Gut wrenching but a must watch

This one is a gem. While I love k-dramas, one of my biggest beef has been that they really don't know how to handle the warts of a relationship. This drama definitely took care of that. (While I recommend this ten on ten, I would also add that if domestic violence, abusive relationships are triggering for you, please sit this one out. Meanwhile, may you find all the love, peace, and healing you need and deserve.)

I can't imagine how terrible it must be for those who have to live in toxic abusive relationships or have a past experience of it. The society isn't equipped to handle it, not are individuals, and so its just brushed under the rugs. The trauma of never being able to trust anyone is crippling in itself and add to it the constant worry of threat to life and it can be more than enough to send anyone spiraling into so many mental health issues. The drama covers them so well. Oh Yeon‑seo is just exceptional in all her rage, her anxiety, her strengths, and her vulnerabilities.

I love the fact that the writers haven't created a male lead who blindly believed the FL in everything, he has his doubts of her haunches because he thinks they might be from her fear psychosis and not lived experience. This is how real life is! Also, there is this scene where the female lead says she might deserve everything because who knows, it all might ave been her fault after all. Again, that's exactly what toxic people do. They dig it deep in the victim's mind that the abuse is their fault and not the perpetrators.

The writing is extremely rooted in reality and that makes it a gem really. And definitely the handling of trauma. There's absolutely no glorification of violence. They show how important allyship is to the victims, how love and trust are completely different things, and how tough it can be for someone to trust others once that has been broken.

Overall, this is a breath of fresh air. It's short, no unnecessary dragging of the story, absolutely to the point. Just perfection all round. Definitely worth the watch.

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