I liked it, specially the first half since there is space for more romance scenes. I did not dislike the second half. I have watched several dramas like this one so I knew there would not be easy solutions to problems and that a spy sometimes has to do things he/she doesnt want and not be able to do the things he/she wants to do. The ending was more or less what I expected. There was this one character that might not deserve it, but that made me tear up.
Btw, do not expect the female lead to be this super smart and super brave spy or anything or you might be disappointed. She has moments like that but she is mainly a naive girl that does not know time and place, very clumsy and easily gets lost, like literally gets lost, she has no sense of direction. >.< So try not to go in with any kind of expectations about the female lead’s character. But I can promise you that she will have a lot of character development, so don’t give up on her after watching just 2 or 3 episodes.
I mean, I like it but I did not feel excited watching it the way I felt watching other dramas that came out this year. I just felt that these 2 very different stories were mixed in 1 drama but never really became 1 story. It just felt forced and unnatural. Most of it was a family drama with bits of action/spy stuff and hints of romance, then the last few episodes fully turned into an action/spy drama with bits of family stuff and less than 5 minutes of romance. If you watch this just for fun and don’t take it too seriously, which was what I tried to do, then you will be able to enjoy it. The spy part was ok. It was nothing that I have not seen before and like I said, I never felt it naturally fitted with everything else.
What I liked the most and what I will probably remember first when thinking about this drama is his relationship with the twins. A strong man, with a spy background babysitting 2 kids that are sweet but are always making trouble has everything to be both cute and hilarious.
Overall it was a good drama and I don’t regret watching it. I just did not have that "wow, this is amazing" kind of feeling.
It was the typical family drama with a lot of episodes and a very slow paced plot with several dramatic situations from deaths, to accidents, to miscarriages, to misunderstandings, to lies and secrets being revealed after a long time, and so on.
What was different and refreshing was the relationship between the main couple. I thought the age gap would bother me but surprisingly I found their romance sweet and I have to say I liked the male lead a lot as a character. He was wise, caring and knew very well what he wanted.
I also have to say that although I knew from the synopsis that her first husband would die, it does not happen right away. I saw their love for 8 episodes before the tragedy actually happened and I was so wrong when I thought his death would not bother me at all. I was prepared for it, I knew it was coming but I still suffered when it happened as if I was caught by surprise.
The first mother-in-law and the sister-in-law that later becomes daughter-in-law really bothered me. They were really bad human beings, if they can be called human at all. But at least the second mother-in-law was the best, very different from what we see in most dramas of this kind.
I saw this on the kocowa website and wondered why I never came across it until now, but looking at the rating I am not sure if it is even worth my time. I have honestly never seen a kdrama rated so low. Most korean dramas are rated above 7, even just 6.5 means that the drama is not that good, but this one has a rating of 5.4, is it THAT bad?
I watched it just for the sake of watching it. A lot of the times the characters acted just the same with only the actors playing them changing. They only had 2 modes: poker face and overly angry and seeking revenge. A lot of the actions were illogical and unnatural and because of that I could not really feel anything for the characters since it all seemed so fake.
There was only one thing I liked - the female lead. She was the only character that I understood and that made me feel something. She was not flawless or the good naive type, but you can’t help but admire her guts and pity her at the same time. Most, if not all of the wrong things she did (which were child-play compared to the actions of other characters) were because she just wanted one thing - to be loved. The actress chosen was for the role was a perfect fit. I have seen her in other dramas and one that left quite an impression on me at the time was The Promise. I dislike makjang dramas but that one was a "love to hate" drama for me. She did a great job in that one too.
Going back to this one, I also felt that in the middle the plot was going around in circles while in the last episode things were solved quite abruptly so overall I can’t say I liked it, neither can I say I completely disliked it. I rated it 6/10.
DO NOT WATCH THIS if you are looking for a nice romance. DO NOT WATCH THIS if you are looking for a tragedy that brings some kind of moral of the story.
The romance is unhealthy most of the time and hardly sincere, at least on the male lead’s side. Almost all of the characters are either evil or have done something wrong that brought serious consequences to others. The female lead started strong but soon became just like all the other women he dated...blind and stupid. And the ending, well, you see that tag up there that says Tragedy, right? I don’t need to say anything else.
Watch at your own risk and be prepared as you will either really like it (I guess it is possible looking at the rating) or regret watching it (the psychological tag is there for a reason, and this tag can also be translated as "not everyone’s cup of tea").
I liked it. It was not amazing but it was different since we had an airport as the background scenario. The things that happened and the way some people behaved were very realistic and were probably based in real life situations that have happened in airports. The romance was nice. The security team members were an interesting addition that I surprisingly enjoyed - more than the characters that worked directly with the main leads.
