The Good Bad Mother (2023)

ahn eunjin as lee mijoo is everything to me

i was emotionally shattered when they announced that goodbye earth would be postponed until an unknown date (which now most likely would not be released at all lmaoooo) so my anticipation for the good bad mother kind of skyrocketed.
at first, i was a bit upset they didn't show us much about the high schooler days of our favourite trio and how their friendship developed throughout the years, but it's understandable as the main story started when kangho became a prosecutor anyway.
the good bad mother presents a heavy yet very important message about the relationship of parents and their children, children and their parents. it's a bittersweet story touching various walks of life, with brilliant chemistry and acting of all the casts. the jouri people remind me so much of gongsan (from when the camellia blooms), and yes, this is very very high praise (when the camellia blooms is still that drama for me).
ahn eunjin and yoo insoo's friendship dynamic might be my favourite thing about this drama. their behind the scene videos are so much fun too, i'm so happy that they're great friends now. lee dohyun is at the top of his game, it's really exciting to see him proving himself further and further. ra miran is an absolute legend i know eunjin was jumping outta joy having miran and her own name under one project. a very successful one, at that. the ost is meh but it's okay. overall a quite solid drama. also congrats on reaching the highest rating on wed-thu drama in jtbc's history, the one and only (2021) could only dream.

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And this is what you call PERFECT

Wow! What a freaking good story.
Its been quite a while since I've loved a drama sooo much.

In one line: It was Awesome

Spectacular Plot, splendid acting, mind blowing execution, an amazing mix of happiness, sorrow, love & comedy, whats not to like about this drama.

Plot : this drama is a masterpiece. It was amazing experience to watch a story such nicely woven. Each and every minute in every single episode, totally worth it. And just the perfect kind of happy ending. Though I wish we had more Kang Ho-Mi Joo scenes, but that's okay.

Acting : Lee Do Hyun &Ahn Jin have been phenomenal. (I've seen Ahn Jin in the hospital playlist and have loved her work ever since, and LDH is just LDH). The cast was superb, everyone did a great job. The twins OMG they are so freaking good. It was so much fun to watch Seo Jin & Ye jin.

I had this drama in my watchlist since it started airing. But after finishing this, OMO I fell in love with this drama. I'm short of words for how amazing this drama has been.
I hope this Drama gets multiple awards at Baeksang. ❤️
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So, here's my two cents : Watch it. Its a brilliant piece of work.

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The Good Bad Mother (2023)

"Why are we still here? Just to suffer?"

The Good Bad Mother takes a 'good' setup and layers plot-dense concept after concept to it but the excessive amount of 'bad' things barely allowed the audience to catch their breath. I mean, it's borderline makjang how emotionally-heavy and tragic the story plays out. It felt like the show's core was lacking so it relied on unfair emotional checks to keep the audience engaged. The story spent so much time building up the big bad evil plot line and teased the climax for a bit too long that it resulted in the end game payoff to be not as satisfying (oh, how often we see this sentiment in k-drama land). That aside, personally I was looking forward to one thing the most. How the show would handle and wrap up the "estranged father and his children" story line. But we got all of nothing with it; a cutesy one-off'er that lacked any emotional payoff. Borderline criminal.

The interpersonal relationships between the villagers were great. The audience is shown that, despite being together for so long, things aren't as happy-go-lucky as most shows would try to depict. They argue, fight, compare, criticize, yet still have tons of love and admiration for one other. Though sometimes lacking substance, these parts of the show were very enjoyable.

Now let's cut to the chase--- the "mother" character. It just doesn't make sense. We're led to believe that the former helicopter parent/tiger mom seemingly learns from her mistakes and tries to change for the better... but does exactly none of that as the audience watches her act the same way time after time again. Why?

While the characters in the story were able to understand and come to terms with this good bad mother i.e., perhaps a "good parent" but a "bad mother"--- the show did not afford the audience the same privilege to do the same.

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THE GOOD BAD MOTHER

Okay, I just finished watching THE GOOD BAD MOTHER and I cried so much!!

First of all, in the beginning you start to get angry and revolted with KANG HO but THEN you start to get angry and revolted with HIS MOTHER and in the end you LOVE BOTH.

This drama is so important in a level!! Korean's parents have a fame that they are really hard with their children about studies, so this drama is a criticism to this problem that can cause sui***s, mental problems etc.

And i just simply love the way that the mother's of the village were always together and had their problems with their children but everything ended up well as it should.

Focusing on romance, MIJOO and KANGHO were so cute together!! And their kids, aaaaah beautiful. But i think their relationship wasn't REEALLY developed. For me, it should have more story for them.

