This is worth watching passed the first few episodes where the female lead is the standard klutz. I find portrayals of women in this vein really boring these days, however, by episode 6 she is turning things around and from then on I really enjoyed the show. It was laugh out loud funny in many places too.

BEFORE: They got married young and cracks showed quickly. The horrible mother-in-law preyed on all the female lead's insecurities adding to what seemed like obvious depression to me, caused by her own sense of unworthiness. Both Chang Min (male lead) and Jin Hee (female lead) only think of things from their own point of view and divorce.

The bones of this part of the story take place in episode one...

NOW: They then bump into each other at a mutual friend's wedding - excrutiating (you can't help feeling for her) and very funny... (the dress! He is horrified. We only realise later how sentimental she is, which is probably a big reason why she still has the dress...) She responds Korea style (what is it with these shows portraying so many Koreans as borderline alcholics?) and drinks herself into the emergency room...

OMG... what a disastrous way to arrive for your first day of work... so disastrous you have to laugh. She is an excellent actress and does not over act, allowing you to really feel for her while also either laughing out loud or smiling broadly. Can you imagine her ex's reaction when he realises his nemesis is an intern along with him? He was always so much "better" than her, now they are on a level playing field. His expression... so funny...

The story is played out via the emergency room at a teaching hospital in Seoul, there are 4 other interns (the "perfect" girl by mother-in-law's standards, a newly married couple as the main leads' mirror, and the nice guy whose love of the "perfect" girl is unrequited), a Chief resident aka The Devil (he is tough, "capable and always right"), and the Chief's ex (a general surgeon).

For all that, I really liked the complex issues that were brought in to the story, mostly around relationships and marriage, including
♡ their own youthful "failure" to re-considering their relationship now they are older and wiser,
♡ her sister's unexpected marriage and how she and her husband are, together,
♡ his parents' relationship (why did his father give up practising medicine and separate from his wife) and the growth of his mother (so much of her behaviour is about anger, frustration, control and selfishness, until she has reason to reflect)
♡ the Chief's issues/ fears with marriage and divorce because of the impact of his parents' divorce on him.

I'm sorry we saw so little of his dad and it is clear his abilities were wasted, but as time goes on we realise he quietly took care of a few things behind the scenes. I left the show with the feeling Chang Min would emulate all his father's good traits while coupled with his mother's bold, daring side. It's what Jin Hee realises she has always loved about him.

I took one star off for the clichés - using alcohol to deal with her problems and making her so incompetent initially, plus the typical awful mother-in-law (although she is the worst I've seen in shows to date... when he picks up his mother and carries her out is an excellent scene!!).

Enjoy!