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A highly predictable love triangle
For a moment, there in the last episode, I thought that they were going to spring a nice surprise on us and have the SML win the game. But no such luck. Well, this is a K drama and the SML is there to cause trouble between the leads not to win the girl. Unfortunately!
The drama started badly, so much so, I almost dropped it after 15min, but I persevered (another forum challenge! LOL) having decided to watch an episode a day. But after a few days I found myself glued to the screen and hitting the next episode button very quickly. The drama got me hooked from the 7th episode on. In spite of it being very predictable: the whole plot was obvious after the first episode!
What would you do if your first love, first long-term boyfriend, suddenly appears 5 years after your painful break-up and when you are in a new stable and loving relationship? The FLs solution is: LIE. And she keeps lying for 15 episodes, her friends keep lying to cover her lies, even her ex lies for her. Of course, this cannot end well!
The FL is a strong woman who's made a mess of her love life. She's very unlikeable: getting caught lying by her long suffering new boyfriend and saying "Sorry!" which he keeps accepting having decided to trust her. She never really crosses the line but she is sorely tempted and is having trouble resisting the temptation. He just keeps standing by her.
I went through all sorts of emotions while watching these two together: they were annoying, they were butterfly inducing loving, they were sad, they were happy but there was the expiration date stamped on their relationship from the get go and it was frustrating watching him do everything in his power to save their doomed relationship.
The drama credits music makes you believe this is a comedy and there are some funny bits, which are not half bad , involving support characters to balance out the heavy drama of the three main ones! The best character, by far, is the FL's mother, a drama screenplay writer: I loved her dry humour and direct and frank remarks, telling her daughter home truths she needed to hear without sugar coating anything. I wanted to see more of her!
The one original feature of this drama are the character interviews, which replaced inner monologue and narration. The idea was good, the execution a lot less: it was quite messy and often difficult to understand whether the scene was an interview or the dialogue. The interviews came as explanation parts after important events.
The acting was top notch and the chemistry was there. The music was appropriately tugging at heartstrings, heavy on violins, nice but not to be listened to regularly since it may provoke depression!
The drama started badly, so much so, I almost dropped it after 15min, but I persevered (another forum challenge! LOL) having decided to watch an episode a day. But after a few days I found myself glued to the screen and hitting the next episode button very quickly. The drama got me hooked from the 7th episode on. In spite of it being very predictable: the whole plot was obvious after the first episode!
What would you do if your first love, first long-term boyfriend, suddenly appears 5 years after your painful break-up and when you are in a new stable and loving relationship? The FLs solution is: LIE. And she keeps lying for 15 episodes, her friends keep lying to cover her lies, even her ex lies for her. Of course, this cannot end well!
The FL is a strong woman who's made a mess of her love life. She's very unlikeable: getting caught lying by her long suffering new boyfriend and saying "Sorry!" which he keeps accepting having decided to trust her. She never really crosses the line but she is sorely tempted and is having trouble resisting the temptation. He just keeps standing by her.
I went through all sorts of emotions while watching these two together: they were annoying, they were butterfly inducing loving, they were sad, they were happy but there was the expiration date stamped on their relationship from the get go and it was frustrating watching him do everything in his power to save their doomed relationship.
The drama credits music makes you believe this is a comedy and there are some funny bits, which are not half bad , involving support characters to balance out the heavy drama of the three main ones! The best character, by far, is the FL's mother, a drama screenplay writer: I loved her dry humour and direct and frank remarks, telling her daughter home truths she needed to hear without sugar coating anything. I wanted to see more of her!
The one original feature of this drama are the character interviews, which replaced inner monologue and narration. The idea was good, the execution a lot less: it was quite messy and often difficult to understand whether the scene was an interview or the dialogue. The interviews came as explanation parts after important events.
The acting was top notch and the chemistry was there. The music was appropriately tugging at heartstrings, heavy on violins, nice but not to be listened to regularly since it may provoke depression!
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