georgia

i absolutely loved this drama in the first few episodes. there were a lot of not-so-subtle feminist elements as seori learned about the modern world which was really refreshing to see. this kind of time travel trope is not rare, and yet so few of them make the most out of it -- here, too, they really could've milked it a lot more. after we see seori learn about the modern world through youtube and dramas, she is almost never confused about anything ever again which is a bad creative decision in my opinion.

i still mostly enjoyed the rest of the show, but as everyone else is saying, the last few episodes were just a bunch of bullshit. it almost feels like they originally wrote a 12-episode show but were told at the last minute they had to come up with 2 more, the way the last 4 episodes drag on.
- we spent this whole show watching choi mundo be the most evil person of all time, and in the end they resort to making a deepfake of him dumping a body to turn the press against him? and we're supposed to cheer them on for this? i'm glad he went to jail of course, but surely there was enough to leak to the press about his ACTUAL wrongdoings without making a deepfake???
- there was no need for the grandma to die, it added nothing to the story and seori's little monologue felt cringey instead of touching. side note, i feel bad for this actress always having to act out dying in every role she has 😭
- having jihyo get attacked by her ex JUST so that gwangnam can come in to "save her" and turn it into a romantic moment is so cheap and lazy. i could go deeper into this but mydramalist is not the place for serious critical discussions
- there was zero need for segye getting stabbed and seori going into a coma... literally just filler plots

i still gave it a relatively high overall rating because it was overall an enjoyable watch. wish i stopped watching after episode 12.