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Episodes 1+2 ?then Misunderstanding Central
The first 2 episodes had me HOOKED. Then the dragged out misunderstandings had me like -_-It felt like misunderstanding after misunderstanding which had me following along to see resolution but more so out of curiosity than sincere enjoyment. I feel like if they stuck with the plot of the first 2 episodes with them in Jeju, fake marriage, bummy tech ex and MIA sister that would’ve been a perfect plot in itself. Everything after that was cute but it felt like so much was going on that some things just didn’t matter despite being major reasons as to why certain things are happening in the story ex. THE MISSING DEBT RIDDEN SISTER.
It was a fun watch for the most part I’d say but I stopped caring about the plot and just enjoyed the exceptional acting, select sequences (ex. stone shoes, Juns’ talent show, Ha-yeong and her mom) and subplots like the In-ae, Gyeong-min and Go-eun even at some points Ji-Hye. Also Seon-u had 20, TWENTY years and he chose now when Da-rim is finally with a good man and in love? I wept. Ha-yeong stand up babe please because what do you mean “a few years later” and you’re out here saying “girlfriend, soon?” NO! 😔
As long as you don’t have high expectations, this drama is nice. Eps 1 and 2 raised the bar so high that everything after didn’t quite meet it.
The end credits brought it back for me though tbh, was very very sweet and the lil Christmas messsge, so cute. I feel like I’ll be nostalgic and rewatch this one day (probably Christmas) and I’ll enjoy it more, now knowing not to let the first two eps blind me to what I thought it was going to be. Also the soundtrack was nice, every time ‘Face to Face’ came on I was cheesing.
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