Got bored in episode 18, after that skipped every 5 episodes. Beginning is amazing, especially cinematography. I did not expect that long drama would be done in such great quality. But later writers lost it, there are so many loopholes about main character actions, and reasons for actions became too complicated, creating new loopholes. Writers wanted to make amazingly smart characters, then they try outsmart opponents, but they totally failed in that category. For that job needed smarter writers. I especially became disappointed because drama lost its emotions and became like emotionless detective series, while in first episodes emotions were main point.
It seems writers tried to extend drama making matters more complicated and making some characters do very stupid actions. Only Byun Il Jae and Do Kwang Woo had strong characters which were maintained through all episodes. All "good" people had very weak characters and made stupid choices just to make drama longer.
Most critical thing that were too many unnecessary stories in this drama - blindness, virus (seems virus story later was tottally forgoten), betrayal, fake identities, brain operation, etc. These stories moments lost their track. They needed to make less stories and focus on emotion, let good characters share emotions, romance much much simple.
This drama had potential to be best all time, but first episodes and middle of drama are like different dramas. I especially liked young characters, old ones have no chemistry at all. Writers and producers did not made good job.
How it is possible? After husbands death mistress (one nigh stand) became madam, while there was no wedding held. And wife became mistress even giving a birth to a "boy" too. How that stepmother and grandmother are not kicked out of the house? Does that 24th generation grandpa has brain? How rightful madam is not reinstated? He does not care about his 3 granddaughters at all? How can he be so gullible that old dude? I wish that sauce business should bankrupt during the drama because having such stupid 24th generation heir.
Do not watch this drama. Totally disappointing in direction of drama. Story is unique and intriguing but lead woman character is unbearable to watch. How in the world you concern about your childs killer?? This was the last straw. By that direction she loved her childhood friend more than her own child. Furthermore she became infertile, she will never have another child. This drama depicts that childhood relationship are more important than mother and child bond.
In all 100 episodes lead woman chooses evil people side who do harm to her, she feels empathy to all people bully her. Moreover pushes away all good people who care about her. Seems this drama should be revenge drama, but revenge happens only few episodes in the end.
Killing child is most despicable event in this drama, but there is no feeling here. It has very little importance. At the end of drama seems no one cares whether child was killed or not, what pain she suffered. Beef between friendenemies is more important.
I don't see it at all yet where he's the bad one, I'll keep watching so I can see where he's in the wrong. O_o…
Simply put he never asks questions in dialogues. None of characters have long conversations with him unless it is a conflict. Most of conversations he is shouting at the opponent. He shows no respect to Bong Yi as human being. He speaks to her as she was the dog. No thank you, no sorry, no basic etiquette in his language. In no way he should treat like this his fiancee best friend. Only when Bong Yi chooses extraordinary measures he realizes his own mistakes f.e. firing her from a job and not fulfilling his promise. Bong Yi was at fault, but still not how mature man behaves.
1. In all public encounters he gives a shame to Sea Wa, because he is always shouting and ready to punch someone. No girl would like to admit that thug is her boyfriend in these situations. She avoids him and he is hurt by that and he shouts even more. It is never ending cycle. She does not want to be laughed at by people she respects for having such boyfriend. 2. In all meetings or skype conversations with Sea Wa he is super overjoyed like puppy dog wiggles tail to his owner. He never adjusts his emotions to Sea Wa, because in some situations she was stressed due to her daily life. He never makes effort to relieve her stress. He is very inattentive to her. He cannot see difference between Sea Wa fake and real smile, but Do Jin can.
In summary his intentions towards Sea Wa makes him perfect boyfriend, but how he displays them and what his emotional language is makes him worst boyfriend at the same time. It is a love between immature boy with mature woman, and such relationship is very tiring for the woman. To cope with that she must become selfish. Bong Yi is immature too therefore their love blossoms.
Sea Wa is not perfect either. She does not initiate to share her problems, does not meet him at airport because life and death situation of her career etc. In my opinion she is wear down from that tiring relationship therefore behaves selfishly. Her biggest problem she is not positive person from inside and overacts to stress at the work, family. It is shown how she reacts to her mother. When she was young she was ignited inner positivity by Dong Hea immaturity, therefore he was perfect to her at that time. Then she sets goals in career, to overcome hurdles she needs to find other source of positivity. As she does not find she becomes monster during drama. Simply she mistakes money and power as her new source, but then she realizes she wants at least Dong Hea back.
