Far and away the BEST version of this story. Dated, but terrific.
The music accompaniment and final kiss with confession in the final scene at sunset is still one of the most romantic I have seen in all of my many hours spent watching kdramas, jdramas and cdramas.
LOL! I watched this quite a while back and am considering watching it again now. Reading your comment is like…
Your swimming talent is beyond my High School skills but we can both recognize a dearth of ability :0) Like you, my concerns about it were nil since it was such an enjoyable watch.
This started slow and unfocused so I feared it had Second Season Syndrome where the script/plot/direction falls far short of Season One. Wrong. O. It took a couple of episodes but pulled together for the tight plot, substantive relationships and mysteries that made the first season so enjoyable. Loved it.
This is super entertaining. In episode 77 at 20 minute mark (just after) when Lee Jong Suk is jumping from the boxing ring, he loses his pants. Literally. Unintentionally. Hilarious. And then they cut to the next scene.
Seriously impressed with likeable ml and fl personalities with integrity and unswayed by interfering adults for first 20 episodes. The noble idiocy/misunderstandings trope took over exacerbated by the manipulative and selfish "assistant" to fl for the next 6-7 episodes. They pulled it around to right the ship but I might have rated it a 9.5 without that muss in the middle. Even with the questionable swimming skills of the actors. ( Former team captain, here)
I really wanted to like this one; the opening episode was creative and lovely, giving me hope for a unique story. It just fell apart for me. Too slow moving and with tropey elements that I dislike. I had to drop it.
It took a couple of episodes but pulled together for the tight plot, substantive relationships and mysteries that made the first season so enjoyable. Loved it.
In episode 77 at 20 minute mark (just after) when Lee Jong Suk is jumping from the boxing ring, he loses his pants. Literally. Unintentionally. Hilarious.
And then they cut to the next scene.
The noble idiocy/misunderstandings trope took over exacerbated by the manipulative and selfish "assistant" to fl for the next 6-7 episodes.
They pulled it around to right the ship but I might have rated it a 9.5 without that muss in the middle. Even with the questionable swimming skills of the actors. ( Former team captain, here)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofd4DnvBrd4&pp=ygURbW9vbmJpbiB0aW5nIHRpbmc%3D