Entertainer

Entertainer

6/10

Entertainer

Genre:                                  Episodes: 18                         Year: 2016

Romance

Melodrama

Synopsis:

After falling out of favour with the entertainment company he works for, Shin Suk Ho is left with no money, no credibility, and no artists. As the new entertainment company Suk Ho created struggles, he scouts high schooler Jo Ha Neul after hearing him sing in hopes of producing an album. Suk Ho promises to create a band for Ha Neul, but Suk Ho’s old company will do everything they can to see the rookie band fail. The band consists of Ha Neul- wrongly framed for sexual assault, Kyle- a Juilliard guitarist, Yeon Soo- a single father, and Jae Hoon- a mamma’s boy.  

Cast:

Ji Sung (Shin Suk Ho)

Kang Min Hyuk (Jo Ha Neul)

Lee Hyeri (Jong Geu Rin)

Gong Myung (Kyle)

Lee Tae Sun (Na Yeon Soo)

L.Joe (Seo Jae Hoon)

Heo Joon Seok (Kim Joo Han)

Ahn Hyo Seop (Jinu)

Chae Jung An (Yeo Min Joo)

Yoon Seo (Lee Ji Young)

Jo Yeon Ho (Na Chan Hee)

General Thoughts:

It could have been an amazing drama- but it just wasn’t. It didn’t really know what it wanted to be: an endearing struggle of young musicians trying to make it big? A heartbreaking bromance? A sweet and funny romance? In the end it just sort of ended up being a hodgepodge mess of all of these things.

What story are you trying to tell?

It’s not to say the drama didn’t have its moments, because it definitely did. When it hit its melo stride it tended to bring the emotions on quite nicely, but somehow I found that the conclusions of most of the drama’s plot points were resolved in unsatisfactory ways. Except for Jo Sung Hyun’s story which was pretty perfect from start to finish (except for that one moment where he looks at his family’s photo before committing suicide- like, what?).

Jo Ha Neul is the one for me

The darker aspects of the show were definitely its most intriguing points, and for probably the first time ever I found myself more interested in the company shenanigans than in the romance. Because it was kind of a super unconvincing romance, and I had some pretty serious Second Male Lead Syndrome. The weaknesses in the love department can probably be considered mainly due to the casting. Hyeri wasn’t bad in her role (though I still fail to see the point of her character other than they needed at least one female in the story), and she played the happy-go-lucky girl well, but also did a fairly decent job in the few scenes that required more emotion. But the simple fact is that she’s just so much younger than Ji Sung. I wouldn’t care about that 17 year gap should they actually look like they might possibly have a chance of working well together- but they didn’t. Hyeri looked significantly younger than Ji Sung, which kind of confused the point of her character and her character’s relationships- issues that probably could have been avoided had the role been cast older. It felt like the drama was forcing me to want Geu Rin and Suk Ho together- but I just didn’t. Geu Rin looked more age appropriate to be dating Ha Neul, and their maturity seemed to be on the same level, whereas I thought Suk Ho came across as more of a respected mentor than a love interest.

Pretty much sums up the differing maturity levels of our two leads

It was also a touch confusing that Geu Rin seemed unable to view Ha Neul as a man because he was sooooo much younger than her when it looked like she would only be 3 or 4 years older (Kang Min Hyuk is in fact 3 years older than Hyeri). It just created a whole buttload of question marks about Geu Rin as a character, because I wasn’t sure how old she was (though I’m sure it’s mentioned in one indirect way or the other that I missed), what stage of life she was in, or really anything about her at all that went beyond living with Ha Neul after her parents died.

Kang Min Hyuk looks like an Oppa, not a Dongsaeng

And even though we knew a lot about Suk Ho, I still didn’t really understand what would have drawn him to Geu Rin. The emotions were there from the actors, but something in the writing prevented me from comprehending this couple, and I didn’t really care if they ended up together to not. Ji Sung’s acting was pretty fab throughout, but did seem like a bit of a step-down from ‘Kill Me, Heal Me’ last year.

