52 episodes, nahhh not my cup of tea but when I dived not even one second of every single episode of this drama was boring. and guess what I binged it in a week. Yeah, it is sooooo good. people hesitate to watch long dramas because it tends to lose its gripping story and has many side stories and unwanted plot fillers but MY FATHER IS STRANGE has proved this wrong. I didn’t think 52 episodes long family drama would be such an exception, because I tend to get bored in 16-20 episodes of K=drama. This is my 3rd drama with 50+ episodes and it went beyond my expectation leaving me behind wanting more of the drama.

PLOT VIEW
The story is of a family which is joined by an infamous actor Ahn Joong Hee. Firstly it seems like a warm comical family drama but as it advances there comes a secret with more comedy and love stories. The drama is full of sibling fights, couple drama, in-laws drama, parental love, and life lessons also. The main story “MY FATHER IS STRANGE” remains awesomely written with the supporting love stories of every couple being just fantastic. Every character had equal importance and was given enough screen space. The Byun siblings are just awesome, they fight with each other and also, for each other. They cannot see their sibling getting hurt by others people that is the kind of bond I have always wanted to see. This drama shows what a family is like, as we say “The family that eats together stays together”. it is good to see they have breakfast together and everyone helps and understands. Ahn Joong Hee bonds with everyone in the Byun family, Byun Hye Young's ultimate chic dramas were the highlight but we couldn’t care less about Byun Ra Young = Park Cheol Su or Joon Young - Yoo Joo's love story. They were equally entertaining. Although Yoo Joo felt evil in the initial episodes she had drastic character development. the parents and kids indifferences were really contrasted and show the natural thinking and love of the parents. The different professions of sibling, acting, judo, law, civil servant were really well picked. and shows the bad and good sides of their industry.

ACTING
I am loving every cast of the drama for they did a phenomenal job. but here stating my favorites
Lee Joon's bad actor characterization. showing loneliness and lack of love is beautiful. he is now my favorite actor.
Lee YuRi's badass lawyer's portrayal is phenomenal. she bickers with family and in-laws but also cares for them deeply.
Jung So-Min's quick wit, strong, yet shy character were pure. her forbidden love was full of warmth.
Ryu Hwa-Young was the youngest sibling but the most troublemaker and lovable. her equation with the Cheol-Su father was fun like watching tom and jerry.
Ahn Yeo-Seop watched him for the first time and he just nailed his character of a rich runaway boy. his soccer scenes were few but I loved him.

MUSIC
Music is beautiful, I couldn’t pick any favorites because I enjoyed every single song. The translations and its meaning are even more beautiful. The last dance sequence at the end is beautifully choreographed and everyone rocked the stage.

REWATCH
I want to have amnesia so when I rewatch this I would get the first-time feeling once again.

AFTERTHOUGHT
Not just humor and romance but it has a lot of hidden life lessons. Which are not in dialogue but in the actions and behavior of the characters. Also, the rules of the house were nice, it gave a disciplined environment and because of this the family gets together than running away.