Lee Evanie

I mean, yeah I also had that feel. Like she wasn't 100% into it. She might indeed be going through some things in real life which is understandable but if that's the case, she shouldn't let it show and affect her role. Since she was casted she should always try her best no matter what. If she isn't mentally stable or whatever then she shouldn't take any role to begin with and give the audience a lackluster performance which might lead to people hating on the show and also to her losing fans in the process.

I'm currently on ep 6 and what kind of bullshit was that mock trial about?! Everyone acting like dumb kids, why did they have to make the girl characters that stupid?! Also why all the girls treat Yeon Woo as their boyfriend who is cheating on them. Getting jealous, emotional, and angry over him and shit, even though he isn't. That scene was so absurd, it almost made me lose my likeness to the whole drama. Yun Woo keeps making tons of mistakes all cause he too afraid to hurt others feelings and crap when his job requires him to be serious and clever. I was so freaking disappointed at his character just like Mr. Choi and Ms. Kang. He even had the guts to lecture Mr. Choi afterwards...the fact that they like to make female characters overly emotional and unable to think properly cause they are so busy trying to murder each other over a guy is just pathetic. Just cause they see a guy they aren't even dating, standing next to another female, they decide to betray him and get into rage mode. That's why I dislike the inclusion of romance between co-workers/in work place. Especially in Law, thriller, and crime genres.
So far Ji Na and Yun Woo are the weakest and most poorly written characters in the drama which saddens me since I decided to watch this drama for Park Hyung Sik. Also that Mr. Chae disgusts me. His personality is so repulsive!

They always do that sort of crap in Kdramas. Also the whole concept of females hitting males for humor purpose. I mean if the guy sexually harass, attempt to hurt, or highly disrespect a woman then yes, she has the right to hit him as both defense and punishment, but apart from that she doesn't has any right to use violence. I don't get why they keep using that sort of humor, especially in stories revolved around working adults, in work places where they should make sure to not act in such a way to begin with. It's super ironic when a doctor who is supposed to heal and cure people, become the one harming them instead.

Wait, the doctors in this drama hit each other?! That reminded me of the drama Doctor Stranger when the second FL kept kicking the ML's private area in the hospital in front of others. He didn't even do anything to deserve it too. I really couldn't stand how they acted as if they were college students goofing around instead of acting like the professional doctors they were supposed to be.

I can't stand that type of plot where characters make dumb mistakes all the time but no one cares, so I guess I will pass. When I saw the ratings and someone else praising this drama I was a bit excited even though I'm not really into medical genre, but thanks to your and other people here negative comments, I guess I will pass. Especially since it has freaking 20 episodes. Too many hours wasted.

Finally! This is one of my top 10 Kdramas! I actually lost hope on it having a new season.

Yes, I watched all eps aired of 2521 and just like you said the couple there are so realistic, mature, and likeable even though they are way younger than the couple here. FL knows how to deal with different situations well. I also agree, how come someone who went through a nasty, humiliating break up can be that easy. Not two days passed since the whole thing happened and yet she is basically repeating the same dang mistake. If it's so easy to sleep with someone just cause they happen to be within a meter distance from you, then all humans on the planet would be fucking randomly left and right. She is an adult so she shouldn't just allow herself to do that, what would happen if she got accidentally pregnant? Or he ended up being a bastard like her ex fiancé and decided to use it against her? Even many teens won't be that easy, let alone a "professional, careful, and intelligent" adult. Some people say that the plot shows her character growth...blah blah but really? Growth story should be about youngsters, newbies, and people who are just starting to chase their goals and career. Not about people who already reached a freaking director position. Also the way everyone acts in the office is so unprofessional. I'm baffled that everyone (Her co-workers, boss, and even the drama watchers) keeps rooting for her after all shit she done. She really needed to make many mistakes in her age and amount of experience to realize that she needs to start growing?! When even the ML who is younger doesn't really need to grow but she needs it?

Finally someone who agrees with me! I made long comments about all the 4 episodes that came out till now, saying same things you said along with other criticism to her character and the plot, but most people who read my comments and replied would disagree with me. They keep defending her attitude and stupid, illogical behavior all cause she went through a break up so she should be forgiven for all crap she did, as if she is a 13 years old naïve brat. They almost made me think I was being awfully cruel and harsh. I mean this is a drama which is revolved around adults who are doing a really serious job that can save or kill people, yet they treat it like any typical high school rom com. Since we share similar mindsets then I will be glad if you decide to check my comments later and tell me what do you think about all things I pointed out.

