I pointed it out earlier that Seo Hajoon and Yoon Ahjung would be working together again since The Secret House .... but I didn't realize that this drama also features Oh Changseok and Seo Hajoon working together again as well, since KBS's The Two Sisters last year!
Assuming Myeongji is the culprit who caused the Goo parents' deaths, Jiseok cannot possibly pair up with the daughter…
My full theory for the ending is that Myeongji is going to die in some over the top way, which would mean problems related to "dealing with Myeongji" will be solved with that ... Seyoung and Yeojin - if Myeongji doesn't kill her beforehand - will probably get jail sentences for a few years... then I expect a time skip and it shows everyone (except Myeongji since she's dead lol) being a happy mixed family, Jingoo and Hana getting married etc
Like I said I don't really care who ends up with who, I was just pointing out the multiple conversations that Jiseok and Seyoung had about that topic.
Btw I am a firm believer in not all dramas needing romance or their leads perfectly being paired up at the end! So I am perfectly fine with Jiseok ending up single or with someone else. It could be one of the other women who work in Seyoung/Hana's department, OR a new character would have to be written in. As long as it doesn't take away too much from the main story I can live with it.
Here is my bold theory -- JiSeok will not get paired with SeYoung in the end. Instead, she will end up alone and…
re: #3 in one of the more recent episodes, when Yeojin was investigating Myeongji before her accident, she found out that Myeongji used real estate investing as a way to make her money and create slush funds
I finally got caught up and these final ten episodes are going to be crazy ... Seyoung showing character development in the final hour is surprising because I thought that she was going to go fully down with Myeongji. But like I pointed out at the beginning of this drama, Myeongji wants Hyesung way more than Seyoung did... I think the fact that Myeongji held information from Seyoung and Yeojin is going to irrevocably ruin Myeongji and Seyoung's relationship...
Which the drama totally needs at this point in the story btw. Myeongji claims she's doing everything "for Seyoung" so Seyoung turning against her will either be the narcissistic injury that causes Myeongji to lose all control and/or Myeongji will finally just admit she wants Hyesung, Seyoung was just a tool in her eyes. One thing is for sure, I think Seyoung is going to somehow link Jiseok and Hana to the notebook... and Myeongji's downfall. She would have a better idea of the location of Myeongji's safe than anyone else...
As for the pairings of the leads, Jingoo and Hana are clearly endgame but Jiseok and Seyoung ... I can see Seyoung ending up like Juryun from Snow White's Revenge or Kyunghye from Mysterious Personal Shopper, where the events of the series ultimately causes the 2FL to live a more humble and less glamorous life than she did before... Jiseok could be friendly towards her idk. He has implied enough times that he likes Seyoung and wants her to go out of Myeongji's shadow before seriously pursuing her.
I don't have a preference for their ending relationship status tbh, I just hope that this series ends with Hana adopting Eunchong
Still catching up lol but I can easily say that Myeongji is the biggest hustler of all time. I CANNOT wait to…
Damn, for all her griminess, Myeongji is still an inept villain. How are you a makjang villain but screw up the old "take the oxygen mask off the patient" murder 💀💀💀
And Jang Shin-Young played the avenger in Thorn Flower... she'll kick ass here!
I haven't seen thorn flower yet but I trust that it's good! tvn's dailies were some of the best. Between this and the Queen's House, us daily drama watchers are about to be well fed 😂
How are you liking Secret House so far? I enjoyed it.
I love the darker tone of it. Taehyung's mother is absolutely evil and I love it. I'm on the part where Taehee and Jihwan start their marriage for revenge. I am tuned in for sure lmao
This is gonna sound crazy but I'm hoping that Yoon Ahjung plays the antagonistic female character... she absolutely killed the role of the 2FL back in Ice Adonis/Yellow Boots 13 years ago ... I'm so ready 😭
(Also she played Seo Hajoon's sister in secret house, so they will be working together again lol)
I guess this counts as my review because I'm not going to finish this
So idk if any of y'all read tvtropes, but this drama is a perfect example of "harsher in hindsight" due to what happened to Kim Saeron IRL.