Most importantly for me negative opinion formed how he is treating the sport itself, coach, teammates. It is hardly to imagine professional athlete behaving like this during important competition. Missing practices, not protecting his body, eating anything, not focusing during practices etc. He behaves like impulsive teenager who just started at sports, not as someone best in the country.
Baffled about whole demise of drama - if you do not join dance group then you have to serve drunk old businessman, just one step before selling your body. Like there are no alternatives in between in 21st century. This drama is modern romantization of woman slavery at old times.
I really liked dances here, actress looked like real dancer. But association with gisaeng not in historical context urged to skip many scenes.
I do not get why always in kdramas korean woman fail to get at least half of assets of cheating husband. I never saw drama where divorcing woman would not be total doormat. Do korean people/culture see that leaving everything to cheating husband is virtuous and wanting half assets is a sin? From where that weird logic comes?
He buys condo for mistress. Owns house. Owns company. And she gets just little money. And it is not like she married into assets, they build this together. It is so stupid not to do things by law in dramas.
This was really promising, could be dramas worth remembering. Chemistry between leads were quite unique. But it went nowhere in last 4 episodes and ending was total nonsense. Last episode rating 1/10. Long time had not seen such bad wrap up. It was so unemotional.
This drama strongest card was funny and light romance, but then they went into crime and mystique of curses, solving puzzles etc. It was totally off, bad writing, bad acting, bad production. They wanted to combine these two different drama genres and it was really very unsuccessful. Instead they should start with mystique and then turn into light rom com. Never seen successful reverse order.
First episodes really worth watching, but drop the last ones.
What is her logic by lying her name and instead telling stepsisters name??? It is so stupid writing, she should lie everything, not tell her family name.
At the start of drama lead guy is total jerk and very unlikable character. He does not want his mother to get closure. She drastically looks for her lover but he tries to prohibit that by any means without listening any reasons. He inflicts so much pain towards his mother by being so selfish. Another thing he treats his girlfriend like trash. I feel sad for Sea Wa. He is responsible for their breakup. He cannot communicate neither with his mother, neither with his girlfriend, neither with strangers. I expect huge character development, if not this drama should be dropped.
It is hard to look after mentally ill mother, but this does mean you should become jerk. It is very hard to imagine how Sea Wa fell in love with him. He is so dumb. He ruins her career and dreams, they are on breakup verge because of that conflict and then he decides to propose her for whatever reasons. He complete ignores Sea Wa, never asks or listens what she needs. As Sea Wa feels completely dissapointed in Dong Hea and overall love she decides to take practical path and choose the guy who can protect and take care of her. She is mature woman who does not need puppy love. But later for viewer she is painted as greedy which is not true. I do not understand why producers went to different direction from how actress portrayed emotions.
This is first long drama there I do not want leads end up together. It is so unfair for girl to end up with him for how he treats her for whole series. Lead guy is greedy mama boy. In the middle of drama he relapses for 20 episodes and is good, but after that returns being greedy bastard. The relapse occurs just to make their love believable. It seems he will end up with lead girl only because she will become rich because of sauce. It seems second girl will become bankrupt and therefore his family will turn tables towards lead girl because she is richer now. It is so unfair.
After break-up there are no signs that he still loves her, how he treats her and her family. Lead girl should end up with better guy. It is first long series there is no second lead guy. Because any guy would cause "second lead syndrome", because any guy would be better than lead guy. In summary lead guy is poor with difficult and greedy family, has no pride (accepts being secret lover) is half-skillfull doctor (does not know how attract funds to hospital), easily folds to other people opinion=mama boy, runsaway from seriuos problems (grandpa health, not involves in brother and sister issues), does not know how to protect his lover wether it is lead or second lead.
There are no good characters in this drama except Lee Heaso and children. Woo Jin and his family is so detestable. Lee Heaso character is exceptionally good, could been best ever lead girl character in majkang but towards the end writers make her dumb doormat. She is loud and temperamental but at the end she is doormat, this is so uncharacteristic. As viewer I felt betrayed how they changed her character.
