Mystery Queen

Mystery Queen

7.5/10

Mystery Queen

Genre:                                Episodes: 16                           Year: 2017

Mystery

Comedy

Synopsis:

Yoo Seol Ok is a housewife with a passion for solving mysteries. After befriending a local police officer, Hong Joon Oh, Seol Ok assists the police in solving cases, despite the disapproval of Detective Ha Wan Seung.

Cast:

Choi Kang Hee (Yoo Seol Ok)

Kwon Sang Woo (Ha Wan Seung)

Lee Won Geun (Hong Joon Oh)

Shin Hyun Bin (Jung Ji Won)

Kim Hyun Sook (Kim Kyung Mi)

Jeon Soo Jin (Kim Ho Soon)

Park Joon Geum (Park Kyung Sook)

Park Byun Eun (Woo Sung Ha)

Yoon Hee Seok (Kim Ho Cheol)

Ahn Kil Kang (Bae Gwang Tae)

General Thoughts:

I’m glad I watched this after I knew that a Season 2 was confirmed, else I’m not sure I would have liked it as much. But knowing that there was another season on the way left me free to enjoy the characters and their interactions without having to worry too much about any sort of closure. 

It's not every day you come across a mystery-comedy

‘Mystery Queen’ is an interesting little show that really took a bit of a risk. Mystery-comedy isn’t a well-travelled genre, and it could have ended up a complete disaster. I am happy to announce that far from being a disaster, the show snagged a great niche and did a great job. The comedy was never overplayed, and I didn’t find the mystery aspect too dark- there was a nice balance of funny and creepy.

Sherlock and her Watson

The whole show was a bit tongue-in-cheek and I loved that about it- so many K-Dramas (including other comedies) take themselves waaaaay too seriously. I mean, the main characters’ names are basically Sherlock (Seol Ok) and Watson (Wan Seung)- and that’s totally my style of comedy. I adored that Seol Ok was a housewife who couldn’t cook, and the running joke that resulted from this tiny character trait was just hilarious. My only other experience with Choi Kang Hee has been ‘Protect the Boss’ (yikes) and I must say, she made me completely forget about that experience as she sucked me into her new character. She was the perfect fit for a pretty, nosey Ajumma. She wore a pretty shocking wardrobe throughout the series that paired with the bob haircut really sold the housewife vibe. However, stick a bit of makeup on her and put her in a nice dress and she really became quite cute- which made it believable that there just might (emphasis on the might) be two cute policemen crushing on her. Choi Kang Hee did an excellent job at making Seol Ok sweetly endearing rather than irritating, as the way her character was written did lean a tad to the annoying side.

Nothing if not persistent 

However, Choi Kang Hee’s bright-eyed innocence and love for those around her made Seol Ok into a lovely character. Admittedly, there were times Seol Ok was annoying (like her insistence that she saved herself after Wan Seung un-buried her), but beyond that her sneaky sleuthing was great fun. Kwon Sang Woo was a new face for me, and I really loved his take on Wan Seung. Rather than being the cool,

We all love  good man-child

arrogant detective who was great at his job, Kwon Sang Woo gave Wan Seung a slightly annoying vibe. Not annoying as in ‘gosh this character is so stupid I’m annoyed’, but more picky and in-your-face that it was clear he was annoying other characters (such as Seol Ok). A childish kind of annoying. Which was great, as it wasn’t really what I was expecting, and it made his character so much more approachable than if he’d been a classic don’t-mess-with-me cop. I’m currently also watching Lee Won Geun in ‘Jugglers’ (because it would be far too sensible to only watch one drama at a time) and he’s basically K-Dramaland’s new puppy. Which is fine as he makes a great puppy. The character of Joon Oh was pretty straight-forward and easy- he’s the likeable, easy-going cutie who brings the ajumma and detective together. All that’s really required to play the role is a cute smile. Which Lee Won Geun has down pat. That being said, I did appreciate the little bit of romantic tension that Lee Won Geun brought to the role, making it seem as though he might have an inkling of romantic interest in Seol Ok, but being completely oblivious to it. Shin Hyun Bin as the weird other love interest (but not really) for Wan Seung was okay, but the character was so poorly written I don’t think it would have mattered which actress played her. She was an uncomfortable character to have around, and I think the drama flowed much nicer when she wasn’t in it. 

