Aside from the plot being quite well put together, the last episode was extremely good by Kdrama standards (and if you watch a lot of Kdramas you know what I mean about their endings often being a trainwreck). And this also belies the plot being well-thought out.
I also liked the actors. I didn't see great chemistry between the leads but it was enough to find them a cute couple and individually I liked their characters a lot. In particular I liked (and was surprised by) a decision made by the female lead near the end that I really didn't expect, and how that decision bolstered the theme of the entire show. The theme and "lesson" of the show regarding the nature of marriage/romantic relationships. I'm not going to say what the theme was, but suffice it to say it was strung together throughout the whole drama in a nice way and they never deviated from it, which is why the plot feels so cohesive.
All in all, this was never "must watch" for me, but on the other hand, I really appreciate that it did some things right regarding theme and plot that so many dramas fail to do.
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Overall, the whole story is actually pretty interesting, funny, and many scenes make you squeal. It's nice and light, not too dramatic, like the second female lead isn't your cliche evil person who plays dirty tricks on the main female lead. same for the second male lead.
The music is really nice and goes well with the moments. I personally really liked this drama, finishing a drama is really hard for me, and I usually drop them when I don't like them or I think they're dragging, but this drama wasn't like that. It's really enjoyable. I love all the characters and I hope you will too.
Short review but hope it helped.
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Another reviewer pointed out the plot cohesiveness and it is not one of the many k-dramas that start so exciting only to fall apart somewhere between half time and the end.
The actors do well, the chemistry is there, nobody important is a psycho or even psychic to make a dodgy plot somewhat plausible, it is interesting throughout and everything gets wrapped up extremely satisfactory and without saccharine sweetness - that is better than most dramas in the 8.5-9 star category here have to offer.
It seems a shame if people were to miss this little gem on account of its rating .
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If you can accept this is almost a decade old then you will appreciate it more
8/10 is my rating. This is a 2015 South Korean Romantic Comedy Legal drama with 18, 70 Minute episodes.First I provide a unique synopsis then review
Synopsis
Go Cheok hee (Cho Yeo jeong) was a take no prisoners divorce lawyer at the height of her career when she crossed paths with a legal rival with the power to take her down. Her much beleaguered office manager, So Jung woo (Yeon Woo jin) are not exactly sorry when Cheok heo has her law license suspended as she was a tyrant as a boss. Years go by and Jung woo is now a lawyer determined to do law from a more ethical perspective than he felt Cheok hee operated from. Most of her staff including Jung woo are working for a chaebol who opened a law office to rival hus father’s. Out of friendship and perhaps more he hires Cheok hee to be the office manager. Sparks fly between Cheok hee and Jung woo when they discover they will be working together in reversed roles.
Review
If you know what to expect from the time period then this is, on surface, a fairly simple and straight forward romantic comedy. Male to female relationships were still a little unequal and filial behavior was carried out to a fault. Depending on where you stand in your thoughts on those social relationships, you may either find this refreshing or irritating. It was good not great and I think some of that had to do with things have just changed a lot socially in a relatively short span of time. I would recommend it to those that can appreciate it as something that existed during that timeframe. In terms of rewatching, wouldn’t turn off of it if it was on, but I wouldn’t seek it out to watch it again.
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While I thought having the divorce cases be part of the show was interesting, I certainly did not agree with the outcome and resolution of some of them. Like there is one where the wife is making the husband an abusive number of meals and side dishes per day. The compromise that kept them married was make less but we thought “free the elf”. She was sill his house maid and chef. If all he based his love on was how much food she made him, what a horrible relationship for her. Divorce would have been better on that one.
Cheok hee’s sister was a completely unlikable character. The sister acted like a spoiled, petulant child with anger issues the entire show. At the end, she admits that the mother probably would’ve died anyway, and that she was somewhat using her sister as a scapegoat, but then said she was just gonna continue, hating her her whole life. Which made her a pointless character.
Cheok hee was a complete bully when she had her own practice in the beginning. Completely horrible to the male lead and all the staff, and there was no good reason for her to have ever been that way. If she had changed or apologized in any meaningful way. Her character may have been redeemable, but all the changes that happened were by a very small degree . She became a little more humble and generally nicer, but simply changing like that much when you haven’t gone back and apologize to those you injured. Even after her transformation, she was still bullying her one male subordinate. They had the mail we join in, as if that somehow just made it funny or not still bullying behavior. It made no sense for him to do that because they had always been on friendly terms.
A big barrier to the relationship was what the mother thought of the female lead. No one ever effectively explained to her that Cheok hee thought he had told on her and gotten her suspended. Even if they had revealed that fact, it still would not have completely excused her behavior, but it still would’ve been better than she was like that towards him for no reason. he never fully stood up to his mother and said he wasn’t OK with her acting towards someone he chose that way. it was 100% about changing her mind and there was nothing about changing her bad behavior. I found the male lead character’s mother to be a completely unlikable character, because she was mean to her son about his romantic choices and acted like she liked the second female lead better than her own son. I also thought it was completely wrong for the mother to accepted loan. When her son didn’t even know about it, she made him oh, the second female lead. Then for her to later, use that, as a reason why he should be with the second girl was even more abusive.