It is Heasoo character and actress who saves drama from being terrible, but in the end writers change her too, so it is better to drop it.
Total crap plot from beginning. Which parents would leave in middle of wedding for business matters. Then non-existing workers create riots and police do not help, media do not check facts, etc.. The main issues are business related, but these issues are very unrealistic, it is not how business and laws work. Terrible writing
Materialistic greedy mom chooses orphan employee as daughter-in-law instead from known family heir, just because that business faces bankruptcy. Why she chooses orphan instead of another heir? This is so against mom's character. This is so idiotic.
Your secretary bullies your wife countless times, who you love dearly, and you do nothing...
This drama has all the tropes of asian dramas, but they are forced here in so unrealistic way that it is so funny. It could become parody of other dramas.
Watch 2 episodes and skip this drama, because after that feels like different drama.
Overall it feels like separate stories of different marriages added together but really are not connected. If you skip from one story you do not miss anything from other stories. It is totally different from premise on synopsis. Lead girl chooses man pretty early - in 10 episode and stays with him till the last episode. There is a temptation in the beginning but after that kinda stops it. Producers do not show inner lead girl thought process, who she really loves is left for interpretation.
Only interesting story is Ji Hye sister, because she is very funny. Everything else are depressing and dragging. It is slow drama but there are zero character growth and development. Drama quality (acting, soundtrack, scenery) is amazing, but it totally deserves bad rating.
One of the best ever written daily kdramas (saw about 20). Most importantly it starts slow and it reaches its peak in the end. The most exciting part is end when all guns are unloaded and on open war crazy sh*t happens. There is no draggy parts except maybe first episodes. I am amazed by writers how they step by step built up tension to the end.
Romance here is breathtaking, two main pairs have great chemistry, the antagonists makes you hate them with all your guts. It has few episodes there you cannot stop crying and few episodes where you cannot stop laughing.
There are no so many boring majkang trophes - no brainless characters, no unreasonable jealousy, no evil very complicated schemes, no seperation from stupid misunderstandings. There is little filler time there some old hags gather and talk about other characters or filler time there all business talk.
The most exciting part that protagonists and villains are from different generations, and here main issues are very realistic. Plot it is not made cheaply - like protagonists try 80 episodes clear some stupid misunderstands created by evil people and after that something happens, but plot is rather based on real issues. And these issues do not go back and forth.
This drama is written greatly. To maintain it in 120 episodes is masterpiece. The only weak point is filler characters are not so lovable.
Poorly written drama. Main issues are too weak. Everything is far stretched to make unique idea possible. Writers should find better reasons to cross paths of Kyung and Se Yeon and make direction towards hate. Therefore start of drama is very dragging.
First issue. Mother does not tell daughter about workplace in order... For what? That she would be more emotionally hurt knowing with whom she has conflict? WTF? Daughter would avoided conflicts from the start. There is no reason for mother to behave like that. Only if she is not her real daughter and she has revenge in mind, but there is no hints to that. Seems her biological father is Chairman's son while her mother was maid.
Second. Case about knockoffs. There is no money trail, no hard evidence, just hersay. Moreover maximum she should get penalty if she was wrong because case is not big and it was her first time. But she cannot leave country without hard evidence - it is beyond absurd.
Third. Daughter only needs to speak in board meeting. Where is no need for her to become personal shopper. Moreover reason about board meeting is weak too. Eun Kyung is not full heiress because she does not work there and there is no intentions. So why chairman goes so lenghts to destroy Se Yeon life.
Fourth. How stupid grandpa is that if treatment does not work he does not look for other doctor? And how stupid consulting doctor is to not understand medicine and its side effects.
Through series mother character is most nonsense. What's her deal? Neither she is good mother neither good nanny, She cannot decide who is her first priority. How she communicates with daughter is absurd, never tells what is going on and never tells real reasons behind her actions. She has no motivation to hide things from daughter. She never shares information to teach daughter how to protect herself. And neither gives warmth as nanny.
The only positive thing is exiting idea that probably half sisters help each other through shopping.
It seems writers tried to extend drama making matters more complicated and making some characters do very stupid actions. Only Byun Il Jae and Do Kwang Woo had strong characters which were maintained through all episodes. All "good" people had very weak characters and made stupid choices just to make drama longer.
