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The best example of how something that has a great start ends up being a disappointment.The first part of the drama (episodes 1-7) is one of the best examples of how a BL must be done. Tine is an extrovert, funny and naive guy that charms everyone with his charisma. Sarawat is mysterious and silent guy who seems to have interest of Tine. Characters plan to fake-dating to make Tine's stalker stay away from him. The chemistry between them is obvious here, thay have tender and funny moments. If the drama had ended here they would have a sound 10 and it would be considered the best BL ever made (along with Sotus)
Then the second part (episodes 8-13) happens.
It's a new stage of the drama.,Tine and Sarawat decide to make the relationship official so the pace of the series should be different, and it is... in a very disappointing way.
Tine who was always smiling and telling jokes turnssuddenly into a insecure man and a crying mess, he was happier when he was single. They turned him in a strereotyped damless in distress (or worse, an uke) who needs to be saved. And Sarawat who was completely sure about his love for Tine doesn't ease his partner insecurities. He lets misunderstandings happen around him without moving a finger until it's too late.
Even the actors (Win and Bright) seem to have lost their spark and their awesome chemistry. I can't believe they kiss more when they were not dating than when they were. And no, i'm not saying I need a make out session but at least i would like to see love between them.
I thought I was seeing two flatmates instead of two lovers.
On the whole I would say that if you're gonna watch this, do it... until episode 7, then drop it and pretend that everything that comes next doesn't exist at all. I bet your imagination can do much better than the lazy writing of the second part.
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And that was not the only time I was laughing.
There were some clichés that could have made my eyes roll, but I completely ignored them because I was enjoying this too much. I don't regret for a second watching this. It really cheered me up, and I was quite saddened by the fact that it only had three episodes.
The story itself wasn't really that original. As I mentioned before, really clichéd... except for the fact that this time around, the one cross-dressing is the boy. But, you know, it was super cute. And a large part of it was because of the actors' portrayal, so kudos to them (especially Min Hoo, whom I just loved dressed as G-Dragon). I really don't remember the music... so since it did not bother me, I gave it a 9.
I'm not a re-watch person, but I'd definitely watch this again! I can't really pinpoint a group of people to whom I'd recommend this. It might depend on your level of maturity, or what you want to watch that day. I mean, Ma Boy... I'm actually surprised that I loved it as much as I did! So, take a risk, and watch this. You probably won't regret it :P
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Prescribed: One Breakup A Week
Love may fade, but breakups? Breakups last forever. (Comedic Edition)▫️ What Is It?
Breakup Service is a Thai romantic comedy-drama that flips the rom-com genre on its head by making the art of breaking up the center of the plot. The story follows a charismatic but emotionally damaged Boss, who’s cursed (or gifted?) with the ability to end relationships wherever he goes. He works for a unique company that helps people professionally break up with their partners.
Jued, a sweet, broke girl betrayed by a cheating ex, who ends up joining this "Breakup Service" as a last resort, only to discover she might have the same "talent" as the boss. What unfolds is 12 episodes of outrageous scenarios, emotional turns, unlikely romance, slapstick comedy, and a never-ending stream of dramatic breakups.
💡 Why It Works
1. Fresh Concept
While many dramas focus on getting together, this show builds its entire identity around falling apart, but in the most entertaining, theatrical way. You’re not crying over love lost; you’re cheering it on like a sport. It's refreshing, unpredictable, and just the right kind of absurd.
2. Hilarious Writing
Each episode features a new couple, and almost every mission includes ridiculous disguises, fake emergencies, heists, or chaotic revelations. There's no telling what direction the story will go, but it always delivers on fun. Even when you see a twist coming, it’s executed with such flair, you’ll enjoy it anyway.
3. Ridiculous But Genius Comedy Timing
The sound effects, the zoom-ins, the over-the-top reactions, it’s extra. At times you’ll roll your eyes, but more often, you’ll be rolling on the floor. Thai comedy tends to go big or go home, and this one builds a circus tent and invites everyone inside.
