romance

so basically Amber is the only normal person, she's sweet, fun loving and she's adorable and naturally cute and happy, the only time hwan genuinely smiled was when he was around her.

in the end they just added more ridiculous plot line after the other and they literally ended it with "I shouldn't have done that" ;/
yeji was wrong for accepting the marriage but she was even more wrong for fueling hwan's feelings and then she had the audacity to act as if hwan only "noticed" her good deeds while she was the one leading him on ;/
and with everything, in the last ep they were crying over how they can't be together, just to let them reunite and then go back to "we can't be together" and cry some more. it should've ended by ep31 but it should've just stayed as a noona romance with small doses of brotherly rivalry like a normal kdrama xD

this is what happens when they hire a horrible writer with zero planning skills...

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The good: Aesthetic, FL with great charisma and fashion sense, cute yet slightly shallow teammance, eps14 to16 were the best part so it would've been better if this was less episodic and bit more connected. Like HDL had the same bits of vibe of "helping" people but in HDL each help reflected on manwool.
And a bit of sailing ships I preferred more than romance genres. It's sad non romances have great ships but they're never the focus.

The bad: a bit flat characters and connections. Too easily solved and brushed past depression, bullying and suicide. Sadly it's not how real world works and sadder cuz this probably won't "teach" people to be kinder.. the bit at the end made me tear up because it is that simple to just stand up and be there for someone but no one wants to do the "extra work". It was a bit too long and I can't say I actually watched it full heartedly

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This needs a lot of trigger warnings
Honestly the lvl of anxiety, stress and blood boiling is high, and this barely had any comedy, 1%

this heavily revolves around criminals getting discharged, and under “neighborhood arrest” so I thought like thieves and embezzlers
but it’s focused on rapist, and serial child rapists , how is the death sentence not a thing? Especially knowing the burning sun criminals got out after their measly 5 year sentences,
So nothing was graphic but knowing the truth about how that one movie, hope, rapist got out and lives right next to that poor kid, this is blood boiling

Also, calling them officers but no guns, or backup or actual cops interfering? Frustratiiiiinnnnggggggggggggggg

I wonder how old wobin is pretending? Cuz he wasn’t acting like a 35 year old, he was as naive as WDH in bloodhouds
And this became heavy near the end too, a repetition of the plot, knowing it's the same screenwriter & director, as well as midnight runners.. it's more disappointing, atleast in bloodhounds, they had a lot more "adults" to help, eventho they died too


no cops got involved but 4 geeks saved the day, I’m gonna assume they’re less than 35 too, so the whole authorities were MAI....

And tho it ended "cutely", I wish they also talked about the dark web criminals, like saving one kid doesn’t mean the 10s still getting hurt is ok

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Overall a bit linear, with too many hurdles that circled around too much
The gore was funny, everyone was crazy and it became a bit underwhelming the contrast of the veterans vrs the newbies

A woo dohwan tho would’ve made it more interesting, or even kangjoonie stopping his too uwu and going full dark mode



I need something super girly after this

A spoiled brat and a sheltered brat..


I wonder if it’s a new trend or if it was always like this but fan sites didn’t do it
The “twist” being a guest or side character low in the ranks, before they’d make all villains as the 2nd or 3rd
I’m here rooting for hot ahjussis when their spoiled brats want the power…
Like you didn’t work for it as much as they did and once they reached the power they realized how bad it was
Now they tried to steal the power and ended up killing their dads and getting played…

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this is like the TKEM of makjang, and LBY/KHS were the WDH of the show

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Lee Bo Young, Kim Seo Hyung and even Ok Ja Yeon did a great job, before I go to the buts I have to applaud these women for carrying this show on their own, this show had no plot just amazing acting.
whether this was a sismance between Seo Hee Soo and Jeong Seo Hyun, or if it was a starcrossed lovers (which would've been a better plot twist), their relationship and love for each other was the highlight of this show

The writer did an amazing job with Woman Of Dignity so where did this go wrong? when she decided to follow the ONE big mystery format? when she thought crazy family makjang would distract the people from the fact that this show had zero plot line?

