rationalbeings

Aw, I'm sorry my review made you drop the drama. I always feel bad if I start a drama and then am like, wow this isn't going anywhere - dropped! But yeah this drama was one I would have dropped if the chemistry wasn't so strong (and lets be honest I think the high ratings come just from that). But if you weren't into after the first few episodes, you really won't be as it progresses!

Oh yessss the offensive jokes on homosexuality and domestic violence! I know in the last part they cleared that up about the mom hitting the dad thing, but seriously I feel like it was probably due to external pressure rather than what the writers were aiming for. And the way they treated homosexuality in this drama made me so uncomfortable (like when Bong Soo just outs Min multiple times without consulting him, or the over the top one dimensional gay team leader). I'm assuming the writers thought they were being progressive but it was mostly just really cringy.

Imagine if all those pointless thug scenes had been replaced with new crime-per-episode subplots...it would have really shown Bong Soo's development towards someone who fights for real justice rather than what I still ended up viewing her as...someone who is just very very strong.

That was pretty much how I watched this drama as well. Agreed with everything you said.

There's only one word to describe this drama: Disorienting.

The cute fluffy romance overshadowed by the dark criminal theme didn't really manage to mesh well. One second you were watching sometime akin to You Who Came From the Stars and the next minute its a scene from Criminal Minds (a show that really messes with your headspace). And the two did not reconcile well. It was difficult to find joy in the cute romance when the next scene had girls screaming and begging for their lives in the worst conditions imaginable. The drama would have worked better to have a new crime per episode, so you could sort of enjoy it and be intrigued at the same time. I agree with the other comments about the ending scene....what was that???? -__-"

Also I was part of the team of viewers who didn't feel the gangster scenes and just didn't understand why SO MUCH screen time was dedicated to them. I think after episode 6 or 7 I just started to skip them because they were so pointless and lacked any humour. The same slapstick humour was just repeated and was boring. They would have been better off just putting in more scenes with the main leads.

The saving grace for this drama is the chemistry between the two leads, it is very good. And whilst the romance gets overshadowed a lot due to the darker themes, the main leads are so adorable together you can't help but ship them. Also wow Park Hyung Shik is so pretty to look at, such a pretty pretty man. I am interested in seeing Ji Soo in more dramas, I think his acting skills need to be given a bigger role to really stand out.

Watch it for the romance but be forewarned, you will feel really disconcerted throughout the series.

Couldn't get past the second episode of that drama.

I'm with all the Healer hurt fans. That drama was amazingly done with a touch of everything that flowed almost seamlessly together, a rare feat in dramaland. (Also did anyone else feel like the recent events in Korean politics were so similar to Healer's plot?)

Haven't watched the other apart from Mary and agree with the review of that, its a loveable strange drama.

This was shot like movie, not like a drama. You feel like each episode is a slow paced movie. Yes this drama's pace is slow, sometimes frustratingly but you get to see something through that that you don't in normal dramas, the development of a relationship. From complete strangers to basically soulmates. Like others I agree the drama focused too much on Kim Young Jin and in doing so it ignored its own greatest plot device; time travel. Time travel dramas work when the concept of time remains the main focus, as in Nine and Signal. The drama lost its focus on the second half when it stopped playing with the concept of time. That was its biggest mistake.

On the other hand the reason I was continuously hooked was due the Shin Min Ah and Lee Je Hoon's chemistry together. They really were a couple that showed us openly what marriage life can be like, the happiness, the doubts, the fights and the love. I adored all their scenes together (and the lack of them in the last 2 episodes was why I skipped so much). You could really feel them miss each other and kept rooting for Shin Min Ah's love to win over Lee Je Hoon early on. It does leave you feeling a little heavy and I think because of the way it was shot, a little depressed. However this is one for the romantics, so I definitely loved it in the end.

"I'm sorry, having positive human relations in a drama...is a PLUS, not a negative".- So much truth and the reason I ended up turning away from "realistic" american content. I prefer a world where people learn the value of human relations rather than spend eternity chasing money and power.