Remind me again why you're even in this story?

I actually really liked the directing of the show, as it made each case seem like an adventure. In all actuality Seol Ok is just putting pieces of information together and telling us what happened,

The characters' chemistry was fab

but the way we were shown how Seol Ok put those pieces of information together was always interesting. The whole drama was filmed in quite a novel way- feeling much more like a crime book than a crime show. Where it really got its draw was that it made finding and interpreting the clues engaging, rather than simply having them be a means to catch the culprit. A lot of the time I find crime dramas a tad boring, as after a while I just want to get to the end and solve the case, but ‘Mystery Queen’ made the process of solving the case so much fun that I was happy for the show to take its time explaining and exploring each crime. The show earns another point for not having all its criminals be serial killers. Because there’s only so many ways you can make serial killers seem different from each other. Because each of the criminals and their motives were different, the smaller criminal plot lines kept my interest for much longer than usual. Except for maybe the last plot-line about the old ladies poisoning each other because no one really cared about that.

Worst case for sure

What Was Great:

Sherlock and Watson:

The highlight of this show is of course its two main leads. They were delightful characters on their own, but together they were completely charming. The frenemy relationship was easy to get behind, and it was simply enjoyable to watch how these two strangers became each other’s biggest supporters.

They're hilariously wonderful

Initially Seol Ok thought Won Seung was lazy and uncommitted to his job, and Won Seung thought Seol Ok was oblivious and interfering. The addictive quality in this drama was definitely watching the two start to rely on each other, and not just at work. Won Seung was invaluable to Seol Ok for showing her what love and family really meant. 

If Wan Seung doesn't like him, he's got to be a bad dude

Due to her husband’s family taking her in after her parents passed away, Seol Ok thought that was the biggest show of love and dedicated herself to this family. However, after a while it became clear that while Ho Cheol wasn’t exactly the evil husband we were expecting, he for sure wasn’t the husband that Seol Ok deserved, or the husband she thought he was. I always get a bit worried when shows have their leads married to someone else, but the writers did a great job at showing Seol Ok’s marriage break down without her feelings for another man being the primary cause. I appreciated that neither Seol Ok nor Wan Seung saw the other in a romantic light until it was clear that Seol Ok’s marriage wasn’t going to last. Yes, they were close and other characters (and us viewers) had suspicions that they had romantic feelings that they weren’t aware of, but there wasn't really a true hint of romance until after Seol Ok realised her husband was cheating on her. I liked that it was Wan Seung’s support and his friendship that led Seol Ok to believing she deserved to be treated better- because if this is how far a friend would go for her, shouldn't her family do at least that much?

Goodbye crappy husband, hello spunky detective

While it was sad to see the completely loving and trusting Seol Ok realise she wasn’t nearly as loved as she thought, it was a pivotal point in the story. Possibly my favourite moment in the show was Seol Ok standing up to her husband about his unwillingness to help her with her parents' case.

They really were the perfect team

The ‘You say don’t do it because it’s dangerous, but others say let’s do it together because it’s dangerous,’ line was superb, and in my mind is one of the best descriptions of unconditional support. Won Seung never made decisions for Seol Ok, and he never took away her autonomy. While he always poked fun at her and teased her, he stood up for her when it counted, and Seol Ok was able to rely on him during one of the hardest moments of her life. For me this was the peak of their relationship development, and showed just how far the two had come over the course of the drama. Rather than dismissing him as useless and trying to do everything herself, Seol Ok started to rely on Wan Seung and acknowledged his input during cases. And rather than Seol Ok being the one trailing after Wan Seung trying to be let in on the cases, it was Wan Seung who was following her around, begging her to help him catch the criminal. The two were a hilariously delightful combo, with just the right amount of romantic tension. 

The running joke of her falling for his bad-boy charms was one of my favourite things

Non-Episodic:

As the primary draw of this drama was the characters, I appreciated that we weren’t bombarded with a new case every hour. Rather than having a new crime and a new criminal to catch, the series as a whole had maybe four or five crimes that it explored slowly and in depth.

I almost forgot that you could have criminals in K-Dramas that weren't serial killers

This allowed our characters more time to interact with each other, and let them experience great character growth that you don’t always get when they’re so busy catching a new criminal every episode. Most of the crimes were so well thought through that spreading a case out over a couple of episodes didn’t slow the momentum at all.

