A comfort show with a fantastic lead performance
This show is phenomenal and pretty much exactly what I needed right now. It immediately became a comfort show for me.
Woo Young Woo is just such a wholesome and loveable protagonist played to perfection by Park Eun-bin. I think it has been a while since I've connected with a protagonist on a show. She made the most of every single moment she was on screen and though I was worried the character was going to be a bit gimmicky at the beginning of the show, but it really ended up being such an incredible and nuance performance of character with autism. I loved when she went into her rants about whales or the the law, and I always got pumped every time she had one of her "whale moments". I really loved the Maytree song that played every time she got one as well. And the theme song. It always made me happy to hear it.
The rest of the cast and characters were all great too. I really enjoyed how certain characters and their relationships with Woo developed over the course of the show. I liked how the relationship between Woo and Kang Tae-oh's Le Joon Ho was a bit complicated and took a little while to develop. I really liked his performance in this as well. I loved how the relationship between Woo and Ha Yoon-kyeong's Choi Soo Yeon started off a bit antagonistic, but once Woo told her how she felt, they were pretty solid friends after that. I also really liked Dong Geurami and kind of wish there was more of her over the course of the season. I absolutely loved their little Woo to the Young to the Woo Dong to the Geu to the Rami thing. That made me very happy every time it happened.
Not every episode was perfect, there were times toward the middle to the end of the season where things felt like they were possibly beginning to wear a bit thin, but then the finale was just so fantastic. It really made me feel a feeling of fulfillment.
As I was writing this review I bumped it up from a 4.5 to a 5, because the the more I thought about it the more I really loved it. If there is a season 2, I very much look forward to it. If there isn't for some reason, this was a pretty fantastic season.
Favorite Episodes:
Episode 8 - A Tale About Sedeok-dong II
Episode 16 - Though Unusual and Peculiar
(Copied from my Serializd review in 2022)
Woo Young Woo is just such a wholesome and loveable protagonist played to perfection by Park Eun-bin. I think it has been a while since I've connected with a protagonist on a show. She made the most of every single moment she was on screen and though I was worried the character was going to be a bit gimmicky at the beginning of the show, but it really ended up being such an incredible and nuance performance of character with autism. I loved when she went into her rants about whales or the the law, and I always got pumped every time she had one of her "whale moments". I really loved the Maytree song that played every time she got one as well. And the theme song. It always made me happy to hear it.
The rest of the cast and characters were all great too. I really enjoyed how certain characters and their relationships with Woo developed over the course of the show. I liked how the relationship between Woo and Kang Tae-oh's Le Joon Ho was a bit complicated and took a little while to develop. I really liked his performance in this as well. I loved how the relationship between Woo and Ha Yoon-kyeong's Choi Soo Yeon started off a bit antagonistic, but once Woo told her how she felt, they were pretty solid friends after that. I also really liked Dong Geurami and kind of wish there was more of her over the course of the season. I absolutely loved their little Woo to the Young to the Woo Dong to the Geu to the Rami thing. That made me very happy every time it happened.
Not every episode was perfect, there were times toward the middle to the end of the season where things felt like they were possibly beginning to wear a bit thin, but then the finale was just so fantastic. It really made me feel a feeling of fulfillment.
As I was writing this review I bumped it up from a 4.5 to a 5, because the the more I thought about it the more I really loved it. If there is a season 2, I very much look forward to it. If there isn't for some reason, this was a pretty fantastic season.
Favorite Episodes:
Episode 8 - A Tale About Sedeok-dong II
Episode 16 - Though Unusual and Peculiar
(Copied from my Serializd review in 2022)
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