"Ji Won must be very precious to you, Hyun Soo."
"Yes. She's very important."
"No, she's someone precious. For something important, after time passes you realize it wasn't such an important thing. After a precious thing leaves you, it really hurts."

Wow, this drama is a real hard hitter.

I was 100% sure at the end of episode 15 that this was going to be a perfect 10, even if he died. Unfortunately, amnesia was not under my consideration. And that ruined it. The ending of any series is the most important in wrapping up a story, and if you do it wrong, the amazing story pales in comparison. Just like Game of Thrones. I hate amnesia arcs. And I might've actually been okay with it, but adding that in in the final episode when it's supposed to wrap up didn't feel like enough time to truly believe that Hyun Soo DID in fact realize the him before (and the him he wants to know again) loved Ji Won. But the body remembers even when the mind doesn't. I love that. I get why they did the amnesia thing (I think). It gives Hyun Soo a chance to be his real self—with his real name, real personality, and real emotions. It was like starting over again without the expectation to (fake) smile. But, in my opinion, even though he had to fake a lot of things, when he found out that Ji Won knew he was Hyun Soo, it seemed like he faked smiled less (I don't know if this is actually a fact or if I was just imagining it). Or if he fake smiled at all (maybe they were genuine) because I recall not seeing him smile as much as he did before when his identity was still a secret, and this enough shows me that he DID start acting like his true self again and that the "starting over" in the last episode was unnecessary. And that's how the ending "ruined" the perfect 10. Actually, you know what? After a week of consideration, I don't care about the fucking ending. This was straight up one of the best dramas/shows I've ever seen—and even though I didn't LOVE the ending... everything before it was SO. FUCKING. GOOD.

Now we can talk about Queen Ji Won. When I saw the tag "Smart Female Lead", I snickered. I would be the judge of that. I have bad experiences reading books with that tag and pointing out all the reasons why the main chick was not. Let me say... Ji Won turned out to be one of the best female leads I've ever had the experience of experiencing. She was hella fucking smart. I could list off ALL the incredible things she did, but that would take too long. One of them was keeping it a secret that she knew who her husband really was. Even though the evidence of him murdering that village head pointed directly at him, she chose to believe he didn't do that. She protected his deep secret without him knowing, keeping him safe from the shadows.

I wish we got more scenes of the husband and wife tagteam. Even though we didn't get much, it was still badass. Especially when they showed up at the doctor's home (at the start at least, we all know how "well" that visit goes). I love these two together; I don't know what else I can say except that. They're just incredible together. So much chemistry, in all departments: romantic chemistry, ass-kicking chemistry, and everything in between.

Music-wise, none of the songs really caught my eye (ears), but they did in fact fit with every scene. I may just listen to the OST playlist later.

Re-watch-wise... I'm not sure if I'd ever re-watch the whole series front-to-back again anytime soon. So many things made me so tense; I'm not sure I want to experience that anxiety (and pain!) again. But you know what I WOULD re-watch? That scene when Ji Won shows up to save Hyun Soo. That was a "holy shit, YES" moment. And honestly, any sweet scene with them together is worth a re-watch. And any scene with Hyun Soo and Eun Ha. Damn. But you know, some great shows just aren't "whole rewatch" material. And that's okay.

This show pulled a "they're not really bad, but let's make the audience think they are". Same as they did with Ko Moon Young in "It's Okay to Not Be Okay". They tried to make it seem like Hyun Soo was a psycho. I mean, he may be a sociopath, but he's no psychopath!