Mr Queen

 Mr Queen

8.5/10

Mr Queen

Genre:                                       Episodes: 20                         Year: 2021

Romance

Comedy

Historical

Synopsis:

A male chef, Jang Bong Hwan, works at the President’s Blue House. After an accident he wakes to find himself inside the body of Queen Kim So Yong in the Joseon period, who is wife to King Cheoljong who is remembered in history as an ineffective king who was beheaded for treason.

Cast:

Shin Hye Sun (Kim So Yong)

Kim Jung Hyun (King Cheoljong)

Na In Woo (Kim Byeong In)

Seol In Ah (Jo Hwa Jin)

Bae Jong Ok (Queen Suwon)

Cha Chung Hwa (Court Lady Choi)

Chae Seo Eun (Hong Yeon)

Yoo Min Kyu (Prince Youngpyeong)

Lee Jae Won (Director Hong)

Kim In Kwon (Royal Chef Man Bok)

Jo Yeon Hee (Queen Dowager)

Kim Tae Woo (Kim Jwa Geun)

General Thoughts:

And another year is off to a good start! A really good start! I thought this show was going to be a little piece of silliness that ran out of steam halfway through, so hearing that the ratings kept increasing really surprised me. But now I can see why!

This was a great dose of humour I didn't realise I needed

There have been some belated issues with the show- after ‘Joseon Exorcist’ was cancelled due to historical inaccuracies, ‘Mr Queen’ started to get accused of the same sorts of things. As a non-Korean I can’t really comment on these sort of inaccuracies as my knowledge of actual historical events is extremely limited, so this review won’t really be able to touch on those aspects of the drama. While not a whole lot really went on in this show, watching Bong Hwan have to adapt to living not only in the Joseon era, but also in a female body was really fun.

Bong Hwan's internal conflict was quite fun

 I was a little nervous about how they were going to handle the romance (because we all knew there was going to be romance), but I was surprisingly satisfied with the way the writers managed to pull it off. Having Bong Hwan and Kim So Yong almost start to fuse together by having So Yong’s memories come back to Bong Hwan was an interesting way to have the romance start to have some serious footing. As So Yong was already in love with Choljong before Bong Hwan possessed her, this was an easy explanation to accept why Bong Hwan, a previous womaniser, was starting to develop romantic feelings for the king- a man. I also think the show handled the romance well from the King’s perspective as well. I always find that it can be tricky to have a main character start the show in love with someone who isn’t the other lead, but the writers did a great job at showing how Cheoljong’s feelings for Hwa Jin were diminishing while feelings for his Queen were growing. A great part of that was trust and communication. Hwa Jin stopped communicating with the King and started acting on her own for what she thought was best. This opened the door for the King to realise just how willing and able So Yong was to helping him and gave the initial opportunity for feelings of trust, security and eventually romance to start to develop. The gradual shift in emotions between the two leads was extremely smooth, and it is a great credit to the writers that Cheoljong never came off as a two-timer despite him being…kinda a two-timer.

So Yong's sass was also top level

The plot for ‘Mr Queen’ was overall pretty simple- the King is trying to gain power in order be a King that benefits the people of his country, and in doing so he must dismiss all the corrupt officials. And then Bong Hwan is thrown into the Queen’s body to complicate things a bit. I think the simplicity of the plot is actually what worked in the show’s favour. I was never confused about who the characters were or what their agendas were- I could simply enjoy watching the tug of war between the Cho and Kim clan, with So Yong being stuck in the middle as a member of the Kim clan, but also the King’s wife.

Every costume in this drama was on point

The plots going on in the palace could be overly simple, but it was entertaining to watch how So Yong was able to combat each issue and emerge victorious in her own way. I thoroughly enjoyed all the kitchen scenes and seeing how a modern day chef used their cooking ability to impress and amaze people in the Joseon era. It was a good way to remind us that despite how well So Yong was managing in the palace, she was actually an outsider and someone who didn’t belong. The kitchen scenes were a great source of humour, and I actually really liked all the characters that came to congregate there. At first I found the Royal Chef to be a bit abrasive, but I warmed up to him pretty quickly, and quite enjoyed his romance with Court Lady Choi. The acting was all really fabulous, and all the actors matched each others’ energy really well. After watching ‘Zombie Detective’ last year, I found out that I love Choi Jin Hyuk in comedy. In the starting episodes when we had Shin Hye Sun acting with Choi Jin Hyuk doing the internal monologues and voice-overs I was in absolute heaven. Shin Hye Sun brought a similar style of comedy that Choi Jin Hyuk had shown in the first episode that was set in the present day, and together the two really sold the idea of a male chef in a historical Queen’s body. I was a bit sad when we lost Choi Jin Hyuk as So Yong’s internal voice, but do agree that it was needed as a way to move the romance forwards. The supporting cast were all fabulous too- Bae Jong Ok did a phenomenal job as the Grand Queen Dowager- she could appear very threatening and cunning, but could also soften that hard edge so that her character could still fit in believably in a show that was heavy on comedy.