Most critical thing that were too many unnecessary stories in this drama - blindness, virus (seems virus story later was tottally forgoten), betrayal, fake identities, brain operation, etc. These stories moments lost their track. They needed to make less stories and focus on emotion, let good characters share emotions, romance much much simple.
This drama had potential to be best all time, but first episodes and middle of drama are like different dramas. I especially liked young characters, old ones have no chemistry at all. Writers and producers did not made good job.
In all 100 episodes lead woman chooses evil people side who do harm to her, she feels empathy to all people bully her. Moreover pushes away all good people who care about her. Seems this drama should be revenge drama, but revenge happens only few episodes in the end.
Killing child is most despicable event in this drama, but there is no feeling here. It has very little importance. At the end of drama seems no one cares whether child was killed or not, what pain she suffered. Beef between friendenemies is more important.
In summary writers of this series are inhumane.
1. In all public encounters he gives a shame to Sea Wa, because he is always shouting and ready to punch someone. No girl would like to admit that thug is her boyfriend in these situations. She avoids him and he is hurt by that and he shouts even more. It is never ending cycle. She does not want to be laughed at by people she respects for having such boyfriend.
2. In all meetings or skype conversations with Sea Wa he is super overjoyed like puppy dog wiggles tail to his owner. He never adjusts his emotions to Sea Wa, because in some situations she was stressed due to her daily life. He never makes effort to relieve her stress. He is very inattentive to her. He cannot see difference between Sea Wa fake and real smile, but Do Jin can.
In summary his intentions towards Sea Wa makes him perfect boyfriend, but how he displays them and what his emotional language is makes him worst boyfriend at the same time. It is a love between immature boy with mature woman, and such relationship is very tiring for the woman. To cope with that she must become selfish. Bong Yi is immature too therefore their love blossoms.
Sea Wa is not perfect either. She does not initiate to share her problems, does not meet him at airport because life and death situation of her career etc. In my opinion she is wear down from that tiring relationship therefore behaves selfishly. Her biggest problem she is not positive person from inside and overacts to stress at the work, family. It is shown how she reacts to her mother. When she was young she was ignited inner positivity by Dong Hea immaturity, therefore he was perfect to her at that time. Then she sets goals in career, to overcome hurdles she needs to find other source of positivity. As she does not find she becomes monster during drama. Simply she mistakes money and power as her new source, but then she realizes she wants at least Dong Hea back.
Most importantly for me negative opinion formed how he is treating the sport itself, coach, teammates. It is hardly to imagine professional athlete behaving like this during important competition. Missing practices, not protecting his body, eating anything, not focusing during practices etc. He behaves like impulsive teenager who just started at sports, not as someone best in the country.
Later in drama he becames much better person.
Wonder how happy ending is possible scenario. He will marry almost prostitute??
I really liked dances here, actress looked like real dancer. But association with gisaeng not in historical context urged to skip many scenes.
But last 2 episodes like different season 2. As many events as in 48 previous episodes. It is so unsatisfying ending.
Bi Chwi never smiles after she gets pregnant, although she should be happily married. Last 5 episodes gave such depressing feeling.
He buys condo for mistress. Owns house. Owns company. And she gets just little money. And it is not like she married into assets, they build this together. It is so stupid not to do things by law in dramas.
This drama strongest card was funny and light romance, but then they went into crime and mystique of curses, solving puzzles etc. It was totally off, bad writing, bad acting, bad production. They wanted to combine these two different drama genres and it was really very unsuccessful. Instead they should start with mystique and then turn into light rom com. Never seen successful reverse order.
First episodes really worth watching, but drop the last ones.
Still kinda disturbing fact that he slept with both twins
It is hard to look after mentally ill mother, but this does mean you should become jerk. It is very hard to imagine how Sea Wa fell in love with him. He is so dumb. He ruins her career and dreams, they are on breakup verge because of that conflict and then he decides to propose her for whatever reasons. He complete ignores Sea Wa, never asks or listens what she needs. As Sea Wa feels completely dissapointed in Dong Hea and overall love she decides to take practical path and choose the guy who can protect and take care of her. She is mature woman who does not need puppy love. But later for viewer she is painted as greedy which is not true. I do not understand why producers went to different direction from how actress portrayed emotions.
