My opinion, but I had strong feelings about this show, especially after enjoying the To All the Boys trilogy. Words can't describe how much I disliked this show. The writing was bad, the characters were unlikeable (especially Kitty - yes, she acted like a sasaeng and was completely caught up in herself and her problems). I didn't care for the acting (except for Sang Heon Lee, who really grew on me), and the LBGTQ agenda was thrown into the story in multiple ways. Time I won't get back.
20 episodes is considered short. This makes me laugh, because the writers would be better served to cut down the longer dramas to a more manageable length. When reading people's comments, I see a LOT of "I really enjoyed it, but I fast forwarded through a lot of it".
What draws you to a series? An actor/actress or a storyline? I'm struggling on whether to watch this or not. I love Kim Woo Bin, but this story is absolutely not up my alley. This type of drama is kind of what moved me to Korean shows to begin with, to escape the darkness, the violence, the language, etc.
Well, if anything this drama made me a fan of Woo Do Hwan… that’s it
Have you watched him in Tempted? Like Dangerous Liaisons. The friends/trio are like a train wreck, you want to look away, but you just can't. I loved him in this drama.
So, for how many episodes do other try to keep the leads apart? I'm tired of the back and forth between "I like you" and "don't talk to me". Granted, they were teens, but it's working my last nerve.
This show gets so many positive reviews and comments that I'm sometimes wondering if we have watched the same…
I'm reluctant to watch this, as I don't have much patience for "not much happening". I felt the same way when I started Hospital Playlist. I LOVED Hospital Playlist! I watched HP2 quite a while after HP1 and loved it so much I went back and watched both seasons again. But I agree with people that say you have to be in the right kind of mood for certain shows. I was that way with Chicago Typewriter. When I first attempted to watch it I wanted to put up billboards about how much I hated it. I went back to it a year later and loved it! Thankfully, we have a lot of content to choose from.
I'm enjoying reading everyone's comments. I love Woo Do Hwan, but this sounds like a drama that would make me a complete mess. I'm just lurking on the fringes of the comments, to find out if there is any way that this could possibly have a happy ending. That's the only way I can watch it. Is it too much to ask that Do Hwan take on something a little lighter!?
Granted, I'm only on episode 6 and I realize that they don't get together until much, much later (filler, filler, filler), but can someone tell me why he seems so unhappy? He's quitting his dream job and is spending a lot of time staring unhappily into space. Am I missing something?
This show has 44 episodes. Just for fun, how many episodes do you think it realistically needed? I think the Chinese have the corner on draggy plot lines and excess filler.