I also kind of loved that the political drama mainly centred around the female characters

I think being a villain in a comedy show can be tricky- if the villain is too threatening it takes away from the humour, but if they aren’t threatening enough then the plot can start to drag and lose momentum. Bae Jong Ok hit a great balance between the two and made an interesting antagonist for our main leads to fight against. Cha Chung Hwa was a particular stand out for me also. I tend to find over-acting for comedy a bit cringe inducing, but Cha Chung Hwa was able to push those boundaries a bit without her or her character becoming ridiculous.

Man, I did not expect this friendship but it was wonderful 

I thoroughly enjoyed the style of comedy that she brought to the show, and both her and Chae Seo Eun (who played Hong Yeon) were a great support to Shin Hye Sun and the tree made a great, hilarious team. While I wouldn’t say that Kim Byeong In was a character that made smart decisions in this drama, I did like the way that Na In Woo portrayed him. I feel a bit sad for him in that while almost every other character had a comedic edge, he (and also Seol In Ah as Hwa Jin) had to be almost completely serious. It’s not something that I consciously noticed while watching the drama, but looking back Na In Woo didn’t really get to trial out any comedy. That being said, he is a great emotional actor, and he bought a lot of depth to his character. While I thought Byeong In made a lot of unintelligent choices, the emotions that Na In Woo brought were always very real, and despite knowing that Byeng In was doing a dumb thing, I could believe Byeong In’s convictions behind his actions. There were a whole host of interesting and fun characters in this drama, and watching them all come together and interact was great to watch. The only downside I would say was Prince Youngpyeong who was far too serious for this show (and not in an okay and believable way like Byeong In). He was pretty bland and in the background for the majority of the show, but his severe and unwarranted distrust of So Yong in the later stages of the drama were a bit boring.

The Prince so didn't even need to be in story

By that stage So Yong had proven her loyalty to the King and his cause so many times that the Prince’s doubt of her was quite grating and made him a bit dislikable. Unfortunately I just didn’t think Yoo Min Kyu had the gravitas nor the raw emotional pull to really sell his love for Hwa Jin, so their whole reconciliation and love-line fell pretty flat at the end. 

What Was Great:

Leads:

Shin Hye Sun for me has always been bit like Seo Ye Ji. My mind has told me ‘wow, this is a very good actress’, but I have never been that excited seeing Shin Hye Sun’s name attached to a project, and I never suuuper warmed up to her or her characters (though I did like both her performance and her character in ‘Thirty but Seventeen'). But just like Seo Ye Ji blew me out of the water last year and made me fall in love with her in 'It’s Okay To not Be Okay’, so to did Shin Hye Sun here.

She brought SO much energy to the character and to the drama as a whole

This was a brilliant role for her. She felt like she had more fun in this role than she has previously, and the type of comedy in this show suited her acting talent really well. Shin Hye Sun manages to never really over-act anything, so I think bringing her in here for a role and situation that is inherently ridiculous helped to ground the comedy a bit and not make it seem too forced or far-fetched.

Watching them go from enemies to lovers was such a wild, fun rid

And that’s not to say that Shin Hye Sun was serious- far from it. She was very fun and much of the humour of the show stemmed from her character and her reactions and interactions with the other characters in the palace. She had wonderful chemistry with Cha Chung Hwa and Chae Soo Eun who played her Court Lady and Maid and the scenes that had the three of them together were truly enjoyable to watch. She also had great chemistry with Kim Jung Hyun which was good to see. Kim Jung Hyun can be really great as a romantic character, but I think he struggles if the actress with him isn’t up to scratch. The romance between So Yong and Cheoljong was very believable, which is a great feat considering that for most of the show’s run, So Yong was actually a man’s spirit/soul inside So Yong’s body. The dynamic between the leads was fun and filled with humour, but there was enough sincerity and emotion between the two that gave gravitas to their relationship, and the story as a whole. Kim Jung Hyun delivered a strong performance, and the slow reveal of his true colours to his Queen was lovely to watch unfold. He played both the ‘naive’ puppet king and the strong, scheming king well, and was able to really draw the audience into Cheljong’s struggles and help us viewers feel the weight of each of Cheoljong’s decisions. Individually the two leads were brilliant, and they were also brilliant on playing off each other and using each others’ strengths to really bring us a lively, fun show. 

