My Mister Episode 1
50,000-Dollar Trap
Dong Hun receives a suspicious envelope with his name written on it. He opens it to see 50,000-dollar worth of gift vouchers inside. As this is something that had ever happened to him before, he hurriedly puts it in the drawer. Right then, a mysterious and quiet temporary worker Ji An approaches him and asks him to buy her dinner. (Source: Viu)
- Aired: March 21, 2018
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This is the first drama Ive watched that isn't a romance so I was unsure if it would hold my attention. The characters are so interesting that I just wanted to get to know them better.
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Yes, as mentioned in my headline this is a combined review of episode 1 and 2. Mainly because I rated them the same and they flowed better.
My Mister has a super rough start. Barely even giving us a glimpse of the real leads of this drama it jumps straight to office politics and take overs. I mean . . . holy cow! They're even trying these special tactics to get us on board and team colors. Not to mention a bribe is sent out to take out a big to take out one of CEO Do Joon Yeong rivals. In a twist of a horrible error it gets sent to Dong Hoon. Oh, Dong Hoon's wife happens to be having an affair with Joon Yeong. Which if I was that woman and my husband came with news of that I'd super suspicious of Joon Yeong. But you know . . .she's kind of having and affair and nonchalant about this. Of course Dong Hoon can't prove that he has no idea who sent the bribe and that he didn't take it when Ji An takes it to pay off her loan shark. Only to find out that her loan shark would rather her be indebted to him for life and in jail. By reporting that she stole the money and tossing her in jail. She takes the money to work sees Dong Hoon being hauled off, but in the end listened to her building maintenance buddy and tosses it in the trash. Dong Hoon is being investigated and sent away.
This leaves me with many questions about South Korea's laws. Firstly he was accused and basically not allowed to make a call and his cellphone taken away. Which is his personal cell phone and not work one. They also denied him his call to his wife AKA an attorney. They bullied and harassed. Have judged him an evidence that in my opinion clearly leaves it open to suspicions. I mean people actually said he was being setup. Not to mention they found the money and it doesn't say who it is from and it can clear him there. The name in the anonymous tip off of who received a bribe was clearly not Dong Hoon's name or position. It clearly screams botched setup. But . . . bull crap ensues. Not to mention can a company watch their employees like that? Can they have that much surveillance that basically means you can read someone's text in an elevator? How much power do these companies have?
My Mister is clearly going to be giving us a look into poverty and hunger. When Dong Hoon mentioned that his brothers killed a pig because they were too young and stupid it smacked of untruth. They knew hunger and killed that pig for food. Dong Hoon has escape poverty, but the rest of his family hasn't Watching him deal with them and give money is a harsh reality. Ji An is broke, a loan shark feeding off her for crimes we assume has something to do with her answer of I killed a person, and has a disabled grandmother to take care of. She steals leftovers of the plates of her second job cleaning dishes. Her first job is working at Dong Hoon's office as a temp and clearly she does not want anyone there to know her. This is gonna be a harsh series, but I really want it to warm up.
Despite how much there is to show about everyone's status and lives, and the work politics *sighs*, My Mister manages to already create some intense emotions.
Dong Hoon is told he's so moral that his life is miserable. At the first chance his brother thinks he's having an affair and ready to tattle on him. Despite Dong Hoon's wife having an affair and the cold distance between the two making you wonder if it's an open secret. To having everyone blaming him for being bribed. I mean! He didn't ask for the bribe and he said it's a setup up! He has the weight of keeping his two hopeless brothers and sweet mom afloat. Ji An being the reason why he might now be doomed. Even though her accidentally saved him.
Ji An is clearly the girl so beaten by the world she'd kill an innocent lady bug. Her broke state is made clear immediately from her inadequate socks (which Dong Hoon notices because his own mom does not have decent shoes) to stealing that food from work. Which I feel. When you're hungry the waste around you can be insane. When you're to that point you pick up every penny on the ground--not for luck--and I remember taking my friend's leftovers from lunch. Ji An states the worst thing she's ever killed was a person. Soon after meeting her loan shark I think that it has something to do with him. Though I feel like the murder she committed was probably one of those silly drama ones. I agree that the loan shark probably does like her. Because it's a drama and that's some super obsession that hate leads to love. It's interesting how she picked the bad guy to side with. Clearly the other side has a concession. Maybe that means she couldn't play them? Not sure how I feel about office politic war far.
