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the best episode so far, omggg! and with one of the best scenes I've ever seen in a kdrama! I'm dying and I just need to watch it again lol
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I don't know what other people were expecting for the last episode, however, it was consistent with the reality of a mobster. a mobster will never stop being a mobster unless he makes a big deal with the government and the justice (which is very rare, actually). still, they are in danger of being killed. so it’s more advantageous to stay in the mafia. with that in mind, it is more than reasonable for Vincenzo to stay in another country and find a way to tell Hong Cha Young that he likes her and that he expects her to visit. more than that would be very illusory. I liked that they leave open the possibility of a second season, which may well be possible. I will not comment on the fight and flight scenes because since the beginning of the series, almost all of them are unrealistic. but it is acceptable the way an Italian mobster was portrayed, after all, it is a drama, lol. and, as someone of Italian descent, I can say that I loved this drama. there is nothing that has offended me. I also loved the performance of Song Joong Ki, which I didn't know before (yes, I never saw Descendants of the Sun and I don't believe I will have the patience to watch it, lmao).
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it is simply indescribable the feeling of watching Choi Myung Hee, that b*tch, in a panic right after threatening another person. family is something sacred, so the price to be paid must be the highest. I can't wait for the next episode.
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As a super fan of the original American series, Jane The Virgin, I couldn't help but compare the two versions. In the Korean version, I thought they made a good adaptation. The original series has a super crazy script (it's mostly a satire of latin melodramas), so I think it can be difficult to understand all this craziness in the first episode in an adapted way. I loved Woori's mother, she has the right tone of the character, and I think Woori's grandmother promises more than what was presented in this first episode (I was super curious how they would portray the two). They maintained the Catholic Christian character of the series, which is fundamental as a backdrop to Woori's choice of chastity and how it relates to her mother's story and her grandmother's. Woori's boyfriend is also being similarly portrayed, right to the point. And LOVED that they kept Raphael's name! hahahah The order of facts and some relationships are in another order in this version, but nothing that spoils or completely changes the central story of the series. And I also expect a lot from the character who plays the gynecologist. The actress did very well, but I imagine that they will give another background to her story. Anyway, I'm super excited lol. Despite the frenetic pace, the first chapter was very good! ^^
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This was a drama with a linear plot and very coherent. I loved the acting of the actors, in particular Kim Jae Wook. He has a really good comedic performance in a subtle way. I was afraid the authors would spoil the story at the end, but I found it very cohesive. There is a redemption of the main character, Noh Go Jin. It ends up being much more complex than that superficial image of a cold person that passed in the first few chapters. I also liked that Lee Shin A shows a strong personality until the last chapter, going to work in the competing company. From a completely toxic and abusive duo (in the boss and employee relationship), they become a very healthy couple, supporting each other. I also liked that they gave Oh Se Gi a bigger base. Maybe the pacing at the end was too fast, but nothing that spoiled the plot totally. It's a very fun and unrealistic series, initially reinforcing abusive behavior that should never be normalized (in real life, an employee should never accept bad treatment like Lee Shin did, let alone get revenge, let alone relate to the abusive ex-chef, but ok, this is just a drama and we are here to get out of reality hahaha). By the way, The Devil Wears Prada's influence is absolutely clear here. In the first two chapters, there are almost identical scenes of the relationship between the boss and the secretary. I really liked this reference, because I really like the mentioned movie. Anyway, it's a very light and fun drama that in the end brings redemption to the characters and reinforces good behavior, something completely opposite to the first chapters, lol. I loved it and will definitely see it again in a few years, hahaha
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I think the writers managed to make a good penultimate episode. Normally tv dramas don't stay good at the end and I think this one still manages to have a surprise factor as ML's ex-fiancee can still do something.
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i really appreciated the fact that FL acknowledged what she felt, expressed what she felt, and took the initiative to kiss. things would be much easier if we could act like this.
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the last scene was very satisfying to watch! finally seeing the main character taking concrete action and taking control of her life is just amazing!
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this episode has one of the most interesting plots i've seen in years of watching k-dramas. motivated me to keep watching.
