Did the K-drama god finally hear my prayers, me steadily asking for at least one good drama in 2024 after this total fail and lack of anything decent? Yes!
I don't even want to spoil too much for those who haven't watched this yet, but let me say this much:

-Woo Do-Hwan - finally someone cast him for a role really fitting him and his abilities. I think actingwise this was one of his best performances yet. He seems more mature in delivering emotions of any kind, (episode 8, the scene on the couch with them crying and then kissing? really good) and I did believe he was the character he played here

- Did something change with the K-drama producers? Did they finally realise that characters seem more believable if they act like they probably really would if they were real people? I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Woo Do-Hwan smoking in this drama - yes, real cigarrettes, like a character like his actually would smoke in real life. I also felt like these things happened more often lately, and have the hope that maybe some actors finally had enough of this 100% clean babyboy image they are supposed to fulfill 24/7 no matter how unrealistic it is. I really enjoy seeing actors in their 30s acting like real men in their 30s instead of 12-year-old naive babies, - they might curse when they are angry, they might smoke cigarettes, they might not be perfectly nice all the time, they kiss their girlfriends passionately for real and not stop frame - how refreshing.

-the storyline was a pleasant mix of serious and philosophical thoughts concering life itself, mixed with some fun and (all new so called feminitst please don't watch this!) a story of a bad boy boyfriend who kidnapps his ex-girlfriend on her messed-up wedding day. Is that politically correct these days? No - do I love it? YES! There are people with messed-up on and off relationships like that, I've been there, I can relate, I like it.

-do all things have happy ends in life? no, and that's how things are sometimes too, or maybe more like what one might consider a happy end I guess.

- I loved the cinematographic elements, some of which reminded me of classics like ' The Fabulous World of Amélie'

-the soundtrack was nice too, plus some classic hits like 'California dreaming'

_I also thought Lee You-mi did a very good job here, the interaction, especially the serious ones between her and Woo Do-Hwan felt quite realistic and well done

- and yes, Woo Do-Hwan gets more attractive as he gets a little older, that's the icing on the cake ;)


In short, I really liked this, I liked the story and the general mood in this, the philosophical input, it's just well done, and comparably fantastic to pretty much everything K-Drama that was released this year, which was yet a big disappointment at least for me.