I almost did too. It depends on why you dropped it, but I think it gets a lot better.
The characters just aren’t grabbing me, and I’m not seeing much promise in the initial setup. Maybe it’s just that I find the Lead Female a bit annoying? The second episode was a real drag ... Maybe I can jump into it again after the new year?
Best Korean Drama of 2017: - Because This is My First Life - Save Me - Tunnel
Best Romance Drama: - Because This is My First Life - Chicago Typewriter - Suspicious Partner
Best Comedy Drama: - Because This is My First Life - Chief Kim - Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Best Romantic/Comedy Drama: - Because This is My First Life - Suspicious Partner - Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Best Action/Thriller/Suspense Drama: - Save Me - Tunnel - Chicago Typewriter
Best Actor: - Lee Min Ki as Nam Se Hee in Because This is My First Life - Woo Do Hwan as Seok Dong Cheul in Save Me - Kim Young Kwang as Jang Do Han in The Guardians
Best Actress: - Seo Ye Ji as Im Sang Mi in Save Me - Jung Ryeo Won as Ma Yi Deum in Witch’s Court - Jung So Min as Yoon Ji Ho in Because This is My First Life
Best Supporting Actor: - Woo Do Hwan as Seok Dong Cheul in Save Me - Yoon Hyun Min as Kim Seon Jae in Tunnel - Lee Jun Ho as Seo Yool in Chief Kim
Best Supporting Actress: - Ryu Hwa Young as Jang Ha Ri in Mad Dog - Kim Seul Gi in The Guardians - Lee Som as Woo Soo Ji in Because This is My First Life
Best Up and Coming Actor of 2017: - Woo Do Hwan as Seok Dong Cheul in Save Me - Yang Se Jong as On Jung Sun in Temperature of Love - Jung Hae In as Han Woo Tak in While You were Sleeping
Best Up and Coming Actress of 2017: - Ryu Hwa Young as Jang Ha Ri in Mad Dog - Jun Hye Sung in Hong Ga Eun Chief Kim
Best Villain: - Jo Sung Ha as Baek Jung Ki [Spiritual Father] in Save Me - Jo Jae Yun as Jo Wan Te [Apostle Jo] in Save Me - Lee Sang Yeob as Lee Yu Beom in While You Were Sleeping
Best Idol Actor(or Actress): - Lee Jun Ho as Seo Yool in Chief Kim - Bae Suzy as Nam Hong Joo in While You were Sleeping - Park Hyung Shik as Ahn Min Hyuk in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Best Couple: - Nam Se Hee and Yoon Ji Ho in Because This is My First Life - Kim Min Joon (Woo Do Hwan) and Ryu Hwa Young (Jang Ha Ri) in Mad Dog - Noh Ji Wook (Ji Chang Wook) and Eun Bong Hee (Nam Ji Hyun) in Suspicious Partner
Best Bromance: - Park Gwang Ho (Choi Jin Hyuk) and Kim Seon Jae (Yoon Hyun Min) in Tunnel - Kim Sung Ryong (Nam Goong Min) and Seo Yool (Lee Jun Ho) in Chief Kim - Han Se Joo (Yoo Ah In) and Yoo Jin Oh (Go Kyung Pyo) in Chicago Typewriter
Best OST: - While You Were Sleeping || When a Long Night Comes || Eddy Kim - Chicago Typewriter || Satellite || SALTNPAPER - The Guardians || AMEN || Damiano
Does anyone feel like they tried to give homage to The Butterfly Effect and then the writers chickened out?!!!! If you are going to take it there, you can’t side step at the end! Ugh! I just CAN’T ...
The Squad Chemistry is STRONG in this one! Loving the tease of romance between Kim Min Joon and Jang Ha Ri. I do feel like this drama gets weighed down by all the corporate politics, but the characters are reason enough to keep watching ... at least for me!!
I love his whole attitude to love/women. "Oh, what's that? You want to have sex with me? Okay."…
Her smile was sooooooo evil ... >__<
The way I interpreted the rival storyline was as a foil to Shin. No matter what happens in the story line, some things remain the same. I believe it was meant to be underwhelming for that purpose.
A few questions: Has anyone read the manga? Is is worth looking into? Does this drama remain pretty true to the original? Or has the drama been softened considerably?
