March and April 2024 Drama Reviews May 1, 2024

March and April 2024 Drama Reviews

Wedding Impossible

This drama is about A-Jeong (Jun Jong-Seo) who has been working as a extra in dramas and movies for many years and has been waiting for her big break without much success. She has a friend Lee Do-Han (Kim Do-Wan) who she has known since high school and he is a son of the LJ Group and his grandfather wants him to take over the company and to get married. Lee Do-Han doesn’t want to get married and asks his friend A-Jeong to take on the role of his wife and help disrupt his grandfather’s plans. The one problem is Do-Han’s brother Lee Ji-Han who wants his brother to take over the company so she tries to disrupt the marriage between his brother and A-Jeong.

I didn’t like this drama and found it to feel illogical and boring most of the time. The only parts of the drama that were entertaining and interesting was when A-Jeong was working as a extra on different sets and was using her special skills to do the roles. It was just weird Lee Do-Han has this big secret that he doesn’t want anyone to know and because of this he doesn’t to take over the company and really all he had to do was tell his secret to his grandfather and it would have solved the problem. It felt like most of the plot was unnecessary and superfluous and it wasn’t fun or exciting either. I did not find the love story to be interesting or compelling and I didn’t really feel the chemistry between the characters either. They would just randomly follow each other around and even the characters motivation and thoughts didn’t really feel like they made sense or felt right.

I feel like just because a webtoon does well doesn’t mean that if they decide to make it into a drama will automatically mean success especially if they aren’t following the webtoon closely. They seem to think as long as they have the support from the webtoon they can just do whatever they want and people will watch it. I haven’t read the webtoon but I am assuming they didn’t follow the webtoon closely. I feel like even though dramas will have the same type of tropes like the rich guy/poor girl story lines for example it was still enjoyable to watch. This somehow couldn’t even bring met the simple joys of watching fun tv tropes. The script was bad and the acting was much better so I wouldn’t recommend this drama.

Branding in Seongsu

It is about a woman who is a marketing team leader and is a cold woman that excels in her job and after an incident she clashes with her intern who is the opposite of her and they end up switching bodies. I had to quit this drama after a few episodes it was just too much for me when they started working on s*x toys. They really were trying to be liberal with this drama and that might be because it is a online streaming service but it was gross to me. I can have tolerance for cheesy acting or storylines but when it gets perverted I am going to drop the drama. Also the story line was really boring like they have so much to work with and funny scenarios of switching bodies and for some reason they made it so bland. I didn’t like anything in this drama from the few episodes that I watched. I do not recommend!

Don’t Dare to Dream/ Jealousy Incarnate

I watched this drama even though it was an older drama from 2016. It stars Pyo Na-Ri (Kong Hyo-Jin) who is a weather caster that wants to take her last chance of becoming an anchor and she runs into her old crush Lee Hwa-Shin (Cho Jung-Seok) who has come back from abroad and will be back at the station again. They meet in the hospital and she helps him through his health crisis and in the process she meets his rich and caring friend Ko Jung-Won (Ko Kyoung-Pyo) who she starts to date. Even though this is an older drama it was so entertaining and interesting that it is still worth watching. It felt like a refreshing drama to watch since it has an interesting love triangle that is full of comedy and interesting characters. I never got bored with this drama even though it had 24 episodes.

The only thing that is a bit hard was Lee Hwa-Shin’s character is very much a jerk at the beginning of the drama and it is a bit hard to understand his character and I have hard time rooting for his character. I feel like he could have matured a bit more in this drama but he does mature somewhat throughout this drama. I also love the friendship between Hwa-Shin and Jung-Won and how the immaturity between each other also leads to growth by the end of the drama. The love triangle felt a bit fresh then most dramas and how they dealt with it and I found it entertaining.

I think it is important to note that people can grow but that doesn’t always mean that they can completely change into what you want. I think growth and helping someone to grow isn’t the same as trying to change someone into someone that you need. I really loved the comedy in this drama it is hard to find good romantic comedies that are actually funny. All the characters are interesting and add a lot to the drama. I would highly recommend this drama and I don’t really have anything bad to say about this drama.

