Stopped watching half way, can someone give me a summary what main points happened who ended up with who and what…
-Jeongin slips off the roof, her death was ruled accidental -Taechang is on the run because he smuggled benzos (illegal drug) into Korea. He shoots Woojin and he ends up paralyzed. TC gets arrested off screen for this. There's a time skip. The drama gives it as "many years" -Juryuns bio mom came back & she has cancer. After Jeongin dies and Taechang gets booked she takes care of her mom until she (the bio mom) dies. Juryeon is engaged to Seokki -Woojin and Seolah run the orphanage that they grew up in together. Na Hyunwoo gets second lead syndrome -hyunwoos brother and seola's cousin are together, she's pregnant.
All of that for it to be an accidental death? And Woojin finds out about his mother at the very end. (Maybe if we didn't waste so many scenes on the love triangle, we could've gotten a better written reaction?)
Well.... this is the first daily drama I've watched "live" and I can't believe I didn't drop this. I'm going to say this again: I cannot believe I didn't drop this.
Actors did the best with what they were given, I will probably avoid "drama writing as a tool of revenge" dailies because this just felt... dumb. I actually laughed when the cops said that the drama was hard evidence. Really? Like every drama doesn't start out with a disclaimer that it's a work of fiction and all similarities to irl events is pure coincidence? Theoretically, all Jeongin had to do was keep quiet... no one would be able to tell that Kyungmi = Jeongin. But I digress
The drama summary is misleading - it comes across as a revenge drama, with Seolah being the puppet master. The gag is, Sunae is really the one pulling the strings. Her revenge plot has stronger consequences than Seolah's drama.... and it's more compelling too because you actually see sunae scheming and planning things out. She's ruthless as she has a real reason for revenge... a stronger one than "my amnesiac boyfriend forgot who I am" (yes, Seolah's dad was murdered, but after a certain point of the drama, Seolah's just upset because they aren't together anymore.) I thought JDJ from the third marriage was passive... until Seolah said "hold my soju..." if it weren't for Sunae and Hyunwoo, there would be no "revenge" from Seolah.
That leads to my next paragraph: the love triangle between Juryun, Seolah and Woojin. I don't watch my dailies for romance (I'm here for the revenge) but I can enjoy it if it's writtten well... And not 40+ episodes of confusion and repeated conversations. The screenwriter likes to repeat things in this show too. Taechang kidnaps at least three different cast members, one of which who got kidnapped twice. Some characters do dumb things... like Clark breaking into the Min house knowing damn well that Taechang is loaded, locked and ready to rock with his lil rifle. Then we get scenes of Seolah's family members shocked and upset that Taechang shot Clark... despite it being well established that Taechang is not to be messed with!
Side note, normally in dailies the side characters have their own storylines but with Seolah's family it felt like a podcast where they're all sitting at that table in the living room, commenting on whatever else is going on in the story LOL
Regardless, Juryeon and Seokki ended up together & are getting married (all I really care about after the writer fumbled Jeongin's death), I don't believe Taechang reformed for a second, and I am so glad I won't have to be subjected to the great aunt and the rest of Seolah's annoying family. I'm glad Eunbyeol was a friend to the end, I remember in the beginning there was speculation that she would be a romantic rival towards Hyunwoo.
As for our "main" couple. Seolah ends up back with Woojin 🤮 they have no chemistry. I had thought that Seolah would end up with Hyunwoo but NOPE, first love triumphs over all, even if there's no chemistry. I mean this in the most respectful way but Woojin's actor is the worst male lead (performance wise) I've seen in a daily. He's very wooden and ... uncharismatic. It's very jarring when in-universe, his character is hyped up like he's the best thing since sliced bread. Also... is that little girl their daughter or a random child at the orphanage? It's probably the former (since it got SUPER awkward when Hyunwoo asked what her name is)
3/10. Not going on my "daily dramas I would watch again" list. I begrudgingly give it a sympathy star because I appreciate when dailies aren't centered around fashion or makeup companies as they usually are. The one interesting thing with the sponsorship storyline... I've been following k-entertainment for a long time, so it was amusing to see how handling a scandal was portrayed, even if it's only a drama haha
Here's hoping Cinderella Game is a bit more exciting and the leads actually have chemistry with each other. I was going to watch red shoes next, as it has the same writer, but I'm not sure about that anymore...
seonju and sangah -> schoolmatessowoo and namjin -> university schoolmatesmiju and chua -> stylist/client ...…
Once they showed the flashback of the two moms in their hometown, and Seonju's mom invited Sangah's mom to live with her, I believe there's a 80% chance that was the catalyst that caused the husband to leave the Pi family
seonju and sangah -> schoolmates sowoo and namjin -> university schoolmates miju and chua -> stylist/client ... also both are (or in mijus case, were) actresses the moms -> village friends am i missing anybody?