> Note: If you’re not used to Thai drama comedy editing (sound cues, exaggerated facial shots), it might take a second to adjust. But stick around. You’ll be laughing along soon enough.
4. Boss & Jued: The Perfect Enemies-to-Lovers
Their dynamic is EVERYTHING. Boss starts off cold, narcissistic, emotionally unavailable. Jued is warm, empathetic, a little morally conflicted. Watching Boss fall first and fall hard? Chef’s kiss. Watching Jued slowly realize she likes him back? Even better.
Their tension is so well written, you feel every small shift. And even when they're not romantic, their partner-in-crime energy is A++.
5. Supporting Cast Steals the Show
The three co-workers, the Destiny Company rivals, Oat (a.k.a. Best Second Lead EVER), and all the absurd clients, they all add layers to the drama. Special shoutout to:
Oat: The chillest doctor, best friend, and maybe... in love?
Rose: Team B breakout star, glamorous and chaotic.
The Random Cameos: (Hi New! 👋)
The Clients: They range from heartbreakingly real to cartoonishly wild
Some Themes That Were Existing:
Love isn’t always enough
Breaking up can be an act of love, too
Fate vs. Free Will: Destiny vs. Breakup Service becomes a philosophical debate... and a corporate war
Healing after heartbreak
Morality vs. Profession: Jued’s constant struggle grounds the story
🔥 Favorite Running Gags
Boss in a new costume every mission (cop, old man, woman, he is a chameleon!)
Destiny vs. Breakup Service rivalry (seriously, it was so fun.)
Boss pretending to be unbothered while dying inside.
Jued scolding Boss like a teacher with a crush
That one line every episode: “Break up!”
▫️ Minor Gripes
The sound effects can be a bit much at times
Some episodes felt a bit rushed toward the end
A few couples got less screen time or resolution (but the drama knows its priority is BOSS & JUED)
Could we get 16 episodes next time?! 😭
⚠️Spoiler Alert!
🧨 The Breakup Chronicle
“Couples fell. Hearts cracked. Boss got punched... a lot. Here's the rundown.”
💔 Ep 1 – Boss & Jued Begin
Jued’s cheating boyfriend dumped.
She joins Breakup Service.
💔 Ep 2 – The Influencer Couple
Gym & yoga power couple.
Breakup due to clashing honesty and lifestyle lies.
Jued proves she has “the touch.”
💔 Ep 3 – BL Ship in Chaos
Mocha & Ice (ship name).
Secret boyfriend “Made” wants out.
Breakup leads to freedom.
💔 Ep 4 – The Long-Timers
Mon & Mai, together since birth.
Broke up years ago, reunited.
Mon herself is the anonymous client. Painful but real.
Break up over different life plans.
💔 Ep 5 – The Almost No-Breakup
Khao & Kong, scandal erupts.
Khao experiences betrayal & trauma.
Boss defends her. They don’t break up. First couple to survive.
💔 Ep 6 – The Friendly Fire
Pop & Kormai.
Client is a jealous ex.
Jued conflicted, helps at the last minute.
They break up. Jued resigns.
💔 Ep 7 – Married Couple Trouble
Tao suspects Mew is cheating.
She isn’t. Destiny gets involved.
They reconcile. Jued & Boss reconnect slightly.
💔 Ep 8 – Cherry & Her Three Boyfriends
One rich older man, one novelist, one sugarbaby.
Everyone’s poly, bi, and chaotic.
Breakups achieved, just barely.
Jued confesses to Tee. Boss sees it. 😭
💔 Ep 9 – Bee Returns
Cherry & Bee again.
Destiny vs. Breakup Service.
Breakup wins.
Boss confesses to Jued. 💥💔
💔 Ep 10 – Company Chaos
CEO Chan’s ex-wife + fake fiancé.