This show has one "murderous night" that gets revealed peace by peace each ep while the rest of the show is about the over complicated lives of rich people.
long story short, everyone had a kid that wasn't theirs. one loved him as her own. one took care of him and raised him with everything he needs, and one hated him which resulted in the biggest makjang of all

but does that justifies his actions? I think we've seen enough "mistress's kid", "abusive dad" in rich guy/poor girl romcoms that this does not look like the fault of the horrible parents, he was just a psychopath.
now I can't remember if the step mom faked the "1st love's" death or if Ji Yong told her to do it, but overall the starting point of this makjang was moot.
he wanted his kid to have what he didn't, he married and perfected the fake ideal husband that everyone was happy but his crazy self went ahead and brought the real mom around becasue he wanted both women to give double the love and care to his son
when he remembers how horrible his own mom was. so instead of appreciating Seo Hee Soo, he goes and brings chaos to his house then cry about the 2 women not wanting to be manipulated.. way to go genius psychopath...




soooo that's it. that was the whole plot, everything else was a filler and a "what happened", then they kept showing multiple scenarios as if the 1st thing they showed didn't reveal the whole thing... tbh even before their "big reveals" I knew what will happen right after the 2 women realized who the really enemy was
even when they kept showing different truths, the 1st truth was obvious..

the funny thing was, they only finally revealed everything at the end, and it was another WOD knockoff. in WOD I thought it was genius, but that just shows, you can't use the same plot move and expect the same result. I wish the killer was heeso's assistant xD

now on to the maid and the rich dude. penthouse really ruined that one. sure knetz are suckers for that but the fact that that move got so hyped in penthouse writer's think everyone wants that..

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tkem's twin

I think the future world would've been more interesting, the power and the struggle, the need of the people who pay to time travel as if it was a drug to relive and change the past they can't touch......
right now, Jin Gyum world is just another boring world against an evil corporation with flashy guns and nothing more...

in train they had such different lives in each universe so each decision made a huge difference, and though they were so unlike their counterparts they treated the "travelers" like the same person.
here they are not showing anything beside 1 universe and 1 parasite (ie alice). so even if they say "the past is not the same person" we can't really relate. they feel like the same people following the same exact pattern with minor changes because of alice's existence.


Alice is using this Jin Gyum world as a dumping ground for their evil corporate scheme to gain money and power while they ruin time and space quantum by adding more and more universes, tbh I feel like if a project like that exists they would ban time traveling just becasue it ruins the balance of the world..


it's like Alice now doesn't care if they are exposed in this universe, and they are practically just living in a different universe, but why is everything Alice does is in one universe? why aren't they moving through different ones? why when they choose to go back in time do they all end up in that one universe?

are there only 2 worlds? one where alice is created, and one where alice messes things up? so each past change doesn't result in a new universe it's just building on that 2nd mutant world?


I'm sad that I dropped a kim hee sun drama, the actors all did so well but the plot was as bad as tkem.. it's sbs and their writers' fault..

I've lost interest after that old lady mom coming back, the drama lost it's footing when they chose to make it full of romance cliches (between mom and son) instead of trying to write a decent time traveling drama, or even a revenge drama, and by ep11 I didn't even care anymore, but to hear that the writers made the fl feel "disappointed" that she really looks like the ml's mom? the heck?!

honestly, I've been keep track on this and I'm 100% glad I dropped this, it's so obvious the writer had no solid plan and just used one ridiculous move after the other and called it a "shocking twist"


I did not watch this past ep11 but I read a full rant from a friend I trust and I wish this never existed ;)

circle was lower production but better writing. also watch woman of dignity if you watched this for kim hee sun, like me ;)

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boring, brainless, draggy, zero chemistry or connection or taling

As mom says “don’t these people talk to each other”

In a world with 3 strong women, 3 weak men family, and one kidnapped grandma, you’d think they’d talk to each other and you’d think they’d know the 3 women are strong