Best Japanese Drama of 2017:
- Boku dake ga Inai Machi
- 100-Man En no Onnatachi
- Boku, Unmei no Hito Desu
Best Romance Drama:
- Boku, Unmei no Hito Desu
Best Comedy Drama:
- Boku, Unmei no Hito Desu
Best Romantic/Comedy Drama:
- Boku, Unmei no Hito Desu
Best Action/Thriller/Suspense Drama:
- 100-Manen no Onnatachi
Best Mystery Drama:
- 100-Manen no Onnatachi
Best Manga/Anime Adaptation:
- 100-Manen no Onnatachi
Best Medical Drama:
- Code Blue S3
Best Japanese Actor(and for which role?):
- Noda Yojiro as Michima Shin in 100-Manen no Onnatachi
Best OST:
- Boku dake ga Inai Machi || Kanojo IN THE DISPLAY || Akane
Best Korean Drama of 2017:
- Because This is My First Life
- Save Me
- Tunnel
Best Romance Drama:
- Because This is My First Life
- Chicago Typewriter
- Suspicious Partner
Best Comedy Drama:
- Because This is My First Life
- Chief Kim
- Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Best Romantic/Comedy Drama:
- Because This is My First Life
- Suspicious Partner
- Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Best Action/Thriller/Suspense Drama:
- Save Me
- Tunnel
- Chicago Typewriter
Best Actor:
- Lee Min Ki as Nam Se Hee in Because This is My First Life
- Woo Do Hwan as Seok Dong Cheul in Save Me
- Kim Young Kwang as Jang Do Han in The Guardians
Best Actress:
- Seo Ye Ji as Im Sang Mi in Save Me
- Jung Ryeo Won as Ma Yi Deum in Witch’s Court
- Jung So Min as Yoon Ji Ho in Because This is My First Life
Best Supporting Actor:
- Woo Do Hwan as Seok Dong Cheul in Save Me
- Yoon Hyun Min as Kim Seon Jae in Tunnel
- Lee Jun Ho as Seo Yool in Chief Kim
Best Supporting Actress:
- Ryu Hwa Young as Jang Ha Ri in Mad Dog
- Kim Seul Gi in The Guardians
- Lee Som as Woo Soo Ji in Because This is My First Life
Best Up and Coming Actor of 2017:
- Woo Do Hwan as Seok Dong Cheul in Save Me
- Yang Se Jong as On Jung Sun in Temperature of Love
- Jung Hae In as Han Woo Tak in While You were Sleeping
Best Up and Coming Actress of 2017:
- Ryu Hwa Young as Jang Ha Ri in Mad Dog
- Jun Hye Sung in Hong Ga Eun Chief Kim
Best Villain:
- Jo Sung Ha as Baek Jung Ki [Spiritual Father] in Save Me
- Jo Jae Yun as Jo Wan Te [Apostle Jo] in Save Me
- Lee Sang Yeob as Lee Yu Beom in While You Were Sleeping
Best Idol Actor(or Actress):
- Lee Jun Ho as Seo Yool in Chief Kim
- Bae Suzy as Nam Hong Joo in While You were Sleeping
- Park Hyung Shik as Ahn Min Hyuk in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
Best Couple:
- Nam Se Hee and Yoon Ji Ho in Because This is My First Life
- Kim Min Joon (Woo Do Hwan) and Ryu Hwa Young (Jang Ha Ri) in Mad Dog
- Noh Ji Wook (Ji Chang Wook) and Eun Bong Hee (Nam Ji Hyun) in Suspicious Partner
Best Bromance:
- Park Gwang Ho (Choi Jin Hyuk) and Kim Seon Jae (Yoon Hyun Min) in Tunnel
- Kim Sung Ryong (Nam Goong Min) and Seo Yool (Lee Jun Ho) in Chief Kim
- Han Se Joo (Yoo Ah In) and Yoo Jin Oh (Go Kyung Pyo) in Chicago Typewriter
Best OST:
- While You Were Sleeping || When a Long Night Comes || Eddy Kim
- Chicago Typewriter || Satellite || SALTNPAPER
- The Guardians || AMEN || Damiano
The way I interpreted the rival storyline was as a foil to Shin. No matter what happens in the story line, some things remain the same. I believe it was meant to be underwhelming for that purpose.