Growing up in a dysfunctional environment has a major impact on self-esteem. If you or someone close to you have experience like that you may like this drama a bit more (as you will understand FL better). Looking at the FL's past I'd say she's doing incredibly well but let's not spoil too much.
I started this drama for Shin Hyun Been as I really liked her in Hospital Playlist. I stayed for the story. The pacing was too slow for me sometimes, I often changed speed to 1.25x (sometimes more than that). This drama was different from other fluffy comedies with nice outfits etc. but it got me hooked and I really enjoyed it.
When did they get together?Any breakups? How Long?Happy ending?
> When did they get together? It's hard to say really. The whole main plot of this drama is about the FL pretending to be ML's first love (which starts at the end of ep 2). So even if they are together, but the FL is faking it would you call it that "they are together"? If the answer to the above is "no", then my answer to your question is: "They SEEM to get together... in the last scene of the drama" :) ML is in love with FL from ep 2... until the end. FL falls in love with ML by the end of ep 9 but then she starts to avoid him (which makes ML look more and more miserable). Their first kiss is at the beginning of episode 11 and one could say that that's when they get together - if so, then by the end of this episode FL again decides not to be with the ML. This decision lasts until the last minutes of the drama.
As for the Second Leads: the drama starts with them breaking up and they never get back together.
> Any breakups? How Long? I think I answered that above. Short answer is "all the time except episode 11" :D
> Happy ending? er... Yes, I guess. I personally felt like it was very much forced. I felt like i I was asking "please let them be happy" like 777 times throughout the whole drama and the writer at the end of the last episode said "ok, shut up already. Here, have your happy ending..." and threw the last page of the script under my feet so I need to bow down to him/her while picking it up.
I my opinion you can watch it if:1. You're 15+ years old (I guess you could ask your parents, but honestly...…
Yes, it has a happy ending. The last 10 minutes of the show is also full of positive messages.
There are only 2 things that some people may consider not happy: 1. The FL seems to be loosing her sight. 2. The FL does not end up in a romantic relationship with the detective. But I'd say it's an open ending in both of these cases.
Okay, I watched it mostly for the SFL... and the dog ;)I watched most of the scenes not involving main leads or…
Lessons from the ML: 1) When the woman you love treats you like shit, keep loving her. She's going to change and love you back (trust me, that's not a recipe for a toxic relationship at all). 2) When you discover who the villain is, just go meet them without telling anyone. Sharing knowledge is for the weak. You need to be the hero after all. 3) In Korea, when you love somebody, you need to prove it by separating from her for around 3 years. If your love holds, then it's fine. If not, oh well. I guess you need to try again. Take that into consideration if you're trying any serious relationship with a Korean person. (This is also a lesson for any aspiring writers there: when your audience is totally pissed and you want to throw some final punches, consider using this cliche.).
Lessons from the FL: 1) If you're a psychiatrist and your patient tells you that you shared some moment in the past but you don't remember... don't check if it's true. Just assume that what you think may be true is in fact true, no matter what your patient says. 2) If you're conducting an experiment on a human being, always lie to them and manipulate them. It's for their own good and for the good of the experiment. 3) If you're a psychiatrist, don't really listen to your patients. They just say the same things over and over; that's boring, but it's ok as long as they pay. 4) When your personal feelings get in the way of your work. Don't ask for somebody to replace you. It's better to ruin the experiment and hurt the person involved than to give it to somebody else. And also, you're not hurting the person; you're protecting them, right? Right? ;)
Lesson from the SFL: In Korea, "cool person" means "a person who can drink alcohol." The more you can drink, the more cool you are. Alcoholism is not a sickness; it's a skill you want to level up. This is not a new lesson. It's repeated in almost every single Korean drama. I think you should know it by now. Cheers!
Lessons from SFL's mother: 1) If your grown-up child wants to know about the past that may be embarrassing or difficult, don't speak to them, and if they press on scold them, do anything so they stop but avoid serious, honest talk. Talking to your children and treating them like human beings is for the weak. 2) If your dangerous relative can harm the rest of your family, don't warn them about it. Maybe they will survive and thank you that you tried to "protect them" (while you were really running away from the problem like a real grown-up adult does). And if not, then... oh well, I guess they were unlucky.
Lesson from ML's mother: If you've been a bad parent for your children, start drinking with them. In Korea, alcoholism seems to be the remedy for depression. Also use physical violence against anybody that tries to do them harm because in Korea using violence is how you solve problems as an adult.