My Dearest 1 and 2

This drama is about the Qing invasion during Joseon period that happened in 1637. It stars Yoo Gil-Chae (Ahn Eun-Jin) who is a carefree young noblewoman that has all the confidence in the world and even though all the men in the village think she is beautiful the one man she wants she cannot have as he is engaged to her friend. She meets Lee Jang-Hyun (Namkoong Min) a unique man that comes to their village and wants to settle down here for a while. Soon enough the invasion starts happening and Jang-Hyun may be the only man that Gil-Chae is able to rely on to get her through this tumultuous period.

The first episode or so I was not getting why this drama was so popular as the characters seemed somewhat obnoxious to me but I realized this drama is going to be about growth. They had to start somewhere with the characters so we can realize how they are going to change. Also there was talk about how the drama was somewhat based on Gone with the Wind. So the drama starts off with the typical type of drama but when the invasion happens the drama takes a sharp turn and they have to deal with terrible circumstances and everything starts to feel more meaningful and interesting. Emotions and feelings become heightened and this is where we start to see growth and leadership and it gets interesting.

This is an epic type of drama that has many twists and turns throughout and has many exciting and touching moments and many heart breaking ones. I think this is one of best dramas that I have seen in a long time. I think though the ending felt a bit drawn out I think they could have just given us a happy ending sooner. I can’t say I really have much for complaints I think it was a great drama that I would highly recommend.

Three Dads

This is a Japanese drama that seems to be based on 3 men and a baby. It is about three men that live together as roommates and one day someone leaves a baby and a note saying to take care of him that he is the father. None of them know who the father could be so they decide to just take care of the baby in the meantime hoping the Mother will come back. It is a simple and silly drama that is more light hearted and cute with only 10 episodes. Honestly it doesn’t really make sense that they don’t do a paternity test immediately because I think in reality you would have done it right away. Also they do a weird documentary style with this drama which doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense but you can tell they aren’t taking it super seriously. I mean there are some serious moments within the drama and the baby is adorable. The ending is pretty decent and I was still surprised with how it all ends so it a interesting, easy going type of drama. Not really the best drama but it was somewhat entertaining.

My Boss

This is a Chinese drama about Cheng Yao who is a new lawyer and gets an amazing job at a top lawyer firm and when she moves into her new apartment she finds out that the apartment has also been rented out to her new boss Qian Heng. She is trying her hardest at work and then has to come home and deal with a stubborn and hard to deal boss at home. I typically don’t really love modern Chinese dramas because they aren’t that well done but this one had some charm that made me want to keep watching. It is a typical love story that doesn’t really have anything that different or new but I guess I enjoyed watching the two leads. I have to say the character Cheng Yao I felt was somewhat annoying especially I found it hard to believe that she was professional lawyer most of the time. I wish they could have portrayed her as a more intelligent and professional because it felt like she seemed too childish at times. I think it a nice fluffy type of drama but I also wasn’t expecting much from this drama and thought it was decent for a Chinese modern style of drama.

Amidst a Snowstorm of Love

This is another Chinese drama that was getting quite a bit of hype so I thought I would also check out another modern drama. It is about Yin Guo who is a professional billiards player that decided to join a tournament in Hel and goes with her brother. In the middle of snowstorm she meets Lin Yi Yang who lives there helps them get a taxi and they make a connection with each other. As they spend more time with each other it is discovered that Lin Yi Yang has a deep history with billiards and is considered a genius in the sport.

This drama has a totally different feel then the typical modern Chinese drama and I think this is why it was getting a lot of attention. I think this drama at times is more about what is not being said between the characters and focuses more on the chemistry of the characters. I think that is what keeps the mystery and intrigue of the characters because they don’t talk much and it feels mysterious. You have to pay attention to the looks and body language and picking up silent cues. I mean at times I was so frustrated watching them on the screen because I’m like just say something to him. He will ask her if she has any questions and she never asks them and I am screaming like just ask him anything. Please just even ask what he is studying in college. So I found it somewhat unrealistic because it is hard to have a relationship if you don’t talk and the awkwardness would just kill me.

