Drama Special Season 9: My Mother's Third Marriage (2018)

Everyone yearns for love. The differences lie in the type of love.

I really liked this drama, but not in the kind of way I usually like dramas (for their being cute, and with extremely happy or cute endings, usually a wedding lol). Although a lot of people said they were dissatisfied with the ending, I think that it was really good for the story. I mean, my girlish heart wished for a different ending, but my brain (which at least tries to appreciate artistic things) still liked how it flowed with the rest of the story.

The story starts by showing the strained relationship between the mother and her daughter. It becomes apparent within the first 2 seconds that the mom was not mature enough when she had her child and thinks that she is doing what is best for her daughter without explaining anything to her (which is the fault of oh so many parents, but extremely exaggeratedly so in this case).

In any case, without trying to give any spoilers, the daughter desperately tries to sabotage her mother's most upcoming wedding through an unconventional way, which isn't fully explained at first, and then low-key backfires on her because, of course, emotions are hard to control.

I wouldn't say the story was very realistic. I think there were a lot of things that were just really far-fetched and convenient for the plot-line, but artistically, I liked where the writers were trying to go with it. And I also think the beauty of drama specials lies in how short they are, with ambiguous endings and tons of questions that are only slightly answered.

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