I really liked her as well!

I adored this drama, I'm so very glad I watched it despite the comments and reviews. The male lead is amazing and he has captured the essence of people with social anxiety. I was exactly like that throughout my entire school life, so afraid to speak that people thought I couldn't either speak english or that I couldn't even speak. And like him, I eventually grew but big crowds still freak me out and I prefer smaller group discussions. The way the drama handles his phobias were all too real for me so for that alone I loved this drama.

But I even liked the female lead, yes she was very aggressive, but her reasons were valid. Everything she knew was lost, so I found her character's actions pretty logical. I found the first 4 episodes to be quite exciting so I didn't get the fuss about them. The drama sort of dragged on with too many fillers in the last 3-4 eps, but that is a k-drama norm.

My only negative comment about this drama was Yi Soo and Kang Woo's ending, it felt too fake and forced in the end. The writers shouldn't have let it end that way after everything that happened, it made everything that happens in the first half of the drama feel so trivial that it may as well not have happened. (Also that Kang Woo was forgiven too easily and portrayed to be suffering when in the first half of the drama you couldn't figure out if he was "good" or "bad" ). That really spoiled the ending for me but apart from that I found this to be a great drama to watch.

This. I was pretty surprised, I assumed SK would be higher than JP cause it seems a little less traditional. They really need to start more positive campaigns that empower women to work and be moms, and push for more equality in the work place. My friend in JP always complains that even though she and her male counterpart at work are at the same level the boss will always only ask her to make tea/coffee for guests. It's may sound tiny but its so discriminatory!!

My fav has to be the three friends. They were so cute everytime they were on screen together and really loved each other so much esp Key's character. I have never seen him act before but he definitely stole the show for me (and I'm not even a Shinee fan)! Also loved all the impersonations in every episode I looked forward to each episode for that. I preferred this to much more than the Let's Eat series.

Bok Joo ❤︎ Joon Hyeong !!! #SWAGcouple

Loved this article, esp these two points; Am I fat/ugly and Am I generally a bad person. Sometimes you watch these forever cheerful never gonna say die female leads and you are like...do people like this exist and if they do....how does one become like them? I love my dramas but there are times where i have had to slap myself back into reality and remember that no one is that one dimensional.
Also the nosebleed one! After kdramas I have come to expect nosebleeds as the most normal part of life even though I have never ever experienced one!

this drama was an amazing insight into the lives of the elderly and how colourful, fun, depressing, agonising and amazing life can be. It really highlights life in an almost realistic manner, where even the big events that you would think might define a character are actually depicted as just part of their journey. You really feel like Wan-ah is all of their daughter with the way her life is interwoven into everyone's life. She is not portrayed as the bight shinny one dimensional main lead but a complicated human being who like all of us has many selfish thoughts but understands deeply what she has to do. I loved all of the older actors, you can tell they are talented in their art but Choong Nam's character was my favourite. She was a straight talking independent yet soft-hearted lady that loves everyone so deeply. In my opinion she was the most admirable character in the series and I loved when she was on screen (esp when she was going to school with her backpack...soo cute).

For me personally the drama also made me realise how perhaps my own mother would have felt through the stories of these ladies and made me appreciate her so so much more.

Definitely watch this drama at some point in your life. It gives you glimpse of what lies in store for us and how to handle life with dignity.

The outfits in this drama were my favourite thing, they were all so pretty! I loved her outfits and she looked so good in them too.

Like everyone else I think she should have ended with Jason and the open ending just confused me.

Didn't care for the main couple, couldn't feel any affection from the female lead towards the male lead. Ha Neul's story line was the only reason to finish off this movie.

WHAT! I didn't know it was his last drama before military...I'm not a huge fan but I will miss him on screen. He's like staple actor every year you expect a new drama from him :(((

Me too! The little girl was my favourite, but I suppose they couldn't show the same actress 3 years on and it wouldn't do justice to have another actress in her place....but still :((((

Agreed although Goblin did everything else better....but the end </3