After completing the available 12 episodes, I'm writing out a bunch of my thoughts here. I think it's a nice watch with genuine emotion, but maybe there's a bit too much suspension of disbelief required to fully enjoy it. Like the theme park thing. While that is a nice gesture of the ex-husband and comes from good intentions, the idea of stationing a whole park in the town just to stop someone from going diving, is quite incredulous and unconvincing. What's more unbelievable is that eldest sis is actually going along with the plan. I thought she was staunchly boycotting everything related to AS Group, and now she's helping them out? I guess she's that desperate and out of ideas. There's some conflict of interests in the haenyo group as well.
But I am hopeful that all of this doesn't need to happen because FL's mom will come to her senses soon. In episode 12, she said that she's going to protect her daughters and needed to deal with herself first. I'll take that as a sign that she finally realizes she needs to 1) stop condoning the actions of ML's dad towards her and her family, and 2) fix her own stubbornness about diving despite her health condition. Because how is she going to protect them if she's putting herself at risk of dying all the time, right?
Also, I'm confused as to how ML seemed so genuinely clueless about his dad initiating their breakup. Did he not happen to witness his dad's hostility towards FL's entire family all these years, not just the mom? Because otherwise it wouldn't be hard to put two and two together, no?
Imo, the youngest sis' romance subplot is maybe an unneeded aspect of the show because of such a lack of screentime. Her love interest in question is a clumsy, sweet environmentalist who shares an interest in dolphins with her daughter. That's all we know about him. There are 4 episodes left and they barely even know each other. I think I will prefer them to just remain friends.
On the other hand, while Sangdo comes across as a self-centred and frustrating character, I want to see proper closure for his character as he is evidently the way he is due to his circumstances since childhood. He is also, clearly, not a bad person at heart. And the closure needs to come from FL herself, yet she has been oblivious this whole time. I want to see how it happens in the next ep.
Yes, maybe a bit naive; my impression was she got where she was because she was genuinely good at what she did…
Haha, actually the show on a whole is pretty idealistic. It's going the route of letting karma take its course for the assistant, but some viewers seem to be getting impatient. And like you said, there is some truth to what it shows. People silently still want her for her skills, they're just covering their ass for now and waiting for people to forget the scandal. She has actual value in the industry and is still sought after.
I like the messages of this show. Good people deserve to be loved and protected. Something that you built on your own merits will not crumble so easily. Wishful/unrealistic or not, we need shows like this in this bitter world.
Idk about y'all, but I think we need more people like the FL in real life. She thoroughly reflects upon herself first before completely judging the assistant, and considers that she might have unintentionally hurt her. If more people were that considerate and self-observant, the world would be a better place. But at the same time, her character is way too naive for her own good. She didn't even seem to realize that her "connections" were just people who got close to her because of her status. It's quite unrealistic that someone so innocent could climb to the top of the social ladder in the first place.
But I am hopeful that all of this doesn't need to happen because FL's mom will come to her senses soon. In episode 12, she said that she's going to protect her daughters and needed to deal with herself first. I'll take that as a sign that she finally realizes she needs to 1) stop condoning the actions of ML's dad towards her and her family, and 2) fix her own stubbornness about diving despite her health condition. Because how is she going to protect them if she's putting herself at risk of dying all the time, right?
Also, I'm confused as to how ML seemed so genuinely clueless about his dad initiating their breakup. Did he not happen to witness his dad's hostility towards FL's entire family all these years, not just the mom? Because otherwise it wouldn't be hard to put two and two together, no?
Imo, the youngest sis' romance subplot is maybe an unneeded aspect of the show because of such a lack of screentime. Her love interest in question is a clumsy, sweet environmentalist who shares an interest in dolphins with her daughter. That's all we know about him. There are 4 episodes left and they barely even know each other. I think I will prefer them to just remain friends.
On the other hand, while Sangdo comes across as a self-centred and frustrating character, I want to see proper closure for his character as he is evidently the way he is due to his circumstances since childhood. He is also, clearly, not a bad person at heart. And the closure needs to come from FL herself, yet she has been oblivious this whole time. I want to see how it happens in the next ep.
I like the messages of this show. Good people deserve to be loved and protected. Something that you built on your own merits will not crumble so easily. Wishful/unrealistic or not, we need shows like this in this bitter world.