I also really wished they would have explained the different rules of the billiards games. I don’t know anything about billiards and I found it confusing at times when watching the matches. Also the show is definitely slow going and the amount of naps that they have are actually crazy, they really should have cut down on episodes if they were just going to nap alone or together every episode. Yin Guo’s character also made me frustrated at times especially when they are dating and he tries to be affectionate with her and always turns her head when he tries to kiss her. I like how they tried to do something different but I think it could have definitely been improved upon with the script but I think it is worth checking out.

Upcoming Dramas

Lovely Runner

This drama is about a woman who goes back in time after her favorite kpop star has committed suicide. She goes back to when they were still in school and wants to do her best to help make sure that the accidents don’t happen and she wants to be able to change the future.

Missing Crown Prince

This drama is a historical drama about the crown prince that gets kidnapped by his future wife. They have to go on the run and they do so together and love will blossom between each other.

Hide

This drama is about a lawyer who’s husband goes missing and she is left with many questions in his stead and has to pick up the pieces that he left behind. She starts to question every aspect of her life that she shared with her husband.

February and March 2024 Drama Reviews March 13, 2024

February and March 2024 Drama Reviews

My Happy Ending

This drama is about Seo Jae-Won (Jang Na-Ra) who is a CEO of a successful furniture company and quite well known by the media. She really has a perfect life with her husband Heo Soon Young (Son Ho-Jun) who is so patient and understanding and their little girl. She works very hard at building her company that she even has a stalker and things start taking a dark turn when she starts getting attacked and doesn’t know who to trust anymore.

This drama started out so good and was so thrilling for the first half of the drama and it really made you think about who is betraying her and trying to ruin her. There are a few leads that you have to think about and I really loved how exciting and it just kept you somewhat confused with the different leads. I really wanted the drama to continue in the same fashion, but unfortunately, I guess they had to reveal things slowly and I feel like it really started to lose some of the freshness and excitement the drama had earlier. I really did not like who they made the mastermind of it at the end because the motive was pretty convoluted. It just didn’t make sense for this person to take things this far. It just seems like jealousy was a pretty weak angle that this person would do these things and it just didn’t line up in my head. Again this drama probably had too many episodes so they just kinda ran out of material and had to keep adding different scenarios.

I have to say that they did try to delve a bit into mental illness with this drama which I thought was interesting. I like that they did try to normalize going to get therapy and being on medication that is prescribed by a doctor. I feel like this is a touchy subject especially in South Korea and I liked they tried to show an individual that needs help, but yet can still function well with some support. It wasn’t a perfect portrayal, but I admire they tried to bring this subject to the forefront of the drama. It also shows that mental illness can be caused by trauma and things that are out of our control and that it is okay to go and speak to someone about your past and things that happened to you.

I thought this drama started out strong, got a bit lost, but was still a decent thriller drama!

Love Song For Illusion

The drama is about a crown prince Sajo Hyun (Park Ji-Hoon) who has an oppressive father who he watched kill a whole family so that he could become King. He has a hard time dealing with being the son that his Father wants and developed a second personality who he calls an evil spirit Ak-Hee. He gets switched with his personality every time he sleeps so he often avoids going to sleep as long as he can. It also stars Yeon Wol (Hong Ye-Ji) who is the sole survivor from her family that the current King exterminated. Her sole focus in life is to go and kill the king and avenge her family’s death. She comes across the Crown Prince and meets both personalities and Ak-Hee falls in love with her.

I thought this could be a fun drama about a man with two personalities, but unfortunately I did not find as fun as I thought it could be. It also really delved into the whole spiritual side of it being an evil spirit so I skipped over those parts quite a bit and yet funnily it seemed to have little impact in understanding the story line. I personally see the 2^nd personality as a version of Sajo Hyun that is brought out because he couldn’t deal with the trauma that his Father causes. It was a way to protect himself, he created his own protector. Honestly over time it was confusing who we were supposed to be cheering for because at times Sajo Hyun gets tiring and Ak-Hee seems so refreshing and it all gets mixed up over time. I would have preferred them acknowledging that Ak-Hee was just a part of Sajo and that it was okay for Yeon Wol to care about him as well. This drama was also just too long and they really dragged it out for the ending.