Okay, I watched it mostly for the SFL... and the dog ;) I watched most of the scenes not involving main leads or second leads on 4x speed though. It was not that bad... until episode 12 i think (until then one could've justify characters behaviour by filling the gaps the writer and director failed to fill). After ep12 it gets worse and worse and by ep 14 there is just total mess :D
In the end I don't regret watching it. I wanted to check Yang Hye Ji's acting and she did very good. I think her character (SFL) was the only one (if you ignore alcoholism) that's likeable in this drama... okay, there's also the dog ;) Other actors did their job well too. In my opinion it's the writer(s) and the directors who failed.
Some lessons from this drama in the spoiler comment below:
I'm thinking about binge watching this one but... 1. Everyone says I should expect a bad story writing and it's a waste of time. Okay... seems like 2x speed will be on and maybe some skipping. 2. Everyone is talking that the only thing that's good is the Main Lead's visuals... I don't care about male actors visuals... How about Female Leads acting? How about Female Leads visuals?
Is it very scary? I want to watch it but I'm weak to horror
I my opinion you can watch it if: 1. You're 15+ years old (I guess you could ask your parents, but honestly... if you're not 12 years old yet, then please don't watch it. Wait a bit so you can sleep normally and not be scared every time somebody knocks at the door or you look in the mirror). 2. You can watch the intro... yes, the intro is a bit scary and I think it's scarier than some of the episodes of this series.
More details below (no spoilers): - I'm not a horror fan (I don't really like feeling scared) but I did enjoy this series very much. I would say I was excited more than scared watching this series. - There are no ugly scenes. - There are some jump-scare scenes. - There are also few scenes with ghosts looking a bit scary (no eyes) - like 3 or 4 scenes in the whole series. Most of the scenes with ghost are either presenting the character's shadow or the main character just looking like herself but acting different (BTW. Kim Tae Ri acting in this one is great). I think they purposely made it so that there are no scary scenes to reach a wider audience. - Note that if you're a religious person you may find the events more believable, which may make it more intense/realistic for you.
Who also love Young Dae little lisp? I really find it cute.
Not me. Honestly for me it's distracting. This distraction becomes a bit annoying sometimes (when it breaks immersion and I start thinking about the lisp instead of focusing on the story). But it is what it is. It's nobody's fault. As you say some people even find it cute, so good for you guys😊
P.S. I know. I don't find it cute so I should've stayed quiet. Sorry.
Looking at the FL's past I'd say she's doing incredibly well but let's not spoil too much.
I started this drama for Shin Hyun Been as I really liked her in Hospital Playlist. I stayed for the story.
The pacing was too slow for me sometimes, I often changed speed to 1.25x (sometimes more than that).
This drama was different from other fluffy comedies with nice outfits etc. but it got me hooked and I really enjoyed it.
It's hard to say really. The whole main plot of this drama is about the FL pretending to be ML's first love (which starts at the end of ep 2). So even if they are together, but the FL is faking it would you call it that "they are together"?
If the answer to the above is "no", then my answer to your question is: "They SEEM to get together... in the last scene of the drama" :)
ML is in love with FL from ep 2... until the end. FL falls in love with ML by the end of ep 9 but then she starts to avoid him (which makes ML look more and more miserable). Their first kiss is at the beginning of episode 11 and one could say that that's when they get together - if so, then by the end of this episode FL again decides not to be with the ML. This decision lasts until the last minutes of the drama.
As for the Second Leads: the drama starts with them breaking up and they never get back together.
> Any breakups? How Long?
I think I answered that above. Short answer is "all the time except episode 11" :D
> Happy ending?
er... Yes, I guess.
I personally felt like it was very much forced. I felt like i I was asking "please let them be happy" like 777 times throughout the whole drama and the writer at the end of the last episode said "ok, shut up already. Here, have your happy ending..." and threw the last page of the script under my feet so I need to bow down to him/her while picking it up.
The last 10 minutes of the show is also full of positive messages.
There are only 2 things that some people may consider not happy:
1. The FL seems to be loosing her sight.
2. The FL does not end up in a romantic relationship with the detective.
But I'd say it's an open ending in both of these cases.
Please remember to check "spoiler" for the people who may want to enjoy watching this drama ;)
1) When the woman you love treats you like shit, keep loving her. She's going to change and love you back (trust me, that's not a recipe for a toxic relationship at all).