I'm still not sure if I like Inspector Woo though...

The show still felt fast-paced and smart, as it really let the detective duo explore every scenario in as much depth as possible. Most of the crimes were actually introduced earlier before they got full attention, which gave the show a really smooth feel, rather than having it seem as though random crimes just kept popping up in this neighbourhood. The best example of this is the panty-thief case. This plot was introduced while we were focused on another crime, and I initially thought it would just be a funny side-story. However, when the young girl was murdered, it felt more personal than a random character dying, because we’d seen this girl around for a few episodes, and seen her interacting with our main characters. Not only did her murder then become the present crime to be solved, but was also used to further develop Wan Seung’s character through his guilt at not giving her concerns his proper attention, and his determination to catch her murderer. This case also linked into the next case about the duct-tape killer, and brought Woo Sang Ha into the spotlight. 

What Wasn’t:

Promise of Season 2:

While I’m super excited that there’s going to be a Season 2, and it’s one of the reasons I actually watched the first season (K-Dramas so rarely get second seasons that they have to be pretty good if they do), I did think that the show was relying too heavily on getting another season to finish its story.

You...you can't finish your drama on a cliffhanger! I mean you can but it's pretty sucky.

Generally speaking, I like my seasons to have a complete feel about them where a second season would be nice and might explain things in more detail, but the first season is still able to stand as a whole and complete story on its own. That’s not exactly what happened here. I suspect that it was due to the fact that the show was in talks of a Season 2 while this season was still airing,

But WHY did you try kill that girl?

but the BIG mystery (the one about Wan Seung’s first love and Seol Ok’s parents’ murder) did not come anywhere close to being solved. By the time the end of the show comes around, we are aware that there’s something bigger behind these crimes, and have a pretty good idea of who’s behind it, but the why is still a big ol’ question mark. And that made me pretty disappointed. Yeah, I get that there’s now a whole other season to explore this mystery- but what was the point of the first season then? Leaving it this way basically renders the whole first season into being set up and character introduction. Unfortunately the fact that ‘Mystery Queen’ now relies on a second season to finish telling its story means that my opinion of the first season can now be heavily influenced by how good (or not) the next season is. If the next season is brilliant then hooray we’ve got a great story and two excellent seasons of it! But if it isn’t then it means that the first season that I loved is now ruined, because the story wasn’t finished properly. If the first season was able to stand on its own then it wouldn’t matter if the next season wasn’t as good, because Season 1 would still be a great drama with a complete story. Second seasons are also pretty risky in that you’re never guaranteed the cast will sign on. As is the case here. Thankfully our leads Choi Kang Hee and Kwon Sang Woo will return as our detective duo.

How can this squad return without Joon Oh?

But Puppy Policeman Lee Won Geun and wannabe fiancé Shin Hyun Bin didn’t sign on for Season 2. Which is a bummer because I loved puppy’s relationships with our leads, and the lawyer seemed like she was stepping up to be a bigger player at the end of this season. At this point it’s not clear if the characters will be written out of the next season or if they’ll bring in new actors for them, but either way its a bit of a let down.

Recommend?

This is actually a hard one, because I would recommend it for the A+ banter and the absolutely awesome relationship that developed between our detective and our Ajumma- however, depending on how Season 2 goes, the actual big mystery may end up slightly disappointing. So…long story short, if you’re wanting fab characters definitely watch, if you’re wanting a fab mystery maybe wait until Season 2 is finished and see.

My new favourite odd-couple

Top 5 K-Drama Girls to Love

Top 5 

K-Drama Girls to Love

Seeing as I did a valentine special to celebrate some of the best Oppas K-Drama has to offer, I thought I’d do a similar follow up for White Day. Since it was Oppas last time let's have a look at the special girls (Unnies? Noonas?) that populate K-Dramaland. Similarly to the previous post, the actresses will have to be pretty well liked, star in good projects, and be generally more active in dramas rather than movies. Again, as I’m the compiler of this list, my preference will have some (a lot of) sway. 

