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favorite kdrama couples ~ weol ju & yi hon

once again, i wasn’t able to protect you. i’m sorry. 

Just weolju and manager gwi being such a cute art.

@triangularlily​ checking in super late because she forgot what day of the week it was.

It seems like skipping is the theme for all three of us this with this show. For me, I am seeing that there are parts/scenes I really like and others that I really do not. And those scenes that I really do not like I seem to be skipping through. There isn’t really a middle ground. For instance I loved the end of episode 4 when they show up to save Ye Eun and do that walk in and then beat everyone up, however I had to skip over the part where they were driving there because I don’t understand how causing the driver to drive recklessly will help them get there faster. I think it was supposed to be a joke but it comes off not funny at all to me when the kidnapping of Ye Eun is supposed to be an intense moment.

I think that is the biggest downfall of this show for me so far is that some of the ridiculous plot points and jokes take away from the overall story and tone. And you might ask me, “well aren’t you watching a kdrama?” Yes, and that is a fair question and I think it just comes down to the timing. It’s not that you can’t have a ridiculous plot or jokes, just figure out better timing. I know plenty of other movies/shows that manage to be very funny/ridiculous and yet intense/sad at the same time.

SMK’s Marie Has Some Thoughts About This One

A bunch of women thrown together for a top secret, desperately important mission.  The only issues are: only one of them actually seems to care and all three were coerced into actually doing it.

That was a pretty big record scratch moment for me.  It didn’t help that I came into the show totally wrong about the premise (like REALLY wrong).  I was expecting a ragtag group of women to find themselves and forge long lasting friendships with one another, type of story.  So far, that’s not the vibe at all.  Which is ok.  It’s kind of refreshing.  

Instead of sisterhood, we have three women in different life circumstances who aren’t bonding so much as they’re putting their heads down and getting the job done.  At least in my experience in the workplace, that’s been the norm, rather than the bosom buddies, you’re my sister from another mother kind of friendship that I see portrayed on tv more often, if women are given time to interact with each other meaningfully at all, that is.  And I like seeing that reality reflected on my screen.  What’s more, they screw things up.  They aren’t super spies, they’re normal humans in abnormal situations, being stretched a little past what they were hired and trained to do.  

Of course, there are hijinks, with the story being about spies, there must be hijinks.  Obviously, there’s tragic backstory that links all the main characters together.  What kind of self-respecting drama worth the name would skip that bit?  But for me at least, this boils down to a workplace and human drama, which is the kind of story I didn’t know I wanted but I’m glad I’m watching.  

Next up: @triangularlily or @dramajib who did indeed know what the drama was about when they started it lol.  

You say I knew what this drama was about @rocknghorss​ but I don’t know if I would have said that after reading the synopsis. My takeaway was some female leads, spies, and Choi Kang Hee which was enough for me to try it when @dramajib​ suggested it. So far I’m still not super confident I know whats happening as the plot seems super convoluted at the moment and I am not sure I am exactly following all of the details in terms of what happened 3(?) years ago and present day.

I think I am enjoying the leads the most, I really love Choi Kang Hee - shes always so fun to watch I think. I also do love the dynamics of the three main ladies and I think it will be a great journey to watch them grow more into a team. (I know two of them were on a team but they haven’t worked together in a while). I hope this becomes somewhat of a “found family” story as I love that trope, and especially in the case of the young mom (sorry I don’t know everyone’s names yet) as she seems so alone. Seeing how things went with her child’s father I really hope her ending isn’t a sad one but we shall see. I think as Marie says there will be more hijinks and drama to go.