Inter-team breakup challenge.
Stephanie = Destiny spy.
Angel identity looms.
💔 Ep 11 – PAN FIGHT
Angel revealed: It’s Tee!
Stephanie = fake fiancé.
Kesorn = Destiny CEO.
Breakups. Confessions. Mergers. Chaos Level: 100
💔 Ep 12 – Last Test
Destiny vs. Breakup play a trick.
Jued & Boss break up, but come back together.
Oat confesses.
Boss chooses love.
Jued & Boss reunite, same place they met.
💭 Final Thought (aka: Me Screaming Respectfully One Last Time)
I seriously LOVED this drama. Like, what a wild ride!! I was looking forward to Mondays for 12 whole weeks, and not once did I feel bored. Not once!! It’s ridiculous, it’s hilarious, it’s chaotic in the best way, and it somehow managed to give us emotional twists and over-the-top comedy without missing a beat. I was screaming, laughing, clutching my heart, and losing my mind episode after episode 😭💥
Boss and Jued owned me. He fell first and harder and funnier, and she slowly got there in her cute stubborn way. And let’s not forget Oat (2nd lead syndrome warning!!), Destiny vs. Breakup wars, pan fights, and poly chaos in between. I’m still not over the fact that I got THIS invested in a romcom about professionally ending relationships. Like HOW did they make this so good??!
I know it’s not a “perfect” drama, but in my heart, it’s a solid 9.5, actually scrap that, it’s a full 1000/10 in vibes and joy. Just go watch it, seriously. I already miss it.
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Chan Yeong in class 2
"About...18-year old Chan Yeong who is a tennis player. After finding out his favorite singer is his classmate, Ji Yu, he starts showing interest and showing affection for her."This drama is NOT about Heesu.
Heesu is more like the side character. This is why I didn't like this drama. So much time and many scenes were focused on Chan Yeong and Ji Yu.
No chemistry at all between heesu and seung won, the "supposedly main leads". After the confession, we only get 3 minutes of them together. Lol!!
Very disappointed at this show!!
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A good fast paced drama with a lazy ending.
So this drama mainly focuses on action, which is also where it shines. It also does a decent job establishing and developing characters and also blending the characters together. I do think the cast was a little to big for such a short drama. Overall it was an interesting drama with an interesting story that kept me engaged all the way up until the end which is where it disappointed. I can't say much without going into spoilers but the ending was just very inconclusive and leaves with a million questions. The ending doesn't feel like good or well crafted writing at all, it more so just felt lazy.The ost is overall good but there were some scenes where the music felt very unfitting.
The acting was pretty good from all characters.
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A crap shoot and a half
I don’t usually write reviews for shows this terrible, but this one is almost laughable. For all intents and purposes, I dropped it half way through but skimmed through to see what happened…This show is everything wrong with minidramas. I was literally laughing out loud at how inane the plot is. Pseudo-sibling romance where half the time he actually does think their siblings? Check. Another actual sister who is actually in love with him incestuously? Check. Oh wait they’re not siblings either? Check? I honestly can’t figure it out.
Memory loss? Check. Absolutely psycho second FL? Check. Evil mother who somehow gets forgiven? Check. Abuse, self harm, rape? Check. It’s like we take terrible tropes and put them in a blender…. OH AND THE FL DIES AT THE END IM SORRY WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK IS THIS STORY AND THEN WE GET A PARALLEL UNIVERSE FOR TEN MINUTES THIS IS INSANE.
I don’t know if I’ve ever watched a drama this level of crap—which sucks because the first few episodes were awesome. Then it all went spiraling down the toilet.
Goodness, someone fire the writers.
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Cute, light-hearted, everything you need in a romantic drama!
I found this drama by chance since all episodes were dropped together. The story is quite refreshing with the leads having a beautiful chemistry.There are not much mishaps or misunderstandings and the leads are you typical "polar opposites" who attarct each other. The story is also not draggy and everything seems on-point.