Overall I really dislike pretty much all of the other characters except for Dong Hoon's mom. Oh, and Ji An's grandmother. Dong Hoon's brothers are super annoying. If you hear both their stories it's pathetic. Not to mention the eldest actually decides to rob his daughter's wedding money. Enlisting the youngest brother to take the money from the people the eldest invited. The whole thing was stupid. Especially since they were so stupid about it and got caught. AT least at the end his brothers truly tried to help him. I want to know what the full story is that the cops found out.
I almost gave the episode a 5 instead of 4 just for emotional power. Clearly this is a lot to setup and it's hard to know where and how to start. I'm intrigued so far. I think this drama has a serious chance to be EPIC. Though it also has a HUGE chance of flopping out. I remember Another Miss Oh. Great story and start, then it just went of the rails a bit. I have hope that the writer will do better this time around. Though office politic dramas rarely interest me. Yes, The Good Wife (US original) is proof it will work. Most writing is not up to that standard though. I'm also nervous how long Ji An will keep he secret from Dong Hoon about his wife, or how long in general. Why can't she divorce him now? All I truly know is that despite hope this drama has plot lines that can easily drag.
My Mister has a super rough start. Barely even giving us a glimpse of the real leads of this drama it jumps straight to office politics and take overs. I mean . . . holy cow! They're even trying these special tactics to get us on board and team colors. Not to mention a bribe is sent out to take out a big to take out one of CEO Do Joon Yeong rivals. In a twist of a horrible error it gets sent to Dong Hoon. Oh, Dong Hoon's wife happens to be having an affair with Joon Yeong. Which if I was that woman and my husband came with news of that I'd super suspicious of Joon Yeong. But you know . . .she's kind of having and affair and nonchalant about this. Of course Dong Hoon can't prove that he has no idea who sent the bribe and that he didn't take it when Ji An takes it to pay off her loan shark. Only to find out that her loan shark would rather her be indebted to him for life and in jail. By reporting that she stole the money and tossing her in jail. She takes the money to work sees Dong Hoon being hauled off, but in the end listened to her building maintenance buddy and tosses it in the trash. Dong Hoon is being investigated and sent away.
This leaves me with many questions about South Korea's laws. Firstly he was accused and basically not allowed to make a call and his cellphone taken away. Which is his personal cell phone and not work one. They also denied him his call to his wife AKA an attorney. They bullied and harassed. Have judged him an evidence that in my opinion clearly leaves it open to suspicions. I mean people actually said he was being setup. Not to mention they found the money and it doesn't say who it is from and it can clear him there. The name in the anonymous tip off of who received a bribe was clearly not Dong Hoon's name or position. It clearly screams botched setup. But . . . bull crap ensues. Not to mention can a company watch their employees like that? Can they have that much surveillance that basically means you can read someone's text in an elevator? How much power do these companies have?
My Mister is clearly going to be giving us a look into poverty and hunger. When Dong Hoon mentioned that his brothers killed a pig because they were too young and stupid it smacked of untruth. They knew hunger and killed that pig for food. Dong Hoon has escape poverty, but the rest of his family hasn't Watching him deal with them and give money is a harsh reality. Ji An is broke, a loan shark feeding off her for crimes we assume has something to do with her answer of I killed a person, and has a disabled grandmother to take care of. She steals leftovers of the plates of her second job cleaning dishes. Her first job is working at Dong Hoon's office as a temp and clearly she does not want anyone there to know her. This is gonna be a harsh series, but I really want it to warm up.
Despite how much there is to show about everyone's status and lives, and the work politics *sighs*, My Mister manages to already create some intense emotions.
Dong Hoon is told he's so moral that his life is miserable. At the first chance his brother thinks he's having an affair and ready to tattle on him. Despite Dong Hoon's wife having an affair and the cold distance between the two making you wonder if it's an open secret. To having everyone blaming him for being bribed. I mean! He didn't ask for the bribe and he said it's a setup up! He has the weight of keeping his two hopeless brothers and sweet mom afloat. Ji An being the reason why he might now be doomed. Even though her accidentally saved him.
