I like his parts, and I even like some of the school dynamics, cliche as it is. But I do not like the FL being…
So... suppositions time.
What IF the skeleton in the basement isn't some lost ballerina, but his dad? He was a secret agent too, what if they also wanted to find the gold back when he went missing?
Which is a twist I didn't really expect, I thought they said HaeSong is actually an orphan, would he end up in an orphanage if his father is still only missing? And why is he missing? Did nobody - his friend, HS's team leader now - know where was he supposed to be going and what he was supposed to be doing?
Well, if he's still alive - and not a villain - I'd love to see HaeSong meeting him again.
Also, LET THE MAN BREAK SOME BONES!!! Or at least some noses LOL. It was so satisfying him punching the bully. (Yeah I know the bully is still a teen and HS is an adult, bla bla bla - he asked for it, okay?)
I like his parts, and I even like some of the school dynamics, cliche as it is. But I do not like the FL being used a comic relief ALL. THE. FREAKING. TIME.
If she's eventually going to translate into a romantic interest, then maybe don't make her sound so unhinged? If she's supposed to be an inspiring teacher character, then maybe don't have her jump to conclusions each and every time? It's not that funny. Let's not even mention the drunken shenaningans - they're really frowning on public drunkeness in SK, right, and she's already been at least twice drunk in public and acting out.
And if she's NOT going to be the romantic interest (if any)... what is her purpose?
Episode 3 hit me hard, especially the scene where he’s flipping through the photo album, searching for a solo…
My Stand-In has a great mother-son relationship. Of course it's balanced by the actual (BL) romance being totally toxic, but they (mom and son) are great together.
So Mo Du is coming in March, Sa Ye also seems to be coming in March, Winner is King is supposedly coming in March, do we all have March madness or what?~
And if all these are coming... Maybe hoping for a 2ha surprise wouldn't be too far-fetched? Please, I need to get my heart broken by CWN right this minute!!
Yup, I still have the scars from that drama, LOL, do they show? I wear them as badges of honor (since I never did get my I-Survived-Watching-TIH badge... I guess there were too many people more deserving, who maybe had some faith in it, or something, LOL).
Anyway, here's hoping that even if this does turn into a copycat, at least they're doing it the right way :D (though I'd always rather have a Monte Cristo revenge instead, obviously...)
LOL, so far this has the same vibes as TIH, compressed to only two eps :D, but with a competent FL actress. I…
It definitely looked like he and the prosecutor-new-husband have a better relationship than what appeared in the wedding venue. Maybe they did plot things together.
Nice add-ins are the two perspective heirs - the nephew (who looks innocent, but this is a chaebol drama, he might be the devil behind the scenes) and the illegitimate son (who probably will end up being the actual heir because of reasons.)
I don't mind, as long as it doesn't actually turn into a (better plotted) TIH copycat.
... But seriously, that's ALL her motivation to ditch him and marry another - as he put it, she got up from his bed in the morning and was wed to another by noon, WTAF - she wants to learn what happened to her dad? And for that she marries someone she doesn't basically even know, and dumps her forever-love blah blah blah... with a text after the fact?!
LOL, so far this has the same vibes as TIH, compressed to only two eps :D, but with a competent FL actress. I sure hope they'll diverge some from that kind of plot.
At least according to the preview, it looks like they'll just get back to the sea rescue next week, which bravo!, because let's have him get his revenge instead of backstory.
I still don't understand why would she do that? She's grand daughter of chairman right?
So let's say the ex-NIS leader comes to her grandfather and says hey, my son the prosecutor is going to audit and prosecute you to death and you'll end up in prison for life. So why not have your granddaughter marry my son and we'll let bygones be bygones.
And she agrees to it because they're threatening DongJoo's life over it, too...
I didn't expect to like this first ep so much. I like the leads, they have perfect chemistry with each other, the sets are lavish, and while it might turn into the regular chaebol-politics-revenge kind of drama, at least they didn't start out the normal way, with inner fighting, but with someone actually being betrayed for no obvious reason (so far).
And finally a normal-length kdrama, I'm totally down with that.
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Except, TIH definitely didn't launder as much money.
What IF the skeleton in the basement isn't some lost ballerina, but his dad? He was a secret agent too, what if they also wanted to find the gold back when he went missing?
Which is a twist I didn't really expect, I thought they said HaeSong is actually an orphan, would he end up in an orphanage if his father is still only missing? And why is he missing? Did nobody - his friend, HS's team leader now - know where was he supposed to be going and what he was supposed to be doing?
Well, if he's still alive - and not a villain - I'd love to see HaeSong meeting him again.
Also, LET THE MAN BREAK SOME BONES!!! Or at least some noses LOL. It was so satisfying him punching the bully. (Yeah I know the bully is still a teen and HS is an adult, bla bla bla - he asked for it, okay?)
If she's eventually going to translate into a romantic interest, then maybe don't make her sound so unhinged? If she's supposed to be an inspiring teacher character, then maybe don't have her jump to conclusions each and every time? It's not that funny. Let's not even mention the drunken shenaningans - they're really frowning on public drunkeness in SK, right, and she's already been at least twice drunk in public and acting out.
And if she's NOT going to be the romantic interest (if any)... what is her purpose?
And if all these are coming... Maybe hoping for a 2ha surprise wouldn't be too far-fetched? Please, I need to get my heart broken by CWN right this minute!!
Anyway, here's hoping that even if this does turn into a copycat, at least they're doing it the right way :D (though I'd always rather have a Monte Cristo revenge instead, obviously...)
Nice add-ins are the two perspective heirs - the nephew (who looks innocent, but this is a chaebol drama, he might be the devil behind the scenes) and the illegitimate son (who probably will end up being the actual heir because of reasons.)
I don't mind, as long as it doesn't actually turn into a (better plotted) TIH copycat.
... But seriously, that's ALL her motivation to ditch him and marry another - as he put it, she got up from his bed in the morning and was wed to another by noon, WTAF - she wants to learn what happened to her dad? And for that she marries someone she doesn't basically even know, and dumps her forever-love blah blah blah... with a text after the fact?!
Keeping fingers crossed there's more to that.
Anyway, let's see what happens next.
At least according to the preview, it looks like they'll just get back to the sea rescue next week, which bravo!, because let's have him get his revenge instead of backstory.
Edit Wait no, she's just a dumb b!tch trying to do a revenge plot thing that's way over her head. Yup, idiocy confirmed...
And she agrees to it because they're threatening DongJoo's life over it, too...
And finally a normal-length kdrama, I'm totally down with that.