And then around episode 60, this thing starts gaining serious momentum. Revelations fly right and left, the revenge plot finally starts up, and the bad guys start to tumble one after another. If you can get through the first half, the second half is amazing. The flawed characters really start to show their conflicts. The good characters want revenge but are hurting others, the bad characters are pitiable but brought everything on themselves.
If they could cut this down to 20 episodes, it would have been the most amazing show ever. But, as it is, it's still a great drama.
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It starts off pretty slow for the first fifty episodes or so. There are twists here and there, but it wasn't anything gut-wrenching that made me shake my fist at the screen (a fairly common occurrence during a good drama for me) or cry like a baby. At times, I felt like the series dragged on, stretching an issue out over several episodes when it could have been just as easily explained in one, sometimes even half an episode.
As I said, though, around episode fifty I could feel things starting to heat up, and once the numbers hit the sixties things really set on fire. The revenge, the desperation, the feelings of utter helplessness when it comes to helping your most beloved person wade through the tides... It all seemed to just explode. For me, that was well worth the wait and watching all the episodes before. Some characters that I had previously wondered about the overall purpose of now showed great inner conflict and the reasons for certain behaviors were explained in a way that nearly wrenched out my heart.
Overall, I felt the leads did a fantastic job portraying their characters. While the story may have dragged on a bit, the actors themselves rose to the challenge, portraying their characters surprisingly well even after so many episodes. Sometimes even after twenty episodes I'll find that someone will slip up in their character on drama, but the leads here really stuck to it well. Very good show.
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But to be honest, this drama was slightly disappointing...Why? b/c they showed the 2nd lead guy WAY more than they showed the lead guy, I don't know about anyone else but when they do that it really bothers me.
It started off pretty interesting, but the fact that they pull the "amnesia" thing in this drama got really frustrating - most of the drama I was disappointed in the lead girl - how could you not see the great man standing by your side? She always seemed drawn to the 2nd lead - throughout the drama I was pitying the lead guy and hating on the lead girls dumbness. after she found out some things it started to pick up again - but when her memory comes back she practically throws everything in the dumpster and really hurts the lead guy - enough so that I wanted her to be Unhappy forever.
However the drama did end nicely (after all that ridiculous revenge stuff got over with). If you can sit through all the frustrating things then I'd say a one time watch of this drama may not be so bad...but I wouldn't recommend a second watch. overall, I am glad I watched the drama (if only so my curiosity has be quenched).
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Worst female lead out there!
The usual makjang route without anything new or interesting that would stand out. Aside from the repetitive nature of the genre, the drama had the bad kind of revenge. On the other hand, the female lead Soo Hyun was genuinely detestable and revolting from beginning to end with no exceptions.Was this review helpful to you?
Bad: Everything.
Making lead actor/actress as a fool is one type of plot scenario that can infuriate all viewers. Even then if the drama is 30+ episode it can be tolerable. 90+? Choi Min Young family like hyena biting every piece of meat of Jang Soo Hyun when ever they like it. This drama plot is so much away from reality. The love between Jang Soo Hyun vs Choi Min Young is one sided. Choi Min Young is has selfish obsession over Jang Soo Hyun that he call it LOVE. if he can't protect is love its exploitation. is it watchable? no. This drama is made just to make viewers blood boil. The writers probably laughed at viewers stupidity to watch this nonsense drama.
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