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One of the worst K-comedies I have seen

I'll be honest, I only gave this a chance because Mun Ga-Young was so enjoyable in True Beauty and fascinating in The Interest of Love. The writing in this series is consistently awful to the point I felt sorry for her being attached to it.

Through the first episode I thought Kim Seon-ho's friends were mentally disabled. I was actually angry rather than amused by the portrayals. Then I realized they're supposed to be "normal" people who have en extreme lack of social, emotional or intellectual I.Q. Which means they're in fact mentally disabled .I don't think building a whole show around laughing at that works. It's the worst kind of slapstick.

Moon Ga-Young is introduced toward the end of a tedious and painful hour and that's basically the cliffhanger to lead into episode 2. Something serious has actually happened with her wedding disaster and now there is a romantic angle.

I should've stopped there.

Some funny scenarios do begin to crop up. I was sometimes amused instead of angry, bored or frustrated. Unfortunately, those aren't the norm. This script just doesn't have enough meat to warrant a television series. Most of the misadventures are predictable and obnoxious. Characters I thought had at least some sense would prove me wrong. A lot of scenes could be skipped and the viewer would lose nothing.

I kept waiting for Kim Seon-ho to punch someone in the face and explain to them rationally why they were ruining their lives and the lives of those around them by being incredibley immature, irresponsible and just plain dumb. But sometimes he was just as bad.

I will probably finish this series by struggling through it a tiny bitter bite at a time. I'm hoping it redeems itself at least a little. It could've possibly been carried by Kim Seon-ho and Mun Ga-Young, but the ensemble cast doesn't give them a chance to put the series on their shoulders. On the whole, it's just a really long, bad joke.

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