Their romance development and chemistry is beautifully depicted. feels like a healing drama too at some point.
Overall, if you love a cute romance to watch, this is for you!
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Second chance of what exactly?
I started this drama mainly because the trailer seemed so intruguing and also for Wallace chung and Qin Lan who are both mature and good actor/actress.What seemingly looked like a mature romance about second chance love turned into nonesense because of a poor script, bad development, and bad directing. Even the production wasted so many materials.
The whole story revolved around a very selfish, controlling mother and that's it. Something was missing in this drama all the time. The leads were like robots. Romance showed up after almost 20 episodes of nothing happening, and there was no development. It was as if the writer was having visions and wrote things based on that LOL
For this drama to make sense i had to FF all the episodes after episode 5 ( because till episode 5 the whole drama looked promising but nope). You won't get something out of this drama if you watch it. I didn't drop it because i wanted to see how a hot mess can end.
Overall, don't waste your time. A totally wasted material.
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The beginning of this drama really hooked me. I have a weakness for stories of two friends torn apart by fate or circumstances or whatever. Epic bromance? Sign me up. So this should be right up my alley, right?
The acting is quite good from all the main cast members, with the exception of the adult version of Ji Sun, which just about everyone who reviewed this drama already mentioned. It didn't help that her character had nothing to do for most of the drama, but even when she did, she just didn't draw me in. Choi Min Soo is the opposite end of the spectrum. During certain episodes, I'm pretty sure I was watching for him only. Ji Chang Wook and Yoo Seung Ho are both good as the main characters, but I had serious problems with how just about every character was written, including their characters.
Which brings me to the writing. There was a long stretch of episodes in the middle where it really felt like nothing was happening. I mean, things happened, sure, but as far as advancing the main story, nothing much was accomplished in those episodes (ginseng, anyone?). The story lost its way somewhere, and without rewatching (which is not happening), I can't be sure where exactly. Around the end of the older generation's arc, I was actually willing it to end faster. Which I knew was a very bad sign, since I really loved those characters in the beginning of the drama. How did they end up so unimportant to the story?
And from there, it got even worse for a while. For a story centered on the conflict between the two lead men, they definitely didn't do much with that conflict. Also, Dong Soo is a bit of an idiot at times, and the writers obviously thought we were too if we weren't supposed to know which "side" Yeo Woon was playing for. (Were we supposed to be as surprised as Dong Soo was by that revelation? I really can't tell.)
The personality transplant of a previously likeable side character that set the final act into motion was completely out of nowhere. After all this time to set up the final confrontation, this is all the writers could come up with? I give the resolution of Dong Soo and Yeo Woon's story a little credit for being genuinely affecting and well-acted, but it's equally infuriating. To be clear, I'm not upset about the fact that it's sad; I'm upset about how we got there, and how much better it could have been.
And that last episode really was nearly unwatchable. Do we really need to pair off everyone? Is that what constitutes "closure"? Ugh.
Ultimately, I would give the first half (approximately) of this drama a 7. Solid, good, watchable, with potential for better things to come (I only give scores 8 and up to things I really like a lot--I'm picky that way). The latter half gets...something much lower than that. But I did finish it, which doesn't always happen, so I settled on a 4.5 for the overall rating. There are good parts and strong performances here, but the writing really did fall apart somewhere for me. I know a lot of people love this drama, and I can understand that, because the things this drama did well, it did really well. Cinematography, acting, epic, multi-generational, ill-fated friendships, and so on. But I think precisely because it does some things well, the things it didn't do so well (pacing and writing issues, chiefly) are glaringly obvious.
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The storyline is great. It is great that this series tackled bullying in school and how does it form someone's personality and life. Nanon (Oh, Mushroom) is great in portraying his role as the victim of bullying. He then meets In, a transferee and Nam, as the class president. Three of them together be friends and got Sun as additional when twists of events happened.
