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I ended reading NamuWiki summaries and the synopses for Wife Returns, the site I was using basically broke. Spoilers ahead!

There's 2 twins: Jung Yu-Hee and Jung Yu-Kyung. They get separated as kids since Yu-Kyung has heart issues, and Yu-Kyung gets adopted to America overseas. Yu-Hee is best friends with Han Kang-Su (2nd ML), who's in love with her. She doesn't feel the same way and falls for Yoon Sang-Woo, the ML (who was the WORST character in this drama to me.) Sang-Woo and Yu-Hee get married. But Sang-Woo's mom hates Yu-Hee for being a poor orphan. Sang-Woo and Yu-Hee have a daughter, Da-Eun, who ends up having heart issues. Sang-Woo's evil mom forces Yu-Hee to abandon Sang-Woo and Da-Eun. Then we meet our 2nd FL, Min Seo-Hyun. Surprisingly, she's a great person at first! She treats Da-Hae (Se-Hyun is a heart doctor), and then marries Sang-Woo.

5 years pass. Yu-Hee comes back and wants to start over with Sang-Woo. They basically have an emotional affair and start to reconnect- TERRIBLE idea. Seo-Hyun gets PISSED and all jealous. Evil MIL is not rocking with Yu-Hee. Even Se-Hyun's siblings, Yi-Hyun (younger sister, who falls in love with Kang-Su!), and Young-Hun (younger/older brother? Don't remember, he's the 3rd ML), aren't cool with it.

All of this leads to Yu-Hee's disappearance: Seo-Hyun goes to the place that Yu-Hee is staying at, they get into a fight, and Seo-Hyun pushes Yu-Hee onto the floor, causing her to hit her head and bleed. This also coincides with Yu-Kyung (aka, Jessica) returning to Korea after so long since Yu-Hee called her, saying that she was scared. Seo-Hyun calls Kang-Su and he disposes of Yu-Hee, now believed to be dead.

With Yu-Hee gone, Yu-Kyung is NOT happy. She wants to find out who did this to her sister. Everyone's telling her, no, don't do it! "Screw all of you," Yu-Kyung says. Then she gets the news that Yu-Hee is dead. DEVASTATED. She takes her twin's place and starts getting some revenge. She uses aliases. Disguises. Uses her money. People. Commits crimes. THE WORKS! She basically becomes a villain to take down the other villains.

This link explains it:
https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%95%84%EB%82%B4%EA%B0%80%20%EB%8F%8C%EC%95%84%EC%99%94%EB%8B%A4

But as for how it all ends, Yu-Hee turns out to be brain-dead, then she donates her heart to Yu-Kyung (who's collapsed from stress and the weight of her crimes), and actually dies. For real. It seems to have a bittersweet ending. Great drama from what I was able to watch. And one of the BEST FLs I've seen in a daily drama to date.

I hope the writer focuses more on Seo-Rin, too, though.

Fair enough, I really do wish the characters had more depth 😭 especially Sang-Ah and Yang-Mi (who suffered from, arguably, the worst writing!)

Lol! Here's a brief summary on NamuWiki! The character pages also explain more.

https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%B2%AB%20%EB%B2%88%EC%A7%B8%20%EB%82%A8%EC%9E%90#s-7

Me too.

Oh good! Me and cosmic aren't alone! (I love The Count of Monte-Cristo, top 10 books of all time lol)

As they should tbh 😭😭

It's really hard to find MBC dailies for sure! Especially if they're subbed! Some KBS dailies aren't available anymore, boo... I actually hope Tubi starts uploading daily dramas onto their site... there are a few k-dramas I've seen on there... 👀

Ooooh, Apple TV has old MBC dramas? Damn, I don't have it 😔 I use Android devices. I'm screwed, I guess I'll stick to my alternative websites... but I hope they're not region-locked.

It's never hit 6 percent. Now, if it (by some random miracle) hits 10 percent, then I'd understand. I'd even be fine with a 5 or 10 episode extension, but 20?! The script isn't even that good! There's a lot of criticism on Korean websites and from viewers, from what I've heard. "Too much sweet potatoes, not enough cider", as they say.

My question is, what are they gonna do for the remaining 50 episodes? Will we finally get some actual revenge? 🤔 I predict Dong-Seok (the dad?) returning, more potential deaths (ahem, chairman 👀), Baek-Ho's birth secret being revealed (if he's related to the twins somehow, I SWEAR TO GOD-)

Same! It's a shame that more female leads aren't written like Seo-Rin in revenge daily dramas. (Btw, I think she'd be a third female lead, since Hong-Ju seems like a side character.) Good theory with Suk-Hee... 👀

This is why I liked the set-up with Wife Returns- the poor, older twin Yu-Hee disappeared, and the rich, younger twin Yu-Kyung came in and got revenge. It was very fun to watch (from what I saw.) Yu-Kyung was a badass.

Alter ego? What?! 😂

So glad that Seo-Rin is back! I'll be rooting for her too lol

I hope so too 😂

HA! I can't wait for that! 😂

I mostly agree with this, but this drama was always promoted as a political thriller and focused on politics from the get-go. Tae-Seop is the protagonist (however villainous he is.) The "politics" tag was there even before the premiere.

Something I'd mentioned in my review was that Sang-Ah didn't get enough character development. The ending also felt rushed and confusing.

I don't mind Jang-Mi becoming a mean girl... shoot, at least she's becoming more like Seo-Rin. 😂

At least she's finally getting her karma! 😂

This is like an artsy/premium version of A Graceful Liar. Lol, it's decent so far.

I'm taking a LONG break from it and I've only watched the previews. I'll probably watch today's episode. But if the show doesn't improve, I'm more than willing to drop it lol. Again, viewing Hwa-Young as the protagonist can only take me so far 😂

Why would they extend this by 20 episodes? I'd understand if it were a KBS2 daily or an SBS one, but it's not. The ratings aren't good and the writing isn't great. What deal did the writer make with MBC? 😂

I liked it, too!

We haven't even gotten through a quarter of this drama yet. So it's a possibility! Maybe after she goes to jail/prison?

I knoooowwww 😭 so heartbreaking!

On goplay it was King of Ambition, but I adored Ha Ryu's moral greyness nonetheless lol, he really got his lick back for real!