cityhunter83 wrote: in literature we call this "the idiot"plot device". it is when there is no other explination for the character's actions except sudden onset acute idiocy. and crazy waiter drinking the tea isnt the only instance of it. SPOILER--> PMY's buddy beating him up for example. this character was a fairly intelligent dude, surely this was not the best solution he could come up with!
Totally agree! There are several places where I thought they used idiot plot device and got lazy.
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1) Jessica. And I don't mean they were lazy all the way through. Her introduction into the story and for a while was fine. After a while her character was too important for way too long.
2) Then there was the whole "Ahjumma has magic powers to bend everyone to her will. The first two I could buy since they centered around greed. But Soo Young and Dong Soo, I can't forgive. I understand a miscarriage is a traumatizing thing but I'm supposed to buy that she saw one picture and flipped out and went and destroyed all those paintings? I'm supposed to buy the completely idiotic (beyond idiotic plot device) action of her completely rational husband? This was the killer blow for me with this show. How this was handled killed my love.
3) The Bodyguard stepping out of the car and missing the Ahjumma scene.
4) The whole "Well, if Crazy Ahjumma says he doesn't love me than it MUST be true!
*can I have her powers of persuasion please? Can we bottle and sell that crap?