Go Back Spouses

Go Back Spouses

7.5/10

Go Back Spouses

Genre:                                                Episodes: 12                                        Year: 2017

Romance

Comedy

Synopsis:

Choi Ban Do and Ma Jin Joo got married after meeting at university. 18 years later both are unhappy with their lives and their relationship is breaking down. After getting a divorce, the two wake up in their 20 year old bodies in 1999, the year they met for the first time.

Cast:

Jang Na Ra (Ma Jin Joo)

Son Ho Joon (Choi Ban Do)

Jang Ki Young (Jung Nam Gil)

Ko Bo Gyul (Min Seo Young)

Heo Jeong Min (Ahn jae Woo)

Han Bo Reum (Yoon Bo Reum)

Lee Yi Kyung (Go Dok Jae)

Cho Hye Jung (Cheon Seol)

Kim Mi Kyung (Go Eun Suk)

Im Ji Kyu (Park Hyun Seok)

General Thoughts:

It’s a cute and fun drama that is an absolute breeze to get through. The conflicts are interesting and heartfelt, but makes room for a whole bunch of adorableness. Jang Na Ra was the perfect fit for our heroine, as she has such a babyface, and is really one of the only actresses that could successfully pull off being 38 and 20 in the same drama- although Son Ho Joon did a pretty convincing job at both ages too.

No one ages quite as ambiguously as Koreans

Jang Na Ra also has a beautiful innocence about her that fit the character of Jin Joo perfectly. She may be an ahjumma back in her 20s body and life, but she still exuded a sweet naivety, particularly when it came to boys. That being said, one of the better aspects of the show was the way that our leads’ older personalities remained in tact even as they journey back to their younger days.

Petty but also kinda funny

They carried with them a maturity and wisdom that helped them give their friends some great help and advise that actually turned their lives around- particularly in the case of Seol and Hyun Seok’s rich girlfriend. The writers did a great job at balancing these moments of wisdom and maturity with our characters' well…less mature moments. Jin Joo and Ban Do had a lot of petty fights throughout the show, but thankfully these were played more for comedic effect, which reduced the intensity. The two had just the right amount of anger towards each other to warrant getting a divorce the first time around, but the writers did an excellent job at showing how their dissatisfaction with each other came from their lack of communication and understanding, rather than any actual real resentment. Even before the time skip it was clear that there was an underlying love that both our leads simply weren’t expressing, and that spiralled and snowballed until neither believed the other still cared for them. The show did an excellent job at bringing the leads back together with common purpose- getting revenge on Hyun Seok.

A rewarding K-Drama moment

As a doctor in the present, we already hated him for lording his position over Ban Do, and making Ban Do do all the dirty work. It was a relief to see he was still the same slime-ball 20 years ago, so that Ban Do’s small revenges seemed funny rather than petty. And of course showing the way he treated girls (our leading lady included), was just icing.

Back before the figurative sh*t hit the figurative fan

Hyun Seok was a mutual enemy of our leads, and gave them cause to work together. He also provided a way for Jin Joo to come to understand Ban Do better, as at home he’d never mentioned Hyun Seok or how terrible his job was. During the revenge plan the poor way Ban Do was treated at work came out, as Jin Joo needed to know how he knew Hyun Seok and why he wanted revenge on him. It was a natural way for our leads to fall into an alliance that then repaired their friendship, and brought back memories of how they used to be together. Another point of connection between the two was of course their son. Having a son in the present who would cease to exist should the leads decide to stay in the past and not get married definitely added some higher stakes. It’s something that a lot of people tend to ignore in time skip media or even in real life- saying that if they could go back they’d never meet that person. Of course this means that any children with that person would also disappear. It was obvious that both parents loved Seo Jin very much (how could you not love that precious face?), and all the perks of travelling back in time (youth, family, correcting mistakes) seemed less exciting once they realised that it came at the expense of their child.

So precious- just look at his little face!

Despite Jin Joo’s joy at seeing her mother alive again, she still carried a deep grief with her, this time from losing her child. Ban Do was given less screen time where he was shown grieving his hild, but there were enough moments there that we knew he felt the same heartache as Jin Joo. The show handled the situation well, as the end result could have been seen as our leads returning to the present just to meet Seo Jin again.