Having them each become the other's biggest supporter was so lovely

Not So Serious Sageuk:

Ever since ‘Moonlight Drawn By Clouds’ was being promoted, I realised that I really wanted to watch a more light romance in a Joseon setting.

Can we have more like this please?

But barring short shows like ‘My Only Love Song’ and ‘Splash Splash Love’, all sageuk romances that I have watched seem to disintegrate into over-complicated palace plots of treason and ministers and boredom. Even ‘100 Days My Prince’ which told us it was going to be a fluffy rom-com ended up this way! And now finally, finally, I have a drama that has satisfied my craving. ‘Mr Queen’ wasn’t exactly a light drama, and there were certainly major plot points that revolved around politics, but for me it hit that perfect balance of silly and serious. It didn’t delve so far into the palace politics that we lost out on the romance or the fun happening between our leads or the other characters, but it also didn’t run out of storyline- the show never felt stagnant and there was always something happening in the plot that moved the story and the characters forward. This was a thoroughly enjoyable show from start to finish, and I think so much of that was due to the right tone and balance being found between the humour and the emotion of the story. 

What Wasn’t:

Second Leads Mentality:

I struggled a bit with getting to like the two second leads, Hwa Jin and Byeong In. While by the end of the show I really liked their trajectories and how their storylines both played out, I wasn’t 100% sold on how we got there.

Get it together, Byeong In

Because So Yong was such a fun character, at the start of the show it was a little easy to forget that the palace was a world where people are killed all the time for very inconsequential reasons. So of course Byeong In and Hwa Jin don’t want to trust anyone new and put themselves and the people they care for at risk.

Hwa Jin- guaranteed to make any situation worse

It was just a little frustrating as a viewer to watch how So Yong/Bong Hwan continuously did the right thing- she protected King Cheoljong and she always told Byeong In where her head and heart were at so he could never misunderstand. And yet Hwa Jin never trusted her and constantly thought So Yong was an emery, and Byeong In for some absurd reason known only to himself thought that killing the King would make So Yong safe and maybe even love him? Yeah he gets double stupid points for that one. The show managed to redeem Byeong In’s poor choices at the end where he ended up dying so So Yong could find the King and return to the palace, but unfortunately there was less of this for Hwa Jin. She is exiled from the palace because her character tries too hard to mess around in the King’s plan (and ends up putting him in more danger), and she just sort of seems to come around to So Yong not being an evil manipulator while she’s exiled. I maybe would have liked her to have had a bigger impact in the story towards the end, as her character just quietly diminishing, while great news on one hand due to the King not having to ditch So Yong for Hwa Jin anymore, did just kind of turn her into a lame character that didn’t really contribute much to Cheoljong’s victories. 

Recommend?

10000%. This drama is great and had the perfect balance of romance, comedy and political intrigue. 

It's been a while since I've enjoyed a rom-com this much

Thirty But Seventeen

Thirty But Seventeen

7/10

Thirty But Seventeen

Genre:                                                  Episodes: 16                                        Year: 2018

Romance

Comedy

Synopsis:

Woo Seo Ri is a promising young violinist who has just been accepted into a music school in Germany. After a freak accident, Seo Ri is left comatose, and wakes up 13 years later only to find she has been abandoned by her family. While visiting the house she used to live in, Seo Ri meets Gong Woo Jin, a man who refuses to form personal connections after an accident in his past left him traumatised. 