When this drama aired I tuned in because I was a fan of KSR. But I didn't actually finish it because it only aired once a week and due to some sporting events the broadcast would keep getting cancelled. I only got to like episode 4 or 5 before dropping it and I never actually picked it back up lol. Back then I didn't realize how messy such an age gap was but now... I actually watched the first two episodes of this last night so I could write this "review" with a critical eye. I couldn't make it past ep 2, for "little things" like this:
There's a "joke" in ep 2 that woohyun's character makes because Saeron's character walks in on him showering. "Why don't I watch you shower and see how you feel?"
I gotta side eye the screenwriter for that one, big time.
I think that's what did it for me ... And you can 100% tell that Woohyun is skeeved out by the age difference (as he should be!), which reflects in his acting and I didn't even get to the ~romance storyline~. Unfortunately, I am not continuing the drama to that point.
It's safe to say that this is an idol drama targeted towards teens, especially those who were fans of Infinite. The story concept is a good one. I love the idea of an angel learning to live as a human... in the high school setting. Younger me would've eaten this up. Now I'm probably crying over split milk here as this show is a decade+ old, but I think this drama could've worked way better if:
- cast someone closer to sungyeol and woohyun's age for the female lead - cast someone else closer to saeron's age for the male leads - if you absolutely need to have Woohyun, Saeron, and Sungyeol in the drama, do what an older comment suggested and remove all romance scenes and subplots... I agree with said commenter because Woohyun and Saeron actually have really good "playful siblings" energy. I mostly watch daily dramas now and in an alternate universe, those two would've done an amazing job playing a set of siblings on a daily family drama...
Hot take: not every drama needs to have romance in it and this drama is a good example. Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk...
PS: I may have not finished this drama, but it made me into a fan of sungyeol (and eventually the rest of infinite). Won't rewatch, won't finish it, but I'll keep it in my memories...
Not to nitpick or anything... But I think you meant "My Love from the stars" instead of "Crash Landing on You"…
Oh yeah, you're right lmao. It's been a while but one thing remains... Cheon SongYi is an iconic legend
But I 100% agree. I know no entertainment industry is clean but this has put a huge damper on my enjoyment of kdramas for the time being.
The crazy thing is, even if it came out that KSH was 100% innocent (he's not), I still wouldn't want to support any of his works because his character is being shown by his actions...
You and I both know that if he looked like the guys that get caught on "to catch a predator" aka not conventionally attractive, there would be zero excuses. But I digress...
The last I heard about knock off is that Disney has halted filming. That was a few days ago, idk what's current (just like you I'm taking mental health breaks from this... especially since I work at a behavioral health hospital on the adolescent unit. So I see first hand the damage people like KSH do to minors.)
Btw: I also don't believe for a second that this husband is real. For starters, if he's real, why hasn't he come out? Lee Jinho said that they couldn't get married in Korea bc the marriage record would be public record and thus would be leaked ... He doesn't realize the same is true in the US. they are public record in New York City where they got married at ... since you have to go to court and sign a paper when you get married here. I actually got curious and searched her name last night (Kim Saeron and Kim Ah-im, which she changed it to) but besides a couple older (aged 40s) people who live on the West Coast also named Saeron, I didn't see any "proof" that she ever lived here
Like I said I don't really care who ends up with who, I was just pointing out the multiple conversations that Jiseok and Seyoung had about that topic.
Btw I am a firm believer in not all dramas needing romance or their leads perfectly being paired up at the end! So I am perfectly fine with Jiseok ending up single or with someone else. It could be one of the other women who work in Seyoung/Hana's department, OR a new character would have to be written in. As long as it doesn't take away too much from the main story I can live with it.
Which the drama totally needs at this point in the story btw. Myeongji claims she's doing everything "for Seyoung" so Seyoung turning against her will either be the narcissistic injury that causes Myeongji to lose all control and/or Myeongji will finally just admit she wants Hyesung, Seyoung was just a tool in her eyes. One thing is for sure, I think Seyoung is going to somehow link Jiseok and Hana to the notebook... and Myeongji's downfall. She would have a better idea of the location of Myeongji's safe than anyone else...
