Gabriela

"Remarriage and Desires" is a drama about Hye Seung, a woman who discovers that her husband is cheating on her with Yoo Hui. The problem is that the story is not that simple. Yoo Hui seduced Hye Seung's husband on purpose, to use him and discard him whenever she wanted, and she does exactly that, blaming him for all the crimes she committed. Hye Seung's husband ends up killing himself and she decides to punish those who destroyed her family.

The idea behind the drama is very good, Hye Seung wants revenge against Yoo Hui, she finds out that Yoo Hui is interested in Hyung Ju, so Hye Seung decides to get closer to him, to ruin Yoo Hui's plans, but that's the problem, Hye Seung kept saying that she had her own character, that she had no ulterior motives when getting closer to Hyung Ju, but that's partly a lie, because her purpose wasn't to seduce him, it was to tell the truth about Yoo Hui, but technically she used Hyung Ju in this process.

The problem with the drama is the development, there are only 8 episodes so everything is done very quickly, there wasn't enough time to shape the story properly. It was supposed to be about new weddings and desires, right?! Honestly, I don't know where the desires went, since everyone was super apathetic, there's no strength, impact in the story, there's no energy of revenge... it's all very boring. Not even the "romance" manages to captivate attention, especially because I didn't see anything romantic.

The relationship between Hye Seung and Hyung Ju is weird, they only saw each other a few times and it was clear that they created a connection because of their children and the traumas they suffered in their marriages because of betrayals, but the story didn't give them enough time to develop a relationship between them. That wedding at the end?! It was ridiculous.

This drama a complete disappointment, I don't even know how it was possible to make a story like this, with such a magnificent cast. Kim Hee Sun was wasted in this production.