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Never sure what the show wanted to be.
This show started decent enough, then it got stuck in corporate drama plots, tried to inject relationships along the way then toyed with alternate time frames to shape a happy ending.
The main ML & FL acted fine, I think it was a huge jump the FL coming from Joseon time period to modern day and seemed to just pick everything up and adjust after a couple episodes (touch on this later).
The ML has the typical dsyfunctional rich family background, it must be a Chaebol dynamic everyone is out for themselves, vying to be the special one, get the job, money etc. Same story seen in countess K Dramas. The Cousin is problematic as his acting was comical, no one every questioned the crazy things he did and while Grandfather seemed to understand he was not as 'good' as he played nothing ever came about.
The other roles were not well expanded with the Aunties making an appearence every few episodes to complain no one liked them etc. It's like they were still teenagers. I wish they touched more on the ML mother and had additional flashbacks, how his Grandfather raised him etc.
The Cousin plot was spotty, never explained why he came to live with them, never mentioned he was married or had a wife but midway has a son and just felt weird and make you feel bad for him. He spent little to no time with his child and seems he will now live with Grandfather post ending (repeat the cycle?).
Plot Spoilers / Thoughts below:
My main issue was the whole body jump / time jump. It never really was explained, but what I take occured:
- FL was poisoned for protecting crown price (ML in dual role), instead of dying her Shaman pushed her spirit into FL in modern area (former child K drama actress) ok this was what I went with. Never really resolved what happened to the original FL when she went into the body (note Flashback at end).
- Towards end FL has triggered flashbacks of original body (Future FL) memories which seem to show her parents in debt and decide to drown themselves and daughter, daughter wakes up and it doesn't show her escape but clearly she lived and spent her life with her Grandmother as it touches on she was still in contact with the Grandma. Grandma also sensed FL was not her granddaughter but never expanded why / how.
- Flashback also showed the FL modern era switch into the Joseon FL body in a flashback, so this makes somewhat sense if you align the above plot lines - Joseon era FL was about to die from poison - Shaman sent her to future (how the Future FL was chosen is never explained and if they had a connection outside they looked the same (distant aunt??) and Future FL (child actor) was about to die from drowning - so spirits switched bodies?
- Final episodes FL (from shock) transfers BACK to her body in Joeson era and now tries to save the Crown Prince (ML) to wrap up that plot line yet it never showned anything happen to the Evil Cousin / Prince and they lived life in hiding but together.
So IMO the Modern era FL went into Joeson era instead of drowning and FL was her from that point forward?? But they never showed her survive, but as noted she cleared DID as it showed her living with Grandma? This also assumes Child actor went to some random body as it just showed her in body but not alert in Joseon era and I assume living in that era.
The other big thing that tied the whole spirit swap was the comet which they showed throughout the series and stressed it had been a long time since it last appeared, so logic would be the 'swap' could only occur during the comet in the sky. Just lot of random plot holes here, the same can be said for the legal / crime side of things - events happen but there is no resolution. The stabbing, the fake cast member, the lab plant, the apprent murders.
Anyways - beyond trying to make sense of the logic here and major plot holes, the show overall was watchable. All around entertaining, I guess average is how I'd explain it. Not great, not bad.
The main ML & FL acted fine, I think it was a huge jump the FL coming from Joseon time period to modern day and seemed to just pick everything up and adjust after a couple episodes (touch on this later).
The ML has the typical dsyfunctional rich family background, it must be a Chaebol dynamic everyone is out for themselves, vying to be the special one, get the job, money etc. Same story seen in countess K Dramas. The Cousin is problematic as his acting was comical, no one every questioned the crazy things he did and while Grandfather seemed to understand he was not as 'good' as he played nothing ever came about.
The other roles were not well expanded with the Aunties making an appearence every few episodes to complain no one liked them etc. It's like they were still teenagers. I wish they touched more on the ML mother and had additional flashbacks, how his Grandfather raised him etc.
The Cousin plot was spotty, never explained why he came to live with them, never mentioned he was married or had a wife but midway has a son and just felt weird and make you feel bad for him. He spent little to no time with his child and seems he will now live with Grandfather post ending (repeat the cycle?).
Plot Spoilers / Thoughts below:
My main issue was the whole body jump / time jump. It never really was explained, but what I take occured:
- FL was poisoned for protecting crown price (ML in dual role), instead of dying her Shaman pushed her spirit into FL in modern area (former child K drama actress) ok this was what I went with. Never really resolved what happened to the original FL when she went into the body (note Flashback at end).
- Towards end FL has triggered flashbacks of original body (Future FL) memories which seem to show her parents in debt and decide to drown themselves and daughter, daughter wakes up and it doesn't show her escape but clearly she lived and spent her life with her Grandmother as it touches on she was still in contact with the Grandma. Grandma also sensed FL was not her granddaughter but never expanded why / how.
- Flashback also showed the FL modern era switch into the Joseon FL body in a flashback, so this makes somewhat sense if you align the above plot lines - Joseon era FL was about to die from poison - Shaman sent her to future (how the Future FL was chosen is never explained and if they had a connection outside they looked the same (distant aunt??) and Future FL (child actor) was about to die from drowning - so spirits switched bodies?
- Final episodes FL (from shock) transfers BACK to her body in Joeson era and now tries to save the Crown Prince (ML) to wrap up that plot line yet it never showned anything happen to the Evil Cousin / Prince and they lived life in hiding but together.
So IMO the Modern era FL went into Joeson era instead of drowning and FL was her from that point forward?? But they never showed her survive, but as noted she cleared DID as it showed her living with Grandma? This also assumes Child actor went to some random body as it just showed her in body but not alert in Joseon era and I assume living in that era.
The other big thing that tied the whole spirit swap was the comet which they showed throughout the series and stressed it had been a long time since it last appeared, so logic would be the 'swap' could only occur during the comet in the sky. Just lot of random plot holes here, the same can be said for the legal / crime side of things - events happen but there is no resolution. The stabbing, the fake cast member, the lab plant, the apprent murders.
Anyways - beyond trying to make sense of the logic here and major plot holes, the show overall was watchable. All around entertaining, I guess average is how I'd explain it. Not great, not bad.
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