The cinematography was great. The music chosen was fantastic! It's quite remarkable and brings fresh taste to the series. I like the fact that there are two couples, one is the regular one and other is a bl(boys' love). And the great thing is, this two couples' story doesn't interfere or eats the other story. They have both have different stories even the characters are in a circle of friends. Thanks to the writers.
Overall, it was a great series to watch. I want a Season 2! Please! I want to know what's next for Peach and Oh, and the great bl of In and Sun! :D God bless to all the people who made this series possible. :D
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still my favourite kdrama after 9 years and after my 9th rewatch
i could write a novel about how much i love goblin but all i will say is i just finished my 9th rewatch and i am surprised how despite knowing everything i still cried my eyes out watching the last two episodes. Truly such a tragic love story for our main and the second couple.i find this show to be perfect in a way i cant describe it
1) the casting is 10/10 they found the best and most fitting actor for each role especially thanking them for giving us the best second couple ever (LDW and YIN chemistry is unmatched). gong yoo being the coolest mc to ever exist and kim go eun just being gorgeous and adorable as ever. despite the unique relationship they both played the roles so well i just fell in love. Also thank the staff for casting yook sungjae and introducing me to one of my favourite kpop bands btob and my fav idol actor.
2) the ost is unmatched i think its the best ost i have heard in a kdrama till day, its still so good and iconic and i always listen to it and reminisce about the drama and watching it for the first time when it was airing
3) acting and cinematography also perfection this drama is beautiful and like the way its shot the lighting plus the amazing acting there really were no flaws
4) the plot and writing 10/19 i felt no string was left untouched everything came together beautifully and i felt it wasnt rushed at all which is sadly rare for kdramas coz alot of them fumble the last episode. this drama had sucha. great story with the historic past to the funny yet satisfying end. the way all the chars tied in together just was so so well done and didnt feel forced at all.
5) the balance of all the genres was perfect like there was a good amount of humour and a good amount of romance for it to be a romcom but its also well done as a historical fantasy with the flashbacks and all. the tragedy was amazingly written too like it truly had me breaking down so many times. it really has everything for everyone
now ik people hate on the main couple due to age gap but i hope u can still give it a chance. once u watch it u will realise the type of love they have is mkre than just romantic love. i think the second couple showed that kind of love well, the tragic yet beautiful love story that transcends time, they were made to fall in love with each other no matter the lifetime. Our goblin couple seemed different it was more of a soulmate connection, destined to be together....tied by fate. i think this trope is often messed up in mangas. manhwas and dramas coz it can get weird with reincarnation but goblin does it well. their love is much more wholesome and pure i would say.
either way i hope u give it a chance, i still believe to this day goblin is a perfect kdrama and the best kdrama ever, i will probably continue rewatching it every year like i have till now
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As for the acting, I really love lead actors' acting and Mike did his best but I don't know why I feel like his voice is not his voice is it's just someone backing it up.
As for Song Chacha character which is played by Ju Jing Yi was beautifully played and the essential points are you can say essential personality traits was shown very clearly that how song Chacha is and how she lives her life.
And the character Lan Tian which is played by Jerry Yan. This whole character was so much in hatred with other characters that I was like I can kill this person (Lan Tian) if he was alive but after a while, at the ending, everything was settling down because every drama or every romantic drama need to end as a happy ending.
and as for the music during the intense situations and scene music was played on the dot I was so much into the scene and because of the music I was overwhelming with my emotions and also it was like I was living that scene I was standing there. music does matter to the drama but because of the whole Lengthy and dragging thing I was irritated every time so I really didn't get through the music or you can say feel the music.
To be very honest I really don't want to talk to myself by Re-watching it again and again because according to me it's not that amazing.
