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One of the few recent k-dramas that really grabbed my attention. The storytelling is nonlinear and packed with flashbacks. If you aren't paying close attention, you’ll lose the thread between what’s real and what’s a lie. It reminded me a bit of another drama, “Anna,” where the main character also built her identity on lies, but in this case, Sarah emerged as the absolute winner. Her “Boudoir” is her happiness, and she protected it until the very end.

Closer to the finale, the writers overcomplicated things a bit. There are moments that feel underdeveloped, and the supporting characters sometimes just get lost in the mix. But if you look at it through the heroine’s lens, it actually makes sense. Sarah views people as “outdated handbags”, she takes everything she needs from them and then burns them.

“If you can’t tell the fake from the real, is it really fake?” -that’s the essence of Sarah’s life. The ending can be seen as an absolute victory for pragmatism. By confessing to a crime under someone else’s name, she “dies” as a person, but preserves what matters most — her brand, her status, and the reality she has created.

P.S. Shin Hye Sun is simply incomparable here. I first saw her in “Brave Citizen” and fell in love with her right away. I was happy to see her again.