Michelle Topham

Same. Zero chemistry. It just makes the whole thing dull, IMO.

I wouldn't bother. The English sub titles are terrible, barely make any sense.

That's the perfect word to describe so much of it -- "cringy" -- the drunk scenes, the overly dramatic romance scenes, the cheesiness of so much of it, the overly-acted maniacal laughing as the villain revealed himself.

And I'm not saying people shouldn't like the drama -- if they like it and that works for them, great, as it's not up to me to tell people what they should and shouldn't like.

For me, though, the last 4 episodes really disintegrated from the first 6 so that it's now become a bit of a struggle to watch -- (Watched Ep 10 last night, and was muttering under my breath the whole time "boring, boring, boring" while watching it on double speed. Hahahaha.)

With 6 eps still to go though, there could be a plot twist or two that makes it more interesting, so I'm living in hope. :)

You're right on Song Kang too. He's done a very nice job in this, and his comedic timing has been excellent.

No, I think the plot is really very weak -- nicely written, but the story is not particularly interesting for it to be dragged out like this. Honestly, it's not the worst thing I've watched all year :), the performances of all the actors are great, and I'll definitely finish it. Just hoping it improves in the last half (I really enjoyed the first 6 eps, btw, just got restless during Eps 7 and 8 as they weren't holding my attention as much).

Same. Just started Ep 9 and I'm bored and watching it on double speed with 7 episodes still to go. Hopefully it will improve, as they're just dragging out what, right now at least, is a paper thin plot.

A 9.0 for me, and I'm only midway through but doubt I'll drop the score as the acting is fabulous (and I'm not a Rowoon fan, but he's done a superb job here), the story is fun and unique, and the cinematography and costumes are beautiful. Been very happy with this from Ep 1.

Mind-numbingly boring. Acting is so-so, fight scenes go on forever, and there is zero character development. Haven't seen the anime or read the manga, but it's easy to see why people are complaining such a long manga was condensed into a handful of episodes.

Currently in the middle of Episode 2 and not sure I'll finish it, as it's not holding my attention at all.

EDIT: Dropped at the end of Ep 2 -- couldn't care less about any of these people, and everything is so rushed without any lead up or much explanation, it's hard to care about anything in it.

I didn't watch on Disney, and so the subtitles didn't include that. And come on, you couldn't help but notice as it was in EVERY scene where she had to show any emotion at all. Horrible performance.

Don't waste your time. I just watched the last 8 episodes on double speed, and it was still a waste of my time.

Oh she's awful in this. Like an amateur actress. All she does is heavy breathe and scream. Horrible performance. Completely ruined the entire drama for me.

Sadly even the ending couldn't save this dumpster fire for me. 😄

This is so bad, but made1,000 times worse by Kim Tae Ri's terrible performance. All she knows how to do is to heavy breathe and scream. One of worst performances I've seen in a Korean drama in a long time.

Throw in that the character she plays is an idiot, every character seems to be one of the stupidest people in Korea (because it's normal to stand around and just watch someone when they're about to commit suicide), and I just wanted to heave my laptop through a window I hated the last half of this so much.

Just made the mistake of downloading the last 5 episodes to watch on a 10 hour flight. Wanted to slit my wrists halfway through the flight as I despised everything about this

Will be actively avoiding anything Kim Tae Ri is in from now on. Can't stand one more second of her. :( Horrible.

Exactly. I thought she was great in the first couple of episodes, then realized as it continued that she's like a one-trick pony. Same reactions, same facial expressions, same heavy breathing and panting. Gets old really fast.

I thought she was brilliant in Mr. Sunshine (I haven't seen The Handmaiden yet) but, like you said, very underwhelming in this -- if not incredibly annoying. And no, I don't think it's the writing, as the writing is quite good -- it's her take on the writing which is just silly, IMO.

I'm the opposite. Loved the first 3 episodes, finding the rest boring and hard to watch. On Ep 7, still five more to go, but now watchin on double speed just to get it finished :)

I'm still watching on 2x speed -- just finished Ep 7, and downloaded the other five to watch on a plane tomorrow. Kim Tae Ri's acting gets worse though with each new episode -- overly dramatic, heavy breathing all the time and fluttering her eyelids -- hard to watch -- and the plot is just meh.

I'll finish it, but it's no higher than a 7 out of 10 for me, if that, and that's for the cinematography and the directing, which are both very well done, IMO :)

Same. On Ep 5 now and watching it at double speed. Enjoyed the first 3 episodes, but then it really begins to drag.

I'm on Ep 5 and currently watching it at double speed. First three episodes were excellent, but now like you said it's just the same thing over and over again. Plus the FL is a bit of an idiot so... :) Really held high expectations for this one, but it's disappointing so far.

I also laughed at the Episode rating on MDL as, apparently, the fact that the childhood friend showed up in a car full of flowers caused a couple of fools to downrate Episode 4 so that it was at a 6.9 out of 10. Like they say, you can't fix stupid, but some days I sure as hell wouldn't mind slapping it :)

Especially when, the way the drama is going and the fact that the female character is a completely different person than the one in the Japanese version, it is highly likely the Korean version will have a markedly different ending. Yet we've got immature idiots rambling on and on about an ending from a completely different drama. Beyond annoying.

His performance is amazing here. Zero dialogue and you feel like you know his soul inside and out.