The main character is a bad guy whom I still cannot admit that he is a bad guy, thanks to the actor.

This drama is not simply just never boring. It is addicting!

Do not turn turn a blind eye to this melo you’ll regret it. But also you’ll avoid (miss out on) a serious heartache. hah!

This drama was put off last on my list till I saw Kim Nam Gil for the first time in Live Up to Your Name

He was the perfect guy for this act, I believe.

Whether you watch it for Kim Jae Wook, Kim Nam Gil, Jung So Min, Ha Ga In or whomever, they all shine; all the actors shine in the drama.
Although I started watching it with a biased view. I liked it with bias cuz of the cast, but not anymore.

I am usually not into revenge plots. I can’t relate or feel them and they bore me. But this is none of that…
It is the perfect revenge melodrama.

It gets exciting from the start and never gets dull. It is a perfect combination of drama and romance that was nothing cliche, everything about it is perfectly done in order to capture my attention from start to finish. and I never felt like I watched too much.

This is a piece of work, a masterpiece of engaging directing, acting, music and etc and the writing.
Ingeniously written dialogues.

The drama had quotes that are worth writing down. They were brilliant quotes and I wanna go back and note every one of them down.
Quotes that shook me.

And the star was obviously the acting of the lead actor, the subtleness of the expressions of the eyes body language, personality, fluidity, his eyes his eyes his eyes, (the look in them) was everything. He had it all. Every move, flicker, posture and gesture meant something. The act was put up perfectly without flaws. perfect to the point I can feel him. and it grew on me hard. His demeanor grew on me. his figure looks so sad. his hair adds to it.
someone even said “I never knew a guy's back view can also speak a thousand words.”
He was never Kim Nam Gil. Not for a moment. He was Shim Gun Wook 100% of the time. I never believed that he is acting or an actor that I know.

uaah Moon Jae In. Jae In... I didn’t give her enough credit. She is someone with greed. And although she is definitely not a perfect person but I loved her relation with the ML; how she always forgave him and understood him for some reason. She kept surprising me, unlike usual fl that stays upset for too long, she was an understanding, and an open person in terms of acceptance.

The second ml was not a simple second ml, he had very special presence and an important existence in the story.
ugh, I cannot speak enough of how the story was well written cuz thinking about it gets painful. Anyway all characters felt special and important.

The story I would describe as something that holds you by the neck
the BGM and OST were perfect. I cry listening to them.

The drama is truly epic! it is so great that the ending doesn't lessen from its value cuz its not the one you were hoping for (it only added to its pain though. Face palm because I read spoilers).
I loved the camera work. where you could see the roughness of their skins and therefore feel their suffering or luxury.

Only rewatch value is relatively low since I would be putting myself through torture if I watch it again. It’d be fun though.

I have seen a lot of melodramas, I have seen tragedies, and I have seen a share of sad characters, but this is (probably) the saddest (main) character that I have seen.
Even his name is sad, the names he call sound sad, his voice is sad, his backside is sad, every move he did was sad, his hair looked sad, his face looked sad. The drama should not have been called 나쁜 남자 (bad guy), it should have been called 불쌍한 남자, which means pitiful man.

If you ever felt like you wanted to watch a drama that would take you away and make you feel like your life/ world has no meaning, this is it.

What was I thinking when I though the guy on the poster doesn’t look good or promising. I need to smack my prejudiced thoughts.

I’m already not in my right mind. I would really appreciate an open ending in this situation.