There’s no way this wasn’t going to wind up high on my list. Fangirl moment: It has Jo Jung Suk and Jung Kyung Ho. I love, adore, will watch anything either of them do. They’re always just so charming and rich to watch. That aside, the creative team behind this show is one of my most dependable. I always watch them because I know I’m going to be treated to heart-felt stories about characters that feel meaningful and real. They did it in the Reply series and they did it in Prison Playbook. Their slice-of-life take on their topics is always touching, humanizing. This show is no different.

As I get older I appreciate stories that focus on characters in their 30s/40s because its nice to see aspects of my own reality reflected back. The world is different at this age than when I was in my early 20s floundering through love. There are hard stories to watch here; one of the doctors works pediatrics. There were tears, and choked up moments because this show is so great at humanizing characters that only show up for a few minutes of screen time.

It’s also great at subverting expectations. There are not really and villains that you’d expect. There are shitty chaebols but also human, endearing ones. People come in a range of good and bad and we get to see them through our loveable group of long-time friends. The show is just the definition of a moving human drama.