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the most annoying female leader

I can't stand that female Tutor, the most annoying, ill-mannered, violent and idiot in all lakorns that i've seen.

People always talk about the MLeaders abuse in asian dramas but mostly the females are the same. In western romance dramas we don't have this kind of females roles nor this kind of relationships where the women are always ready to punch the guys, beaten them and so on.
Most of the time, with a few exceptions, in asian dramas women act like children and never according the age and profession characters. If they see a guy in the shower ( and most of this dramas have a shower scene) or in a bathing suit they scream like crazy. Is so idiot!

Then there is the good guy or the good girl that look pathetic instead of looking smart, with self esteem... And this drama have all this.

The only one who is normal is the man leader Itt, he have family issues, feel abandoned and lonely, miss his mother and don't understand why his father don't alloud him to see her. So he act like a spoiled boy to call his dad attention, who just give orders but not love.
Well I've seen just 3 episodes but it's very easy to know what's gonna happening next so I've dropped the drama. To tell the true I just beginning to see it because of James. I gave an 8 to acting to James only.

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Weak storyline and weak characters too

I couldn't get past 3 episodes of this drama and dropped it after much eye-rolling and frustration. The storyline wasn't the most exciting (either from a romantic or thrilling aspect), but what killed it for me were the characters that we were supposed to be invested in were just so weak. The FL was just spineless and let her cheating ex walk all over her. How many times is the audience expected to just be satisfied with increasing scumbag behavior from the ex and only get an open-mouthed look of shock from the FL and nothing but acquiescence and silence? Is it her life's mission to not stand up for herself and be treated as a doormat? From reading other reviews, it seems this doesn't change much throughout most of the drama so no. Just no.

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Another love triangle? Well, at least, this is more interesting because we have 3 people competing for 2 spots in law company. It's 2 girls and 1 boy. With the boy having a face of Pon Nawasch (ugh), I was prepared to cheer for girls, who quickly became friends and wowed they will be the ones staying. Better real girls than a guy with a face like a girl, I thought... But, sadly it's soon revealed one of the girls is psycho. You know how I say: The words "Less Is More" should be tattooed on all the scriptwriter's foreheads? Someone STILL didn't get that story like this, having 3 normal people WOULD suffice for good drama.

Dropped by episode 3... Neither of the two main boys is my type. One of the main girls is psycho, and it's not my kind of entertainment watching psychos. Perhaps had the original cast (from 'Hormones') stayed, it would be more enjoyable... Or perhaps they were lucky to get out.

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Poor Plot Flow

While this series isn't one of the worst as there are flickering moments of relatively good scenes, it's pieced together pretty poorly. The introduction in itself wasn't done well with a slapping together of the main leads who continued to not have much chemistry with one another. But when the supporting actors do a much better job in acting than the leads, it's difficult to stay interested. The lore of the reapers world was not believable even for a fantasy/supernatural genre. As a minor examples (among many), the comatose state of the "new guy" was at the fault of the reapers, and yet the choice they gave him was three years of coma which could be reduced to six months of coma if he joins the team. There's no explanation of why they can't just reduce the come to a month or to just release him from it, if they are capable of providing different time ranges. Another example is when they are apparently forbidden to change history when going back into the past, but the "new guy" is pretty much allowed to make drastic changes to the past like preventing a death from occurring and yet, there's barely any repercussion before the plot just moves on.

Because I can probably continue watching this on a very casual mode mostly due to the supporting actors and their stories (hence the slightly higher score), but as none of the mains are likeable, prefer to drop it instead.

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High promises, dire results

I hate to leave bad reviews....so let's start positively.

First, I love the two main leads. Seen them both in several dramas, and have always enjoyed the performances, particularly Ji Sung's. His performance in 'Kill Me, Heal Me' was truly spectacular. They are just as good here and the chemistry between them is great. The supporting cast is also good.

The story covers a sensitive subject quite thoroughly and lots of philosophical questions, issues and viewpoints are raised and discussed. I love that too.