One good thing is that it a good ending, even though it seems like a rushed ending. It was strange because they had so much time to end it properly but for some reason didn’t want to do that. I feel like they should give us more time when the couple gets together at the end it also just seems to end before we can even see them together. Also it seemed a bit weird that the main lead had a wife and its kinda weird because it just seems to be somewhat ignored. As long as they don’t have a kid together and he ignores her then it is okay.

This is just a mediocre fantasy/romcom drama.

Kissing The Ring Finger

This is a Japanese drama about Ayaka Haneda (Kanna Hashimoto) who is considered to be a beautiful woman that men seem to all fall in love with but she comes from a large but poor family. Because all the men fall in love with her she struggles to keep a job for a long period of time as it causes problems in her workplace. She is newly hired as a wedding planner and meets Togo Nitta (Ryosuke Yamada) the CEO of her company and he proposes marriage to her.

So this is a typical drama where it is a contract marriage and of course they promise not to fall in love with each other, but we all know what is going to happen. There isn’t anything really that unique or different in this type of drama, but yet it is still a fun ride and it doesn’t get boring since there is only 10 episodes. I have to say the exaggerated acting that is common in Japanese dramas doesn’t seem to be too much in this drama. There was nothing super mind blowing about this drama but it a decent easy going watch!

Plus-Sized Misadventures in Love!

This is a Japanese drama that is about Yumeko who almost dies in accident and when she awakens she has no memories from her life and instead has a bubbly and happy personality. She has struggled with her looks and was bullied and when she loses her memory she is able to become happy to be herself and is bursting with confidence. I was a bit hesitant to watch this drama because I wasn’t sure if they were going to be making fun of her looks in this drama but I am glad I did check this drama out because it is so quirky and endearing!

I love Yumeko’s personality so much in this drama and she is just so lovely that you can’t help but just love her! It is so much fun to watch her and see how she approaches tough situations. It was short again with 10 episodes and I wish it was longer or they would make another season. It did have some dark moments as it touches on suicide and the struggles she faced with being bullied for her looks. The one thing was it has a bit of overacting in this drama but yet it somewhat seems to fit her character at times. I found this drama to be pretty heart warming and really enjoyed this short drama!

Derailment

This is a Chinese drama that is about Jian Xiao Yuan who finds herself stuck in a parallel universe. In her world she was from a rich family that didn’t lack anything and now has come to a place where she has absolutely nothing and when she tries to phone her Father she calls Qi Lian who seems to know who she is in this world. Qi Lian is looking for a friend that disappeared from this current world and figures Xiao Yuan is connected to this. I thought this was a interesting drama that really held my attention almost all the way through the 30 episodes. I find that it was a bit too long with too many flashbacks that I tend to fast forward through anyway.

I really enjoyed the actress that played Xiao Yuan and her performance and found the story to be really interesting how she always strives to do her best and figure out her problems. Even though it has the fantasy element I also enjoyed just watching the ordinary things like trying to excel in her job and I like how the main leads don’t really get together until later on. I find it gets so boring when the main leads get together to early and then there isn’t really anywhere to go, there is no tension.

So the ending and the truth is not what I expected and seems really different but I love the journey that you go on with the drama. I like dramas that make you think or have good plot twists and it feels that way because you spend so much time believing one thing about the characters and then the truth comes out and it is completely different and makes you look at the characters and something completely different. Sure there is some things that weren’t perfect in this drama but I thought it was a decent drama that kept me engaged until the end. I would recommend this drama if you like a good psychological drama with plot twists!

