An epic mess! I've always defended weekend family dramas, even though everyone complains they're too long. I think they capture the essence of real Korean society, and that's why I started watching K-dramas. Current K-dramas are more Americanized.
This one was boring and long; it was a headache to watch. I even struggled to stay awake until the very last episode.
I had high expectations for Jung Il Woo's return, but I didn't like his character, and the storyline was so radical at the end. The father's sacrifice, presented as an accident, didn't seem fair to me. So, do all parents who can't give their children a super comfortable life have to live with the same burden as Lee Sang Cheol's character?
Ko Seong Hui, the villain, is a horrible, ambitious, and despicable person. But excuse me, because you're a woman like that, you have to end up being forced to be a servant and married to a man as punishment? No, no, what sexism! The right thing to do was to end the marriage and remove her from everyone's lives, leaving her alone without the love of her children. I think Lee Tae Ran suffered with that ending for her character.
Jeong Soon Hee (Eunho's adoptive mother), after being independent and owning her own restaurant, ended up as a nanny.
It seems to me that many of the women in this drama had very bad endings, almost like brainwashing, putting women in a place they outgrew long ago.
This one was boring and long; it was a headache to watch. I even struggled to stay awake until the very last episode.
I had high expectations for Jung Il Woo's return, but I didn't like his character, and the storyline was so radical at the end. The father's sacrifice, presented as an accident, didn't seem fair to me. So, do all parents who can't give their children a super comfortable life have to live with the same burden as Lee Sang Cheol's character?
Ko Seong Hui, the villain, is a horrible, ambitious, and despicable person. But excuse me, because you're a woman like that, you have to end up being forced to be a servant and married to a man as punishment? No, no, what sexism! The right thing to do was to end the marriage and remove her from everyone's lives, leaving her alone without the love of her children. I think Lee Tae Ran suffered with that ending for her character.
Jeong Soon Hee (Eunho's adoptive mother), after being independent and owning her own restaurant, ended up as a nanny.
It seems to me that many of the women in this drama had very bad endings, almost like brainwashing, putting women in a place they outgrew long ago.