Everyone take a minute to go phone your mum

However, by the end it was clear that Ban Do and Jin Joo had learned to communicate effectively and had grown in their understanding of one another, and I was confident the their return to the present was as much a desire for them to continue their lives together as it was for them so see Seo Jin again. In that vein, one of the more heartbreaking aspects of the show was definitely Jin Joo’s relationship with her mother. It really went to show how much we all tend to under appreciate our own mothers. Jin Joo’s Mum was obviously a strong and much loved presence in Jin Joo’s life, yet she didn’t express this much until she came from the future where her mother was no longer alive. The way Jin Joo followed her Mum around was just too cute. Not only was Jin Joo’s Mum the cause of such cuteness, but she was also the underlying cause of Jin Joo and Ban Do’s misunderstandings. Ban Do (unintentionally) made Jin Joo miss her mother’s last moments alive, and that of course led to some frustrations, but it was Ban Do’s inability to grieve with Jin Joo and Jin Joo’s inability to recognise Ban Do’s attempts to comfort her that really paved the groundwork for their unhappiness.

Just look at all those hidden feelings and lack of honesty

Neither was willing to express what they wanted, and that inevitably led to a breakdown in their marriage. I also appreciated how Jin Joo’s Mum gave the go-ahead for Jin Joo to return to the future.

The final snuggle

It was an impossible situation she was in- spending time with her mother who she knew would die in 10 years, or returning to her child. As unbelievable as her mum’s quick acceptance that her child was from the future was, it was a nice touch to have Jin Joo’s Mum tell her to go back to Seo Jin. In regards to the time travel, this show went for the less-is-more approach which I’m always on board with. The magic rings weren’t explained at all (unless you count that final epilogue of fighting gods), but they made complete sense. Taking off the rings transported our couple back to the past so it stands to reason that buying and wearing them again would send them back to the present. Keeping the ring marks on our characters’ fingers was a nice way of reminding us that these were versions of our leads who had come from the future and didn't really belong there, and also worked for cluing Ban Do in on what might take them back to their time.

What Was Great:

Second Leads:

I don’t think there’s anyone that didn’t get a good dose of Second Male Lead Syndrome here. Both the second leads were pretty excellent- the characters and their actors.

Most awkward accidental double date ever

Seo Young was the perfect example of a fairytale first love. She was sweet and gorgeous and the exact type of person a guy would hold in their heart for years. The show handled Ban Do’s expectations really well. In the present he was dissatisfied with how his own life had turned out and had fantasies about how he would have lived if he’d dated Seo Young instead of Jin Joo.

You're the perfect match for her...when you're 38...

We as an audience of course know that nothing drastic would have changed- he’d still probably hate his job, and he’d still fight, just with Seo Young instead of Jin Joo. However, in his mind Seo young was the perfect ideal and a missed opportunity. When he was transported to the past, Ban Do had a new confidence that came from knowing how things would pan out and not fearing rejection. This set him up nicely to get close to Seo Young, and the friendlier he got with her the less romantic their relationship became. As he got to know her his image of the perfect girl faded- as everyone has their faults, and Ban Do instead started looking out for Seo Young’s best interests. I’m glad that she caught on pretty early that Ban Do had more of a parental love for her, as it saved her from becoming a character that was too pitiful. Instead, the two had a sweet friendship where Ban Do helped Seo Young express herself and find ways to relieve her stress. Ko Bo Gyul has the perfect features for a past first love. She’s very innocent and sweet looking, and was able to express Seo Young’s loneliness well. She had great chemistry with Son Ho Jun, without it coming across as too romantic.

They were cute without being too cute

Then there’s Nam Gil. Ohhh poor Nam Gil. I kind of wish he’d got the girl, but I know that Jin Joo and Ban Do belonged with each other. He was hopelessly sweet and his crush on Jin Joo was unbelievably cute.

I don't want him for Jin Joo, I want him for me

He came around in a realistic way. It made sense that he’d never really liked the haughty and slightly snobby Jin Joo from before, but the new mature Jin Joo was the perfect match for him. As he’d never really experienced motherly love, Jin Joo’s concern and worry over him effected him quickly, and made her stand out in his mind. His awkward courting of Jin Joo was definitely one of my favourite things about this series. While a part of me really wanted Nam Gil and Jin Joo to date, another part of me equally enjoyed their brief encounter. Jin Joo opened up just enough with Nam Gil to know that any sort of romantic relationship just wouldn’t work, and Nam Gil opened up just enough that he learned he could be a great partner to someone else in the future. The way the show avoided too much hurt on the Nam Gil front is that Jin Joo always acted and reacted with the mindset of her 38 year old self. Which definitely put a hold on that ship. Despite how swoony and romantic Nam Gil was being, Jin Joo was always thinking of herself as an ahjumma, and as someone who was much older than him.