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i think this tv drama ended cohesively, however, by not putting Cha with Roy got a little anticlimactic. see, someone like Roy who offered a part of an organ to donate (!!!) is hard to find. in the whole series they put our expectations up there in relation to this possible couple to, in the end, she dismisses him. throughout the series, it was evident that Cha did not consider being Roy's object of love because she saw herself as less valuable. she felt older too (still there's this very strong judgment in SK and a lot of other places about this topic). it was logical that she wouldn't want to be with him because her self-esteem was and always was very low. however, it would be perfectly in keeping with the entire narrative of this drama if she could see that she was worthy of being loved by a man. anyway, if she was supposed to not have stayed with Roy, then the scripters shouldn't give us so many expectations about this relationship... also, they didn't develop Roy's character very well...about divorce and post-divorce i thought it was good but a little too much in terms of happiness, lol. there are couples who remain friends after divorce but i felt that in the end the scripters pushed a friendship too far between a couple who had an extremely toxic relationship before that. the series also forces the idea that you must forgive. no, forgiving is something that doesn't always fit and that's ok. she could forget what her mother-in-law and her ex-husband did to her, but the way the drama shows it looks like she is again trying to be the "good girl" who forgives everything and everyone because she went through life and death situations (boring, sorry). even if you experience near-death situations and completely rethink your life, you don't have to subject yourself to the same people who mistreated you so badly. btw, this is something that is not recommended for mental health reasons. in that part, i thought they didn't care about the pain and suffering that Cha went through for years and years of being married. the scripters simply reduced everything the moment she found herself nearly dying again. seriously, could have been more subtle on that part to be more believable...finally, despite all that, i found the series good because it brings several current issues and that i think SK society is still trying deal with...
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bro, it was hard to accept the sequence of scenes of Dogi fighting several men, without getting tired, and suddenly new men appear when he was already with Seok Tae outside... it's pretty implausible and that makes the series a little too surreal. the plot of the series is good and that's why I continue to watch it until the end (and for the performances of the actors). otherwise, i would quit in this episode.
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the beginning of the episode felt a little fast-paced and confusing. why didn't the main character go to a hospital to see if he didn't have at least one internal bleed? he was beaten so much and he was just ok? it got a little hard to accept this in this episode, lol. other than that, the excess of advertising was a little out of tune. they put two advertisements in different scenes but in sequence, so it looked like commercial time within the episode itself. practically, episode 9 is a transitional episode, but it doesn't literally need to put a lot of advertisements in it, lmao
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about episode 8: never that anyone would survive or collapse having been stabbed in the abdomen. if it was to simulate a kidnapping, they should have invented that he was hit on the head from behind and passed out. that would be more convincing. no one with blood loss would be able to fight multiple men. and where is the police that didn't arrive soon? and the female characters managing to fight against several bad guys while the president was stabbed when he is super prepared to fight? this is pretty poorly written even for an unpretentious comedy... anyway lol
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[warning: possible spoiler]I think it is necessary to say that this is a story about women and about different generations of women. Also, how strong women can be. It was interesting to see the conversation between Woori and her mother in episode 2, but while it looks like everything will be fine and smooth, there will be more conflicts in the next few episodes. I also thought that the right-of-choice approach to getting an abortion or not was appropriate. Look, even Woori's grandmother, a very Catholic lady, thought that, despite being a sin, abortion was possible choice. Choosing abortion is never easy, whether for a religious woman or not. I believe they put several possible nuances when a woman goes through the conflict of choosing to terminate a pregnancy and that's good, it's a new topic for the very conservative SK society (although abortion has been legal there since last year). Also, Ma Ri, Raphael's wife, is doing really well. The actress has a touch of Regina George in her facial expressions (I saw Mean Girls today and I must be influenced, I don't know hahaha). Anyway, I can't wait for the next episode!
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the solution to the "interpol" problem was creative, different from what could have been and how it is usually solved (forging one's own death). it was a long episode with several repercussions. apparently, Vincenzo remains in control. the "gold" problem was also a little predictable, but it was satisfactory because we are here supporting Vincenzo's team, of course, hahah. i'm looking forward to seeing how the big ones are going to fall. and for me the best scene was between the brothers Jang Jun Woo and Jang Han Seo in the lobby of the Babel building (Ok Taec Yeon is a good actor with good facial expression btw).
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