Amanda
It's an office drama, but the drama focuses more on the character's relationships inside the workspace than any task they might have to do. I liked that the drama almost-not-subtly criticizes how women still have difficulty achieving high level inside business companies, and my favorite character in this drama was Chief Jo. She's a strong ambitious woman who is fighting for advancing her career while being a single mom and still mainteining her honesty.
There is a little romance with two couple in this series. One is between Chief Seo and Eun Ho Won and the other is between Do Ki Taek and Ha Ji Na. Chief Seo and Eun Ho Won's relationship is very slow building but very sweet and realistic, but it's not the focus of the drama. Like I said, the drama is about all the characters and how they relate to each other inside the work space.
The music in this drama isn't anything special and the acting was very standard. Some were kind of bad, specially in the crying scenes... some just made pained faces while shedding no tears at all, others hid their faces and made crying sounds... it was just bad.
The ending felt really rushed. Like this series could have gotten 20 episodes and everything would haven wrapped up better than it did with only 16 episodes. I think the writers forgot they had to end with 16 episodes or something.
Conclusion, it's a good easy drama to watch and pass the time but don't give up on a better drama for this. Also not worth rewatching because of the same reason: why go back to it when there are other dramas that can be better out there that I haven't yet seen.
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It's a romantic comedy with wonderful characters. You won't find the typical cliche antagonists here, all characters are sane human beings, there is no crazy plot, nor endless suffering before the happy ending. Yes, there is angst, but life isn't always happy anyway.
Kim Sam Soon is a strong female protagonist. She's sensitive but doesn't let anyone trample her. She doesn't hide her feelings, she's true to herself, she's funny... I wish she could be my friend.
Sam Shik (Hyun Bin's character's nickname) is the arrogant chaebol we are used to seeing in kdramas, but as we keep watching he grows and changes thanks to Sam Soon.
All the supporting characters are nice and we care about them too. Even the "evil" chaebol's mother and her secretary aren't evil at all, but so funny.
It's still a refreshing series even after 12 years have passed since its release, definitely worth watching if you haven't.
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