Making Ahjumma's heart flutter

Despite the fact that her body was actually younger, Jin Joo herself had already drawn a line and viewed Nam Gil as a much younger kid. With both Ban Do and Jin Joo viewing their peers as younger kids there was really no way there could be a romantic relationship with anyone else. Like the leads, it was fun for us to imagine for a little while what it might be like for them to date Nam Gil or Seo Young, but at the end of the day we wanted them to sort through their issues together. It’s a great feat that the writers were able to make the second leads so loveable, but didn’t end up burning their main ship. 

I mean I like Ban Do, but boy if you weren't already married to her I'd be cheering for Nam Gil for sure

First Leads:

In dramas about relationship breakdowns I find that blame is usually allocated to one of the parties involved, they deal with the problem, and then get back together. Which unfortunately tends to make one of the leads a bit of an a-hole.

The beginning of the end

This drama was able to balance the faults of its main couple quite nicely. While I did tend to feel a tad more sympathetic towards Jin Joo (perhaps it’s because I’m a girl and relate to her issues more), as Jin Joo’s shortcomings in the marriage were revealed I could equally sympathise with Ban Do. Neither character was totally responsible or completely innocent. Both of them contributed to the marriage falling apart, and both of them contributed to building it up again. Even when they were fighting, the show took care to show how both characters were feeling and where they were coming from. We might see Jin Joo find a bill for hotels and breakdown thinking Ban Do was cheating on her, but we also see Ban Do being abused at work. Because we see these scenes separately it makes sense when they blow up at each other. Due to understanding on the audience’s part, we can sympathise with the characters and feel sad for their situations without becoming too frustrated. Their lack of communication was very realistic in that it’s not like they didn’t communicate at all, they just left out small (but often key) aspects of their emotions, which prevented their initial fallout from being too annoying.

Too embarrassed to be truthful

It’s not as though the couple did anything drastically different or simply failed to solve an issue, but they fell into a habit of communicating poorly and ineffectively. Both Ban Do and Jin Joo refused to open up about their deep underlying issues which put a strain on their relationship, until they no longer had the strength to hold it all together anymore.

Communication is key

It’s a common cause for relationship breakdown, and sadly one that can be avoided. Despite how simple it seems, putting your pride away to talk about where things went wrong is a difficult task. Only because Ban Do went back in time and saw his mother-in-law alive again was he able to open up to Jin Joo about his own grief at her mother’s passing. In this moment of vulnerability and honesty Jin Joo herself sees how hard Ban Do was trying for her sake, and how she shared the responsibility for their fallout for not telling him how she wanted to grieve and simply expecting him to understand. This is the key moment where both Jin Joo and Ban Do realise that the other still loves them and they both start making steps towards returning to their time together. Ban Do and Jin Joo are both so relatable and easy to sympathise with that the story becomes very touching. It could almost be a story about any couple that has broken up due to poor communication. The leads were what gave the show its heart and made the story so engaging, and I’m glad the show found a way to reconcile them that wasn’t painfully unrealistic. 

And the fam's back

What Wasn’t:

Only for Laughs:

The only real downside in this drama for me was that the side characters lacked any real depth. There were moments that hinted that there was more going on beneath the surface for the two guys and two girls that filled in the friendship circle, but there was no great detail to their stories.

I wish the friendships had a bit more depth

Tae Woo and Bo Reum were mostly played for comedic effect in their odd-couple relationship, and as I wasn’t a huge fan of their love-line I did find myself getting a bit bored during their segments. They had no moments that were any cuter than what was going on around the leads, and there was no greater meaning behind their story. I mean, sure they were super into each other so it was nice that they eventually sorted out their issues back in the present, but there was nothing intellectually intriguing about either of their characters. Seol had slightly more background than the rest with her sudden disappearance and withdrawal from university being the bulk of her story. But again, she was mostly used to fill in space using comedy. Granted, I found her cuter and funnier than Tae Woo and Bo Reum (her sly looks of disgust at Ban Do were quite hilarious), but she still didn’t have much to do as a character. And I don’t even think Dok Jae was in a single serious scene.

