i think this tv drama ended cohesively, however, by not putting Cha with Roy got a little anticlimactic. see, someone like Roy who offered a part of an organ to donate (!!!) is hard to find. in the whole series they put our expectations up there in relation to this possible couple to, in the end, she dismisses him. throughout the series, it was evident that Cha did not consider being Roy's object of love because she saw herself as less valuable. she felt older too (still there's this very strong judgment in SK and a lot of other places about this topic). it was logical that she wouldn't want to be with him because her self-esteem was and always was very low. however, it would be perfectly in keeping with the entire narrative of this drama if she could see that she was worthy of being loved by a man. anyway, if she was supposed to not have stayed with Roy, then the scripters shouldn't give us so many expectations about this relationship... also, they didn't develop Roy's character very well...about divorce and post-divorce i thought it was good but a little too much in terms of happiness, lol. there are couples who remain friends after divorce but i felt that in the end the scripters pushed a friendship too far between a couple who had an extremely toxic relationship before that. the series also forces the idea that you must forgive. no, forgiving is something that doesn't always fit and that's ok. she could forget what her mother-in-law and her ex-husband did to her, but the way the drama shows it looks like she is again trying to be the "good girl" who forgives everything and everyone because she went through life and death situations (boring, sorry). even if you experience near-death situations and completely rethink your life, you don't have to subject yourself to the same people who mistreated you so badly. btw, this is something that is not recommended for mental health reasons. in that part, i thought they didn't care about the pain and suffering that Cha went through for years and years of being married. the scripters simply reduced everything the moment she found herself nearly dying again. seriously, could have been more subtle on that part to be more believable...finally, despite all that, i found the series good because it brings several current issues and that i think SK society is still trying deal with...
bro, it was hard to accept the sequence of scenes of Dogi fighting several men, without getting tired, and suddenly new men appear when he was already with Seok Tae outside... it's pretty implausible and that makes the series a little too surreal. the plot of the series is good and that's why I continue to watch it until the end (and for the performances of the actors). otherwise, i would quit in this episode.
the beginning of the episode felt a little fast-paced and confusing. why didn't the main character go to a hospital to see if he didn't have at least one internal bleed? he was beaten so much and he was just ok? it got a little hard to accept this in this episode, lol. other than that, the excess of advertising was a little out of tune. they put two advertisements in different scenes but in sequence, so it looked like commercial time within the episode itself. practically, episode 9 is a transitional episode, but it doesn't literally need to put a lot of advertisements in it, lmao
about episode 8: never that anyone would survive or collapse having been stabbed in the abdomen. if it was to simulate a kidnapping, they should have invented that he was hit on the head from behind and passed out. that would be more convincing. no one with blood loss would be able to fight multiple men. and where is the police that didn't arrive soon? and the female characters managing to fight against several bad guys while the president was stabbed when he is super prepared to fight? this is pretty poorly written even for an unpretentious comedy... anyway lol
[warning: possible spoiler]I think it is necessary to say that this is a story about women and about different generations of women. Also, how strong women can be. It was interesting to see the conversation between Woori and her mother in episode 2, but while it looks like everything will be fine and smooth, there will be more conflicts in the next few episodes. I also thought that the right-of-choice approach to getting an abortion or not was appropriate. Look, even Woori's grandmother, a very Catholic lady, thought that, despite being a sin, abortion was possible choice. Choosing abortion is never easy, whether for a religious woman or not. I believe they put several possible nuances when a woman goes through the conflict of choosing to terminate a pregnancy and that's good, it's a new topic for the very conservative SK society (although abortion has been legal there since last year). Also, Ma Ri, Raphael's wife, is doing really well. The actress has a touch of Regina George in her facial expressions (I saw Mean Girls today and I must be influenced, I don't know hahaha). Anyway, I can't wait for the next episode!
the solution to the "interpol" problem was creative, different from what could have been and how it is usually solved (forging one's own death). it was a long episode with several repercussions. apparently, Vincenzo remains in control. the "gold" problem was also a little predictable, but it was satisfactory because we are here supporting Vincenzo's team, of course, hahah. i'm looking forward to seeing how the big ones are going to fall. and for me the best scene was between the brothers Jang Jun Woo and Jang Han Seo in the lobby of the Babel building (Ok Taec Yeon is a good actor with good facial expression btw).