Ji An is clearly the girl so beaten by the world she'd kill an innocent lady bug. Her broke state is made clear immediately from her inadequate socks (which Dong Hoon notices because his own mom does not have decent shoes) to stealing that food from work. Which I feel. When you're hungry the waste around you can be insane. When you're to that point you pick up every penny on the ground--not for luck--and I remember taking my friend's leftovers from lunch. Ji An states the worst thing she's ever killed was a person. Soon after meeting her loan shark I think that it has something to do with him. Though I feel like the murder she committed was probably one of those silly drama ones. I agree that the loan shark probably does like her. Because it's a drama and that's some super obsession that hate leads to love. It's interesting how she picked the bad guy to side with. Clearly the other side has a concession. Maybe that means she couldn't play them? Not sure how I feel about office politic war far.
Overall I really dislike pretty much all of the other characters except for Dong Hoon's mom. Oh, and Ji An's grandmother. Dong Hoon's brothers are super annoying. If you hear both their stories it's pathetic. Not to mention the eldest actually decides to rob his daughter's wedding money. Enlisting the youngest brother to take the money from the people the eldest invited. The whole thing was stupid. Especially since they were so stupid about it and got caught. AT least at the end his brothers truly tried to help him. I want to know what the full story is that the cops found out.
I almost gave the episode a 5 instead of 4 just for emotional power. Clearly this is a lot to setup and it's hard to know where and how to start. I'm intrigued so far. I think this drama has a serious chance to be EPIC. Though it also has a HUGE chance of flopping out. I remember Another Miss Oh. Great story and start, then it just went of the rails a bit. I have hope that the writer will do better this time around. Though office politic dramas rarely interest me. Yes, The Good Wife (US original) is proof it will work. Most writing is not up to that standard though. I'm also nervous how long Ji An will keep he secret from Dong Hoon about his wife, or how long in general. Why can't she divorce him now? All I truly know is that despite hope this drama has plot lines that can easily drag.
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There's absolutely no way I'm gonna get my hopes up for this one. Without realizing I've been watching some of Director Kim's work and I can see how he seems to change style depending on the story and approach, he seems to like to try new styles and get different things from the actors every now and then. I see he's experimenting with this one more than with Signal. The plot's nothing special, in fact, this first episode is a little bit confusing as the director Kim seems to be anxious about showing just enough for the audience to get to know the characters, but no so much as to give out "spoilers".
There were some pointless things here and there and I'm not quite sure if that was the script or the directing. Sun Gyun does his job just fine, but I'm looking forward for better things from him, this was just his average stuff, I guess. Something important about this episode is how Kim Won Suk (aka director Kim) Shyamalan-zed (derivative from the infamous Hollywood Director M. Knight Shyamalan) IU. Knight is well-known for his ability to turn the actors into dull, boring pieces of cardboard unable to show any emotion or expression, unable to deliver any valuable performance - I know he has a handful of good films, I've seen them, but most of 'em are unbearable. If you doubt watch 'The Happening' - better yet, don't. I see how her character supposed to be a quiet, tough person who - due the hardship she goes through - can pretty much do anything to get life in her advantage, even if it means destroying a man's life/career in the way. She suppose to be one of those characters that reminds a person of a deeply wooden animal, she would bite... hard even if you stand your hand to help, she doesn't care because no one ever does. Her character supposed to carry all this hate against the world, however... She comes off as dull and boring, as if she's pissed off all the time, she's not serious, she's just irritated, that's all it seems. Also, I do get that her character is quiet and wants to become invisible, that /seemed/ to be the case as I watched, but she didn't speak for the majority of the episode, if it was for some time I'd understand, but, in my opinion that was dragged for a bit too long. I gotta say I was rather annoyed at the "horror-like" scene Director Kim threw in the middle of it all, it was quite unnecessary as well and I'm not sure why. I see it's him experimenting, but shouldn't he have seen that was weird at the editing process? ( '?_?) ?? I feel like I'd be nitpicking if I mention some other things that annoyed me such as the scene where she's /in/ the nursing home and they keep calling her to talk to her. I mean, she supposed to check in, right? Or maybe it's different in Korea?! Dunno. Something that probably should've mentioned is the love affair going between the CEO and Lee Ji Ah's character; it was so abruptly presented that even though it was easy to catch on even before it was clearly revealed there wasn't anything that would invest the audience to care enough about it, to want them to be together or feel bad about Sun Gyun's character for the collateral effect. One can only wonder what Sun Gyun character flashback could possibly mean. Despite everything I just wrote, I'm kind of looking forward for the next episode to see what's coming next and how the side plots presented will develop as well. I'm partially invested in the story because I want to know how it'll be carried on. Maybe it'll get better as it goes. I'm also a little optimistic about the way the director is presenting bits and pieces of info just to unveil it all later on. Could that be the case?