Level of seriousness- zero

Every moment of his was played for comedic effect- some hitting the right note, and some not. It’s not that I wish the show had been less funny, I just wanted a few of those serious, heartfelt moments to be shared by the friend group as well as the families and second leads.

Recommend?

Yep- it’s cute and fun, but direct with its message and filled with painfully, realistically flawed characters.

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Master's Sun

Master’s Sun

7/10

Master's Sun

Genre:                          Episodes: 17                      Year: 2013

Romance

Comedy

Supernatural 

Synopsis:

Tae Gong Shil has the ability to see spirits and ghosts. The ghosts do whatever they can to get her attention so that she can fulfil their requests, and often resort to terrifying her until she obliges. Due to her fear of ghosts, Gong Shil stays away from crowded places and struggles to live a normal life. By coincidence she runs into the CEO of a shopping mall, Joo Joong Won. Gong Shil soon discovers that when she touches Joong Won, she looses her ability to see the dead and decides to stay by him at all costs.

Cast:

Gong Hyo Jin (Tae Gong Shil/Tae Yang)

So Ji Sub (Joo Joong Won)

Seo In Guk (Kang Woo)

Kim Yoo Ri (Tae Yi Ryung)

Choi Jung Woo (Kim Gwi Do)

Han Bo Reum (Cha Hee Joo/Han Na Brown)

Hwang Sun Hee (Han Na Brown)

L (Joon Joong Won)

General Thoughts:

It’s generally a sweet drama that zips along quite nicely. There are definitely some plot points that aren’t quite A-Grade material, but the ridiculous amounts of cute from our leading couple does a pretty great job at covering any other weaknesses that the series develops. Also this set-up is the best excuse for skinship I’ve ever seen. Yes. Wonderful.

More Please

That being said, the downside of the leading couple carrying most of the interest meant that any time they weren’t together (and this is a Hong Sisters drama- so there’s going to be a time they’re not together) the drama was stripped of most of its entertainment. A lot of credit for this drama has to go to its leading actors- they really sold the romance, and the romance was at the heart of the show. Gong Hyo Jin is delightful (of course).

Everyone loves Gong Hyo Jin. Everyone loves So Ji Sub

I wouldn’t go as far as saying she’s the best actress out there, but there’s just something about her that draws you in and makes you love her, and whatever character she’s playing. So Ji Sub was wonderful as CEO Joo Joong Won- which is a huge feat in a world so full of K-Dramas staring abrasive CEOs. What I loved most about the character of Joong Won is that he wasn’t a hard-exterior-soft-interior type of CEO lead. He was kind of an ass…all the time. Meeting this ghost-seeing heroine didn’t magically melt away his prickly personality- he simply liked her in spite of his prickly personality. Which is adorable and hilarious, and So Ji Sub could deliver it so, so well. Unfortunately there’s not a lot to say about the other cast members as the leading couple definitely dominated, and thus reduced the screen time, plot time and interest levels of the other characters. Seo In Guk has a similar quality to Gong Hyo Jin- you just adore him in whatever role he’s playing, and he was cute as the bodyguard with a fear of ghosts. Even if his character did get little development and was booted out of the love-triangle pretty darn quick. Which is a shame, I would have liked to see Kang Candy get a little more development- he was too interesting a character to have fall by the wayside.

Plus their dates getting crashed by ghosts was always hilarious

Kang Candy’s final love interest almost bored me to tears. I’m not a huge fan of stroppy, entitled female characters- so Tae Yi Ryung didn’t do a lot for me. Sure, there were times when I thought she was a little bit cute, and the ending between her and Kang Woo was super adorable (that red carpet walk), but all in all I thought Kang Woo could do a lot better. Again, a little character development probably would have done that pairing the world of good. Plot-wise the drama was well played out.