2) When you discover who the villain is, just go meet them without telling anyone. Sharing knowledge is for the weak. You need to be the hero after all.
3) In Korea, when you love somebody, you need to prove it by separating from her for around 3 years. If your love holds, then it's fine. If not, oh well. I guess you need to try again. Take that into consideration if you're trying any serious relationship with a Korean person.
(This is also a lesson for any aspiring writers there: when your audience is totally pissed and you want to throw some final punches, consider using this cliche.).
Lessons from the FL:
1) If you're a psychiatrist and your patient tells you that you shared some moment in the past but you don't remember... don't check if it's true. Just assume that what you think may be true is in fact true, no matter what your patient says.
2) If you're conducting an experiment on a human being, always lie to them and manipulate them. It's for their own good and for the good of the experiment.
3) If you're a psychiatrist, don't really listen to your patients. They just say the same things over and over; that's boring, but it's ok as long as they pay.
4) When your personal feelings get in the way of your work. Don't ask for somebody to replace you. It's better to ruin the experiment and hurt the person involved than to give it to somebody else.
And also, you're not hurting the person; you're protecting them, right? Right? ;)
Lesson from the SFL:
In Korea, "cool person" means "a person who can drink alcohol." The more you can drink, the more cool you are. Alcoholism is not a sickness; it's a skill you want to level up.
This is not a new lesson. It's repeated in almost every single Korean drama. I think you should know it by now. Cheers!
Lessons from SFL's mother:
1) If your grown-up child wants to know about the past that may be embarrassing or difficult, don't speak to them, and if they press on scold them, do anything so they stop but avoid serious, honest talk. Talking to your children and treating them like human beings is for the weak.
2) If your dangerous relative can harm the rest of your family, don't warn them about it. Maybe they will survive and thank you that you tried to "protect them" (while you were really running away from the problem like a real grown-up adult does). And if not, then... oh well, I guess they were unlucky.
Lesson from ML's mother:
If you've been a bad parent for your children, start drinking with them. In Korea, alcoholism seems to be the remedy for depression.
Also use physical violence against anybody that tries to do them harm because in Korea using violence is how you solve problems as an adult.
I watched most of the scenes not involving main leads or second leads on 4x speed though.
It was not that bad... until episode 12 i think (until then one could've justify characters behaviour by filling the gaps the writer and director failed to fill). After ep12 it gets worse and worse and by ep 14 there is just total mess :D
In the end I don't regret watching it. I wanted to check Yang Hye Ji's acting and she did very good. I think her character (SFL) was the only one (if you ignore alcoholism) that's likeable in this drama... okay, there's also the dog ;) Other actors did their job well too. In my opinion it's the writer(s) and the directors who failed.
Some lessons from this drama in the spoiler comment below:
Thank you 🙂
1. Everyone says I should expect a bad story writing and it's a waste of time. Okay... seems like 2x speed will be on and maybe some skipping.
2. Everyone is talking that the only thing that's good is the Main Lead's visuals... I don't care about male actors visuals...
How about Female Leads acting?
How about Female Leads visuals?
After watching this show you may feel a bit uneasy seeing Kim Tae Ri smile 😉
1. You're 15+ years old (I guess you could ask your parents, but honestly... if you're not 12 years old yet, then please don't watch it. Wait a bit so you can sleep normally and not be scared every time somebody knocks at the door or you look in the mirror).
2. You can watch the intro... yes, the intro is a bit scary and I think it's scarier than some of the episodes of this series.
More details below (no spoilers):
- I'm not a horror fan (I don't really like feeling scared) but I did enjoy this series very much. I would say I was excited more than scared watching this series.
- There are no ugly scenes.
- There are some jump-scare scenes.
- There are also few scenes with ghosts looking a bit scary (no eyes) - like 3 or 4 scenes in the whole series. Most of the scenes with ghost are either presenting the character's shadow or the main character just looking like herself but acting different (BTW. Kim Tae Ri acting in this one is great). I think they purposely made it so that there are no scary scenes to reach a wider audience.
- Note that if you're a religious person you may find the events more believable, which may make it more intense/realistic for you.
Honestly for me it's distracting. This distraction becomes a bit annoying sometimes (when it breaks immersion and I start thinking about the lisp instead of focusing on the story).
But it is what it is. It's nobody's fault.
As you say some people even find it cute, so good for you guys😊
P.S. I know. I don't find it cute so I should've stayed quiet. Sorry.
It's the right mixture of adventure, comedy and romance for me 🙂