The Autumn Ballad

This is a Chinese, Historical drama that is about a young girl Qiu Yan who gets married and the groom dies before they even finish the ceremony and her life is being threatened that she caused his death and should be buried with him. She has to rely on a cold man who is a Duke named Lian Yi who is crafty and always has a motive for everything he does. Qiu Yan is a very interesting character as she is very smart and seems to be able to get herself out of situation using her brain. She meets Lian Yi who is able to see through all her clever schemes and the way she can manipulate the people around her. It is really a match of their wits and often they have to work together to both achieve their goals.

Watching the dynamics of them two is enough of a reason to check out this drama. This drama also never stops moving at a fast pace and I keep thinking things can’t get worse for the female lead and things just keep getting worse. This drama would surprise me all the time and the plot twists keep coming all the time. I really enjoyed the ride of this drama. Even with 34 episodes it didn’t really feel that long and I kept wanting to keep watching more of this drama. One thing I didn’t like was the ending, I get they are trying to make her a strong female lead that doesn’t really believe in love, but I really craved a good ending for the main leads. I wished they would have given us time with them as a couple. I would say it was a great drama except for the ending. I really thought there was great chemistry between the main leads and I thought this was a very good drama.

Upcoming Dramas

Wedding Impossible

This drama is about an actress that has worked as a extra for a long time without being recognized in the industry and is having a tough time. Her friend is back in town and he doesn’t want to get married to the woman that chaebol family picked out for him and doesn’t want to inherit the company so he wants to hire her to be his wife. His brother wants him to inherit the company so he wants to stop this marriage from happening.

Branding in Seongsu

It is about a woman who is a marketing team leader and is a cold woman that excels in her job and after an incident she clashes with her intern who is the opposite of her and they end up switching bodies.

December 2023 and January 2024 Drama Reviews January 13, 2024

December 2023 and January 2024 Reviews

A Good Day To Be A Dog

This drama is about Han Hae-Na (Park Gyu-Young) who is a young woman with a family curse that causes the people in her family including her to turn into a dog when they are kissed at midnight and then turn back into a human in the morning. The curse can only be lifted if the person kisses them in dog form but if they kiss a new person it will happen again. Hae-Na makes a drunken mistake and ends up kissing Jin Seo-Won (Cha Eun-Woo) who is a fellow teacher at the school and unfortunately he doesn’t seem to like Hae-Na very much. This drama is based off the webtoon with the same name. I have read the webtoon but it was a while ago and I don’t really remember too many details but this drama definitely felt different than the webtoon, at least to me.

This drama felt really dragged out to me and I think part of the problem was that it was only airing once a week and even missed a week at the beginning and then they seemed to make special episodes on top of it. I really don’t like when they do that and make these filler episodes and they also relied on a lot of flashbacks which I tend to skip over in all dramas. They seemed to hype up this drama to a ridiculous degree when it wasn’t anything that exciting or better than any other drama. I didn’t love the whole backstory of the curse story line, I thought the webtoon was much different in that area as well. I think they should have stuck more to the webtoon then invent their own story. I didn’t love the whole reincarnation plot in the drama and skipped over parts that I didn’t want to watch. For some reason I just had a hard time buying Cha Eun-Woo as a teacher when I have only seen him in roles where he is a student and for some reason I don’t know if it was his character but he seemed really stiff in his role. I noticed some people complaining about his acting skills and just relying on his good looks and that might be the case to some degree but I think it was partly the characters he is playing who are all aloof and don’t show much emotion.

I did enjoy the basic story line of the drama where she is trying to get him to kiss her as a dog and all the hi jinks that happen because of it and it is a very sweet type of romance. The story may flow better as well now that it has all aired and you don’t have to wait so long to get through the drama. It was interesting and the romance was sweet and funny. I thought it was decent drama but not worth the hype of it and had way too many flashbacks.

Perfect Marriage Revenge

This drama is based off a webtoon and it stars Han Yi-Joo (Jung Yoo-Min) who lives a pitiful life as she was adopted by parents that do not love her and treat her badly. She gets married to man that is actually in love with her sister and ends up getting into a car crash and dying but when she wakes up she realizes she has gone back in time and decides to take revenge on her adopted family and the first thing she does is approach Seo Do-Guk (Sung Hoon) and ask him to marry her. This drama is based off a webtoon and I think they stick pretty well to the general story of the webtoon but there is of course some differences but the big picture stays the same.