5: Chae Soo Bin

Chae Soo Bin is a newer actress, with her earliest credit being around 2015. However, her awesome acting talent has propelled her to the forefront of Korean Drama, and she’s quickly making a name for herself as one of viewers’ favourite girls in K-Drama. It doesn’t hurt that there seems to be a lack of decent actresses in their early 20s- but if that means Chae Soo Bin gets more roles, I’m not complaining! She first grabbed attention as the stunningly beautiful second female lead in ‘Moonlight Drawn By Clouds’. I haven’t actually seen her next two dramas ‘Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People’ or ‘Strongest Deliveryman’ but I’ve heard raving reports of Chae Soo Bin’s performance in both. I watched and adored her in her latest drama ‘I’m Not a Robot’ where she was a delightful, adorable lead that filled her character with charm and warmth. If you want something shorter you can also catch her in last year’s KBS Special ‘If We Were a Season’.

4: Kim So Hyun

This wonderful girl was able to transition splendidly from child roles to teen roles and has now even delivered some dynamic performances as adult characters. From the moment I saw her in ‘Moon That Embraces the Sun’ I knew she was going to be an actress to watch out for. She has a whole list of credits earlier than ‘Moon’ and a whole heap after- the girl keeps busy. Not only is she gorgeous, but she’s an incredible actress that is able to play a variety of characters from villainous to petty to delightful, and has a way of wringing emotion out of an audience. Some of her biggest recent hits include ‘School 2015: Who Are You?’, delightful short series ‘Page Turner’, ‘Let’s Fight, Ghost’, ‘Ruler: Master of the Mask’ (admittedly this one is a total dud and I warn you against watching it), and you can currently catch her with Yoon Doo Joon in ‘Radio Romance’.

3: Park Shin Hye

Park Shin Hye is one of the bigger names in K-Drama, as she has a knack of signing onto projects that become huge hits. In fact, after a while I think part of the reason her dramas became huge hits is that people were watching due to her being in them. While she tends to play pretty similar characters, she does add a certain charm to them, and rather than seeming boring it’s more like comfort food- simple, and sweetly familiar. I haven’t caught many of her earlier works, first seeing her as the whacky, yet fun, crossdressing nun in ‘You’re Beautiful’. She went on to film ‘Heartstrings’, ‘Flower Boys Next Door’ (my particular favourite), ‘The Heirs’, ‘Pinocchio’, and ‘Doctors’. Her most recent drama was mid 2016 so hopefully that means we’ll be able to catch Park Shin Hye in a new production sometime soon.

2: Park Min Young

Park Min Young is definitely one of my favourite actresses in K-Dramaland. While she might not have been in as many productions as some other actresses, her characters tend to have a bit of backbone and personality (unusual for K-Drama heroines), which makes Park Min Young really stand out. She stole hearts as the leading lady in the widely popular and wildly loved ‘Sungkyunkwan Scandal’ and followed that up with the big hit ‘City Hunter’. ‘Dr Jin’ was next, and I honestly can’t remember whether this was good or bad (I haven’t seen it myself). But I have seen, and fondly remember her latest three dramas, in which she delivered strong, dynamic performances in all- ‘Healer’, ‘Remember- Son’s War’, and ‘7 Day Queen’.

1: Gong Hyo Jin

When you think rom-com, you think Gong Hyo Jin. Admittedly, she’s been in far more movies than dramas, but she’s still been in an enormous amount of dramas- most of which are insanely addictive and extremely fun. I first saw Gong Hyo Jin in the weirdly successful ‘Hello My Teacher’ which was hilarious and delightful. Since then I’ve seen all her works (bar ‘Pasta’) and mostly loved them. Gong Hyo Jin always brings a certain quirkiness to her characters and has an abundance of chemistry with her male leads- she’s said in the past that she actually falls a little in love with each of her co-stars, which definitely helps make the on-screen romance adorably believable. Her big hits (which is basically all her dramas) are ‘The Greatest Love’, ‘Master’s Sun’, ‘It’s Okay, That’s Love’, ‘The Producers’, and ‘Jealousy Incarnate’. I actually did a Top 5 list all for Gong Hyo Jin which you can check out here.

Happy White Day!

The Best Hit

The Best Hit

4/10

The Best Hit

Genre:                                                  Episodes: 16                                         Year: 2017

Romance

Comedy

Synopsis:

In 1993, Yoo Hyun Jae, a popular member of a successful boy group travels forward in time to 2017. In the modern time, Hyun Jae learns that he mysteriously disappeared in 1994.