After break-up there are no signs that he still loves her, how he treats her and her family. Lead girl should end up with better guy. It is first long series there is no second lead guy. Because any guy would cause "second lead syndrome", because any guy would be better than lead guy. In summary lead guy is poor with difficult and greedy family, has no pride (accepts being secret lover) is half-skillfull doctor (does not know how attract funds to hospital), easily folds to other people opinion=mama boy, runsaway from seriuos problems (grandpa health, not involves in brother and sister issues), does not know how to protect his lover wether it is lead or second lead.
There are no good characters in this drama except Lee Heaso and children. Woo Jin and his family is so detestable. Lee Heaso character is exceptionally good, could been best ever lead girl character in majkang but towards the end writers make her dumb doormat. She is loud and temperamental but at the end she is doormat, this is so uncharacteristic. As viewer I felt betrayed how they changed her character.
It is Heasoo character and actress who saves drama from being terrible, but in the end writers change her too, so it is better to drop it.
Materialistic greedy mom chooses orphan employee as daughter-in-law instead from known family heir, just because that business faces bankruptcy. Why she chooses orphan instead of another heir? This is so against mom's character. This is so idiotic.
Your secretary bullies your wife countless times, who you love dearly, and you do nothing...
This drama has all the tropes of asian dramas, but they are forced here in so unrealistic way that it is so funny. It could become parody of other dramas.
Overall it feels like separate stories of different marriages added together but really are not connected. If you skip from one story you do not miss anything from other stories. It is totally different from premise on synopsis. Lead girl chooses man pretty early - in 10 episode and stays with him till the last episode. There is a temptation in the beginning but after that kinda stops it. Producers do not show inner lead girl thought process, who she really loves is left for interpretation.
Only interesting story is Ji Hye sister, because she is very funny. Everything else are depressing and dragging. It is slow drama but there are zero character growth and development. Drama quality (acting, soundtrack, scenery) is amazing, but it totally deserves bad rating.
Romance here is breathtaking, two main pairs have great chemistry, the antagonists makes you hate them with all your guts. It has few episodes there you cannot stop crying and few episodes where you cannot stop laughing.
There are no so many boring majkang trophes - no brainless characters, no unreasonable jealousy, no evil very complicated schemes, no seperation from stupid misunderstandings. There is little filler time there some old hags gather and talk about other characters or filler time there all business talk.
The most exciting part that protagonists and villains are from different generations, and here main issues are very realistic. Plot it is not made cheaply - like protagonists try 80 episodes clear some stupid misunderstands created by evil people and after that something happens, but plot is rather based on real issues. And these issues do not go back and forth.
This drama is written greatly. To maintain it in 120 episodes is masterpiece. The only weak point is filler characters are not so lovable.
First issue. Mother does not tell daughter about workplace in order... For what? That she would be more emotionally hurt knowing with whom she has conflict? WTF? Daughter would avoided conflicts from the start. There is no reason for mother to behave like that. Only if she is not her real daughter and she has revenge in mind, but there is no hints to that. Seems her biological father is Chairman's son while her mother was maid.
Second. Case about knockoffs. There is no money trail, no hard evidence, just hersay. Moreover maximum she should get penalty if she was wrong because case is not big and it was her first time. But she cannot leave country without hard evidence - it is beyond absurd.
Third. Daughter only needs to speak in board meeting. Where is no need for her to become personal shopper. Moreover reason about board meeting is weak too. Eun Kyung is not full heiress because she does not work there and there is no intentions. So why chairman goes so lenghts to destroy Se Yeon life.
Fourth. How stupid grandpa is that if treatment does not work he does not look for other doctor? And how stupid consulting doctor is to not understand medicine and its side effects.
Through series mother character is most nonsense. What's her deal? Neither she is good mother neither good nanny, She cannot decide who is her first priority. How she communicates with daughter is absurd, never tells what is going on and never tells real reasons behind her actions. She has no motivation to hide things from daughter. She never shares information to teach daughter how to protect herself. And neither gives warmth as nanny.
The only positive thing is exiting idea that probably half sisters help each other through shopping.