My first drama over 24 episodes became one of the best dramas I'd ever seen for 2011! I've lost count how many times I've watched this since the first time watching it! The acting was superb by both the child actors as well as the adults! I became a fan for life to the principal actors, Nam Goong Min, Kim Jae Won, and Hwang Jung Eum; couldn't wait to watch other dramas/movies with them as characters. Everything about this drama is wonderful! You watch a romance that started as children continue to grow as adults with little conflict in relations to how they feel about each other. The stories about each of the characters is amazing. The supporting actors Lee Hye Young, Jung Bo Suk and Yoon Yeo Jeong is amazing! There are so many aspects of this drama which are very good. From the acting, cinematography and music; no stone was left unturned and the writers made sure that the story flowed! What else can I say without giving details except, this is a must-see!

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I admit a love/hate/love relationship with this season. I loved being able to watch the team again, especially my Joo Sang Wook. I loved a lot of the stories because they were scary, at times and very interesting. But also remember so episodes were so confusing and boring that I either fell asleep or had to watch twice to understand. In some cases, I rewatched and still didn't understand so I had to ask other people that were watching to explain. That was this season in a nutshell. Either you will love some or hate some but overall, for you crime junkies out there, it continues to be a must-see drama. Can I love Joo Sang Wook anymore?!!

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Let me be the only one who really liked this drama! Surrounded by so many super melodramas, this was a refreshing relieve! The story was cute, the characters had their won special charm especially the bromance between Seung Ji and Won Il! It was truly the main relationship next to Hedgehog and Grandpa. Won Yi character, was absolutely charming and so, so fun! There was a period at Da Yang annoyed the hell out of me but eventually i just got used to her perkiness and ignored it. My only complaint was the ending. Felt it was rushed with a lot happening in a single hour. I will definitely be looking forward to some of e younger actors in the future. Dong Hae did a great job!

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Having invested 30 hours watching one of the best revenge dramas I've seen in awhile with the best acting cast! Even though I was not totally for the ending, this does not overshadow my overall feelings for this drama! Talk about family dysfunction to the 10th power!! The cast was stellar! What a great comeback for Joo Ji Hoon who I loved in his prior works! Seeing that he was blacklisted for a period and he completed his army requirements, it was great that he came back strong! Chae Si Ra? I am now a fan! She was wonderful as the twisted mother! Ji Chang Wook
was a newcomer to me as I had never seen him in anything before but I will remember his name. Cha Hwa Yun as Madame Na, this has to be the first time I've loved her character!! This definitely ran the gamut from mental abuse to revenge and it was well served. Great job by all! Cannot wait to see them in the future!

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I wouldn't call this a coming of age movie but more of what happens to friendships as we get older. These four young ladies have been friends for quite awhile and as you watch them in their daily lives, each different from the other and facing their own struggles. Hae Joo is the most fortunate one and is kind of inconsiderate of her friends whose circumstances are not the same as hers. Ji-Young seems to be the one that is the most dire as she lives with her grandparents in a dilapidated home in Inchon and she is feeling the pressures just to get by with life everyday. The others pretty much try to maintain their friendship but as you watch, you can see them drifting slowly apart. The cat, or really kitten which was a gift to Hae Joo from Ji-Young, kind of symbolizes the demise of their relationship as Hae Joo gives her the kitten back because she really doesn't want to care for it and so Ji-Young internalizes that as a rejection of their friendship. No, this is not a comedy by any means but a drama on friendships.

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Rewatch? Oh No! Not me! But this was a damn good movie from start to finish. My appreciation for Kim Seung Woo as an actor is in the stratosphere! Jong Sik is about as corrupt as you can get. All sympathy for his daughter, of course. But the one who I must doubly applaud is Son Byung Ho as the horribly persecuted husband and father. What he brought to his character was simply sheer genius. Talk about cry me a river! He can't help but cry for his character, wife and daughter. So can I consciously recommend this? No. You have to have a strong mind and heart to get through this movie. Why? Because the violence, depiction of police corruption and other things that happen in this movie; not everyone can endure. But if you can, it is a GREAT MOVIE!

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It is so rare that I like a TDrama from start to finish. I always start one with the intentions of watching every episode but I always end up hating this character or that one so much that their screen time gets the best of me and I refuse to watch them. Well, Just You has the rare distinction of being pretty decent from beginning to end. I have much love and appreciation for Aaron Yan and Kuo Puff now. They were so adorable together that every scene they were in, I just wanted to repeat them over and over again. I absolutely fell in love with Dean Fujioka! Sad that he didn't get his happy ending but overall, every one got theirs. Maybe my one complaint would be that inordinate amount of time they spent on the Jia Yu. Okay, the spent too much time, time that could have been dedicated to our OTP but other than that, I cannot complain and I so look forward to Aaron, Puff and Dean projects in the future!!

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This was a hard one to rate. I felt that it was well acted; enough so that I became intrigued with the lead, Bae Yong Jun and his other works. Son Ye Jin also did well. Not very often we get to see a story about the other side of adultery. As the synopsis stated, these two people meet at the hospital after their respective spouses are injured in a car accident together. I felt their was chemistry because this was two people together under these unusual circumstances that were definitely consoling one another. Yes, there is nudity, so be warned but it was not overly done. Overall, it was a good story but the ending was kind of ambiguous. Not sure what happened. Maybe it was lost in the translation. Or we were left to assume.

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What a freaking disappointment for an ending. Why do I feel like Watit was rolling around in his grave at the travesty!? I felt that not only did he not get any vindication but it clearly was left on the cutting room floor. This last episode could have been so much better. Besides the fact that the wasted like 2-3 episodes in the village, granted, the scenes were for them to get closer but I could think of better ways to show us that. I just wasn't a happy camper.

The chemistry that I saw in Sud Sai Pan between View and Toom was sadly lacking in this one. Maybe the scenes with the chemistry were shown when I must have dozed off a dozen times watching this. As far as the bad guys; Easy deaths and all that 'forgiveness, I've seen the error of my ways' scenes. Please!! People after their evil intent just didn't repent enough. Angkoon was NUTS!! Best acting in the drama!

Fans of View and Toom, watch if you dare. It is definitely not the worse I've watched but it had so much potential that was truly wasted. Hate that!

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Okay, this is one of favorite dramas! It was my first drama over 50 episodes that I marathon watched. I loss sleep, barely ate, you name it. This was my first introduction to Bae Doo Na as I started watching this because of Suh Ji Suk! I fell instantly in love with Doo Na's portrayal of Gloria. Not to forget about Suh Ji Suk as Kang Suk. I thought the chemistry between the two was magnetic! I was also surprised by the secondary romance between Dong Ah (Lee Chun Hee) and Yoon Seo (So Yi Hyun). Even though the main couple's relationship was not totally resolved until the end, I felt the story was absolutely fun to watch. One of the best scenes is when Kang Suk serenades Jin Jin when she thinks he no longer likes her. It is one of the most romantic scenes EVER!! As this is a melodrama, beware, there are some seriously twisted moments that make you want to wretch your hair out; but overall, this is one of the best! And it is the only 50+ drama that I have re-watched from start to finish.

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TPM effect is alive and well! I have lost count the number of times I have watched this very well put together drama! Every time I watch it, I end up marathon watching until the end. The acting was amazing! I was already impressed with Park Shi Hoo but his portrayal of this tortured soul was beyond amazing! Moon Chae Won's portrayal of not a wilted flower but of a very strong and determined young woman willing to do anything to protect her man; outstanding! The secondary romance between the crowned princess and Jong, you will become totally vested with that relationship also. This rates higher than a 10! It comes highly recommended!

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