She’s such a bad mom, yet again blaming the dad.. like first off they’re 21 year old adults, and secondly you are the reason for his insecurities so there’s only one person to be blamed
I reaallllyyy can’t feel like these 4 are a family, tbh she didn’t have to be lost, maybe a late bloomer or someone who hated her powers and wanted to be normal, now they’re like a bunch of ppl just there

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What will happen, What will happen, that’s what happened?
It’s super cheesy, just another bullying drama with crazy ppl that kill
The highschoolers focus ruined the first two eps, then the teachers ruined ep3-4 and the last two eps just went full on anime

I mean everything would’ve “been the same” even without the glasses/the slines
People find out about adultery, pedos and cheaters, and murder can be the after effect so this “special” vision isn’t that interesting


But to add some substance, cuz yeah you see a cheater what will you do? Leave like a normal person or do you do something crazy crazy
So they kept throwing any crazy connection and psychopathness
is it a twist? the wife is not the wife but the mistress xD
I mean the "real wife" is like 20 years younger than him, but his mistress has a 5 year old kid? while he gives his og wife the gifts and side times.. it doesn't make sense
and the 4th ep was just a rapist, raping a dying man. that's disgusting ;/ again, the lines mean nothing, a psycho is always a pyscho
The kids in ep5, they didn’t know about the lines, so to make that scheme to rape someone without touching them…
And honestly the ml was super mean there, doubting the girl instead of wondering if there were more rapists
And dahee turning into a, what was she, a being of “hate the connection”? Or hate human nature? Cuz I mean non of them reacted like a human
And the glasses did make them act uncharacteristically too, so is it even “human nature” that’s the problem


Tbh, why don’t they recognize the glasses? they're people in the same facility, and two I’d get a person seeing the lines, but the glasses? what are they made out of the pupil of someone who could see the lines? lol the answer was even worse than I expected


Honestly the ending was so disappointing, everything was so nonsensical
They kept adding ridiculous twisted twists and then they added super weird reasoning and then it was over
People made up their own theories, I didn’t read or think of them, because that’s a fun on its own and this didn’t deserve that much thought
It was really a simple “someone random sees the line cuz the goddess of the lines(?) wanted them to and she had to fuel enough energy to make the whole world see it”
Anyways again, the lore of the lines didn’t matter cuz it is a fictional “power”, but the behavior of the people was so over angsty and overblown, the problem wasn’t the lines but the few people that cheated, raped, and killed


I watched this cuz it was short, and cuz of the cast but they didn’t really do anything to reach their potential and if I don’t remember an ost, I consider it a loss rating

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I'd say this drama is better for a marathon. they had a great plot, great characters, great acting and a really really great ost, but sadly this was one of those cases where the drama got 12eps because they knew they couldn't drag it more..

the cinematography and the vibes/color scheme of this drama was so fitting and so pretty, it set the right mood, it was kinda dark and cold, I really liked it.

I think, beside the ending, my favorite part was the characters. Im Jin Hee was such a normal "mature" and independent woman, they gave her a solid background, she was happily normally married, she had a job she worked hard in and she wasn't randomly "good" or "bad", they didn't add unnecessary conflict to her personal life, but they gave her a small trauma that was like the driving force for her relationship with So Jin.

Sung Joon, although I highly appreciated that he was her "normal" husband that was a cutie, he did seem a little useless, basically though the writers tried to leave all of the "mystery" solving to the ladies and so the cops were basically dumb ;P but again, I appreciate his last smart moves, they redeemed him well.

