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The man was accused of sexual harassment and admitted to it... pity that he died, but he was not innocent at all.

I know we're supposed to pity Young-Min, but I find him so stupid, whiny, and totally unlikeable. I hate the actor that plays him (Jo Min-Ki) too 😭

So Na-Young wanted revenge against the chairman for her mother's suicide? Now THAT'S a plot twist!!!

Also, I fear that I do not care that much about Min-Jae and his love story with In-Ki... 😭

The husband wasn't involved, complicit at best since he never saved Ji-Soo. But directly involved? No. I don't know if the ex was raped, I think if it's coercion, then it'd definitely count as such.

She was a sociopath, but I'd say it was good. If you want a psychological thriller without any romance and a villain FL, I recommend it.

Can you prove this? Lol, nepotism exists in every industry (unfortunately.)

Exactly how I feel! I wish it was longer.

I think she did? Or maybe she found out after.

Also true. And so am I! (Usually lol)

Go Hyun-Jung technically counts as a hallyu star- Sandglass (1995) was one of the first "mainstream" k-dramas. Same with "The Great Queen Seondeok" where she played Lady Mi-Shil.

I liked Dear X. It's rare for a drama to have a sociopathic, villainous female lead. Kim Yoo-Jung's acting was incredible. The fact that it got snubbed (along with Park Shin-Hye) is crazy. The actors in Dear X were all pretty good. Go Hyun-Jung got snubbed too, and she's a legend. 😬

I hope you enjoy it because these reviews and comments are... a mixed bag. 💀 I liked it but this drama has some serious flaws for sure.

Her ex-girlfriend?

If I recall correctly, Han Ji-Soo was Sang-Ah's ex. Ji-Soo was a mostly unknown actress who was forced to star in 19+/R-rated movies, while also being pimped out to powerful men by Oh Kwang-Jae. I'm not sure if everyone involved got punished, but OKJ and Park Jae-Sang are dead, Yang-Mi's in prison, and Chairman Kwon was in a coma for about 2 years. Sang-Ah was determined to take down that trafficking ring/web of power & money enabling it. She was arguably successful, since she took down Yang-Mi.

She did not, thankfully! (I would've been so mad if she did!)

It's a daily drama, budgets tend to be lower. Plots tend to be more simple too.

This is a female version of Five Fingers now... 😂 from the business plot, that one actor, the birth secrets, AND the melodrama! I blame the FL's (Na-Young) sister!

On episode 34 now, so now Na-Young and In-Ki/Su-Bin know that they're mother & daughter. Cue more misunderstandings and histrionics... decent drama so far, but DAMN, does it drag on! It's mostly boring.

This is true, (most of) the characters didn't start out as villainous. (Except for Yang-Mi, apparently. 🙄)

So pretty much like the second half of Death Note (the anime) 😭 I call "countering a scheme with another scheme". That was aggravating. But the whole trump card and counter-plot thing is (from my experience) common in political thrillers? Especially when both leads are smart, but it definitely got stretched into the extreme. ESPECIALLY in the finale with the sudden wave of blackmail. Made In Korea did a better job with the cat-and-mouse mind games.

Okay, honestly- I don't remember everything that happened in Artificial City. What I do remember that everything felt very, veryyy slow. The ending was also unsatisfying (Climax's ending is at least realistic.) Penthouse's ending is... controversial. Personally I liked (some) aspects of it, but by that point I was ready for it to be over lol I agree that Mine wasn't paced this way, yeah. The lengths of these dramas definitely play a role. But yeah, Climax wasn't perfect, I still say that the plot execution could've been better. Good themes though.

I started both WOTM and Sponsor, I think Sponsor is much more like Climax in concept/vibes. Sponsor is also known for being notoriously bad. I have not gotten that far yet, though 😂

Yes... 😔