Disappointing and Unsatisfying

I started this show with alot of excitement. I have never seen a kdrama based on the Weather Forecast. This seemed really new and exciting. But the story left me very unsatisfied.

What i liked:
i liked the weather aspect alot. It opened my eyes to the difficulties and hardwork that comes with this job, especially as a person living in South Asia, where theres only 2 seasons.
The OST was great, and increased the quality of the show and so were the actors. I watched Navillera and Her Private Life before so i was looking forward to this drama.

What I Did Not Like:
Sad to say, there's more I did not like than the things I liked.

1. The show making Ki Joon and Yujin (esp Ki Joon) seem like good people, after they cheated their way out of their previous relationships. I hated that Hakyung and Siwoo kept going to these two horrible people for advice, like who does that? Ki Joon did nothing good to be deserving of forgiveness. Yujin especially never even apologised to Siwoo for wronging him and blamed him. Their characters were not written well at all.
2. The overused "My Mostly Absent Sort Of Terrible Parent Has Cancer/Terminal Illness So I Will Forgive Him" trope. This was in 2 other shows I watched and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth each time. These parents force their kids to give them a ton of money for gambling while they never actually cared for them in the first place. And then suddenly they get sick and now all is okay?? They apologise because they are close to death, not because they actually feel bad. Writers need to realise that, parents can be horrible, and the children CAN leave them forever and still be happy.
3. Yujin and Ki Joon's screentime. They should not have gotten this much screentime, esp in the second haf of the show where they got more than the main characters. Like what??
4. Senior Forecaster Um's relationship with his family getting developed so so so slowly was killing me. We only got like uh 3 minutes of screentime with his family not fighting?? in a 16 episode kdrama?
5. The constant breaking up and making up cycle that never seemed to end, between the first and second main couples. It's just overdone and boring. Especially when the development between the Mc's relationship wasn't even properly done. Their entire Relationship was based on lust, and this happened not long after they got CHEATED on?? We never knew why they both liked each other, or any scenes where they shared an actual deep moment. Only time I felt anything was when they were at the restaurant where Hakyung was treating Kijoon's wounds.

OVERALL: basically, The first half of the show was fun to watch. The second half got tiring very quick. I don't know what the writers were trying to do. We never got any development between Hakyung's team. I expected we'd see more on Hakyun'g growth as a young Director, but it was all break up make up break up make up and then we got a tiny Director moment at the middle of the last episode?? Disappointing.

I expected better. But we can't always have what we want.

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A Perfect, Well Paced Show

This review will be short, I just wanted to talk about how perfect it was. While The Red Sleeve still remains as my favorite sageuk, this one was just as good.

My favorite thing was the pacing. I do think it is sad kdramas now mostly have less than 16 episodes, but I think I've made peace with it considering the fact that nowadays they love adding useless issues into the plot to fill up those extra episodes. This show being a 12 episode show, left no time for that nonsense. The plot was good. All loose ends were tied. The pacing was perfect.

Romance was sprinkled here and there and I don't have any issue with the amount of romance. However if you want ALOT of romance this might not be for you. I watched this for Lee Ha Nee's Undercover hijinks and it gave what it was supposed to give.

The side characters were lovely and no episode was wasted with useless plotlines. I am mentioning this over and over because that's how grateful I am.

I recently watched The Matchmakers which has a similar setup to this show. A widow that has another life. But I loved this show much better, pacing and storywise.

perfect story. good for anyone who wants a chill sageuk that's not too intense.

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Revenge, Action and Redemption

This show has got to be one of the few shows that show the process of redemption of an originally horrible, irredeemable character. It was 2 characters in this show. Do Be Man and No Tae Nam. NTN's actor did an amazing job portraying the complex character that is No Tae Nam. One would argue, NTN never went to prison, which is unsatisfying. But people fail to realise military was his prison. Its the one place he never wanted to step in. I originally hated his character and never thought I'd end up feeling bad for him, or even like him. But the writer did so well with his character.

The show was great, and is perfect if you are looking for a revenge drama with minimal, and I repeat.. m i n m a l romance. Bullying, sexual harassment, abuse and rape were subjects discussed in the show. The show did a great job showing how much bullying can break down a person, even the nicest most calm person.

Overall, solid show, with a good cast. I will miss being Bo Hyun and Bo Ah together in a show.

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