His fantastic crying skills were a little overused

The writers completely overused Ji Sung’s crying to the point that I didn’t feel all that bad when Suk Ho had a crisis and burst into tears- because it happened about every second episode. Knowing what a brilliant actor Ji Sung is actually made the flaws in the writing stand out, because at times Ji Sung came across as very cheesy and unrealistic, and I’ve not really seen his acting have mood swings like that before (and let’s all hope we don’t see it again). While Suk Ho’s progression from unsympathetic corporate man to loving leader of bromance was handled smoothly and consistently, Suk Ho’s character could sometimes feel a bit schizophrenic. He would be depressed and grounded in one scene, and then be fake laughing and rather horrifically superficial in the next moment, which made Suk Ho feel like a character that’s been written on paper, rather than a man who truly lives and breathes out in the world somewhere. On the other hand, Kang Min Hyuk completely smashed his role. Rather than Suk Ho (our male lead), I found Ha Neul to be the emotional crux of the show, and felt more connected to his character than anyone else in the drama.

I kind of wish Ha Neul was our male lead

Kang Min Hyuk’s had a few drama appearances, and he’s always been a good actor, but this was the role that separated him from his previous idol-gone-actor roles. Usually when I watch an idol from a band I love (long live CNBlue), I find myself struggling to remember their character’s name. While the idol-actor can be acting well, it always tends to be difficult to separate the character from the idol that you know and love.

♥♥♥♥♥

But in this series, Kang Min Hyuk was just Jo Ha Neul. He didn’t give you time to think about how much you loved him as the drummer of CNBlue, because you were too busy being invested in his storyline and concentrating on his wonderful performance. The role of Ha Neul allowed Kang Min Hyuk to delve into emotions that he hasn't had to express before, and he did an excellent job of showing us every victory and every heartbreak of Ha Neul. Jo Ha Neul wasn’t a simple character to act out and had a lot of complexities. He was a man who tended to keep his struggles to himself and put up an emotional wall to distance himself from others. The danger of these types of characters is that they can often come off as unemotional or uninvested in the situations around them, but Kang Min Hyuk perfectly portrayed every thought going through Ha Neul’s head, even without the use of dialogue or monologuing. While the drama had its many shortcomings, it's made me excited to see Kang Min Hyuk’s acting career expand and develop. Also, he has the voice of an angel. Just sayin’. The other band members were aways fun to watch, but had significantly less screen time than Suk Ho and Ha Neul, and tended to lean more towards comic relief rather than structured, emotional characters.

The beginnings of bromance

Gong Myung (and many of the 5urprise boys) have been taking on a lot of drama roles this year, and their performances tend to be pretty good. I like Gong Myung as an actor and thought he did a reasonable job bringing in the bromance and a bit of comedy. L.Joe of Teen Top was ignored for most of the series and was only there because the band needed a drummer.

Guess who's missing

He has one or two episodes in which he gets a decent amount of screen-time before disappearing into the background where his character got no story and no development. Lee Tae Sun made his drama debut and absolutely smashed it.

Jo Yeon Ho was one of the best kid actors in Dreamland this year

He gave heart and grounding to the optimistic single father, when it would have been very easy to have Yeon Soo come off as a smiling idiot. Instead, Yeon Soo’s story was focused on good things that come from suffering, and he became an endearing, loveable character. Jo Yeon Ho was brilliant and adorable as his young son, and the two were just so cute together. Throw in the Noona Romance and it’s one big cute sandwich. Despite being a drama that was heavily focused around music, I didn’t find the music to be all that compelling. The Ddanddara boys only had two songs- the first was nice, but wasn’t anything exceptional (despite Kang Min Hyuk’s fab vocals), and while the second song was beautiful, I kind of preferred Jo Sung Hyun singing it solo. Narrative wise, the duet between brothers was emotional and impactful and was a great moment in the series- but going on only the music, I preferred the original acoustic version. The momentum of the series seemed to be a bit odd. While the big conflicts were built up as something huge, they had a tendency to fizzle out come the conclusion of that story arc. It seemed almost as though the writers were too afraid of our main characters doing something that viewers may consider harsh or mean, and then opted for the golden forgiveness route. Every. Single. Time.

So much pretty

At the end of the day, there were a lot of great things about ‘Entertainer’, but some of the execution fell a bit short, and it became another of those series that is just a whisper of the beautiful, emotional drama that could have been.

What Was Great:

The Bros:

Bromance is always a winner. Even the most horrific of dramas can be pulled into mediocrity by an excellent bromance. ‘Entertainer’ isn’t a horrific drama, and the bromance gives it a wonderful lift. There were so many going on- between the Ddanddara boys, the boys and Suk Ho, Suk Ho and Jinu, Suk Ho and Man Shik, Suk Ho and Sung Hyun.

