A decent, somewhat disappointing drama
This was decent. It had me pretty interested throughout most of it. I'm not quite sure how I felt about the ending yet.The performances of Choi Min-sik and Choi Hyun-wook were kind of what carried this. The story itself felt a bit disjointed at times and even at just 6 episodes it felt kind of long. It also had a pretty good soundtrack.
Overall, I mostly enjoyed myself, but I'm not sure if it's one I'm going to ever want to revisit or think about again after watching it.
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Trying and succeeding
This was an absolutely wonderful season of television. I feel like it took a few episodes to fully get into the swing of things, but when it did, it just completely drew me in. I was always looking forward to the new episodes every weekend, and I'm a bit bummed that it's over.I absolutely adored the performances and chemistry between Koo Kyo-hwan as Hwang Dong-man and Go Youn-jung as Byeon Eun-ah. It was a very unconventional relationship, and I loved the direction they went with it. The entire rest of the cast knocked it out of the park too.
Pretty much every episode made me laugh and cry multiple times. It made me really invested in all of the characters, and I liked where pretty much all of them ended up by the end. I'm really glad I decided to check it out. It will definitely be one of my favorite seasons of TV this year.
Favorite Episodes:
Episodes 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12
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The Wonderfools absolutely rocks.
This is easily the most fun I've had with anything superhero related in a very long time.Park Eun-bin is the main reason I ended up watching this and she did not disappoint at all. Absolutely stole every scene she was in. She's just the best. The entire cast around her was also just so good from top to bottom. The other Wonderfools, Choi Dae-hoon, Im Sung-jai, and Cha Eun-Woo all absolutely crushed it too.
This show also did something with its villains that I found to be incredibly interesting. They were all very intimidating, but (pretty much) all of them were sympathetic characters who you could fully understand where they were coming from. Both the heroes and the villains had super creative ways of using their powers over the course of the show as well, which continued to surprise me as the show went on.
I just had an absolute blast with this. I seemed to like each episode even more than the one before it, and I was entertained from start to finish. Easy recommendation from me.
Favorite Episodes:
Episode 6 - All Roads Lead to Chae-ni
Episode 7 - The Guardians of Haeseong City Part 1
Episode 8 - The Guardians of Haeseong City Part 2
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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)
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Absolutely incredible.
Just beautiful. It was hilarious, it was heartwarming and at times absolutely devastating.This series got me so completely invested in these characters. I loved the decades spanning stories that all cast the younger and older versions of characters so well. Every version of Ae-sun and Gwan-sik was so good and I was always rooting for them. IU was fantastic in her double roles as Ae-sun and Geum-myeong to the point where it took me a bit to realize they were the same actor. Moon So-ri, Park Hae-joon and Park Bo-gum were all great too.
I expected this to be good based on the reviews and everything, but I didn't expect it to hit me quite as hard as it did. One of the best seasons of TV I've watched.
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