Cast:

Yoon Shi Yoon (Yoo Hyun Jae)

Lee Se Young (Choi Woo Seung)

Kim Min Jae (Lee Ji Hoon)

Cha Tae Hyun (Lee Gwang Jae)

Yoon Son Ha (Hong Bo Hee)

Dong Hyun Bae (MC Drill)

Lee Deok Hwa (Lee Soon Tae)

Hong Kyun Min (Paark Young Jae)

Chae Eun Woo (MJ)

Bona (Do Hye Ri)

General Thoughts:

I put off writing this review the way I put off finishing this drama- and for the same reason. This drama is so, so, so, so, so insanely boring. How can you have two comedic goldmines in Yoon Shi Yoon and Cha Tae Hyun and not have an outlandishly hilarious show?

Why are you so unfunny, show?

It’s not like the show didn’t have anything to work with- we started with interesting characters, a intriguing time-travel plot and a fairly talented cast. But it just…wasn’t what I expected it to be. I wonder if this show was funnier to its Korean audience, because a couple of times I did feel like the show was being funny but I just totally didn’t get it.

The kiss gag was fun, but it did make me nervous that there'd be a romance

I also fail to see how this was a ‘variety-drama hybrid’ (which is what is was marketed as), as really it was exactly the same as a regular drama. I was looking forward to a sort of mockumentary style similar to ‘Producers’ (which I found hilarious), but instead it had nothing in it that made it stand out from other comedy dramas. To be fair, at first the humour was pretty good, and I found myself enjoying the show, but as the storyline progressed (and the fun at Hyun Jae flailing around in the future faded) the show’s humour seemed to fall away. The antagonistic relationship between Hyun Jae and Gwang Jae was annoying rather than funny- I would have much preferred a long-lost bromance dynamic similar to ‘Tunnel’, and the love triangle between the father and son just kind of creeped me out. There were some fun moments to be mined from the situation while Hyun Jae didn’t know that Ji Hoon was his son or that his son was also crushing on Woo Seung, but as soon as he found out the whole situation just weirded me out.

This is the most uncomfortable love triangle I've ever been subjected to

Ji Hoon himself was just far too serious to be funny, and I thought Gwang Jae was a touch to whiny and butt-hurt and wasn’t funny either. And Bo Hee was just kinda super useless. Grandad and Mal Sook were always pretty fun, and I tended to always enjoy their snippets on screen- like when Grandad tried to buy off the young boy in exchange for not playing with Mal Sook anymore. I also found MC Drill pretty fun.

He also made Ji Hoon fun which is an added bonus

Though I do wish his character had some serious scenes or moments of character development, at least he could be relied upon to be consistently funny. At first I though Dong Hyun Bae was going a little over the top with his character’s representation, but as the show and his character found their groove, he acted quite well. I also appreciated that he didn’t shy away from being labelled as Tayang’s older brother- the scene of him bursting into ‘Eyes, Nose, Lips’ was just hilarious. Dong Hyun Bae actually reminds me a bit of Kang Ki Young (who is fabulous), and I hope he continues acting and expanding his range. Kim Min Jae as the other half of the duo I usually like, but he’s starting to fall into the trap of playing the same sorts of characters. His role here was really quite similar to the prickly guy with a soft spot for his girl that he played in ‘Because It’s the First Time’ and was even a bit similar to the entitled young King he played in ‘Goblin’. I know that he’s a good actor, but I wish he’d be a bit braver in the projects he chooses and step outside his comfort zone a bit.

You can do better than this Min Jae-ah

Yoon Shi Yoon was of course fabulous, but I did find his character pretty annoying. Yoon Shi Yoon’s natural charm only just managed to make Hyun Jae a likeable character. And I thought the leading lady Lee Se Young was just bad.

Not really a fan of these characters. Super not a fan of their love-line

Similarly to Hyun Jae, her character was super annoying, and Lee Se Young just didn’t have the charm or charisma to make up for that. Woo Seung was grouchy and often unapproachable, and was petty and selfish to boot. The character was simply boring and poorly written- with her having nothing more to do than simply be around as something for Hyun Jae and Ji Hoon to disagree over and fight about. Actually that pretty much wraps up the story as a whole. I kept waiting for the big reason that Hyun Jae time travelled to the future (was it to find the money? Discover who killed him? Spend time with his son?), but it turns out that…um…yeah there’s really no reason. He just sort of comes to the future, mucks around a bit, and then steals his son’s crush. Yeah man, what the hell? The fact that the whole story just came down to an immature romance really sucked. For most of the show’s run, Ji Hoon and Gwang Jae didn’t even want Hyun Jae around, and in the end, his trip to the future didn’t change anything.