Cast:

Shin Hye Sun (Woo Seo Ri)

Yang Se Jong (Gong Woo Jin)

Ahn Hyo Seop (Yoo Chan)

Ye Ji Won (Jennifer)

Jo Hyun Shik (Han Seok Soo)

Lee Do Hyun (Dong Hae Bum)

Gong Eu Gene (Kang Hee Soo)

Yoon Sun Woo (Kim Hyung Tae)

Wang Ji Won (Kim Tae Ri)

Ahn Seung Kyun (Jin Hyun)

General Thoughts:

This is an interesting drama, in that it makes me feel almost the exact opposite of the last drama I watched, ‘100 Days My Prince’. While I arguably enjoyed ‘100 Days’ a tad more and was instantly drawn to it’s characters, it left me feeling pretty disappointed in the story it chose to tell and the way the show wrapped up.

I can't even remember the last time (if ever) the ending has been one of my favourite parts of a drama

‘Thirty But Seventeen’, on the other hand, took it’s time telling the story it wanted to tell, and did so confidently. While I wasn’t instantly drawn to the characters or felt their chemistry particularly strongly, by the time this drama came to a close I realised that I loved the story it was telling, the way it told it, and even (gasp) the ending- how rare!

If we could not act as if teens have the maturity of a 5 year old that would be fab

I had small complaints along the way, but at the end of the day, this drama remained consistent and true the whole way through, and I ended up surprisingly enjoying the journey, even though I had criticised it here and there. One of my small complaints in this drama is that I didn’t exactly buy Shin Hye Sun’s performance. I’m pretty sure (but not certain) that this is her first leading role, and it was a tricky one to start with. I think it was a combination of the way the character was written as well as the way Shin Hye Sun acted her out that made me a little put off. Seo Ri was unconscious for 13 years and woke up technically an adult, when for her she was still a teenager. I felt a bit like the writer made Seo Ri seem even younger in order to try and sell that she had lost so much time. However I thought that both the written Seo Ri and the Seo Ri that Shin Hye Sun delivered seemed much younger than 17. Like Chan said at one point- she seems seven, not seventeen. While teenagers have a certain immaturity to them, I don’t believe that they’re as childlike as the Seo Ri that this drama gave us. That being said, once I got my head around how our heroine was going to be and got used to the way Shin Hye Sun was playing her, I did warm up to the character.

She was sweet in a stupid kind of way

While I probably wouldn't go as far as to say that I believe Seo Ri is a person who might actually exist, I did believe that she was a person that could exist in this separate drama world that was created in this show. In contrast, Woo Jin was a very realistic character who was easy to sympathise with. Isolated and warm aren’t words you’d usually use to describe the same character,

A small part of me did miss the bearded hobo look

but that’s definitely how you’d describe Woo Jin. It was interesting to see how his disconnection was a front that he had to actively work to maintain. Usually drama characters are shown as unconsciously and unwillingly isolated from the world around them due to their trauma, so Woo Jin was an extremely fresh character to have. I loved how it wasn’t necessarily the accident that triggered his desire to stay separate from the world around him, but his fear of something similar happening again. His trauma felt layered and real, and so much more detailed than the usual ‘we need to make our hero seem different and interesting- let’s give him a trauma!’ that you usually get in K-Dramaland. His fear and guilt were so obvious and understandable to us viewers, so it didn’t seem strange when Woo Jin’s natural warm and caring nature started to show through. It wasn’t a sporadic character change, but rather when that fear and self-inflicted detachment fell away, we saw that this compassionate person was who Woo Jin really was. It helped that we saw glimmers of this in the way Woo Jin treated his nephew Chan (and even his dog), before his warm persona started coming out around Seo Ri.

It's doubly cute that the nephew is taller than the uncle

Yang Se Jong acted Woo Jin so wonderfully- I was a little iffy about it at first as I didn’t feel like I was loving Woo Jin the way I was supposed to, but as soon as Yang Se Jong acted out Woo Jin’s first real moment of pure fear and sadness I was totally sold. I might not have bought him completely in the more comedic moments, but boy does that man know how to bring the emotions in.

I already really wanted to watch 'Duel', but know reeaally want to watch it

And hard. It was like I didn’t even notice how much I cared for Woo Jin until Yang Se Jong acted out his complete and utter brokenness, and then I realised how much I wanted him and Seo Ri to work through their joint pain and find happiness together. Chan was honestly such an endearing character, and Ahn Hyo Seop was the perfect actor to play him. To start with, Ahn Hyo Seop has that perfect loveable young guy face, and he was able to project Chan’s youthful innocence in a way that didn’t make him seem too young (the way that Seo Ri sometimes came across). What was so wonderful about Ahn Hyo Seop, is that he was also able to convey Chan’s maturity. While most of the time Chan was a charming, albeit childish student, in the times where Woo Jin was struggling, Ahn Hyo Seop was so good at showing how Chan had been forced to mature a little earlier than other kids his age so that he could take care of his uncle. It was a maturity that felt like it had been forced upon him rather than one that came naturally, and the way that this was so perfectly acted out helped shape both Chan and Woo Jin’s characters.

