-- We never saw the diagnosis given to Jung, so him being so wistful and looking back on his life.... is never…
Haha, exactly. With all the kdrama cliches they put in already, we're only missing a long-distance relationship and a time skip. Or childhood friends maybe?
But I'm really hoping for them to resolve it quickly, like you said, with a 2-episode arc. I have some hope after the episode in which YW resigned from Hanbada, she was right back just the next episode.
And as expected, the writing has downgraded in the second half of the show (not second I guess just the last few…
I kinda feel like it's pushed on the writers by some execs or something. It's really hard for me to believe that a person, which created a great show up until now would really believe that watchers would just LOVE to see for the millionth time the same shit cliches and there's just no other way but to include them. Like, it's not like I expected YW and JH's relationship to be all roses and sunshine. But the overall amount of angst is just unnecessary. I just hope it will all be resolved asap
Ugh, are they really planning on pairing Seo Yeon with Min Woo? 🤦♂️🤢Also, the usual 'let's breakup'…
The worst part (besides the obvious MW being trash the ENTIRE series) is that we didn't have any buildup for SY liking MW? How are they gonna throw it in for the last 4 eps? SY was just getting over 2 other guys in previous eps. I hope she will realize that she doesn't need no man.
OK so went down the spoiler rabbit hole and watched preview of ep 14. My heart cannot take YW and JH breaking up - if they really do, I'm gonna wait to the next week to watch all 4 eps at once. I can't function the whole week with a broken heart, I have a job to attend. I know it might actually make sense in this drama but honestly, it's such a cliche plot, I can't take it, I'm too old for this. Fingers crossed they are somehow baiting us with that preview.
It would be nice if there was more of her mother's story and not just 5 minutes per show. The court cases are…
I agree! It's hard, cause I feel like the writer is using the time in the drama to the fullest, but at the same time I feel like I would like to see so much more of every plot. The court cases are very good and give YW the opportunity to develop (and if they weren't so fleshed out, they could feel flat), but I want to see more backstory to every character...
With most of dramas it's easy for me to say where I see weaknesses and how I recommend to make it better, but with this one I'm at a loss of words - and the only thing that comes to my mind is that if the episodes were longer (though they already aren't the shortest) or if we had 20 eps instead of 16...
In the preview someone said: “ Choose a girl who can make you happy and not a girl you have to take care of”And…
I think she is aware of how other people may react. Like she said in ep 10 "it isn't easy to love me". So I don't think she will be taken by surprise whan she hears that, maybe little sad and taken aback. I hope it will lead to more communication between YW and JH and figuring out their way to solve problems, and not some sudden unnecessary drama
In dramas, the MCs are often extraordinary in some way - be it IQ, talent, wealth. I feel like it's getting better nowadays with "normal people (in terms of intelligence, money and so on)" being shown in media more. But even in my youth the main trope for YA books/movies was "the FL seems to be just an ordinary girl, BUT she has a very special quirk (reading minds / singing prodigy / queen's daughter/ best car mechanic in town at 15 / whatever)". Even though they were supposed to represent the everyday girl, they all had something that made them stand out.
In my mind, I feel like YW's super-intellingence is just used here to show us she's really good at her job and give us some entertaining "eureka!" moments. Also to show the discrimination - that bar results don't matter when you're autistic and looking for a job. But it's shown time and time again that intelligence isn't everything. She has to put in a good amount of effort into something which just comes naturally to people - saying objection!, understanding when a person lies, being softer to an abused witness and so on. Not even mentioning her struggles in personal life.
Of course she's talented and has the prerequisites for her job. But we are shown a lot of other attorneys which are great and not autistic. You just HAVE to be great at your job to be at Hanbada level. If she wasn't such a great lawyer, this show wouldn't exist.
Also, this show doesn't step away from showing that YW also loses cases. That there are things even she didn't think about (ergo the North-Korean mother case). She's far from being some perfect attorney. And this is the image I will take away from this show. Not her being unimaginably brilliant, but her struggling to act normal in the courtroom, struggling to kiss, all of that.