For the overall review, I would like to say that I appreciate the acting and I appreciate the music (which I really don't know when I listen to it). As for the plot and the whole storyline I was little disappointed because I was expecting something more playful, fun, and romantic but it turned out to be a more melodramatic, disastrous, and family problem.
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This series' author also wrote Trapped and MODC, and again, I have the same criticism. There is only one explanation for the author's success I can come up with (some even call her the "queen of Taiwan BL"): She puts so much stuff into her stories, that there is something for everyone. You like a couple where one guy is much older? Check. You like a couple with unexpected top/bottom roles? Check. You're into student-teacher stories? Check. You like the tsundere type and the cold/stoic type? Check. You like big height differences? Check. You like the one being manly, and the other being cute? Check. You like mafia guys? Check. So I assume whoever reads this found at least two points they like. So go watch it!
Seriously, the author talks about stuff she doesn't know anything about. In Trapped those police officers behaved like children playing detective, now in Kiseki the mafia guys behave like children running a car repair shop and doing some street fights. The older mafia guys are sitting in the hot tub, looking dangerous and talking in a way that it sounds important. It's low budget, I know, but don't go there, if you're not capable of making it believable. The whole plot is a mess. Two young guys going to prison for 4 years is a good example of the weak wattpad-style storytelling. You could write a whole series about their experience in jail, but they brush over it, and they even get out in the same episode. Not much changed, as if they had seen each other just months ago.
Back to the same criticism I had regarding Trapped and MODC: There is no balance regarding the mood of the story. Kisekei had some very touching and serious moments, but then it gets incredible cheesy and corny. It's funny, and in the next moment it's tragic. The author apparently wants to evoke as many emotions in the viewer as possible. The result? It's a mess.
But not only the plot is a mess, the acting is too. Ai Di (Louis Chiang) is the only good actor, I would even say, he is the only "real" actor. What do I mean by that? He embodies the character wholeheartedly. Even if the character develops or changes over time, you still feel it's the same character. I have no issue with Chen Yi (Nat Chen) acting. He is doing a good job, and it's not uncommon that an actor reaches a new level when paired with someone talented. But still, it's obvious he isn't as good as Louis. Unfortunately, everyone else, from the younger guys to the older guys, is just here for the paycheck.
My final thoughts and rating? I love the 2nd couple, they are my guilty pleasure for many reasons. I hope those two get a new series, because I love their chemistry and acting. Everything else was forgettable. The main couple was too cheesy, and Taro Lin should really work on his acting. For me this was second hand embarrassment.
7 stars for the effort (they did some things right, and some scenes were beautifully filmed), but since I'm madly in love with Ai Di and Chen Yi I will give 8 stars.
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Most Frustrating kdrama that I have ever watched - a story of how NOT to get revenge
I will first start off with a warning that this drama is EXTREMELY slow-paced and repetitive , especially in the first 10 episodes. There are points where the story is seriously dragged out and with the same things happening over and over again. This drama was advertised as being based on a book, but I did some googling and discovered that it was based on a short story and not an entire book (the short story collection is also called reflection of you) which honestly explains why the story is so dragged out - there simply isn't enough content to last 16 episodes!Aside from the plodding pace, almost all characters in the drama are portrayed as unlikeable, unsympathetic, with virtually ZERO redeeming qualities. Even the kids. Everyone is so bad that I felt myself rooting for the affair couple in the show... which is making me reflecting on my own morals right now lol. This drama has a very typical makjang plot centered around the theme of extramarital affairs, betrayal, love... you get the idea. Nothing groundbreaking. Except the woman who got cheated on (Gu Hae Won) is the most unlikeable person EVER. Even worse than the "third party" Jeong Hui Ju. Why? Because our introduction to Hae Won is where we