Our poor muppet has spent so much of his life worrying about his Uncle

It provided insight into the stress and worry that Chan had for his uncle in those 13 years of Woo Jin’s suffering that we didn’t see on screen. I appreciated that the show went an extra step further to show that Woo Jin’s trauma and subsequent withdrawal from the world didn’t hurt only him, but also those around him. Unlike Seo Ri and Woo Jin who were emotionally stuck at the age of seventeen due to the accident, it felt like Chan had to mature and grow up faster in order to care for Woo Jin. Even though Chan wasn’t directly impacted by the accident,

This show sure wasn't short on character growth

or even knew of its occurrence, he still lost time in his own way by losing that naivety and innocence of believing that the person caring for him would always be okay enough to continue caring for him. Even though Seo Ri and Woo Jin’s conflicts were the centre of the drama, I don’t think the story would have been complete without including Chan- and I’m endlessly glad that they made his character more than just the loveable donsaeng with a doomed noona-crush. While our two main leads certainly had their fair share of angst, I found that the most heartbreaking character in this drama was actually Jennifer. From the start, the show dropped small hints that there was more to the housekeeper than she was letting on. Ye Ji Won always does a great job at making her characters extremely unique without being too out there. Originally I thought that Jennifer was perhaps a bit too quirky to be real, but as she spent more time on screen and I got used to her behaviours, it became more apparent that her eccentricities were a cover for her grief and her guilt. Ye Ji Won was exceptionally good at being able to play Jennifer’s behaviour for both comedic and emotional purposes, so that her book quotes and apparent emotionlessness came across as either completely hilarious or completely heartbreaking.

Aaaaaand some more character growth over here

Overall I loved Jennifer’s involvement in the story, how she was always there to help and heal these two childlike adults whose lives were uprooted by the same accident that destroyed hers, and how those she had loved and encouraged were able to help and heal her in the end. The side characters were all sweet and delightful (except for Chan’s fangirl who’s inclusion in the story I question). I always love stories that are about a bunch of strangers becoming a family, and while these characters weren’t all strangers, watching their family bond grow was still charming and fun.

What Was Great:

Healing:

This drama has no big stakes. It’s fairly relaxed throughout, and while at times I did find that made the drama feel slow moving, the overall satisfaction the show gave outweighed the occasional slow momentum.

Without a doubt, this is a feel-good drama

There was no ultimate conflict in this drama. The big event that happened in this drama occurred right at the start- the bus accident that killed Jennifer’s husband, Seo Ri’s friend, and put Seo Ri in a coma. After that it was really all about the pain each of our characters had after that catastrophic event, and how they each learned to live with it. Seo Ri lost her youth along with her chance of becoming a world-renowned violinist.

Two gold stars for your lack of Noble Idiocy

As much as her story was about falling in love with Woo Jin, it was also about her coming to terms with the person she was in the present. She had to give up her dream of being a professional violinist and find a new path that was available to her. While Woo Jin, Chan and Jennifer were all there to support her and love her, it was ultimately Seo Ri’s own decision of how she would live her life from then on out. I can’t tell you how much I loved that Seo Ri didn’t take the usual K-Drama route (which I totally expected she would) and go off to Germany to study music for a year. Not only was Seo Ri’s decision to stay in Korea and work towards becoming a music therapist rewarding for the viewers (because I think we all hate it when our couple get together just to be separated for some reason right at the end), it was also satisfying on a story-telling front, and showed just how much Seo Ri had grown over the course of the drama. Seo Ri was able to realise that while studying in Germany was a dream she had held for a long time, it was no longer what she wanted.

Quite frankly, I wasn't all that interested in the music side of things anyway

Her realisation of the future she dreamed of for herself and her decision to remain in Korea with the people she cared about showed great maturity, and was a logical, reasonable conclusion for Seo Ri’s story. There’s so much pressure nowadays to take a path of delayed gratification where you work really hard and deny yourselves of life’s small pleasures in order to achieve your dream or earn success.

