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The writers just had no idea what to do to finish it off
The show was good for 25 to 30ish episodes and it was pretty enjoyable and got me come back each weekend but at the halfway point this drama just completely fell off the rails. Any semblance of a story and every nonsensical thing that could have happen happened. Every character's reasoning ability went out the window and logic or common sense just forgot to exist at this point. I became pretty obvious that the writers couldn't come up with reasonable plot lines so they just figured they would
fill up the remaining time with random fill ins or drawn out plot lines. I know 50 episode dramas have a notable amount of filler to eat up 50+ hours of drama time but there was so just so much filler that I was fast forwarding for maybe 80% of an episode. Sucks a good bit because for the first 10 episodes I was really drawn but ended up being more focused on pressing my fast forward button than the drama itself. I really only got through it just to see how it would end, even though it was predictable.
Yeon Doo and Tae Kyung's pairing wasn't terrible but it felt like it they had more bland moments with each other than scenes where their chemistry could carry the show. Convincing me that they were actually in love and not legally contracted roommates was pretty tough for the show to accomplish (I saw the first review say this and I don't think it could have been more spot on).
There were a few things that left for bad taste by the end including the continuously introducing things to try and spice things up and then never acknowledging them again. Yeon Doo's career as an instructor being ended prematurely and then just being non-existent for the rest of the show??
Pretty crazy that they just forgot about it until the end where they just had her end up as an instructor again with no mention of anything about it pretty much. Se Jin and Joon Ha raining hell every episode and that all it took was a "I'm sorry" to forgive them? Felt pretty light for someone who actively tried to ruin their life for months even to the point of where Yeon Doo almost miscarried from the amount of stress. Never really understood why family dramas for whatever reason usually tend to let the villains of a show torment the leads endlessly and get off pretty much with a slap on the wrist in like the last episode or so. Felt like a slap in the face make it for the audience to hate them for 50 episodes and just give em' that.
Overall started good but just couldn't figure out where it wanted to go and just kept trying to introduce shock value to keep attention. When the reason you come back each week is just to get to the end and see what the writers could ending up coming up with (not in a good way) you probably aren't watching the drama because it captivates you. So 50+ hours is a big commitment and if you want to use those 50+ hours on this show get ready for the randomness. Godspeed to the fast forward button!
First half: 8/10
Second half: 4/10
fill up the remaining time with random fill ins or drawn out plot lines. I know 50 episode dramas have a notable amount of filler to eat up 50+ hours of drama time but there was so just so much filler that I was fast forwarding for maybe 80% of an episode. Sucks a good bit because for the first 10 episodes I was really drawn but ended up being more focused on pressing my fast forward button than the drama itself. I really only got through it just to see how it would end, even though it was predictable.
Yeon Doo and Tae Kyung's pairing wasn't terrible but it felt like it they had more bland moments with each other than scenes where their chemistry could carry the show. Convincing me that they were actually in love and not legally contracted roommates was pretty tough for the show to accomplish (I saw the first review say this and I don't think it could have been more spot on).
There were a few things that left for bad taste by the end including the continuously introducing things to try and spice things up and then never acknowledging them again. Yeon Doo's career as an instructor being ended prematurely and then just being non-existent for the rest of the show??
Pretty crazy that they just forgot about it until the end where they just had her end up as an instructor again with no mention of anything about it pretty much. Se Jin and Joon Ha raining hell every episode and that all it took was a "I'm sorry" to forgive them? Felt pretty light for someone who actively tried to ruin their life for months even to the point of where Yeon Doo almost miscarried from the amount of stress. Never really understood why family dramas for whatever reason usually tend to let the villains of a show torment the leads endlessly and get off pretty much with a slap on the wrist in like the last episode or so. Felt like a slap in the face make it for the audience to hate them for 50 episodes and just give em' that.
Overall started good but just couldn't figure out where it wanted to go and just kept trying to introduce shock value to keep attention. When the reason you come back each week is just to get to the end and see what the writers could ending up coming up with (not in a good way) you probably aren't watching the drama because it captivates you. So 50+ hours is a big commitment and if you want to use those 50+ hours on this show get ready for the randomness. Godspeed to the fast forward button!
First half: 8/10
Second half: 4/10
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