Oh, it does make sense now that the tags don't 100% match with the plot. It's kind of a let down.

Glad to know that!

Yes and I already wrote a review about ep 4 on a new comment. If you want you can check it out and share your opinion again.

Ep 4 :
Well, I'm glad that the FL is finally starting to pick up herself and act a bit proper compared to the previous three episodes which made me really dislike her. I still don't like her much but if she keeps improving then I might end up liking her in the end, who knows. Her slip of tongue during the interview was another (But minor) mistake. Wish she explained more to the reporter than just end it with the low budget excuse. It's good she stood up against her ex about what his wife did and he didn't try to talk back like usual.
So now her ex is regretting not being with her? When everyone started praising her, he finally realize that he might've made a mistake and so he is the one who is starting to make stupid mistakes in his job. How ironic! He is basically a baby in a grown man body, kinda pathetic...him getting blamed for what his wife wrote doesn't make sense, it's not like he can control her in her work.
Also I can't stand it when co-workers think that they have the right to stick their noses into each other personal lives, like them insisting to know about ML "girlfriend" even though he made it clear that he wasn't comfortable enough to share it with them. Such conversations should be discussed in a café, not the office in front of their director even, and if someone makes it clear that he doesn't want to tell then they should just cut it and leave them alone. The FL shouldn't act panicked like that whenever they talk about the ML girlfriend cause she will end up busting herself out that way.
I guess it's good he is helping her a lot when it comes to work though (Because she obviously needs it since she doesn't has half of his talent) and am glad that she is starting to become more clear about her feelings to ML. I really hope their romance will not stay as a friend with benefit or something of the sort type, cause it's clear that he is really into her. But yeah, hiding their relationship for a while makes sense until they are 100% sure about what they want to do. I still don't like the whole concept of co-workers dating/dating in secrete overall, but they are still cute together, I admit it. ML is quite sly for making everyone think he is being a naïve, poor rookie who is getting bullied by his boss, that and the scene of him getting accidentally kneed on the stomach by FL were really funny.
Her mother is overdoing it with the whole going to shamans and ranking her daughter in weird places. Now she wants to kind of make her go through a matchmaking service?! Really? It's not like her daughter is a child, or can't find another man on her own. She is still pretty and young after all. She just needs to fix her annoying personality and how she deals with different situations, but apart from that she isn't that lacking. Her mother is being truly rude and controlling by doing that.
Can't believe ML's ex gf kept a picture of them like that though lmao the husband deserve it though. She is even bold enough to call him after she got married to the guy she cheated on him with. I really wanted him to ignore her calls.

He also smirked a lot in Nevertheless which I guess made sense there. I also think that he smirks a bit too much but I'm still cool with it lmao

Oh, I didn't notice the taxi scene you mentioned. My bad there. Yeah, I think the way they handle the whole plot is quite messy. I don't like how it's going so far and it just keeps emphasizing the FL's awful traits instead of making her likeable. What irks me more is how they make the ML character who is younger, less experienced, new in work place, and who also got cheated on almost perfect. He knows what to do and how to act quite logically all the time every where, yet they made the FL like that...she is a breathing mess/literal joke at this point. I'm baffled at the fact that she gets away with her stupidity as if nothing is happening when others get scolded left and right. If my boss was like that, even if she had same personal issues I would still not be able to trust her abilities nor respect her after seeing all the dumb mistakes and bad behavior she done.

Well, what you said also make sense in a way. But then that doesn't make the plot good anyways. Yes, her life became a mess due to the whole break up/cheating/one night stand crap but still the fact that she manage to make mistakes in work, yet never really pay the price for it and even hear words like "it's okay" when she acts that way is quite retarded. Just cause her love life failed, it doesn't mean that she has to make every mistake you could think of as a result. What if she made a work related decision bad enough that it lead to serious accidents and people dying? Would it also be forgiven due to her personal life issues? If a doctor kill a patient due to negligence cause they were going through a break up/divorce would that mean they don't deserve to be punished for it? If everyone make such mistakes just cause some bad things happened in their lives then that's just would lead to the world ending. I mean yeah, it's a drama/fiction but that doesn't mean it should be this bad written. Also both of her and her rude ex deserve to get scolded severely for creating drama in work place. They aren't in a freaking bar nor the street to yell and act like that.
Also they should be honest in the synopsis/tags so that people who will come expecting a badass FL won't end up wasting hours of their lives to realize it's the total opposite.