Bonus gold star for recognising happiness as its own success

While I’m not saying this is a bad way to live, it certainly does open the way for anxiety and depression. If your life takes a small detour on the path you’ve set up for yourself, or if after all that work and deprivation you haven’t arrived at your goal, well…you’re not going to feel all that great. The world seems to encourage the idea the we should put off doing the things we like and save them for after we’ve achieved ‘success’, and that not doing so is lazy and self-indulgent. It was nice to watch a show that took the opposite stance- saying that it’s important to take life at your own time. There’s no singular timeline that we should all follow, and it’s important to take the time to be happy with who you are, who you’re with, and what you’re doing in the present. Seo Ri felt flustered and rushed after losing so much of her time, but I think it was an important and meaningful decision for her to choose to live the way that made her happiest- not the way that promised the most money or most success. Chan too had a similar choice to make, and after watching him spend so much time trying to be mature and responsible for Seo Ri and Woo Jin, it was nice to see him choose to live and train with his friends while he could, and not rush into trying to be an ‘adult’ as quickly as possible. 

No Villains:

It almost seems like this should be a negative point, but it’s actually part of what made this drama so charming.

There was something nice about everyone being nice

There’s no ultimate evil that our characters have to defeat, no snarky second lead that needs their comeuppance, no terrible characters that need their retribution. Each and every character in this show was just trying to make their way through life as best they could.

Everyone had their own issues

Each character had to deal with their own challenges and insecurities, and each character learned from their mistakes. Tae Rin was being set up to be a typical jealous character, so it was a nice turn when the writers chose to not push her down that path. We were given just enough to show that Tae Rin had her own stressors and pressure, and she was never downright malicious- she was simply jealous in a very human way. Once she started focusing on what she did well and the things she could do moving forwards, her negative feelings towards Seo Ri fell away, and she was just left with respect for a girl that had once been an outstanding violinist who was trying to find her feet after her life was derailed. Even Seo Ri’s Uncle, who seemed like he was going to be set up as the drama’s major villain, ended up just being a man who tried his hardest to support his family after tragedy struck. While in some dramas not having any antagonistic characters might be a downfall, I think it was to this drama’s benefit that all of its characters were presented as humane, realistic and understandable. 

What Wasn’t:

Holding Back:

All my teeny tiny complaints that I was able to make throughout this drama all pretty much came down to one thing- not a hell of a lot happened in the middle of this drama. The beginning was pretty action packed as we started off with the accident that impacted on all of our different characters. Then we moved on to the aftermath and watch our characters meet each other and start to develop their relationships. And then…nothing much.

I mean the character development was great, but some answers would have been cool

Seo Ri has some issues with realising that her skills have suffered during her unconsciousness. Woo Jin has some issues with his guilt. Chan has a noona crush. The show only had a few mysteries in it and it held onto those right until the end. The show teased Woo Jin finding out that Seo Ri was the girl he thought he’d killed SO many times, that I stopped believing it.

And I still don't get why Aunt had to ditch Seo Ri after Uncle died

Take Seo Ri going into the shed where Woo Jin’s drawing of her is- I should feel some tension here but I don’t, because something is obviously going to happen at the last minute to stop her from finding said drawing. Just like the last 500 times they’ve come close to finding out who the other is. It was a similar thing with Jennifer’s identity. The show seemed to be dropping ‘clues’ as to how Jennifer was involved, but all it was really doing was giving information we already knew. Wow- Jennifer might have some connection to the accident? Well that’s obvious because we’ve already seen her at the hospital during the aftermath. And again with Seo Ri’s Aunt. So, so, so, so, so many times they came close to crossing paths and just didn’t. So I kinda stopped caring. I’d been teased so many times that I stopped sniffing that candy the show was trying to taunt me with. Give it to me or don’t, I’m fine either way now. To be fair, when Woo Jin finally realised who Seo Ri was, and Jennifer's whole story was finally revealed, and Seo Ri finally met her Aunt, I enjoyed the way the story played out. I just found myself wishing that the show hadn’t decided to keep all its cards right to the end, and had spread some of the interest in the middle-stage of the drama.

Recommend?

If you’re in the mood for a slow, thoughtful drama, and don’t mind a story taking its time being told, this is a sweet drama that you’d probably enjoy.

Quirky yet loveable characters for a quirky yet loveable drama