Cute male friendships are always a winner

The relationship between all of the boys was infinitely more entertaining and interesting than the sort-of-love-triangle around Geu Rin, and added a heap more emotion to the series than any of the love-lines. While Suk Ho could tend to be a character that was difficult to like or understand, it was always clear that he loved all of his artists, and would do anything for them.

Suk Ho loves all his boys

This ultimately becomes the biggest issue in the series, as he constantly has to choose between Ha Neul and Jinu. It was like making him choose between his children. What do you do? Do nothing and let one of the kids be falsely accused, or personally throw the other under the bus to clear his name? Suk Ho showed enough distress over making the choice, but eventually chose to clear Ha Neul’s name. The constant support from the other boys in the band was delightful, not just of Ha Neul, but also Yeon Soo (because let’s be honest- Kyle and Jae Hoon didn’t need a lot of support). I do wish that Jinu had been pulled into a bromance with the younger guys as well, seeing as Suk Ho was the main character and not Ha Neul. It would have been a nice touch to have his two favourite boys become buddies rather than having one of them piss off to study abroad. Seeing as Jinu was such a huge motivator for the plot, he was rather uninvolved with the other characters. Oh well, everyone else got a sweet bromance.

The Melo:

The dramatic parts of the plot definitely won out over the romantic aspects. And most of those dramatic aspects tended to revolve around Ha Neul- who was my favourite character, and just a pretty fab character in general. It was interesting to see the drama go into the darker parts of the entertainment industry.

Poor sad puppy

While corruption in the higher-ups and those that already have power are often portrayed, ‘Entertainer’ took on a bit of a different tone by examining the horrible things the younger people would do to get into the entertainment industry, and then what they would do to stay there.

He's in a position of power so he's obviously a giant tool

Ji Young had no issue with falsely accusing Ha Neul of sexually assaulting her, or using a manipulated video of Jinu to blackmail and get what she wanted. While Jinu was more conflicted than Ji Young, he still wasn’t willing (at first) to sacrifice his own career to save Ha Neul from a false accusation that had, and would continue to have, detrimental effects on his life. Then there’s all the higher-ups who are obviously going to be corrupt and power hungry. Are they ever not? While I do wish that we got a bit more background and development for Lee Joon Suk that went beyond ‘he’s a money-grabbing asshole’, he was a great antagonist for Sung Hyun (who I also wish was a teeny bit more developed). Sung Hyun was one of the saddest story arcs in the series for sure, and he had an interesting impact on Suk Ho and Ha Neul. It might have been nice if the drama had focused a little more on the buildup to Sung Hyun’s struggle and suicide, because there was so much around that character that could have been explored more. He was basically the person that was behind Ha Neul becoming who he was, and the obstacle that prevented Ha Neul from being what he wanted to be.

Get ready to weep

It was interesting to see the way the writers slowly unravelled the past surrounding Sung Hyun and the impact that the truth of his death had on his loved ones once they found out how horrifically abused Sung Hyun had been by the music industry- specifically KTOP. The melodramatic moments in the series were definitely the points that opened the characters up to us and gave us a plot that went beyond four cute boys starting a band.

What Wasn’t:

All the Forgiveness:

While the buildup to these melodramatic story arcs was always brilliant, almost every conclusion felt weaker than its set-up, which is disappointing to say the least. The drama seemed like it was being a serious, emotional story, but then the conclusions seemed like rainbows and magic kittens from a fairytale where everyone was happy and no one got hurt.

From 'the only person I want to destroy is you' to 'it's cool, don't charge her'

Except Sung Hyun. Who’s still dead. The first antagonist we’re given is Ji Young, who (falsely) accuses Ha Neul of raping her. Yeah, that’s a huge d*ck move, especially as they were close friends. For almost half the series we watch Ha Neul struggle under the title of ‘sexual assailant’, and watch as all the clues unravel and point towards Ji Young being a selfish b*tch who has no problem framing multiple innocent young men to get what she wants. Finally our characters gather all the info and all the evidence needed to bring this girl down and…they forgive her. And she doesn’t go to jail. Or face any sort of consequence. Apart from being booted out of the entertainment industry. But when you’ve manipulated one boy so it looks like he’s assaulting you and used it to blackmail him while simultaneously framing another for an assault he actually tried to prevent- is that really enough? Despite being a totally anticlimactic finish to a great story-line, what I hate most about this lukewarm forgiveness is that it minimises the brutality of Ji Young’s crimes.

