This drama caught me so off guard by how intense it was to watch, that I needed to give myself breaks in-between episodes even though I just wanted to binge the whole thing in a single night. I knew it was going to be about the only daughter/heiress of the MC Family working together with a lawyer to try and find out the real culprit in her mother's murder, but this drama had so many different layers, as cheesy as it sounds. If you want to watch a drama where the "weak" and likable characters get messed with the most, while the inhuman characters literally can get away with murder, this is the drama for you. I swear, there were two characters that I actually truly enjoyed in this drama that I was rooting for, but one left in the middle of the series, while the other acted out and did stupid stuff because they were constantly reminded by the people they loved the most that they were unwanted.
I did love the two mains in this drama. I originally wanted to watch this when I saw that Im Soo Hyang was the female lead and I was curious to see her in something else. I first encountered her in "My Name is Gangnam Beauty," which I really enjoyed, but thought her character to be a little weak. Yes, her character finally stood up for herself at the end, but the journey to get there was painful. I was curious to see if she could pull off a character that was the complete opposite, and let me tell you, SHE SLAYED in this role as Mo Seok Hee. Probably one of my favorite female leads in any drama. It was enjoyable to watch her in the beginning and thinking she was this wild heiress would always take the dramatic way out of everything, but then learning that she had a huge heart and would do these outlandish things so the victim would get as much compensation from her actions, knowing that because of her family, she would always get bailed out. Then we have Heo Yoon Do. The cutest teddy bear ever. I am not going to lie, when I choose a drama, I always looks for the stereotypical pretty boy with great hair and plenty of shirtless scenes to show off his abs, so this drama was a little different for me. But I am not mad whatsoever. Heo Yoon Do had a very mature and "normal" look to him that made this drama way more believable and realistic. Don't get me wrong, you can have a model with great hair and abs who is also a smart lawyer, but this drama wasn't about all that. Heo Yoon Do is a simple lawyer who's mom was accused of murder 15 year prior, who became a lawyer to one day try to prove her innocence. He is very outspoken when it comes to his job and his mother, but other than that, he is this sweet and shy teddy bear who wants to help the world be a better place. A teddy bear that felt bad every time he had to do something for TOP that didn't match his morals. Plus, I know that one of the things that I LOVED about his drama, even though it wasn't at all important and didn't overshadow the plot at all, was the love that Heo Yoon Do and Mo Seok Hee had for one another. It was very light, but is almost acted as some relief to the story - even though Mo Seok Hee's family is terrible and doing everything to make Mo Wan Joo (second son of MC family) the heir of the company as well as Director Han being the wicked witch of TOP, their relationship almost seemed too innocent and sweet and normal to be real in this crazy world. But I think it was perfect in that way too. They both still had some kind of normal in their lives between trying to prove Yoon Do's mothers innocence and trying to fight off Director Han. As you can probably tell, Bae Jong Ok did an amazing job at making me HATE Director Han with a passion. She is the reason why I simply hate people. She was the perfect example of people who are very good at manipulating others to get what they want, and because they don't get caught, they continue to do it. It's almost like she was playing God in a game of Sims, making anyone and everyone do what she wants because she knew that no one is perfect and she would always have the upper-hand if she could dig up that information. Even though I hated her with a passion, she didn't act out of human nature and just showed what it would look like if someone harnessed the action and made a career off of it. Not sure if that is me being a pessimist, but home-girl had many loyal followers who were by her side til the very end and even after that because she was also extremely loyal them. That shows me as a viewer that all the characters in this drama were realistic and believable because there are people in the world that think like this.
Given, there were also a few things in this drama that strayed me away from giving this a perfect review. Even though this drama was short, I feel like it could have been shorter as there were many conversations that I would get completely lost in because of all the law jargon as well as the endless conversation that seemed to go nowhere. Don't get me wrong, all conversations were important to the plot, but after a few minutes, I think the audience got the point. Also, even though I still teared up at the end (probs for different reasons than other would have), the ending was very "predictable." I feel like I always knew who the real murderer was from the first few episodes, but I was hoping it was someone else. So I was a little disappointed because even though it was a happy ending, it was also a very sad ending. I appreciate it though that they didn't go for the obvious feel good ending where everyone won. Overall, this drama was really good and had a lot of twists and turns. You think you know what will happen, and the drama pulls a 180. Painful twists, but still good ones. I loved how they didn't hold back and went all in with this drama.
