sasharama

I'm going to talk about some spoilers so read at your own risk.😁

this is a common "secretary/ boss " love story but it has a really important twist..

due to an accident our boss loses the ability to recognize faces and it is forced to keep his secretary around (which he fired in the first episode) to help him out and succeed in his quest to become the next president of the company.

this a simple plot line but it really works!
the characters are lovable in their own way and we see them grow closer as the story progresses.

so.. what is the issue? my issue is that due to the boss illness the secretary takes advantage of him pretending to be an upper class girl who was supposed to meet our ml.
this happens "twice". the first time the audience is willing to forgives the main female lead because we can kinda understand where she is coming from. she grew up struggling and never had something nice to herself. ok fine. misunderstanding are a huge part of Rom coms..

when the real it girl finds out about what our protagonist is doing, she "forces" our secretary to keep up the lie because she herself is benefitting from the whole situation.
I understand her motice to a certain degree but we reach a point where it is uncomfortable to watch what this secretary is doing to her boss.
I felt so bad for him.
this guy is perfect in the surface: good job, about to be president, a rich family, Beauty but in reality this man is freaking lonely as hell.

his stepmother hates him (I don't get why) but forces him to become president (??), his uncle is trying to sabotage him from the inside of the company, he has no friends, his last secretary betrayed him in a vile way and he also cannot see faces anymore. I mean.. what else is coming? is meteor?

meanwhile our secretary is torn by this guild which is only projected to herself at this point. "will he hate me?". she wonders about if he is going to forgive her...
it was infuriating to watch.

he is a better person than me for sure.

moving on we find some issues with the drama itself. some plot lines are abandoned Mid drama.
for example : the bitchy secretary of the studio is coerced by her boss to find out some information from our main secretary... we never see or hear from her after that.

the secretary sister is supposed to be studying abroad even though she is hiding in Korea. for a good chunk of the show our female lead never even mentions her sister..

later on this sister starts bossing around the it girl.. and I cannot say why she accepts this behavior from a literal stranger.

talking about our it girl, honestly, she is my favourite character. very straightforward, confident, has a huge ego but is not pretentious.
unfortunately she falls in love with the ml best friend and let me tell you.. he has the same personality of a toaster. such a bland character... they are also missing chemistry. it was hard to imagine them as a couple.

talking about couples. can we please stop showing 30 something years old behaving like prudes and innocent kids when it comes to kissing, hugging or sex?
I know it's part of the Korean culture but this was too much.

it sounds like I am a hater but I swear i liked the show.😅 its just that after watching it you process the goods and the bads.

talking about the good stuff the plot twist revolving around the file, the president assault and the secret society was pretty well done.
for half of the drama we think something shady and bad is going on but then we find out that these people were "plotting" to defend the innocent and help the poor mistreated employees. I really like that part.

this is getting long so let's cut to the chase.
is it worth it? Yes.
is it funny? yes.
if you are looking for something entertaining give this drama a chance