Because falsely accusing someone of rape is actually a HUGE F*CKING CRIME

If it were the other way around and a girl was forgiving a boy for sexually assaulting her and he received no punishment whatsoever, there would be huge amounts of outrage in the viewership. What annoys me so much is that the writers have taken a topic that is very rarely expressed in the media (false sexual assault accusations), and then made it seem like its not really that big of a deal. Which is total bull because it is a huge deal, and it angers me to no end the lighthearted way this writer dealt with Ji Young’s punishment, as if everything was all okay because she got caught out in her lie.

WHY DO HER ACTIONS HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES?! WHYYYY?!

Except that it's a lie that could have destroyed the lives of two innocent men had she not been caught in it. But apparently we’re all going to ignore that because the power of love and music and blah blah blah that b*tch still should have gone to prison.

Ending:

This drama so didn’t need the two episode extension (99% of the time they never do). The drama didn’t exactly have a heap of plot material to begin with, so the final episode was just basically watching our characters live their lives with no conflict or plot at all.

'What should we put in the last two episodes?' 'How about nothing?' 'Nothing sounds good, let's do nothing.'

Which is not always a bad thing, but in this case it is. Had it just been an episode about the boys finally enjoying their success and Mango growing as an entertainment company, that would have been fine, but no.

Who the hell are you, and why are you here?

The writers decided to make some dramatic (and dare I say unwanted) changes in the final hour. To start with- Jae Hoon quits the band. Yes, the band that we’ve watched struggling for 17 episodes finally has the chance to revel in their fame and glory, and their damn drummer quits so he can study. Lame, lame, lame. We’ve also watched Ha Neul have a cute yet heart-breaking crush on Geu Rin for 17 episodes, but apparently he got over that in the drama's last moments, because suddenly he’s crushing super hard on the newly introduced female drummer who came to replace Jae Hoon. Ha Neul is only the second most important character (first in my books), and you give him some random chick as his conclusion? No thank you. It felt like everything I’d watched for the last 17 hours was undone in the final episode, and it felt far too cheesy for how emotional and relatively dark the rest of the show had been.

Re-watch?

No. While Ha Neul was a fabulous character and I loved him and his story dearly, the other characters didn’t grab me. Suk Ho was rather unlikable for a male lead, and it would have made no difference whether Geu Rin was in the story or not- she is the most irrelevant female lead ever.

Maybe try again, but make Ha Neul the lead this time

Heartstrings

Heartstrings

6/10

Heartstrings 

Genre:                                   Episodes: 15                                   Year: 2011

Romance

Comedy

Melodrama

Synopsis:

Lee Kyu Won is a gayageum player who is studying traditional music at an art university. Kyu Won is encouraged to take part in the university’s musical as the Director, Kim Suk Hyun, sees that she has talent in both acting and singing. Lee Shin is a student at the same university, and singer for the band ‘The Stupid’. Shin also participates in the musical due to his crush on Jung Yun Soo, the dance choreographer and the Director’s ex-girlfriend.

Cast:

Jung Yong Hwa (Lee Shin)

Park Shin Hye (Lee Kyu Won)

Song Chang Eui (Director Kim Suk Hyun)

So Yi Hyun (Jung Yun Soo)

Kim Yoon Hye (Han Hee Joo)

Kang Min Hyuk (Yeo Joon Hee)

Lee Hyun Jin (Hyun Ki Young)

General Thoughts:

This drama was significantly better than I thought it would be. Probably because I thought it would be complete and utter rubbish. But I’ve seen worse. I’ll admit, the whole thing is basically just a giant fan-service for all the viewers who wanted Park Shin Hye and Jung Yong Hwa’s characters to get together in ‘You’re Beautiful’. But still- ain’t nothing wrong with a bit of fan-service.

Now we just need a drama starring Park Shin Hye and Lee Hong Ki

Yong is wonderful. His acting- not so much. But he has improved. Lee Kyu Won is probably one of my favourites of Park Shin Hye’s characters so far, because the writers didn’t try to up-play her cuteness. She’s naturally a very cute, sweet looking girl, so it was nice to see her act out something other than a candy-girl, while still maintaining the needed cuteness. The story itself was pretty simple and didn’t have a lot of depth. It was fairly predictable and didn’t have much conflict.