see her while working as an art teacher, slap the shit out of Hui Ju's daughters Lisa who happens to be a student in Hae Won's class. It is later revealed that Hae Won being an art teacher at Lisa's school isn't a coincidence at all, and her main reason for slapping Lisa was to kickstart her revenge plans and punish Hui Ju for having an "affair" with her husband. It's hard to retain any ounce of sympathy for a woman who decides to viciously assault one of her students just because of a past transgression by said student's mother, and when viewers did not even know about the supposed "affair" at the point of the assault. Haewon also does other scummy stuff like manipulate one of her student's deadbeat dad into kidnapping Hui Ju's other kid, resulting in prison time for deadbeat dad. She also manipulates said student into taking secret videos of Hui Ju's husband and Lisa. Compared to this, Hui Ju is a saint, whose only crime (not counting her actions in the last ep) was just being an unfaithful spouse and a terrible friend who just wanted to have a live in boytoy while enjoying the perks of being a chaebol wife in peace (LMAO)
The reason why "third party" and "affair" are in quotation marks is simply because the show doesn't adequately explain Hae won's relationship and her husband (Seo Woo Jae). They were described as getting married for the sake of obtaining a visa. Hae Won addresses him as "sunbae" throughout the show and there were no scenes of where he treated her as anything more than a friend. She on the other hand, is obsessed with him, if anything, it was an unrequited love relationship on her part. So how does one feel sympathy for a woman who is supposedly being "cheated" on when she isn't technically in a relationship in the first place? Though to be fair, Hae Won did mention rather obliquely about possibly having a miscarriage after Woo Jae went to live in Ireland with Hui Ju, which brings me to my next point of critique: WHY DO ALL THE CHARACTERS NEED TO SPEAK IN SUCH A CRYPTIC WAY?????
When Hae Won first starts harassing Hui Ju, she goes on and on about Hui Ju needing to apologize yada yada without actually saying WHAT exactly she wants an apology for. Of course, at the start the show needs to build suspense and wouldn't reveal all the events that happened but COME ON. This dragged on till literally episode 10 at least. She/Hui Ju refuses to speak about the affair when it's plain as day she is referring to it. They dance around the topic, talking in circles about forgiveness, being wrong...waxing poetic about pain and suffering like they were philosophizing about the root of mankind's suffering when the crux of the issue is just one woman stealing the other woman's husband. This really boggles my mind. If Hui Ju was actually sorry she would have apologized YEARS ago, not now. And if she was actually a decent person she wouldn't have had an affair right? So what's the point of all these apologizing bullshit? Seriously. And Hae Won had evidence of their infidelity too. She could have gone public and ruined Hui Ju's reputation and career as a high profile artist but no...her solution is to stalk Hui Ju CONSTANTLY, make cryptic comments, ingratiate herself with Hui Ju's friends/family for some reason and lastly...reintroduce an amnesiac Woo Jae to Hui Ju JUST SO HE CAN CHEAT ON HER WITH HUI JU AGAIN.
To add to the frustration, all these long winded conversations occur when the characters (Haewon, Hui ju, Hui ju's husband, woo jae) "unexpectedly" run into each other. The frequency of these run-ins make it seem like they are living in a small town with a population of 500 people instead of metropolitan Seoul. Because what in the world???? Yes it's a show but it doesn't mean all logic flies out of the window. The frequency of these run ins drop off after episode 11 but no, the frustration does not end. Because Hae Won still miraculously retains the ability to be in HJ's proximity at any critical juncture, especially in the last episode. With superpowers like that, who needs revenge plans? She should have just straight up teleported to Hui Ju and just murdered her.
Plot critiques aside, the only bright spots in this drama are the acting, cinematography and OST. Shin Hyun Bin is excellent as a self-righteous mentally deranged/traumatized woman and Go Hyung Jung is excellent at portraying a repressed chaebol wife who shows no remorse for her infidelity. The OST is sublime and while I won't rewatch this show, I will definitely be replaying the OSTs.
TLDR: woman gets cheated on and decides to get revenge in the most ridiculous way possible. watch world of the married for more satisfying revenge plots instead.
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