This drama did not have the strongest, or most coherent of story lines, but was generally pleasant and entertaining to watch. The second half arc is a hot mess. Characters who were thoroughly evil are suddenly accepted as "only evil because they had to be" and their past atrocities glossed right over. The pacing borders on torturous at this point and the ending is so awful that it actually wiped out any previous enjoyment I'd had in this show. Up until the last episode and a half, I'd probably have rated it around a 7. But the ending just ruined the whole experience for me. The actors did what they could with what they had, but all around it was a hot mess.