I think this drama did a good job of telling the story without becoming too over the top like a soap opera even though it definitely is more along the lines of that kind of drama. I liked how fast paced the drama was and there was no boring episodes as something was always happening and lot of plot twists. As I have read the webtoon I wasn’t as shocked by anything in the drama so I think it would be more fun and exciting if you didn’t know how things were going to turn out. The changes that are made I understand some of them because they didn’t have the time like a webtoon and had to speed things up or the character was a bit different because it would give a bigger plot twist later. I enjoyed the acting and the characters. I really don’t have any complaints or nothing stood out that bothered me about the drama. I thought the villains did a good job making us hate them and the main leads did a good job making us love them!

My only complaint was that the drama seemed too short on time like it was somewhat rushed through the drama but it was understandable! I wish the love story could be more developed like they would have more time to slowly open up their hearts to each other as it seemed like they needed more time to tell the story. I also don’t care when dramas need to go into supernatural, going to see a psychic or whatever you call them, I always skip over those parts.

Overall it was pretty good drama if you like romance, revenge and drama!

The Matchmakers

This drama is about Jung-Woo (Ro Woon) who is an intelligent young man that was the youngest to place first in the state examination but he was instead chosen to be husband to the Princess so he wouldn’t be allowed to participate in politics and then the princess ends up dying on her wedding day leaving him stuck unable to remarry or take a government post. It also stars Jung Soon-Deok (Cho Yi-Hyun) who is a widow in a very prominent family but secretly sneaks out and lives the life of a matchmaker under the pseudonym of Yeojoo-daek and has the reputation of being an excellent matchmaker. Jung-Woo gets roped into matchmaking some older sisters that have sworn off marriage and he recruits the help of Yeojoo-daek to help them do the impossible.

I thought it was a pretty interesting drama as it doesn’t just focus on the overthrowing of the King which what seems to be most historical type dramas focus on, I mean that is still a focus in this drama trying to choose the heir of the throne but I liked the whole matchmaking theme and it feels like a more interesting focus. I have to say the whole widow thing and devoting your life to serving the family is one of the most frustrating ideas to think about! I think how they dealt with the problem was stressful and really sad. I really liked the humor and the fun characters in this drama and made it really enjoyable to watch. I don’t know if I really thought there was much chemistry between the main leads, I don’t know why I wasn’t totally buying it but I seemed to enjoy the side characters love stories like the youngest sister’s romance and I also really liked Yeojoo-daek’s sister-in-law’s romance, they were really sweet.

There was also kinda of a controversial match that is made in the drama between a young man that is like 14 or 15 and the woman who was at least over 20. It was just too weird and I don’t like how they did that match, I know some people are saying that it was normal for a young man to get married young but I highly doubt they would be matched with someone older than them. Also I don’t understand why they wouldn’t have chosen the younger sister to be the one to end up with the young man? It would have been less disturbing in my mind. Not to mention the young man looked , sounded and acted much younger I would have thought he was like 12. I just don’t understand this type of writing it seemed highly unnecessary. Also it was kinda insulting when they are saying these men and women are so old and they are in their twenties, it was just laughable but again it was different times.

The ending was good and I was happy that it ended well but at the same time I expected the main lead characters would have had some secret plans and some well thought out plan to get out of the predicament. Instead it was just fly by the seat of my pants and if we die then we die. I was kinda disappointed that Jung-Woo who is supposedly the “smart” guy was doing something so reckless and not even trying to properly solve the problem. I also was confused how the evil character was barely punished even though they were committing treason. I just had higher expectations for the characters and writing of the story.

It was generally a good drama that has humor, romance and tension!