If fate or destiny or whatever was gonna propel him through time you'd think there'd be a good reason for it

Nothing in the past altered, and nothing in the future really changed either except that now Ji Hoon has no chance with Woo Seung. Ji Hoon and Drill would have debuted through

An actual expression! You've come a long way since 'To Be Continued'

World Entertainment without Hyun Jae coming to the future, so all he really did was help sign MJ. Who was a significantly smaller character than I would have liked. Unlike most of the other characters, MJ did tend to be quite funny. Cha Eun Woo has improved a lot- there was actual believable emotion on his face! I would have liked MJ to be a bit more involved in the story. In fact, I would have liked ALL the characters to be a bit more involved in the story, as most of what we got was Hyun Jae and Woo Seung which was weird and boring. There were all these other smaller plot lines in the works that just weren’t developed, and left the story as a whole feeling rather one-dimensional. The drama lacked the heart and emotional core that shows about close friends and family usually have, and I blame that entirely on focusing too much on the romance. Oh and the characters just being generally sucky.

What Was Great:

Yoonie:

I really only kept watching for Yoon Shi Yoon (and the fact that I hate leaving dramas unfinished). He did a great job trying to drag this dead drama along, and a couple of times he actually got me to care about what was going on in the story.

Oppa~ let's pick better projects now, okay?

He did a pretty good job at building the romance, because Lee Se Young didn’t really help him there. He was flamboyant without being unrealistic and brought his dramatic charm to a character that otherwise could have been too haughty and arrogant. I adored Yoon Shi Yoon’s ‘90s style and he pulled it off surprisingly well. 

What Wasn’t:

Kinda Gross OTP:

I just couldn’t get into the love-line of this drama. Not at all. It’s an awkward time skip to include a romance. In fact, because of the amount of time that had passed,

Does it not weird you out at all that he's actually your best friend's father?

I really wasn’t expecting there to be a main romance at all- because it just wouldn’t make a lot of sense. It would either be Hyun Jae with Bo Hee- who was now old enough to be his mother and was raising their son with another man, or with Woo Seung who was the same age as his son and was in fact the woman his son was in love with. It’s just weird either way. Most time travel dramas that work in a romance can do so because the time between the two timelines is so great- I’m talking hundreds or thousands of years. So you don’t really picture one of the characters being significantly older than the other- you just go off their biological age, which is usually pretty similar (think ‘Queen In Hyun’s Man’). But by having such a small amount of time between the timelines (a mere 24 years) everything changes. Because there are people that the hero knows in both timelines, it seems creepy for him to get into any sort of romantic relationship. Because Woo Seung was the same age as his son, I found it super icky that Hyun Jae would even consider her in a romantic sense. I know they’re technically the same age, but it still kinda grossed me out.

Guys...it's not cute. It's just creepy.

Kinda Boring:

Because I was so disengaged from the main romance, as soon as the drama started centring its story around the love-line between Hyun Jae and Woo Seung, I just wasn’t all that interested.

Why does she get so much screen time? Just why?

Due to being so weirded out by the whole relationship, I struggled to find their interactions fun or cute, and as a result, their scenes together just became boring. And there were SO many scenes of them together.

What a stupendous waste of time

As I mentioned before, as the romance took centre stage, everything else in the drama just fell away. We didn’t really discover what happened regarding Hyun Jae’s disappearance, and when we did it sucked. What- he wanted to secretly die rather than let people know he had an illness? That’s possibly one of the stupidest things I’ve heard in K-Drama. And I’ve heard some pretty stupid things. Gwang Jae and Bo Hee’s romance was brushed over super fast and even Ji Hoon’s dreams of becoming a singer and his debut were just glossed over at the end. I tend to like my dramas to have some kind of meaning- not necessarily deep meaning, but at least have things happen for a reason. There were so many directions this drama could have taken, and in the end it opted for a sporadic series of events that revolved around an awkward romance.

Recommend?

Nah. Nothing was really done all that well- not the time travel nor the love-line.

I recommend not watching this drama