However. Oh dear. However, having watched well over 150 dramas in the past year, this is one of the very few (less than 10) that I have given up on before the end. I'm a real fan of kdramas. I like their quirkiness, their corniness, their fun, their cleverness. I really admire the ability that actors, directors, scriptwriters and producers of kdramas have to consistently give us high-quality entertaining, thought-provoking dramas which charm us into full forgiveness for their cliches. I am frequently charmed into forgiving those horribly-done trip-ups so the lead lady can fall into the lead guy's arms, and all that cheese. I'm frequently brought to tears by the more real and emotional dramas, and I frequently laugh loudly at the comedy. I honestly love kdramas. But not this one. I have watched up to Episode 6 and I feel so completely dispirited that I have to stop. Not even these two great leads nor their potential as a possible future couple can keep me here. Why?

The series thus far has had a number of medical life-or-death "emergency" situations. What happens during those situations in this drama? One or other of the main leads is needed but not around, there follows a ridiculous amount of running by one lead to go find the missing lead...then the two leads have a nice calm little philosophical discussion. The "eureka" moments at these times were more like "hm, okay" moments. They are followed by some very painfully extended meaningful gazes and a totally unrealistic 180-degree change of mood and motivation once the right thing has been said. Only then can our two leads 'rush' to go and successfully help the patient when all the other doctors (who have now spent the last 'critical' 6 or 7 minutes at the patient's bedside) have failed to do. And if that isn't stretching reality enough, there is one point in the drama where a hospital VIP has a resus emergency....where no less than 22 doctors (that's twenty-two, and yes, I counted them) are stood spectating outside the patient's room while five more are carrying out the resus attempt. And our lovely leading lady arrives AFTER all those other white coats because she's been philosophising elsewhere. I know, I know, it's a kdrama. But really??

Just four minutes into Episode 1 it really had me hooked. The setting and basic character intro was just oozing potential. I really thought this was going to be amazing. Fast forward to the end of Episode 2. A couple of slow-moving situations didn't bother me at this point - those I can forgive. But honestly, from there.....most of that grand promise just dribbled away like the scriptwriter's sleepdrool. When Episode 3 finished, my interest was really fading but sometimes that happens with kdramas and things pick up.....so I still watched on. By the end of Ep 4 I found myself wondering how many Episodes there were - always a bad sign - and (key point) before I checked, found myself hoping it would be only 12. Not 16. I found out there are 20 episodes.

I did try. I managed to push through two more episodes hoping something might improve and keep me here, but absolutely nothing improved. Nothing. Really.

Sadly, the horribly random script-writing, patchy direction and the ridiculously long periods between the moments of emergency and their required actions is (to Ep 6 at least) an ongoing formula for the show.

I think this high-quality cast was badly let down by this drama. Ironically, it's almost painful to watch. For me this is a DNR.

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FL/ML chemistry is low

This is a common problem with kdramas, they get one Lead right and the other Lead WRONG. They have little chemistry. It's like they're siblings. I tried watching a couple times because the actors are great. The writing is predictable. This could've been a movie not a 16 episode series.

I've seen a few good reviews but it's just not for me. In the 3 episodes I've watched it's CLEAR the second male lead would be better suited to be with the FL. But the writers are forcing them to be with someone "closer to their level".

There are so many talented actors/actresses in this show. It's a shame the writers were so bad.

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I just finished watching 3 episodes. Usually I watch more than 3 episodes at one time, unfortunately with this one its kind of hard. So far I don't have a good opinion about it. If the story line is somehow ok the acting its driving me crazy. Its my first movie/drama where the male lead steps on my nerves and I want to punch his face 100 times. The female lead is not leaving a better impression on me either. If somebody would have treated me like the male lead treats the female lead, in this first episodes, I would have walked out of my job and find another way to pay the debt. He is extremely annoying. I normally do not give negative reviews and this is an exception unfortunately I was so annoyed so far that I had to let it out. I will be patient though and I will try to watch the entire season and see if my opinion is gonna change by the end. I might come back and to another review once I will finish watching all the episodes.

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Too toxic for a tired soul

Dropped because of toxicity.
I mean my purpose for watching kdrama is to chill and enjoy. I have no time wallowing in a drama like this.

Toxic parents
Toxic friends
Toxic strangers

I really wanted to enjoy the series but as their issues keep on compounding, I decided to drop it to keep my sanity.

On the other hand, I do like how the writers are able to interconnect the main characters to each other.

Sure we have the "strong independent woman" who just can't seem to win in life. We also have the "independent" man (no strong tag for you, you're already a guy) who nomads his way around and finances his travels by working part time as a delivery man and making connections along the way.