The Deal

This drama is about Lee Joon-Sung (Yoo Seung-Ho) who has lots of regrets and still has debt that he owes and meets up with his high school friend Song Jae-Hyo (Kim Dong-Hwi) who is also in trouble and needs money and he hatches a plan after a night of drinking with another high school friend Park Min-Woo (Yoo Su-Bin) to kidnap Min-Woo as he comes from a rich family.

This is a short series with only 8 episodes about 45 minutes so it isn’t a long series and it is a very tense action-packed type of drama. You keep thinking it can’t get worse than this and then it just keeps getting worse. It is a roller coaster of emotions and you can’t even root for the main characters of the drama and you aren’t even sure how to feel anymore by the end of it. It is definitely full of plot twists and turns. I think if you like thriller dramas you would definitely enjoy this drama. There are many times you think this is it they are going to finally get caught but yet it keeps going. I found Jae-Hyo’s motivation and ideals just don’t really make sense how does he think that he is going to become a doctor after all that has happened and I don’t think money will fix his problems. He really seems like the most delusional of the characters and is not thinking realistically at all.

I just didn’t care for all of the swearing and cursing in the drama it was really over the top for me. At times you just wanted to scream at the characters actions but I can’t say I was disappointed at the end and was actually surprised at how it could all turn out that way. I think if you can get past the cursing and violence it was interesting drama.

The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract

This drama is about Park Yeon-Woo (Lee Se-Young) in the 19^th century who is forced to get married by her family and ends up marrying a man that she knows and he tells her that he a heart disease and apologizes for his family’s deception and dies in front of her eyes. Yeon-Woo then gets kidnapped and gets thrown down a well and when she opens her eyes she is in water and the man who saves her looks like her husband Kang Tae-Ha (Bae In-Hyuk) and ends up asking her to get married to him because his bride has not shown up. She has appeared in present day and doesn’t understand how she has time traveled from her time.

I really enjoy time traveling dramas because it is so fun to see someone try and navigate modern times and it was fun for a while but she adjusted too well to the modern times. She had no problem wearing the modern clothes and all of a sudden can work in a modern office with computers and cell phones. No one was really teaching her anything and yet they didn’t want to spend anytime on that aspect of her character learning the modern ways. I think it would have been way more funny and enjoyable if they spent a little more time letting her get used to the modern tech stuff. It just felt a bit ridiculous as someone watching her having no problems fitting into the culture and actually succeeding on a huge scale.

I also found the plot holes to be aggravating in this drama, they just made up random rules and then all of a sudden those rules aren’t a problem anymore with no real explanation. The mysterious person that would keep showing up but was literally no help and gave them no advice was annoying. For some reason with the inevitable separation of the main couple I didn’t even feel sad for them or have an emotional reaction.It seemed to me that it wasn’t written in a way that I felt the strong emotional tug between the two characters and I felt more of a longing and emotional response to the 19^th Century couple. They really did the 19^th century Tae-Ha dirty though, he really got the short end of the stick and it made me frustrated and upset. The way they ended the 19^th Century storyline I kinda wanted to slap Yeon-Woo for the way she was acting. The plot hole of everyone from the past being in modern times which means there was 2 of everybody but Yeon-Woo and her maid. Why wasn’t there a modern version of Yeon-Woo if everyone else was around. I would have preferred if she never went back in the past but instead would have just fixed the problems in the present.

It wasn’t a sad ending at least but in some ways it didn’t seem like a happy ending in my mind either. Overall it was decent drama that kept me guessing and kept me interested all the way to the end.

Upcoming Dramas

My Happy Ending

It is about a woman who is a CEO of a very successful furniture company and has a wonderful family with her husband and child but she has troubles with a stalker. She find herself being physically attacked in her company and she starts to have doubts about the people around her. She doesn’t know who she can trust as people start acting and looking suspicious to her.

Love Song For Illusion

It is about a crown prince who has two different personalities that developed over the trauma of watching his Father overthrow the royal family that allowed him to become King. It is also about a young woman who vows to avenge her family killed by the King’s hands and she sneaks into the palace one night to assassinate the King but ends up becoming the Crown Prince’s concubine which is down by his different personality.