There are some daily dramas that are worth watching and this is not one of them... Here is why I say that and I'll keep spoilers to a minimum: - plot moves criminally slow. Story wise, this drama has just picked up last week. There have been many episodes where nothing happens. The climax is finally happening at episode 98, when many of us predicted it would happen around the halfway mark. - the actor who plays the ML isn't charismatic enough for me to believe that 3 women are fighting over him... And that he is a popular actor in-universe -repetitive for a daily. Seola's method of revenge is more passive than active (she's writing a drama but we don't actually see that drama performed at all in this show) so there's a lot of repeated scenes and conversations. -the main love triangles ... there's two. The first one is the typical protagonist female character, male lead, antagonist female character... The second one... let's just say the female lead (Jeongin) has a very weird relationship with the male lead. A lot (if not all) of this comment section is weirded out by it. Especially since the writer was portrayed as some kind of pure, innocent love when neither Jeongin or Woojin are either of those things. Unfortunately, explaining this is a huge spoiler in itself - I don't really like Seolah's family especially the grand aunt... they start to show up more once we get in the middle and the plot slows down. Some daily dramas have good side characters, this isn't one of them - the romance (if you can call if that) barely exists. Writer would rather show us 57633 scenes of Taechang getting into debt and threatening people with his gun, or Juryun/Seolah/Woojin having the same conversations (love triangle related) over and over again.
There are some good parts, like Sunae and her sons, and I personally like watching Seokki and Juryun interact... they're my favorite couple. The climax of this drama airs on Monday, and that's a major reason why the majority of us put up with this drama. How the story handles that will greatly influence my (and other's) final opinion on this drama!
FINALLY someone turns the table on Taechang and kidnaps HIM for once! It's so funny watching him cry and be scared after doing the same thing to at least 3 other characters. And of course Sunae is the one behind this... she's consistently been the person in this drama that gets things done. Watching Sunae and her clowns terrorizing him made my night
-Taechang is on the run because he smuggled benzos (illegal drug) into Korea. He shoots Woojin and he ends up paralyzed. TC gets arrested off screen for this.
There's a time skip. The drama gives it as "many years"
-Juryuns bio mom came back & she has cancer. After Jeongin dies and Taechang gets booked she takes care of her mom until she (the bio mom) dies. Juryeon is engaged to Seokki
-Woojin and Seolah run the orphanage that they grew up in together. Na Hyunwoo gets second lead syndrome
-hyunwoos brother and seola's cousin are together, she's pregnant.
I think that's everybody?
All of that for it to be an accidental death? And Woojin finds out about his mother at the very end. (Maybe if we didn't waste so many scenes on the love triangle, we could've gotten a better written reaction?)
Well.... this is the first daily drama I've watched "live" and I can't believe I didn't drop this. I'm going to say this again: I cannot believe I didn't drop this.
Actors did the best with what they were given, I will probably avoid "drama writing as a tool of revenge" dailies because this just felt... dumb. I actually laughed when the cops said that the drama was hard evidence. Really? Like every drama doesn't start out with a disclaimer that it's a work of fiction and all similarities to irl events is pure coincidence? Theoretically, all Jeongin had to do was keep quiet... no one would be able to tell that Kyungmi = Jeongin. But I digress
The drama summary is misleading - it comes across as a revenge drama, with Seolah being the puppet master. The gag is, Sunae is really the one pulling the strings. Her revenge plot has stronger consequences than Seolah's drama.... and it's more compelling too because you actually see sunae scheming and planning things out. She's ruthless as she has a real reason for revenge... a stronger one than "my amnesiac boyfriend forgot who I am" (yes, Seolah's dad was murdered, but after a certain point of the drama, Seolah's just upset because they aren't together anymore.) I thought JDJ from the third marriage was passive... until Seolah said "hold my soju..." if it weren't for Sunae and Hyunwoo, there would be no "revenge" from Seolah.