You said it yourself, a director! Not an intern. She acts like a damn child literally, I'm sorry but her being the youngest director isn't an excuse. Having a brain and using it to act logical and smart doesn't require you to be in your 40's or 50's. If she was considered good enough to become a director then she should act like it. You have the ML who is in a lower position, younger, and less experienced and yet he still act million times more mature, smart, and quick so she clearly has no excuse again. Many times she acts in a way that makes me even wonder if she knows anything about her job to begin with.
Yes, you can make one or two mistakes every now and then, but not 10+ everyday. About her ex, I don't care what happens between them as long as she keeps that out of work place. I hate how she behave in work place bringing her personal issues there which isn't professional nor right. I guess same goes for her rude ex as well. The fact that she let him yell at her and stood there for a period long enough to allow the ML to come and talk back to him was pathetic, I insist.

Well, you do have a point but I'm not sure my patience will hold up till that happen. Especially if they drag this nonsense for more than 2 or 3 other episodes. Also the mistakes she make are literally intern level, even interns might not be that bad and she was viewed as good enough to become a director, make important decisions, and lead others. Even others who are in lower positions aren't that bad. I can't get over that.

Well, according to what I remember they never really explained what The Ultimate really referred to in any of the drama parts. The Ultimate is basically what is hidden behind the bronze gate which is supposed to be some sort of of amazing secrete. Probably a way to reach absolute immortality since they kept mentioning many ancient royal figures who were willing to do all sort of creepy stuff to become immortal and gain super powers by turning themselves into monsters. They showed that much, but when it came to the ultimate meaning, they always kept it vague.
The Zhang family had to protect the secrete (AKA The Ultimate) for hundreds of years because of how important it is. I don't even think novels readers know for sure what exactly is hidden behind the gate. If it's really immortality then I guess the reason they want to protect and hide it that much, is due to their fear that it might fall into the hands of someone super evil and so it might lead to chaos in the world. Especially if it makes said person 100% undefeatable.

I also agree about the bullying part. I remember back in my high school, a guy beat the crap out of another guy's younger brother and when the parents came to school because of it, the bully's parents were rude as hell and even attempted to insult and fight with the victim's parents while the teachers just watched. The bully didn't even get a punishment, just some "scolding". The older brother of the bullying victim ended up getting in a fight with the bully later outside school along with his friends and it lead to people going to hospital and then he was forced to transfer school. All cause he couldn't handle the bully guy constant harassment to his younger brother and the fact that the school did nothing about it. In the end he was the one who was viewed as the bad one instead of the actual bully ironically.

Ep 3:
Why do they keep making the FL a big fool? I keep losing respect for her every passing episode. Like not only that she made many huge mistakes and behaved in quite the unprofessional way during the first two episodes, but now they also make her go late to her work, as usual unable to focus or make a quick decision. She acts like a dumb child, even her manners aren't fitting for a person her age with such a high position in their organization. After all that and they aren't demoting her already?! She always get away with every shit she does wrong.
Also ML keeps being there for her rescue all the time, she is now a total damsel in distress type instead of the "Highly intelligent and organized" bullshit they said on the synopsis. ML is supposed to be the naïve, clumsy one but he is a total opposite of that. The FL is the clumsy, stupid one. Even her co-workers don't view her seriously. I'm sorry but I'm on the verge of dropping the drama because of her. If they were clear and said the FL is supposed to be the messy, chaotic, and air head character then I will let it pass, but the fact that she is supposed to be smart or whatever, yet doesn't behave that way gets on my nerves. She isn't a damn rookie for fucks sake, how come the younger, newbie ML is 10000000 more professional, hard working, and talented than her?!
She acts foolish then pretend to be professional, cold, and stuck up to hide her embarrassment. This plot doesn't make any sense at all. He even helps her with daily life things like selling her stuff.
The fact that her ex still humiliate her in front of others in work place to a point where ML had to interfere and stand up for her before she could grown a backbone and reply shows how pathetic she really is. Also that bus scene, couldn't she take a taxi instead? She is clearly financially able enough for it.
Her having sexual relationship/one night stand like that with a fellow co-worker, one that is even in lower position than her is quite the stupid thing to do. It could lead to many issues and humiliation later to her in future. To her luck, Shi Woo is a really good guy who clearly won't use that for his advantage but still...I don't even get why he likes her to begin with.
The ML is the only reason I keep watching at this point. Glad his ex gf is now realizing that she might've lost a great bf after seeing how her husband is treating her.