Shhhh- just let it happen

After the initial love triangle/square was sorted out (which happened alarmingly early), the only source of drama came from Han Hee Joo’s mum- who was an unconvincing antagonist to say the least. I got on the Director X Kyu Won ship pretty early and was reluctant to leave it. While Yong and Park Shin Hye are great together (and eventually so are their characters), it was adorable to see the relationship develop between Kyu Won and the Director. At the start, he treats her in such a friendly, close manner that it seems as though the writers are setting him up to deny his increasing feelings towards the gayageum player- but no. It was a little lame to see the two main male leads fight over the stupid ballerina, and it made it feel as though our leading lady was…not the leading lady. While it did generate sympathy for Kyu Won, it didn’t do a lot for our male characters. It was unconvincing that Shin made the switch from the choreographer to Kyu Won so quickly, and did make Kyu Won appear as a bit of a backup. It also didn’t fit well with the way the show ended. He moves on from ballerina b*tch who he was soul-crushingly in love with for Kyu Won in 5 minutes, but can’t get over Kyu Won in a whole year?  Please. The only way that would be believable would be if Shin was going to make a play for her when she got back from abroad. But he didn’t. What, so his whole plan was to dump her and then be a moody butt for the rest of his life? Nope, nope, nope, not buying it. And those support characters. What wasted potential.

At least there was no risk of the support outshining the main stars

Apart from the four main leads, no one else gets much of a story. Which can be overlooked in some dramas, but when your support characters become the driving force behind your plot, it would be nice to explain them a little. Just sayin’.

What Was Great:

Yong X Shin:

Yes, yes, the main leads. They had good chemistry together. Don’t get me wrong here- I’m not saying that beloved Yong’s acting was good.

Just focus on the face, not the acting

Because, if we’re all honest with ourselves (which I know we don’t want to be, because who doesn’t want to believe Jung Yong Hwa is perfect?), he’s not the best actor out. He’s quite wooden to start, but as the drama continues he relaxes more into his character and delivers a more comfortable, believable performance. It’s just such a shame to know that he can be really dynamic and energetic in real life, and yet his acting can be so robotic. Aaaaanyway- Park Shin Hye does a great job, and was probably a significant factor behind Yong finding his groove. Their natural, friendly relationship translated to their characters beautifully. It’s not the hot, dynamic, ‘have-me-now’ kind of chemistry, but the sweet, comfortable, ‘I’m-in-love-with-my-best-friend’ kind of chemistry. Which is adorable to watch, and a source of envy for all single people everywhere. While I was never convinced why Shin fell for Kyu Won, in the end I was convinced that he had fallen for her- which is all that really matters I guess.

4 open eyes + 0 movement = Most awkward kiss ever

No Lag:

There’s not really any plot beyond the main relationship. At all. And yet, the drama never gets outright boring. There’s always enough of something going on that’s it’s easy enough to be distracted. Perhaps it was because I went in expecting nothing, so the fact that I wasn’t bored to tears was enough of a highlight.

The Music:

Being a music drama, thankfully the music was good. Being a huge CNBLUE fan, it was unlikely that I wouldn’t enjoy the music. There’s even some F. T. Island in there. It’s a fangirl’s fanstasy. Yong Hwa has an amazing voice and it’s delightful and magical and wonderful and everything you want in a man’s voice.

Yeah! 50% of CNBLUE!

Park Shin Hye’s got a good voice as well, and it melds with Yong’s beautifully. I wasn’t a huge fan of the modern-traditional music mix, but it wasn’t awful either. It does help Yong’s not-so-spectacular acting to be able to add some ‘wow’ to the drama when he sings. As dead-pan as his acting can sometimes be, he never appears more brutally honest and completely captivating than when he’s singing.

What Wasn’t:

Weak Antagonists:

Oh good grief. K-Drama rom-coms just don’t really know how to do villains. It shouldn't be an amazing thing to have a strong character oppose our main characters. But it is. And we don’t get any amazement here.

Do us all a favor and choke.

