I’ve been watching Hello Mr Gu and Please Feel at Ease Mr Ling in tandem, not least because – at least on the surface – they’re similar in premise. I normally watch Korean dramas and so am used to the rich/cold/jerk male lead and thick/childish/poor female lead tropes. But where dramas normally have – or attempt – character development, Hello Mr Gu does the opposite, at least in respect of the female lead.

On the plus side both leads are very decorative.

The actress is young and hopefully she’ll get better but I’m currently on episode 24 (of 30) and, if anything the FL’s episodes of sulking, glaring and pouting seem to be getting more, not less, frequent. Among the things that have raised her ire recently are (a) being sent chocolates by her boyfriend (she’s not a diabetic) and (b) her best friend and brother dating. Very little, or nonsensical, explanations are given for these near-endless temper tantrums and in the last episode it was made clear that the CEO boyfriend, her best friend and her brother are full on scared of her and/or her anger.

Will the denouement be that she has a personality or endocrine disorder? I won’t probably make it that far.