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First off, they could change the potato in the title to any fruit, you could even make it a chicken lab for all it’s worth. They do a lot of so called research, which they never show, and do a lot of potato related activities that only count so far as creating plot drama.
Any real tension in the plot is resolved one of two ways: someone magically changes their mind, or someone simply says, wow, what a great potato.
The couple is decently developed, but every single emotional turmoil is handled by simply, forgetting about the problem.

Also, Mi-kyung is an interesting character. I simply wish they developed her more. Why does she like potatoes so much?? What does she want? And instead of resolving every uncertainty and letting us grow with her, we cut to an insane time skip after the end where she is instantly successful.

I actually like Seo Baek-ho. He was the best part of the show, I just wish they’d shown more about him. What were his thoughts? Flashbacks to his childhood? How was he uniquely shaped by his experiences? How is he best friends with Yoon Heejin? And they didn’t develop that friendship at all.

Yoon Hee Jin was the most pointless character of them all. I am not mad she did something morally wrong, but her time on the show wasn’t developed and we never got to see much of her relationship with Ki-se, another undeveloped cliche character. For those so ‘central’ to the plot line, they surely did absolutely nothing and didn’t really give their plot line a satisfying ending. Why did they even really break up? It’s a five minute montage. We are left uncertain.

This feels like a dream, unstructured, messy and full of potential.