Our main antagonists are: Han Hee Joo, Han Hee Joo’s mum, and Im Tae Joon. Han Hee Joo just comes across as self-centred and wilful. There’s not a lot going on below the surface and she actually doesn’t do very much. Hee Joo’s mum is just controlling and no one knows why. It’s obvious she’s not acting out of an innate desire for what’s best for her daughter- so why is she doing this? Who knows, because we never get anything close to an explanation. And then there’s Im Tae Joon, who appears to like nothing more than to be contrary. Siding with Hee Joo’s mum didn’t seem to benefit him at all, except that he had some vaguely explained dislike towards the Director and didn’t want anything to go the Director’s way. He was just small and petty. Not scary.

He's only a jealous dude

Weak Support:

To go along with our poor antagonists we have some badly constructed support characters. I’ve really said all I have to say about Hee Joo above, so I’ll move on.

Cute as he may be, I don't actually believe anyone that dumb exists

Min Hyuk’s character Joon Hee just became painful to watch. He started out as carefree and adorable, and seemed to have something more going on beneath the surface, and have a little bit of brains at least. But by the end he was nothing more than an idiot sitting on a b*tchy girl’s porch. It was unbelievable and frustrating that he didn’t fess up to being with Hee Joo when she missed the call for the sponsor performance. It’s obvious that he cares deeply for Hee Joo (as deeply as his one brain cell allows), but it’s also obvious that he cares deeply for both Shin and Kyu Won. It didn’t make a lot of sense why he chose her over them, apart from the very obvious explanation that he’s just plain retarded. Also I just didn’t dig him and Hee Joo together at all. Right ‘til the end I was waiting for him to realise Cha Bo Woon had loved him and respected him all along. But no. And what a waste of talent for poor Lee Hyun Jin! His character Hyun Ki Young was set up to be some sort of important game-changer, but he just fell away to the side. He had a weird and unexplored relationship with the director, and a weird unexplored relationship with Hee Joo. I honestly wonder why his character was necessary at all, because sadly- he added nothing to the story beyond his killer voice and nice abbs.

Aww sweetie...did you think you'd be important?

Weak Conflict:

Nothing happens. With weak antagonists it’s unlikely to have a strong plot, so it’s not all that surprising that there wasn’t a lot of meat to this drama. I’m just going to ignore the mildly incestuous parent-romance because we’re all going to agree that it just never happened. Okay? Moving on. The whole portion about the musical was nice, but more or less conflict free.

Though this cover for Park Shin Hye's injury did flow pretty seemlessly

The biggest drama in the series came from the mish-mash of feelings going on between the four main leads. It was heartbreaking to watch Shin be constantly rejected and it was heartbreaking to watch Kyu Won see Shin strive on despite his rejections.

Are we just gonna go ahead and ignore this? Oh, okay whatever.

For a moment there it seemed as though the show was going to take advantage of the confusing emotions of these characters and have it as a continuing theme to add a bit of tension, but it just didn’t happen. The Director only looks at the stupid ballerina and clears up any misunderstandings and chances for unclear feelings far too early on. The hotel scandal in the second half should have been the biggest controversy ever, but that’s brushed to the side in less than an episode. Student possibly boning a teacher in order to get the main lead in a musical? Meh. Young boy won’t confess he was with some girl for 30 minutes? OH MY GOD CALL THE PRESS WHAT A SCANDAL.

So. Yi. Hyun:

I don’t like her. I just don’t. She’s not bad to look at I suppose, but she can’t act her way out of a paper bag. There are literally thousands of Korean actresses who can actually put on a convincing performance- so why wouldn’t you choose one of them? I just…I can’t even. Aish. Also her character just plain sucked. After the initial Shin crush, apart from being paired with the Director she added nothing to the show. And yet we kept seeing her. No, no- writers get her off my TV.

Barf.

NO CAMEO?!:

How can you have a drama with two CNBLUE boys and not have the others make a teeny appearance? It’s just not fair. This whole drama was basically about bringing fans’ Yong Hwa X Shin Hye fantasies to life- but you couldn’t slap Lee Jong Hyun in there for a minute? Boooo.

                            ↑               Right where Lee Jong Hyun should be standing. 

Re-watch?

No. It threatened to be boring the first time around, so I wouldn’t risk a second. Also- I just plain don’t want to watch it again. I adore Jung Yong Hwa, but even still. It’s not a bad drama, it’s not a good drama. I would only recommend it to you if you were already a Yong Hwa/Park Shin Hye fan.

Most awkward kiss ever - 4 open eyes = Still pretty awkward