Last but not least - I'm not saying that representation of non-brilliant autistic people doesn't matter. Just that media tend to show brilliant people in this kind of dramas. And for YW being brilliant, they still give her so much room to grow, and that will be the image I will get when I think about this drama in the future.
I'm kinda wondering if the MW's villain arc is something that's not the writer's idea, but maybe some executives' order with the purpose of making the show more 'exciting'? Just a long shot, the episode where he blamed YW for getting preferential treatment had a lot of sense, but now his schemes are kinda squished in. Just my thoughts though, it doesn't bother me all that much - I mean MW' behaving like a trash but it's not all that out of place.
Also, this show reminds me so much of Hospital Playlist S1. The cases which are so focused on people, the friendship between the characters, the out-of-the-box romance, slow but steady character development... Damn, I could watch EAW for another 50 episodes and not get bored at this rate. I feel there's so much more potential in it. After watching every episode I feel unsatisfied, meaning that I WANT MORE.
I SAW A LOT OF SPOILERS ON TWITTER AND I AM RIPPING MY HAIR 😭😭😭
Are you ripping your hair cause you got spoiled or cause sth frustrating / bad happened? I won't be able to see the ep today so I want to know how much should I avoid spoilers 😭
I always get annoyed by long dramas like 50 or more episodes. But this drama is one drama I neve want to see end…
YES. I was just thinking about it. Like we have only 6 eps left? When we're just only getting into the story? You'll see me ugry crying in 2 weeks time when it ends, I tell you
There are so many things I want to see in the future eps, but there are only 6 left! Every single plot and character in this drama is so damn interesting, I am sure I will finish this show wanting more.
There was a similar incident and he was convicted. I think that's how the ending ended because the important message…
Yeah, and also the guy didn't care if he would go to jail or not. He only cared about sending the right message to the kids. So it's kinda like we as viewers also should be fixed on that, instead of the verdict. Especially that it was very likely for him to get convicted.
But I'm really hoping for them to resolve it quickly, like you said, with a 2-episode arc. I have some hope after the episode in which YW resigned from Hanbada, she was right back just the next episode.
With most of dramas it's easy for me to say where I see weaknesses and how I recommend to make it better, but with this one I'm at a loss of words - and the only thing that comes to my mind is that if the episodes were longer (though they already aren't the shortest) or if we had 20 eps instead of 16...
In my mind, I feel like YW's super-intellingence is just used here to show us she's really good at her job and give us some entertaining "eureka!" moments. Also to show the discrimination - that bar results don't matter when you're autistic and looking for a job. But it's shown time and time again that intelligence isn't everything. She has to put in a good amount of effort into something which just comes naturally to people - saying objection!, understanding when a person lies, being softer to an abused witness and so on. Not even mentioning her struggles in personal life.
Of course she's talented and has the prerequisites for her job. But we are shown a lot of other attorneys which are great and not autistic. You just HAVE to be great at your job to be at Hanbada level. If she wasn't such a great lawyer, this show wouldn't exist.
Also, this show doesn't step away from showing that YW also loses cases. That there are things even she didn't think about (ergo the North-Korean mother case). She's far from being some perfect attorney. And this is the image I will take away from this show. Not her being unimaginably brilliant, but her struggling to act normal in the courtroom, struggling to kiss, all of that.
Last but not least - I'm not saying that representation of non-brilliant autistic people doesn't matter. Just that media tend to show brilliant people in this kind of dramas. And for YW being brilliant, they still give her so much room to grow, and that will be the image I will get when I think about this drama in the future.
Also, this show reminds me so much of Hospital Playlist S1. The cases which are so focused on people, the friendship between the characters, the out-of-the-box romance, slow but steady character development... Damn, I could watch EAW for another 50 episodes and not get bored at this rate. I feel there's so much more potential in it. After watching every episode I feel unsatisfied, meaning that I WANT MORE.