There were some pointless things here and there and I'm not quite sure if that was the script or the directing. Sun Gyun does his job just fine, but I'm looking forward for better things from him, this was just his average stuff, I guess. Something important about this episode is how Kim Won Suk (aka director Kim) Shyamalan-zed (derivative from the infamous Hollywood Director M. Knight Shyamalan) IU. Knight is well-known for his ability to turn the actors into dull, boring pieces of cardboard unable to show any emotion or expression, unable to deliver any valuable performance - I know he has a handful of good films, I've seen them, but most of 'em are unbearable. If you doubt watch 'The Happening' - better yet, don't. I see how her character supposed to be a quiet, tough person who - due the hardship she goes through - can pretty much do anything to get life in her advantage, even if it means destroying a man's life/career in the way. She suppose to be one of those characters that reminds a person of a deeply wooden animal, she would bite... hard even if you stand your hand to help, she doesn't care because no one ever does. Her character supposed to carry all this hate against the world, however... She comes off as dull and boring, as if she's pissed off all the time, she's not serious, she's just irritated, that's all it seems. Also, I do get that her character is quiet and wants to become invisible, that /seemed/ to be the case as I watched, but she didn't speak for the majority of the episode, if it was for some time I'd understand, but, in my opinion that was dragged for a bit too long. I gotta say I was rather annoyed at the "horror-like" scene Director Kim threw in the middle of it all, it was quite unnecessary as well and I'm not sure why. I see it's him experimenting, but shouldn't he have seen that was weird at the editing process? ( '?_?) ?? I feel like I'd be nitpicking if I mention some other things that annoyed me such as the scene where she's /in/ the nursing home and they keep calling her to talk to her. I mean, she supposed to check in, right? Or maybe it's different in Korea?! Dunno. Something that probably should've mentioned is the love affair going between the CEO and Lee Ji Ah's character; it was so abruptly presented that even though it was easy to catch on even before it was clearly revealed there wasn't anything that would invest the audience to care enough about it, to want them to be together or feel bad about Sun Gyun's character for the collateral effect. One can only wonder what Sun Gyun character flashback could possibly mean. Despite everything I just wrote, I'm kind of looking forward for the next episode to see what's coming next and how the side plots presented will develop as well. I'm partially invested in the story because I want to know how it'll be carried on. Maybe it'll get better as it goes. I'm also a little optimistic about the way the director is presenting bits and pieces of info just to unveil it all later on. Could that be the case?
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I was anxiously awaiting the premiere of My Ahjusshi and I was very satisfied with the first chapter. Lee Seon-kyun is magnificent, as always, but IU totally surprised me because I know her for her cheesy roles and her performance here takes an impressive turn.
This will be an adult romance, so the choice of actors was the greatest success of the production. In addition, the range of colors and the dynamism of the camera give an incredible effect to the narrative. That's why the plot seems so dark, but extremely interesting.
I feel that the love relationships between the characters will not eclipse the deep nuance of realism that the drama has and I adore it. Like Misty, watching My Ahjusshi struck me because its protagonists are surrounded by an aura of despair, loneliness, rebellion and non-conformity to the circumstances of life.
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This will be an adult romance, so the choice of actors was the greatest success of the production. In addition, the range of colors and the dynamism of the camera give an incredible effect to the narrative. That's why the plot seems so dark, but extremely interesting.
I feel that the love relationships between the characters will not eclipse the deep nuance of realism that the drama has and I adore it. Like Misty, watching My Ahjusshi struck me because its protagonists are surrounded by an aura of despair, loneliness, rebellion and non-conformity to the circumstances of life.
Waiting for more.
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