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Heartwarming story of heartbreaking realities that keeps building to a perfect finale
I started watching this for Jung Kyung Ho, Tang Jung Sang and Seol In Ah always welcome on my screen, too. I fully expected this to be 7.5-8 material based on the beginning couple eps, but this thing really does worm its way into your heart, and it is sitting at a very cozy 9/10. It is one of the most solid finales I’ve seen a show have in a long time, and it kept building and building with very real issues handled with compassion for victims and fervor and rage to get something done about it. The cameos in it are absolutely FANTASTIC the whole way through. The veteran cast members featured across different cases really did anchor this, their stories more than just plot points, their characters and struggles critical in the growth of the male lead.
I always appreciate when a show can be both entertaining and actually make people spend some of their moments thinking about and hearing stories of people very much around them that they have mostly ignored. It is an important role of media, after all, as bring people’s collective attention to issues is the first step in bringing positive change to society. The cast of this brought their best to show what not-so-famous everyday workers are going through all around us, and they did it beautifully, especially everyone playing low-wage workers throughout the drama.
I also love stories that bring me new kinds of characters in terms of their jobs in particular (for the same reason, I love when shows do a good job showcasing a lesser known disease/disorder and how it impacts those with it and their loved ones). This is a job people rarely think about existing INCLUDING those who need a labor attorney most! Highlighting it can both make people consider a career in it but bring awareness to struggling victims and their families who desperately need representation when fighting corporations’ foul play. Bringing new jobs gives a fresh perspective and, since this one did a solid job of making it very believable, it gave people more than just dancing hormones and neurotransmitters for its short time on screen.
It ended up being heartwarming, the ending even making me tear up a few times, and the bonds between all the people in it are believable and strong. I was frustrated right alongside the main characters, occasionally frustrated AT the characters, too, saddened for the ones being represented and their loved ones, and relieved and at peace when they were. It ended with hope, the final ingredient needed in telling this kind of story.
It won’t necessarily appeal to all. I bought into the lead’s personality (and the last episode was a chef’s kiss rounding him out in full!), and while the comedy wasn’t always perfectly landing (Cha Hak Yeon doesn’t quite win me over here or elsewhere, dunno why, and his character frustrated me many times which I think was intended only half of them🙃), most of the time the experience of Jung Kyung Ho and Seol In Ah’s charisma really did make the humorous scenes in this work very well. The buildup to the very end is truly worth watching attentively, at least to me! Really glad I didn’t sleep on this one. It left me feeling full of warmth… now I just need something cool to not let summer heat make that warmth overwhelming.
I always appreciate when a show can be both entertaining and actually make people spend some of their moments thinking about and hearing stories of people very much around them that they have mostly ignored. It is an important role of media, after all, as bring people’s collective attention to issues is the first step in bringing positive change to society. The cast of this brought their best to show what not-so-famous everyday workers are going through all around us, and they did it beautifully, especially everyone playing low-wage workers throughout the drama.
I also love stories that bring me new kinds of characters in terms of their jobs in particular (for the same reason, I love when shows do a good job showcasing a lesser known disease/disorder and how it impacts those with it and their loved ones). This is a job people rarely think about existing INCLUDING those who need a labor attorney most! Highlighting it can both make people consider a career in it but bring awareness to struggling victims and their families who desperately need representation when fighting corporations’ foul play. Bringing new jobs gives a fresh perspective and, since this one did a solid job of making it very believable, it gave people more than just dancing hormones and neurotransmitters for its short time on screen.
It ended up being heartwarming, the ending even making me tear up a few times, and the bonds between all the people in it are believable and strong. I was frustrated right alongside the main characters, occasionally frustrated AT the characters, too, saddened for the ones being represented and their loved ones, and relieved and at peace when they were. It ended with hope, the final ingredient needed in telling this kind of story.
It won’t necessarily appeal to all. I bought into the lead’s personality (and the last episode was a chef’s kiss rounding him out in full!), and while the comedy wasn’t always perfectly landing (Cha Hak Yeon doesn’t quite win me over here or elsewhere, dunno why, and his character frustrated me many times which I think was intended only half of them🙃), most of the time the experience of Jung Kyung Ho and Seol In Ah’s charisma really did make the humorous scenes in this work very well. The buildup to the very end is truly worth watching attentively, at least to me! Really glad I didn’t sleep on this one. It left me feeling full of warmth… now I just need something cool to not let summer heat make that warmth overwhelming.
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