More kissing, less conflict

Small ghost conflicts helped out our main couple development until our characters were at the point that they could handle the main ghost conflict. Which actually turned out to be a little lacking. I pegged the twin bait-and-switch pretty early on (and I know a lot of other viewers did too). Predictability isn’t necessarily a huge problem if you’ve got the substance to pull of the story believably. However, the drama seemed to be relying on no one clicking on to the fact that the girls were twins, or that it was the good twin that died. Which is unfortunate, because that twist isn’t even that huge- the only real difference it made was how our hero viewed his dead first love- is she the sweet angel he initially thought, or the bad b*tch he came to know her as? Once again, I wish just a tad more effort had been spent developing the twin characters in order to give the final reveal a bit more of an emotional blow. Even better, I wish that both twins had perhaps been a little bit dark and Han Na actually wanted to take over Tae Yang’s body- at least then the stakes would have been higher. As it was, the two girls were rather flat, two-dimensional characters with not a lot going on under the surface. If indeed we had one evil twin and one good twin (egghhh the cliche), why didn’t the good dead twin just tell Tae Yang what the deal was? You’re telling me she actually placed the sister she’d known very briefly (who then killed her) over the man she completely loved? Yeaaaahhh…not buying that.

And in case you needed help, the twins were conveniently colour-coded. White = Good. Dark = Bad.

It did feel a little like the writers were grasping at whatever they could think of to explain why Joong Won saw his first love at his kidnapping, and then why her ghost stuck around. Ah well- it wasn't great, but it didn't suck either. Also, I won’t lie- I remember nothing from the soundtrack, so I think it’s safe to say it was pretty unexceptional. 

What Was Great:

Ghost of the Hour:

The ghosts were scary as f*ck. No joke. They were terrifying. Which was awesome. Having the ghosts be as scary as they were actually did an excellent job of highlighting our heroine’s main conflict. She sees dead people. They’re scary.

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

She doesn’t like seeing dead people. It made her instantaneous clinging to Joong Won so much more understandable than if the ghosts had simply been slightly translucent people with pale faces. I would cling to whatever man came my way if I saw stuff like that and he could make it disappear. Freakiness aside, the ghost stories that ran over one or two episodes did a great job at not only keeping interest while the main conflict was building, but also impacted on our main characters and their relationship. Unlike in some other supernatural dramas (cough, ‘Who Are You’, cough), the small ghost plots helped to shape the way our characters viewed each other, and were a nice way to bring them closer- rather than simply providing filler episodes. Each ghost story caused something new to be revealed about either Tae Yang or Joong Won, which of course furthered the romance. And we love it when the romance is furthered. 

This is okay though, I can deal with this

Is He Dead?:

I give full props to the show for making me believe that there was the possibility of them killing off the male lead 3/4 of the way in. In most rom-coms this is an inconceivable event- but with the whole ghost premise, it’s actually fairly plausible in this setting. Sure, it was only left as a cliffhanger for one episode- BUT I WAS HANGING OFF THAT CLIFF. There were various upsides and downsides to killing of the hero midway through- all which would have been consistent with the rules the show set up. Which is another thing this drama did rather brilliantly. It followed its own rules in regards to the supernatural elements. We’d seen previously that Tae Yang could see the spirits of ghosts in comas, so it wasn’t a bolt out of the blue or an easy pass that the writers used when Joong Won was just in a coma, or had died momentarily, or whatever nightmare that was.

Scarier than ghosts- nearly having Joong Won killed off

It would have just been seen as a get-out-of-jail-free card if the idea hadn’t been explored previously (again- cough, ‘Who Are You’, cough). Don’t get me wrong- I’m super stoked that Joong Won didn’t cark it before the completion of this drama. Because I love him. But it was a nice to change to actually genuinely worry about the safety of our hero. Because in a drama all about a ghost-whisperer- your hero is far from immortal. 

Happy characters, happy viewers

Conclusion:

Everything was tied in a nice pretty bow, which is exactly what I want in a rom-com. People got hitched, babies got conceived, and everyone earned their happily ever after. Yay! Some of the happy ever afters were a bit random as we’d had very little to do with some of the characters, so we didn’t actually know what their deal was- but it was still nice. I’m so glad the show ultimately decided to go with Tae Yang keeping her ability to see ghosts, as that was kind of the whole point. It would have felt like too much of a cop-out to have her magically ‘cured’ of her ailment in the last episode. That being said, I do wish we’d been taken on Tae Yang’s journey of self discovery rather than hearing about it as she was telling Joong Won. Because it was a really nice tie-up for where her ability came from and how she could now live on with it. 

What Wasn’t:

Support Character Immobility:

Our support characters kind of became a bit of a waste. Kang Candy fell away pretty swiftly after he was exiled from the love-triangle, and you never really saw him fall hard for that second chick. His end tie-up with her was nice, but we didn’t really get a sense of how he got there.

