up to episode 10 and still like the show.
i think alot is getting lost in translation culturally though. i'd be interested to see the numbers for asian audiences vs. western audiences. last night for example my hubby happened to walk through during a sceen where Mrs. Hae was ripping hae young a new one over something that we, as americans, found to be so petty childish and materialistic that my hubby said "if my mom ever talked to you that way i would lay into her!"
to me it's that cultural difference, more than the terrible female lead and her less than likeable character, that makes the main story line so much less enjoyable than the side stories.