Jenna

^^THIS^^

OMG there's a "relationship chart" image. That should tell me something. I think I'm going to start a list for all the "so bad they may actually be good" dramas I PTW hehehehe

I keep clicking on this and then just a glance at that crazy ass synopsis sends me running away! lol

no bother at all. The British version ended much the same. The father, in order to draw his son in, tried to commit suicide in front of him on a busy interstate/in traffic, for the mom to pull him back and offer to go have lunch to talk. The dad promises the son he's fine, but actually had pre-planned committing suicide by injections which his wife agreed to provide him up in his hotel room so his son wouldn't know. The wife leaves him to do it, but runs back after changing her mind to convince him NOT to inject himself and commit suicide. While they're doing that, the son has had enough and just... leaves. Leaves his phone, everything and runs away to be free of the emotional abuse his parents have wreaked upon his life. The ending, though is literally unsatisfactory in that it just ends that way. No hope for reconciliation. No letters from a runaway shelter. No wrap up of other character's stories. No son coming home years later. It just ENDS there with the son gone/missing and her saying she'll always be waiting for him to come home one day. Another important note is that we also learn the dad manipulated the son by telling him that when he was a baby (?) his mom didn't want him and wish she'd never had him and even abandoned him & that's why the son was even more messed up and went to stay with his dad. Of course, her husband didn't tell him she had been suffering from severe postpartum depression or whatever. Highly recommend to watch it just to see the differences between the two. It's on Netflix! ^_^

that ending was handled so much better than the UK version's imho. fabulously done for sure. wow. #EPIC #kDramaHangOver

speaking of repulsive characters. Nothing rivals "The World of the Married" for largest # of repulsive characters in a single show. >_<

FL is most petty FL I've ever watched. Love. It. So. Much.

I'm not usually one to look forward to or enjoy historicals that are comedy-heavy... but MAN. I am HERE FOR THIS ONE!!! I hope it's as good as the trailer suggests! :D

still hoping/waiting for english subs :-O

this last episode (ep15) put the track firmly back on parallel with the BBC edition "Dr. Foster". I am really hoping the endings are not the same though :-/

ep16 and still hoping the SAME -_-

episode 16 and ALL I want to do is throttle several characters, but mostly I want to throat punch Hye Won SO. BAD. -__-

totally get it. :) And I feel bad for her too but some of what she's going through she brought on herself because of the way she reacted to her horrible situation. Sleeping with a guy and black mailing him to "get back" at her ex? Dropping the bomb the way she did at that dinner. Using her kid to manipulate her husband to hurt her (in front of her kid) so to keep her custody, etc. I GET her. I even get why she did all that for sure, BUT... it made a horrible situation even worse, especially for her child. :( Her kid really isn't treating her bad so much as lashing out because of the severe pain and emotional stress he's under. He's coping in his own way and in a much more normal way than the adults around him. ^_^

What many people are not GETTING is that on a SUBTLE level, this entire show is ALL about THE SON & how this twisted tale of cheating, revenge, and so on AFFECTS the people/family around them. So, when this child begins to finally REACT (don't get me wrong. Internally he'd already been reacting just not outwardly before) THAT'S WHAT THE WRITERS WANTED. For us to begin to see the deterioration emotionally, physically, and psychologically of the innocent characters and side characters who were inadvertently caught up in the selfishness/downward spiral of the core characters. Okay. I'm done. LOL

another thing about the son's character in comparison to the BBC version in the spoiler tag.

I mean are we all seeing how many adults are manipulating him? His dad. His dad's wife. Rumors at school (lady who wants her husband to be a politician) Not to mention what he saw happen to his mom, which... was his MOM's manipulation FFS. His mom's drinking to cope. His dad hiring someone to "scare" his mom out of town. People winding up dead. People insinuating mom or dad may be murderers. & we expect his kid to just smile & carry on? Give me a break.

& FWIW if that KID was a hot, high schooler gone bad boy because of his environment & shitty situation, we'd see the same people trampling the child swooning over his character instead. #oppa

The hate on the kid is too much for me. I'm wondering how many of those saying stuff about the son actually have kids (?) and understand what this kind of toxic, horrible environment can do to an ADULT'S mental health never mind a CHILD's? I mean... are you watching what this child is being put through? I f*cking applaud him for not going off the rails much MUCH worse on his horrendous "adult" role models. I had that exact same thought throughout BOTH versions of this show. That child is the strongest character in both shows. And if THIS ending mirrors the UK ending... well, it's going to be sad and realistic. :/

THIS. I agree. That could have been written SO much better.

I don't know that I've ever watched a Hong Kong drama, but if I can find sub titles, I'll give anything a try for sure! Thanks so much for the recommendations ^_^