I do have to say the last 2 episodes were lacking in many ways. A lot of things were illogical or not explained properly, if at all. In the last episode they used one cliché that we see in A LOT of dramas, mainly at the end, and that I felt was completely unnecessary and even illogical. Although at first I thought the female lead was the one who was stubborn and had some dumb decision making, the last part of the drama, specially the last few episodes, revealed that the male lead could be like that too and in situations one would expect him to use his brain cells to think about the consequences of his stubbornness.
So overall I liked it, but that does not mean I did not see it’s flaws.
With this link you should be able to watch it from the website, no need to download. Wait for the page to fully load and you will be able to see the player.
Ugh, seeing the Infidelity tag really puts me off. I hate cheating. I am also not comfortable with a character dating someone when he/she knows he/she has feelings for someone else. Does it have anything like this? I don’t mind spoilers.
This is the perfect example how lack of focus on the main characters and giving too much screen time to "supporting" characters can suck out the fun of a drama. Yeah, I said "supporting" with " " because I believe they actually had more screen time than the leads. Also, if you add it all, there is not even 1 episode worth of romantic scenes between the main leads, the supporting characters is another story. The romance between Pen and Visoot took over the entire drama. It was like they were trying to give us 2 main stories in 1 drama but for me that did not work. I feel that these 2 plots do not belong in the same drama, they should have either focused on one couple or the other. I remember one of the later episodes, the first 30 minutes of the episode were all showing Pen and Visoot, with the main leads nowhere to be seen.
For me this was a drama that had everything to be interesting, but turned out to be one I just had to fast-forward several times so I could actually watch the main leads. Completely let down. Btw, its Channel 3, don’t expect kisses, between the main couple not even fake ones.
Btw, do not expect the female lead to be this super smart and super brave spy or anything or you might be disappointed. She has moments like that but she is mainly a naive girl that does not know time and place, very clumsy and easily gets lost, like literally gets lost, she has no sense of direction. >.<
So try not to go in with any kind of expectations about the female lead’s character. But I can promise you that she will have a lot of character development, so don’t give up on her after watching just 2 or 3 episodes.
What I liked the most and what I will probably remember first when thinking about this drama is his relationship with the twins. A strong man, with a spy background babysitting 2 kids that are sweet but are always making trouble has everything to be both cute and hilarious.
Overall it was a good drama and I don’t regret watching it. I just did not have that "wow, this is amazing" kind of feeling.
What was different and refreshing was the relationship between the main couple. I thought the age gap would bother me but surprisingly I found their romance sweet and I have to say I liked the male lead a lot as a character. He was wise, caring and knew very well what he wanted.
I also have to say that although I knew from the synopsis that her first husband would die, it does not happen right away. I saw their love for 8 episodes before the tragedy actually happened and I was so wrong when I thought his death would not bother me at all. I was prepared for it, I knew it was coming but I still suffered when it happened as if I was caught by surprise.
The first mother-in-law and the sister-in-law that later becomes daughter-in-law really bothered me. They were really bad human beings, if they can be called human at all. But at least the second mother-in-law was the best, very different from what we see in most dramas of this kind.
There was only one thing I liked - the female lead. She was the only character that I understood and that made me feel something. She was not flawless or the good naive type, but you can’t help but admire her guts and pity her at the same time. Most, if not all of the wrong things she did (which were child-play compared to the actions of other characters) were because she just wanted one thing - to be loved. The actress chosen was for the role was a perfect fit. I have seen her in other dramas and one that left quite an impression on me at the time was The Promise. I dislike makjang dramas but that one was a "love to hate" drama for me. She did a great job in that one too.
Going back to this one, I also felt that in the middle the plot was going around in circles while in the last episode things were solved quite abruptly so overall I can’t say I liked it, neither can I say I completely disliked it. I rated it 6/10.
The romance is unhealthy most of the time and hardly sincere, at least on the male lead’s side. Almost all of the characters are either evil or have done something wrong that brought serious consequences to others. The female lead started strong but soon became just like all the other women he dated...blind and stupid. And the ending, well, you see that tag up there that says Tragedy, right? I don’t need to say anything else.
Watch at your own risk and be prepared as you will either really like it (I guess it is possible looking at the rating) or regret watching it (the psychological tag is there for a reason, and this tag can also be translated as "not everyone’s cup of tea").
I do have to say the last 2 episodes were lacking in many ways. A lot of things were illogical or not explained properly, if at all. In the last episode they used one cliché that we see in A LOT of dramas, mainly at the end, and that I felt was completely unnecessary and even illogical. Although at first I thought the female lead was the one who was stubborn and had some dumb decision making, the last part of the drama, specially the last few episodes, revealed that the male lead could be like that too and in situations one would expect him to use his brain cells to think about the consequences of his stubbornness.
So overall I liked it, but that does not mean I did not see it’s flaws.
You can watch it on the fansuber’s website: https://justanothermuse.com/jao-sao-jom-yom/
For me this was a drama that had everything to be interesting, but turned out to be one I just had to fast-forward several times so I could actually watch the main leads. Completely let down. Btw, its Channel 3, don’t expect kisses, between the main couple not even fake ones.