Baek So Jin was the highlight of this drama, again I think the writers (and the actors) did a great job making their characters feel believable and fresh, Baek So Jin was angsty without being hateful, hurt without having a "screw the world" mentality, and she was so brave, so tiny yet she tried to look uncaring ;(

I can't talk about how much I loved the ending, it was really well wrapped, though I do wish for a 2nd season~

the ost was another great mood setter, and I never rewatch things so it's either a 1 or a 10 ;)

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8.6? 8.9?

the story was great but there was something missing.. the process was really lacking, it didn't need 16 eps.. like the overall main mystery happens in the first 2 eps and is resolved in the last 2.5 eps.. though the side plots were not bad, I enjoyed a few and they made the younger side characters shine...
but tbh I wasn't focusing most of the time, and some things went by without even leaving an impression on me. like I didn't focus on the older cast, specifically the parents and that prosecutor who was so cold she was emotionless..

also, I felt like they over complicated things, like they didn't really have a "is he the killer or is she the killer" moments -they didn't have too many (or any) solid suspects- but then again, how did it take them so long to think "aha, this might be the killer"...
and those 3 always had their brain storming sessions, but like the mystery wasn't that complicated, I honestly don't know what they wasted their time on...

I don't know, I've been in a crime/thriller slump lately. all writers think they are too smart, and some make me believe it for a while, but then I'm not fully engaged with the story.. though I really enjoyed the ending, it had a balance between open ending and conclusion..
overall I liked the "main" actors, I'll keep my eye on them.. also the ost was nice...



my rewatch values are either a 1 or a 10 so ;)

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Finally zzzzzzzz
Tbh I’d have liked this more as a 12/13eper 60mins instead, I mean half the eps would end in cliffhangers that just picked up later like two annoying continuations

What I liked, fl in the past, the red shirt dad and the poor tall dude

What I hated, the kids and the time wasted on them, the villain story was stupid like even one “special” person could’ve just said “no we’re not listening to your stupid rules”, the constant back and forth between different characters and different backstories
there were flashbacks in flashbacks and suddenly a new character comes and they get a flashback too
the romance was cheap, the things that dragged out the final was stupid and literally it was as if a switch turned on and poof the years of “not doing anything” ended and bang the end is perfectly wrapped with a bow

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good but not that good

Overall great acting, overboard accidents and too much talking about hospital politics and budgets, and not enough characters

for a drama with "five" main characters, the last two felt like glorified side characters, they didn't have any presence unless the 1ml needed them
and speaking of the mains, they didn't have much character base, a backstory, the feeling that made them humans and individuals
Baek Gang Hyeok, was just a genius, a selfless superhero that saved people no matter what
Yang Jae Won, was the lanky, awkward and pure hearted
Cheon Jang Mi, a smart hotheaded know it all
Han Yu Rim, a loud selfish jerk that only changed when his objective was in danger
Park Gyeong Won, a quirky dude that went against his selfish superiors

that's it, no one had a "life" outside those elements and barely any life outside the setup of the hospital

for events, beside the episodic "dangers", it was filled with greedy selfish people talking about how money is more important than one life
the only medical drama I liked was hospital playlist and that was because each character had a story and a presence, I also did like House, and that also felt more than just the smart jerk dr

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The usual medical dramas like to glorify doctors. most of them only deal with fast paced medical emergencies that has people running, screaming and fighting each other just to perform surgeries.
but this, this shows the real side of a hospitals life. they had ungrateful patients, the "I saw this on google so I know more than you", the "you MUST save my family", the ones who blamed the doctors for inevitable deaths, the impatient patients waiting to be examined, the complications of surgery, the wait for donors, everything!

just like prison playbook the first couple of eps felt slow and rushed at the same time, they gave us many characters and then took their time introducing them, so tbh at 1st I did contemplate whether I should drop it or not, but soon the realness of the characters, their friendship, the different type of relationships, won me over alongside the relatableness of them..

Lee Ik Jun seems like a carefree nutjob but he's sweet, caring and friendly that he's friends with everyone and he knows everything
Ahn Jung Won looks naive and absentminded but he's a softie with kids and has a big heart
Kim Jun Wan looks cold, scary but he's assertive and tells people what they need to hear
Yang Suk Hyung is unappreciated! especially by his friends and everyone thinks he's selfish but he's the real sweetie and the core of that friendship
Chae Song Hwa looks like the ideal modern woman, but she's a marshmallow once you get to know her.

this made me cry, laugh, get frustrated, relate, fangirl, and feel jealous in every episode. I loved their jam sessions and the ost was nice, and I never rewatch stuff but I need s2 now!

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