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20 minutes is enough to see the ingredients of a drama. The quality of dialogues, cinematography, pacing. Sticking around and waiting means there's never enough time to watch the really great dramas (ones that are award worthy). Strongly agree about Silent Tides. Republican era in the context of Overdo means nothing but clothing style. I'd recommend The Guardians, War of Faith, Lost Identity, and Fearless Blood for absolutely great Republican era dramas.

The discussion is typical bloody MDL fan warfare. If you really like to know what people think of Overdo, you can check out cdrama reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CDrama/comments/1v0gwiq/overdo_%E8%BF%99%E4%B8%80%E7%A7%92%E8%BF%87%E7%81%AB_2026_what_are_your_first_impressions/

I've watched PoJ twice and loved also The Story of Kunning Palace. ZL can act, but Overdo is just so bad and I blame the director and script. Overdo is unintentionally comic over the top makjang. With torturous overdone background music on top.

agreed

after 10 mins of ep 2, I couldn't continue with this. What you say is most likely accurate. The writer wrote Jang Ok Jung, that was old skool and slow (from today's perspective, but unfortunately creativity doesn't grow in trees). I sat through it bc of Yoo Ah In.

chaebols, politicians & corruption - seems that k-dramaworld can't do without these, regardless of genre. It's so old to me. However, I like Yang Se Jong, always. I wish Park Eun Bin's face didn't have so much filters (or whatever it is that makes her look almost faceless).

GaroSatan's paw, pls block me

thank you so much!

Most memorable scenes: When Han Dong begged on his knees, breaking down in tears, for the car video containing the evidence of assault. Mei Yue's speech for the reporters. A Mei's and Mei Yue's friendship. The hospital scene with Sister Ling and how A Mei and Mei Yue forgave all her crappy deeds in the end.

The ending was very satisfactory. Would wholeheartedly recommend this one. Emotional and touching drama, although it's very dark. The main suspense element is whether the main couple's relationship will hold or not, when their immensely difficult pasts slowly get revealed. Bad things happening to basically good people kind of trope. 8.5/10

yes, with A Mei. She's that kind of character, I enjoyed it

well said, I felt the same

Dropped at ep 15. Too disgusted to continue. A word of warning: read the comment section before decision to watch.

Life is too short to spend time on a drama without a single relatable character.

You haven't watched any of these. There's a general understanding that idol dramas and ambitious dramas are two different categories.

This pulled me in from the first minute. It's dark but good. Tong Da Wei and Esther Wang are great actors.

very true. It's going in dangerous directions (granny, gangster, silly 2nd couple)...if the next ep doesn't get back to the health center and islanders' illnesses it's a propable drop for me. Lee Jae Wook is a great actor indeed and this pairing with Shin Ye Eun actually worked. (I'm tired of mismatched ml&fl dramas)

Salon de Nabi. Flowers in the Sand.

very much agree with you. How was FLs family so much better, that was crazy thinking.

it doesn't get better

I liked this drama in the beginning, but really stuggled to finish it. The second half was all filler scenes and nothing to be excited about.

The last 4 episodes made me angry. What right had to FL be so sour and angry at him when it was she who had completely cut him off? How was the FLs family supposedly "better", upper class and MLs family lower class? Where did this class division come from. It was crazy thinking to me. And poor ML striving 5 years to achieve "the level" of FL's family made zero sense. Complete rubbish.

And I hated how the FL really only looked bored during the last 4 episodes. She barely smiled after they got together. They had like 2 romantic moments and that was all. 15-20 eps would have sufficed. I finished this because I liked Li Yunrui, his acting was good.

If you're looking for a sizzling romance, this will be a total letdown in that department.

it doesn't get any better, I wish I had dropped it