So not on board for this love-line. Go get a different fish for your aquarium, Kang Candy

Joong Won’s father seemed to be a big plot-point that we sort of darted around completely- so much so that I wonder why they bothered including him in the drama at all. Lee Chun Hee was brought in far too late to really matter- which is a shame, as his presence would have added a whole heap more conflict to the series. The idea of staying comfortable with someone from your own world (Lee Chun Hee) or stepping out for someone different (Joong Won) was an interesting dilemma. But it became far less interesting as Tae Yang had already fallen for Joong Won. Hard. I really wish Lee Chun Hee’s role had a bigger part to play in the series. I don’t even know what his character was supposed to be called- he was just Lee Chun Hee for the two or three episodes he was in.

Unexpected (but far from unwanted) bromance

All in all, the characters that weren’t our main leads seemed to fall into two distinct, two-dimensional categories: Cheering for Main Couple, and Trying to Split Up Main Couple. Except for maybe Secretary Kim. Who was delightful and surprisingly substantial. Who else was glad that he didn’t turn out to be a bad guy? I sure was. 

Push and Pull:

My least liked type of romances are push-and-pull romances. Thankfully this drama did have very little, but the episodes where this type of romance came into play were downright irritating. I prefer when our characters both try and pull away from each other, both try to pull closer to each other, or one pulls closer while the other stays stationary.

Looks like it's time for all that unnecessary angst to kick in

It becomes a tad too angsty for my taste when for every step our hero makes forward, our heroine is taking a step back. Particularly when they’ve both expressed their interest. Not to mention that characters born from the Hong Sisters’ creation tend to stand around and talk about their feelings a lot. Which is okay if it were pure and honest- but half the time it’s the characters trying to convince each other (and sometimes themselves) that they don’t need each other and they’ll be fine on their own. Hoo boy. I’d much rather see them acting on their feelings rather than chitty-chatting about them, especially when the chitty-chat doesn’t actually result in anything. With the lack of action and all the not-quite-true statements, it can get a little confusing with subtitles and things getting left out in translation. Granted, most of the talk was logical, and at least it was easy to see where the characters were coming from. But at the end of the day, if you’re sad with them but miserable without them, isn’t sadness the slightly better option? I don’t know, I feel like they were trying so hard to make Tae Yang different from a Candy Girl- but that’s kind of how she ended up anyway. Sure, her reasoning for disappearing off was for herself and not some sort of misguided sense of ‘he’s better off without me’- but she still ended up disappearing off.

Classic Hong Sisters Finale Wind-Up (Or Wind-Down):

Of course, of course, the Hong Sisters have to chuck in some of my most hates K-Drama tropes. Right at the end too. Amnesia- check. Separation of leads- check. Time skip- check. Oof. Not what I was wanting in a drama that was managing to balance its momentum quite nicely.

Who are you? Who am I? Where'd my girlfriend go?

Okay, Joong Won’s amnesia wasn’t the worst case of memory loss I’ve ever seen (who could forget the Hong Sister’s last fiasco?), but it still felt like it was simply trying to draaaaaaw out the last couple of episodes. I’ve already seen him fall for our heroine despite her creepy ghost vision, do I really have to watch him figure all that out again? Then the time skip where our main leads are separated. Seriously, does anyone actually enjoy this?

Please. Just make out and be done with it.

Why do K-Dramas insist on doing this in attempts to add dramatic tension in the final hour? IT’S JUST ANNOYING GUYS, STOP IT. While I’ll admit there was some reasoning behind the separation of our characters, I still didn’t love the idea. If perhaps we’d journeyed with Tae Yang on her brilliant self-discovery trip I’d be singing a different tune- but no. I was back here watching Joong Won be sad and lonely while Tae Yang went and ‘found herself’. And then we get some bull about her wanting to appear like a normal girl before telling him that, yes- she can in fact still see ghosts. Sorry, I’m firmly in Joong Won’s camp for this one. If the result is the same, why does the order matter? Not to mention we’ve just spent the last 16 episodes watching how he loves her in spite of her ability. If not more so because of it, as he sees how warm and caring she is through it. 

Re-watch?

Probably not. While I did enjoy the drama overall, much of this enjoyment came from the chemistry between our two leads. The main plot was a tad weak, and our support characters were a little flat. Gong Hyo Jin and So Ji Sub were dynamic- but not enough to warrant a re-watch.

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