Anyways, JIN YOUNG SOON (the mother) had a great development but it made me so so sad that she died :(
they could let her alive you know? but not every story needs a beautiful ending

About the villains, they didn't had much development in the story as they should. It was so easy defeating them in my opinion.
It could have a least one episode focusing on the problem, even because it was THE STORYLINE of the drama, THE reason why everything happened.

Anyways in a overall 8.5/10

the cast was AMAAZING! Couldn't have been better! i will totally follow the actors and their future roles!

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Powerful story

Every episode kept my attention, from the beginning till the end, there is no boring moment in this kdrama.

It talks about relationships with mothers, and usually when kdramas take a plot of mother/child relationships i BAWL my eyes out. this is definitely one of those kdramas that will leave your heart hurting badly but happy at the same time.

Please consider watching it if you’re looking for a good kdrama to binge. It really has everything you need, romance drama sadness. For someone who has bad attention span, this really keeps you interested. Such a good kdrama!

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The good bad mother

Diossss, qué buen drama! La verdad es que el primer episodio casi me hace no seguirlo viendo, porque es muy muy introductorio y no muestra realmente lo que se verá en los siguientes capítulos, pero a partir del segundo empieza a ser un drama adictivo.

Siento que se habla mucho sobre segundas oportunidades, pero creo que realmente no se les toma la importancia. Por un lado, la mamá de Kang Ho tiene esta nueva oportunidad de remediar sus actitudes y crianza hacia él y decide seguir teniendo comportamientos muy crueles. Me dolía mucho lo que le hacía pasar a Kang Ho. Si bien, ella sabía que lo que hacía estaba mal, no dejaba de hacerlo. Y sí, si crueldad ayudó a que Kang Ho realmente avanzara en su rehabilitación, pero a qué costó? 😩 pobre nene

Igual, la quiero mucho a la señora. Sabía que hacía mal, pero realmente quería a su hijo y hacía mucho por él.

Toda la historia me encantó. Los personajes los amé y lo disfruté taaaaaanto que se convirtió en uno de mis favoritos <3

También siento que el final fue apresurado, pero la verdad es que lo disfruté mucho y eso cuenta más. GRAN DRAMA.

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Obra prima

O que falar desse drama? Não sei nem por onde começar, o equilíbrio perfeito entre cômico e melancólico, com uma história que trás uma verdade, um romance lindo, amizades verdadeiras (na verdade uma família não é? Brigas e mais brigas mas estão ali um para o outro). A Young soon foi a mãe boa má mais perfeita que já vi, ela fez tudo aquilo pelo bem dele mesmo que do jeito errado e ele conseguiu entender isso e não guardou mágoa, eles tiveram a oportunidade de reconstruir novas memórias juntos com o acidente, porque foi sim uma benção divina. Que história linda, quanta emoção em cada cena era um choro diferente. Eles foram incríveis, o do hyun foi espetacular na atuação dele, a diferença antese depois do acidente sabe? Impecável. E a minha querida ahn eun jin, que brilhou demais! Tão feliz por ela, um papel importante no drama, que fez abrir mais portas ainda, tenho muita admiração por ela de verdade. O romance dos dois foi coisa de cinema mesmo, tanta cumplicidade, muito amor envolvido.
Não sei, eu só amei demais, cada personagem, cada pedacinho. Estou feliz, estou feliz estou feliz, estou muito feliz. 💛

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Awful ending...

I've been enjoying to watch drama till ep13
2 final episodes are bad really bad, it's like that Just want to end in 14eps.... At any cost
This drama could be my 5 best drama but...
Fairly actors are great also story was good but the final episodes just wanted to finish the drama quickly...

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The stand-out drama of the season

I doubt that anything will come along this year that matches this drama for overall quality. I cried through so many of the early episodes. It was riveting. I won't bother to write a long synopsis, plenty of other people will do that. For me, the best part was seeing Ra Mi Ran (the mother) given such a great role. She's a fantastic actress, both in comedy and drama, but too often gets cast in the same old fish-wife type roles. She always delivers the best performances. She's hilarious in Come Back Mister as the overworked guardian of passage into the afterlife, and she's heart wrenching in this drama. She never misses. Make sure you watch this one!

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Masterpiece..

This kDrama is the best I’ve watched, (I’ve watched a lot). This will be hard to beat.. you will laugh, cry, feel love, be on the edge of your seat, and more.. the story was so good! Also so many little secrets that get revealed throughout the story. This show had much sentimental meaning, life lessons, and also really good action and thrill. To be honest I’m very sad that I’ve finished it, but they had the absolute best ending to the story. Such a great watch! :) I really hope more kdramas come out similar to this one - stories with more depth and complexity!

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