I did love the two mains in this drama. I originally wanted to watch this when I saw that Im Soo Hyang was the female lead and I was curious to see her in something else. I first encountered her in "My Name is Gangnam Beauty," which I really enjoyed, but thought her character to be a little weak. Yes, her character finally stood up for herself at the end, but the journey to get there was painful. I was curious to see if she could pull off a character that was the complete opposite, and let me tell you, SHE SLAYED in this role as Mo Seok Hee. Probably one of my favorite female leads in any drama. It was enjoyable to watch her in the beginning and thinking she was this wild heiress would always take the dramatic way out of everything, but then learning that she had a huge heart and would do these outlandish things so the victim would get as much compensation from her actions, knowing that because of her family, she would always get bailed out. Then we have Heo Yoon Do. The cutest teddy bear ever. I am not going to lie, when I choose a drama, I always looks for the stereotypical pretty boy with great hair and plenty of shirtless scenes to show off his abs, so this drama was a little different for me. But I am not mad whatsoever. Heo Yoon Do had a very mature and "normal" look to him that made this drama way more believable and realistic. Don't get me wrong, you can have a model with great hair and abs who is also a smart lawyer, but this drama wasn't about all that. Heo Yoon Do is a simple lawyer who's mom was accused of murder 15 year prior, who became a lawyer to one day try to prove her innocence. He is very outspoken when it comes to his job and his mother, but other than that, he is this sweet and shy teddy bear who wants to help the world be a better place. A teddy bear that felt bad every time he had to do something for TOP that didn't match his morals. Plus, I know that one of the things that I LOVED about his drama, even though it wasn't at all important and didn't overshadow the plot at all, was the love that Heo Yoon Do and Mo Seok Hee had for one another. It was very light, but is almost acted as some relief to the story - even though Mo Seok Hee's family is terrible and doing everything to make Mo Wan Joo (second son of MC family) the heir of the company as well as Director Han being the wicked witch of TOP, their relationship almost seemed too innocent and sweet and normal to be real in this crazy world. But I think it was perfect in that way too. They both still had some kind of normal in their lives between trying to prove Yoon Do's mothers innocence and trying to fight off Director Han. As you can probably tell, Bae Jong Ok did an amazing job at making me HATE Director Han with a passion. She is the reason why I simply hate people. She was the perfect example of people who are very good at manipulating others to get what they want, and because they don't get caught, they continue to do it. It's almost like she was playing God in a game of Sims, making anyone and everyone do what she wants because she knew that no one is perfect and she would always have the upper-hand if she could dig up that information. Even though I hated her with a passion, she didn't act out of human nature and just showed what it would look like if someone harnessed the action and made a career off of it. Not sure if that is me being a pessimist, but home-girl had many loyal followers who were by her side til the very end and even after that because she was also extremely loyal them. That shows me as a viewer that all the characters in this drama were realistic and believable because there are people in the world that think like this.
Given, there were also a few things in this drama that strayed me away from giving this a perfect review. Even though this drama was short, I feel like it could have been shorter as there were many conversations that I would get completely lost in because of all the law jargon as well as the endless conversation that seemed to go nowhere. Don't get me wrong, all conversations were important to the plot, but after a few minutes, I think the audience got the point. Also, even though I still teared up at the end (probs for different reasons than other would have), the ending was very "predictable." I feel like I always knew who the real murderer was from the first few episodes, but I was hoping it was someone else. So I was a little disappointed because even though it was a happy ending, it was also a very sad ending. I appreciate it though that they didn't go for the obvious feel good ending where everyone won. Overall, this drama was really good and had a lot of twists and turns. You think you know what will happen, and the drama pulls a 180. Painful twists, but still good ones. I loved how they didn't hold back and went all in with this drama.
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