That leads to my next paragraph: the love triangle between Juryun, Seolah and Woojin. I don't watch my dailies for romance (I'm here for the revenge) but I can enjoy it if it's writtten well... And not 40+ episodes of confusion and repeated conversations. The screenwriter likes to repeat things in this show too. Taechang kidnaps at least three different cast members, one of which who got kidnapped twice. Some characters do dumb things... like Clark breaking into the Min house knowing damn well that Taechang is loaded, locked and ready to rock with his lil rifle. Then we get scenes of Seolah's family members shocked and upset that Taechang shot Clark... despite it being well established that Taechang is not to be messed with!
Side note, normally in dailies the side characters have their own storylines but with Seolah's family it felt like a podcast where they're all sitting at that table in the living room, commenting on whatever else is going on in the story LOL
Regardless, Juryeon and Seokki ended up together & are getting married (all I really care about after the writer fumbled Jeongin's death), I don't believe Taechang reformed for a second, and I am so glad I won't have to be subjected to the great aunt and the rest of Seolah's annoying family. I'm glad Eunbyeol was a friend to the end, I remember in the beginning there was speculation that she would be a romantic rival towards Hyunwoo.
As for our "main" couple. Seolah ends up back with Woojin 🤮 they have no chemistry. I had thought that Seolah would end up with Hyunwoo but NOPE, first love triumphs over all, even if there's no chemistry. I mean this in the most respectful way but Woojin's actor is the worst male lead (performance wise) I've seen in a daily. He's very wooden and ... uncharismatic. It's very jarring when in-universe, his character is hyped up like he's the best thing since sliced bread. Also... is that little girl their daughter or a random child at the orphanage? It's probably the former (since it got SUPER awkward when Hyunwoo asked what her name is)
3/10. Not going on my "daily dramas I would watch again" list. I begrudgingly give it a sympathy star because I appreciate when dailies aren't centered around fashion or makeup companies as they usually are. The one interesting thing with the sponsorship storyline... I've been following k-entertainment for a long time, so it was amusing to see how handling a scandal was portrayed, even if it's only a drama haha
Here's hoping Cinderella Game is a bit more exciting and the leads actually have chemistry with each other. I was going to watch red shoes next, as it has the same writer, but I'm not sure about that anymore...
sowoo and namjin -> university schoolmates
miju and chua -> stylist/client ... also both are (or in mijus case, were) actresses
the moms -> village friends
am i missing anybody?
- plot moves criminally slow. Story wise, this drama has just picked up last week. There have been many episodes where nothing happens. The climax is finally happening at episode 98, when many of us predicted it would happen around the halfway mark.
- the actor who plays the ML isn't charismatic enough for me to believe that 3 women are fighting over him... And that he is a popular actor in-universe
-repetitive for a daily. Seola's method of revenge is more passive than active (she's writing a drama but we don't actually see that drama performed at all in this show) so there's a lot of repeated scenes and conversations.
-the main love triangles ... there's two. The first one is the typical protagonist female character, male lead, antagonist female character... The second one... let's just say the female lead (Jeongin) has a very weird relationship with the male lead. A lot (if not all) of this comment section is weirded out by it. Especially since the writer was portrayed as some kind of pure, innocent love when neither Jeongin or Woojin are either of those things. Unfortunately, explaining this is a huge spoiler in itself
- I don't really like Seolah's family especially the grand aunt... they start to show up more once we get in the middle and the plot slows down. Some daily dramas have good side characters, this isn't one of them
- the romance (if you can call if that) barely exists. Writer would rather show us 57633 scenes of Taechang getting into debt and threatening people with his gun, or Juryun/Seolah/Woojin having the same conversations (love triangle related) over and over again.
There are some good parts, like Sunae and her sons, and I personally like watching Seokki and Juryun interact... they're my favorite couple. The climax of this drama airs on Monday, and that's a major reason why the majority of us put up with this drama. How the story handles that will greatly influence my (and other's) final opinion on this drama!
https://youtu.be/ed01xVhZD6A?si=BFswY3BUHDTPI7iF
looks dramatic enough for me, I'm in