Those who are young and idealistic might find this fun and exciting, but for tired souls like this samchon, the events in the series are just too tiring to watch.

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IT WAS INDEED HARD WAITING FOR THIS FOR 3 YEARS. I INDEED FELL FOR AHN-HYO SEOP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS SEASON 2 AND THEN WATCHING HIM SO DIFFERENTLY IN A BUSINESS PROPOSAL WAS INSANE. YES, I DO KINDA MISS THE FIRST COUPLE OF SEASON 1 BUT I THINK THE REAL STAR OF THE SHOW IS THE ONE AND ONLY MASTER KIM. HE IS IMPECCABLE, THE AURA HE HAS, AND HIS PROFESSIONALISM.

IN THESE EPISODES WE SAW THE BONDING THE COORDINATION OF OD MASTER KIM WITH HIS CO-WORKERS WOO JIN, EUN-JAE, AND NURSE PARK. ALSO, I LOVED THE SCENES OF HEAD NURSE OH AND MASTER KIM.

THE REAL SPIRIT OF A DOCTOR IS WHAT WE SEE IN THIS SEASON TOO. TRUE DEDICATION TOWARDS HIS PATIENTS AND THE BRAND NEW RENOVATION OF DOLDUM HOSPITAL HAD ME ON MY KNEES WITH MY MOUTH OPEN. IT WAS JUST SO UNEXPECTED YET FANTASTIC.

THE CURSE OF FRIDAY STILL EXISTS WHICH WAS SOMETHING I WAS EXPECTING. AND I REALLY LIKE IT.

IF YOU THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE STORY PLOT WITHOUT WATCHING SEASON 1 OR 2 THEN YOU'RE WRONG.

YOU CAN ONCE SKIP SEASON 1 BUT I'D ADVISE EVERYONE TO WATCH BOTH OF'EM AND THEN ONLY START WITH SEASON 3.

I AM ALSO HOPING FOR A STORY OF MASTER KIM AND DR. KIM YOUNG JO. LET'S SEE WHAT THE STORY HAS IN STORE FOR US.

OVERALL IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS DYING FOR ITS NEW SEASON. IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH THE WATCH...

IF ROMANCE IS SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEN DON'T WATCH IT CAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF ROMANTIC CONTENT BUT I AM SURE YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT MANY THINGS TO OFFER...

CASTING- 10/10
STORY- 10/10
THRILL- 8.5/10
REWATCH VALUE- 8/10


THANK YOU,
DO FOLLOW ME.

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ML is good but can't be compared with Legend like Jim Carry

concept of drama come from Jim carry's movie
and ML was doing really good with his acting and still doing Great
thus i give story less and acting More points
concept of ML character is inspire from Hollywood movie Lier Lier (1997)
but it doesn't have any story after 2 episodes or they don't wanted to write one themselves
so they practical copy script from Love is for suckers {{ Choi Si Won and Lee da hee }}
FL casted her friend on a dating show then she herself got involved with him, to add some spice they have SML and
a first Love common between whole universe( she is first love of everyone) don't had budget to cast other first loves for side character so they have to share first love
ML is acting Good and his character is weird but its weird not hot, I don't understand this Females in drama who cling on to someone who doesn't give a fish about them,
SML dude move on, you are far better off,,, Find your SUNSHINE CHOI SU YEON in this drama
Story doesn't have that which make you wait for next Episode,
its 4th episode and Love triangle is already cleared up, ML and FL
only love triangle i apricated in dramas was
EMPRESS KI, Goryeo king vs Yuan Emperor

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Interesting Premise But Weak Execution

I don't know if it was the writing, or acting, or directing, or cinematography, or editing, or maybe even some cultural differences in perception--But all the scenes read very bland to me.

I don't think the actors were doing a poor job in believability. But there were no deeper emotions attached to their actions in the scenes. Even when some stereotypical romance setups happened, it felt like i was only watching it happen. I couldn't feel what either character was feeling at any time. Rather than a piece of fiction with developed characters, i felt like i was just spying on these events happening to real people. I was missing the emotion. It seemed absent

I gave this series the old college try and watched 4 episodes. But at this point i don't think there's anything the series can deliver me that will make it worth finishing.

It's a shame because the premise of the series is still quite interesting to me. Only the execution is lacking.

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