Their break up was stupid I thought perhaps it would’ve been an opportunity for him to stand up to his mom and tell her that even if the main girl wasn’t around, he was not gonna just marry somebody because she wanted him to.
Not all plot lines were completely closed either. The main protagonist was taken down, but we never fully saw what happened to him. He went iff in hadcuffs but that could have been short lived.
With the second male lead we saw where his father was punishing him by taking all of his assets away and then it seemed like he was redeeming some of that but it left us with him still walking to work and living with less than what he had previously. I thought perhaps he would wind up together with the second female lead and that would’ve made sense. It did show the 2nd leads interact with each other in away that may have been leading to more than friends but that was it. The second male lead was such a likable character it would have been nice for him to have a happy outcome.
They made the being a divorce lawyer such a huge part of who these characters were but there was no backstory on why they chose their professions. FLs impressions on marriage were weird even for a divorce lawyer and it felt like they needed some sort of trauma to explain why she was so passionate about divorce. Everything revealed about the FL’s parents’ relationship was her parents loved each other. They only separated because the FL’s mom tragically died. Divorce law is a very specific niche and it needed clear indication of why they chose it.
The big reveal, the big backstory centered around the subway accident and the “magical” peppermint candy. The whole peppermint candy thing was just weird. It’s not a medical device. I tried stretching my thought to view it a little like smelling salt. But they did not even spin it that way. It was silly and not credible. They also did not explain why the FL didn’t have subway trauma when ML did? I mean she had it but very minimal.
I think the cherry on top of my mountain of discontent was the completely unromantic way the FL acted toward their wedding. I get not everyone wants an elaborate ceremony but FL’s complete disregard for ML and their family and friends’ desire for a ceremony was selfish and disappointing. This was further highlighted when her office was congratulating her and she was being a difficult and wanting to leave. FL was frugal to an annoying degree.It killed the romance.
It was hard to buy off on two men being so into the lead girl when she really had nothing spectacular going for her. That was a bit mystifying. And with the second guy, it wasn’t clear why he was originally giving her a place and a job, and supporting her other than he was just her Sunbae.
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Don't watch if your looking for the generic events...
Despite the title...to be quite frank, that storyline wasn't that spectacular and the plot twist was somewhat predictable. Simply put this drama in comparison to most drama is very lighthearted and somewhat generic.The comedy here acts as tension relief, though to call it a comedy is a bit generous, but nonetheless, it gets the job done. I started watching it and got a bit bored of it around episode 9 and dropped it...though to be fair I was watching a lot more thriller, and mystery dramas simultaneously and felt it lacked quite a bit in terms of storyline.
After 90 days break from technology as a whole I came back and picked it up again...this time without any biased feelings from any other kdramas or tv series. To say the least, it was quite worth it, as a stand-alone kdrama it was very heartwarming and fun to watch. I enjoyed every episode and always looked forward to the spontaneous characters this drama had in store. If you a looking for a kdrama to pass the time, that is lighthearted and easy to detach yourself from whenever you are required to zone back to reality...this is the kdrama for you.
I wouldn't say it is a MUST WATCH DRAMA!!! but more like a drama definitely worth the time. To those planning to watch, I truly hope you enjoy it, to those who ended up disliking it...it definitely isn't everyone's cup of tea.
Eitherway I hope this review helped :)
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very annoying FL
i did not watch the whole thing and i don't think i will be able to. i watched 2 episodes and i'm already so annoyed by the FL. she made a man kill himself and helped a golddigger get bigger. i really need her to stop acting like the victim. i started this show because i got pulled in by the synopsis of the drama. i nasty boss falls down, the employee she abused rises. she ends up working for him. he gets his revenge. i haven't seen any revenge so far and i'm afraid we won't see any. even after the ML became her superior on the workfloor she still acts like before, there is no change. she has no respect for him whatsoever. i get that they are trying to give it a comedy touch but i can't laugh with her character not after what she did. not after she literally called the people under her dogs. she treated them like slaves. i'm giving this one more episode if the revenge doesn't start by then it will never start. i doesn't have to be revenge. i atleast want her to start respecting her superior and treat her co workers right. she is still talking to them like she is their superior and i honestly don't understand why they are taking her bullshit.Was this review helpful to you?
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Drama sympa, accrocheur, porté de bout en bout par le CL !!
Bon drama, animé par des acteurs de talent.Mix de romance et de cas juridiques de divorces (1 cas par épisode). Le fil directeur de cette série est l'histoire de la FL, avocate, puis sa licence est suspendue et elle doit travailler avec les gens qu'elle a auparavant maltraités.
On assiste alors à un joli hate-love avec le ML.
Quelques remarques quand même :
- certains passages sont "tirés par les cheveux" : la greffe de moelle osseuse se déroule avec un processus médicalement pas du tout crédible.
- le personnage du ML2 est très excessif.
- la haine de la mère, persistante, ne tient pas la route...
- l'actrice qui joue la FL2 est condamnée aux rôles d'amoureuse à sens unique persistante (je crois que je ne l'ai jamais vu obtenir "le gars" :)
- j'aime beaucoup la partie "organisation du mariage" qui est peu conventionnelle :)
MAIS :
Il y a de l'humour, de la romance avec des scènes très cute, la réalisation est dynamique et les OST sont sympas.
Drama sympa, accrocheur, porté de bout en bout par le CL !!
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