I loved the premise for this drama, when I started watching it I definitely thought this was going to be on my top dramas of 2020, but then... ...The romance started and it felt completely unnecessary. Couldn't they just have kept it about the heavy subjects, the stigma against psychiatry patients and the healing of the characters? Personally the age gap I didn't care for (to me that's irrelevant when it's between two consenting adults, like it is here), it was the fact that the romance started while she was his patient and the fact that he wanted to continue to treat her after initiating the relationship with her, that just kind of made me not like it as much, as it is totally unethical (though it wasn't illegal as they made sure to clear up for the viewers). The "healing" of the main lead felt rushed and not realistic at all, and after the portrayal of her condition and the perfect acting that went into it it just felt like a let down, it felt extremely forced so that they could have the perfect peaches ending.
When I saw the preview for this drama, it got me excited and I couldn't wait to start watching it. It actually started well, the idea for it was original an it had so much potential to be a hit (even the drama of the year), but it seems like the writers just had that, an idea. So when it came down to executing it, they failed, miserably. I felt like this dragged on forever, and after episode 7 the fast forward button became my best friend, until about episode 15, when everything started to come to a conclusion. A true shame.
I've seen the whole series and I'm pretty excited to watch this one.
...The romance started and it felt completely unnecessary. Couldn't they just have kept it about the heavy subjects, the stigma against psychiatry patients and the healing of the characters?
Personally the age gap I didn't care for (to me that's irrelevant when it's between two consenting adults, like it is here), it was the fact that the romance started while she was his patient and the fact that he wanted to continue to treat her after initiating the relationship with her, that just kind of made me not like it as much, as it is totally unethical (though it wasn't illegal as they made sure to clear up for the viewers).
The "healing" of the main lead felt rushed and not realistic at all, and after the portrayal of her condition and the perfect acting that went into it it just felt like a let down, it felt extremely forced so that they could have the perfect peaches ending.
A true shame.