As for the pairings of the leads, Jingoo and Hana are clearly endgame but Jiseok and Seyoung ... I can see Seyoung ending up like Juryun from Snow White's Revenge or Kyunghye from Mysterious Personal Shopper, where the events of the series ultimately causes the 2FL to live a more humble and less glamorous life than she did before... Jiseok could be friendly towards her idk. He has implied enough times that he likes Seyoung and wants her to go out of Myeongji's shadow before seriously pursuing her.
I don't have a preference for their ending relationship status tbh, I just hope that this series ends with Hana adopting Eunchong
(Also she played Seo Hajoon's sister in secret house, so they will be working together again lol)
So idk if any of y'all read tvtropes, but this drama is a perfect example of "harsher in hindsight" due to what happened to Kim Saeron IRL.
When this drama aired I tuned in because I was a fan of KSR. But I didn't actually finish it because it only aired once a week and due to some sporting events the broadcast would keep getting cancelled. I only got to like episode 4 or 5 before dropping it and I never actually picked it back up lol. Back then I didn't realize how messy such an age gap was but now... I actually watched the first two episodes of this last night so I could write this "review" with a critical eye. I couldn't make it past ep 2, for "little things" like this:
There's a "joke" in ep 2 that woohyun's character makes because Saeron's character walks in on him showering. "Why don't I watch you shower and see how you feel?"
I gotta side eye the screenwriter for that one, big time.
I think that's what did it for me ... And you can 100% tell that Woohyun is skeeved out by the age difference (as he should be!), which reflects in his acting and I didn't even get to the ~romance storyline~. Unfortunately, I am not continuing the drama to that point.
It's safe to say that this is an idol drama targeted towards teens, especially those who were fans of Infinite. The story concept is a good one. I love the idea of an angel learning to live as a human... in the high school setting. Younger me would've eaten this up. Now I'm probably crying over split milk here as this show is a decade+ old, but I think this drama could've worked way better if:
- cast someone closer to sungyeol and woohyun's age for the female lead
- cast someone else closer to saeron's age for the male leads
- if you absolutely need to have Woohyun, Saeron, and Sungyeol in the drama, do what an older comment suggested and remove all romance scenes and subplots... I agree with said commenter because Woohyun and Saeron actually have really good "playful siblings" energy. I mostly watch daily dramas now and in an alternate universe, those two would've done an amazing job playing a set of siblings on a daily family drama...
Hot take: not every drama needs to have romance in it and this drama is a good example. Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk...
PS: I may have not finished this drama, but it made me into a fan of sungyeol (and eventually the rest of infinite). Won't rewatch, won't finish it, but I'll keep it in my memories...
But I 100% agree. I know no entertainment industry is clean but this has put a huge damper on my enjoyment of kdramas for the time being.
The crazy thing is, even if it came out that KSH was 100% innocent (he's not), I still wouldn't want to support any of his works because his character is being shown by his actions...
You and I both know that if he looked like the guys that get caught on "to catch a predator" aka not conventionally attractive, there would be zero excuses. But I digress...
The last I heard about knock off is that Disney has halted filming. That was a few days ago, idk what's current (just like you I'm taking mental health breaks from this... especially since I work at a behavioral health hospital on the adolescent unit. So I see first hand the damage people like KSH do to minors.)
Btw: I also don't believe for a second that this husband is real. For starters, if he's real, why hasn't he come out? Lee Jinho said that they couldn't get married in Korea bc the marriage record would be public record and thus would be leaked ... He doesn't realize the same is true in the US. they are public record in New York City where they got married at ... since you have to go to court and sign a paper when you get married here. I actually got curious and searched her name last night (Kim Saeron and Kim Ah-im, which she changed it to) but besides a couple older (aged 40s) people who live on the West Coast also named Saeron, I didn't see any "proof" that she ever lived here