Actually most K Dramas run way over the necessary length and you just end up watching endless repetitive filler convos as the writers desperately try to fill up 16 hours.
There has only been one great K Drama that also required the full length to complete the story satisfactorily, and this one was definitely not it.
Initially I found the male lead to present as a high performing ASD person. His movements around people, his lack of reaction and empathy, his plastic features were disconcerting to say the least. As the show progressed I saw some progression but the character revelations of the story did not support his acting choices so perhaps he just is a bad actor? His future girlfriend was much more animated and expressive but over time she got a bit annoying. Not to mention as stated, the endless convolutions of their romance, unecessary dialogue, issues and false starts. At least we were lead to assume they actually had sex, which in general is something you rarely see in these prudish K Dramas.
The second leads were more interesting and had much better chemistry, but once you actually tried to figure out the gibberish passing for romantic illusion and intrigue, it became a lot of eye rolling bunk.
Just writing this review I get irritated as to the time I wasted on this show. All the frineds and family of the main characters were ok but often superfluous. The one interesting plotline that involved the male lead was the violence in Korean sports programs seen in the mistreatment of athletes and finally the oppressiveness of the system that keeps that dynamic going. Unfortunately it kind of petered out and got subverted by the machiavellian machinations of the pater familias. Not to mention some pseudo plotlines that come and go within a few episodes, again filling time and giving false anticipation.
Honestly, if you have to, watch the first 8 episodes then skip to the last 2. You'll get the whole show without wasting too much time.
There has only been one great K Drama that also required the full length to complete the story satisfactorily, and this one was definitely not it.
Initially I found the male lead to present as a high performing ASD person. His movements around people, his lack of reaction and empathy, his plastic features were disconcerting to say the least. As the show progressed I saw some progression but the character revelations of the story did not support his acting choices so perhaps he just is a bad actor? His future girlfriend was much more animated and expressive but over time she got a bit annoying. Not to mention as stated, the endless convolutions of their romance, unecessary dialogue, issues and false starts. At least we were lead to assume they actually had sex, which in general is something you rarely see in these prudish K Dramas.
The second leads were more interesting and had much better chemistry, but once you actually tried to figure out the gibberish passing for romantic illusion and intrigue, it became a lot of eye rolling bunk.
Just writing this review I get irritated as to the time I wasted on this show. All the frineds and family of the main characters were ok but often superfluous. The one interesting plotline that involved the male lead was the violence in Korean sports programs seen in the mistreatment of athletes and finally the oppressiveness of the system that keeps that dynamic going. Unfortunately it kind of petered out and got subverted by the machiavellian machinations of the pater familias. Not to mention some pseudo plotlines that come and go within a few episodes, again filling time and giving false anticipation.
Honestly, if you have to, watch the first 8 episodes then skip to the last 2. You'll get the whole show without wasting too much time.