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I liked it a lot, it was quite emotionally heavy but I could see the love under the complex, broken family relationship. I could really empathise with all the characters, especially Seo Hyunjin's character and her dad. I was actually not expecting the plot to move this fast but it is great!

I understood the vision of this film, but I don't think it made a good viewing experience. As a software engineer, the second half was just logically flawed. It was baffling to watch.

Actually, it looks more like a hallmark Hollywood romance movie... the kind that relies on fancy backdrops and vibes to cover up an utterly basic plot 😅 Hope I'm wrong, and such shows can still be done well, but I will wait for reviews before watching too.

Hmm, frankly the teaser looks like any other rom com in existence lol

Completely agree with you, your points are much more valid. I think the writers kinda wrote themselves into a corner with a case that was too complex for this show. I would have preferred if the drama actually acknowledged how the lawyers did not have the power to solve the root problem, but instead they just moved on quickly.

Looking back more carefully on how the case was solved... It was actually horrendous. They guilt tripped the mom into thinking she shouldn't have thought about having an abortion as she couldn't live without her son in the present - which supports the hospital's anti-abortion views. When a point was made about the hospital refusing to check the fetus for disabilities, they went all out with the "all lives are equal regardless of disability" bs (which is literally irrelevant). To not complicate matters further, the chairman "adopted" the mom and son (a.k.a offered to pay them) to effectively shut them up. Yeah, everyone was played and it was not a success at all. 😬

Who approved the script for this episode??

I liked episode 3, but episode 4 left me unsatisfied. They raised a complex problem but glossed over the biggest issue (hospital being anti-abortion) and solved the case in the most convenient way possible. I didn't find it emotionally touching as it was just unrealistic imo. Pretty disappointed tbh.

Well, maybe there is some room for debate here, but that is not what the show or I meant... The whole point is that the mom was an unstable, alcoholic teenager who was not ready for a child, and she was deprived of her basic rights to know the state of the fetus or make a choice on whether to keep him. She is shown in the present as not equipped to be a mother, much less a mother to a child with a disability, and both are clearly struggling / depressed as a result. I guess it's up to your own opinion to decide whether she and the child deserve this.

Maybe I should rephrase my comment: long-term impacts through the current state of the family. It's not just the disability.

Lol, he is only 35 which is way too young to be talking like that, plus Kim Minha is only 5 years younger than him. It's like me saying I listened to SNSD in my teens, although I'm not much younger than them -- since they started out as teenagers themselves.

I'm liking this so far, and I hope to see more cases touching on social issues in SK. I don't think I've seen any law drama talk about hospitals refusing abortions like Episode 3, and I liked that it showed the possible long-term impacts through the boy's disability.

She's right. Even if female centric stories are on the rise in recent years, people don't treat it as a norm. It's simply because there are still so many more male-led shows that exist. Whenever a show or film with male leads gets released (Mercy For None, The Manipulated, Beyond Evil, etc), no one calls it "male-centric" because it's so normal since like, the beginning of time.

I kinda agree with you. In this case, Moeun probably had to die either way, so I guess they went with the dramatic (but predictable) route of her "sacrificing" herself in the end. However, I would have preferred if she went to court calmly saying she didn't regret her actions or that the victims got what they deserved, before getting the death sentence. Imo, that would have actually been more memorable and more fitting for her character.

On the other hand, if the other drama you're referring to is As You Stood By, I think the way the leads served prison sentences then started afresh was fine.

It sounds like an unserious modern comedy to me. I guess I'm just associating these "My [synonym for beloved] [person]" titles with modern rom coms targeting young audiences, a la My Dearest Nemesis, My Lovely Liar/Runner, etc.

I enjoyed the show but your points are valid. The "process" (mystery, suspense and uncovering of events) was well done, which is to me the most important part of thrillers. However, the underlying plot itself wasn't really outstanding or bold. And yes, it turned out to be a lot tamer than expected due to the constant use of red herrings.

"My Beloved Thief" sounds pretty odd to me, especially for a historical drama

My mom who watched with me kept saying that she should tie or cut her hair. Lmao

Sisyphus the Mess 🤣 A much more fitting title for the show!

Lee Junhyuk on filming this show:
"Lady Doir wasn't intended to be a 'challenge.' But once I started filming and received the rest of the script, it became a challenging project. I can't say much, but it's different from the works I've done so far."

Interesting. LJH has done a lot of crime/thriller works, I wonder what is different about this. (Ofc he might just be saying this for promotional purposes lol)

They were both somehow involved in his death. Watch the show to find out

I wasn't very impressed by the killers' (lack of) motives, but I feel like the husband's murder got sidelined for most of the show anyway. The bigger focus was the killing of Sehun and how the two FLs were involved in it. At some point I almost forgot that the FL even had a husband lmao