oh...done so soon??
time flies really fast!!!
I'll wait for it to be subbed :)

its awesome.....
im now working bt im looking forward to going home to watching it

I saw bits and pieces of this drama because it randomly came on TV late at night and so I saw some of it, and it seemed rather... tense? hehe. But I only saw like maybe 10 minutes worth of a few different episodes (and not back to back to back), so I can't say that I understood what was going on other than there was a lot of tension in the air and people staring at each other with angry stares. There was a lot of angry staring in the midst of polite conversation.

Can someone say whether they liked it?

1. Good enough to watch all the way through and then possibly to buy?

2. How does it rank among dramas of its type?

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I'm not a huge fan of revenge dramas, generally because it goes against my sensibilities ("eye for an eye and the world is blind", blah blah, etc.), but I have to say that I am beginning to fall for the daily drama Temptation of Wife (Lure of Wife). This is odd because it totally isn't my cup of tea - I have to watch it on broadcast TV rather than on DVDs (which forces me to wait between episodes), it has over a 100+ episodes (whereas I like short series), waaaaay over the top evil people, waaaaaay over the top tragic melodrama, and just totally unrealistic things happening that make you think, "why why why are you behaving that way, why isn't someone smacking sense into your head." Plus, isn't it kind of embarassing for me to watch this?

But last night again as my wife slept next to me, I quietly watched Temptation of Wife at the foot of the bed, shielding the TV so that the glow wouldn't wake my wife. It was so over the top and yet I couldnt' stop watching it ("I WILL LIVE! I WILL LIVE!" .... no words other than, I support her will to survive and I hope she kicks ass). I am officially addicted. I am still embarassed, but at this point, I just want revenge for her sake. I want revenge for her so badly that if she set a website to ask for money to help her get her revenge, I would donate money to help her succeed.

If Cain & Abel is just 10% as emotionally addictive as Temptation of Wife, I'll put Cain & Abel on my list to purchase.

-Samsooki

this will be on my "To Watch List."

I'm watching this and I like it^^
probably one of So JiSub's best performance in a drama ever....
but I've been real busy with college so I haven't caught up with the last few episodes.
cinematography-wise it's good too....and I LOVE their usage of the music to dramatize everything....^^~
I wouldn't say tt the story is the most original, but the execution is good....
Overall, I really like the drama^^

@7, chasen8888-

What have you seen that you can compare it to, favorably? What other shows have you watched that you like a lot and would recommend? What did you mean when you said, "For the rest of the year, I’ll wait to give a verdict."?

-Samsooki

@Samsooki: Ahahahah! You're definitely not the only one! Here's another "Temptation of Wife" addict ^o^ It got me sooo hooked! Though the series went down a couple of notches for me with the extension, resulting in some story development that I didn't care much for... (of course I dunno if that had been initially planned or if it was thrown in at the last minute with the extension). Ah, well~ It's ending soon and I hope it'll give me the satisfaction I crave!

Anyway, I never did get anywhere near that addicted to Cain and Abel. That show was never much about revenge and I was annoyed at most of the characters there... dunno... for me there was just something missing from the show. I'd much rather rewatch "Resurrection" <3 <3 <3 That was a totally awesome revenge show (despite an annoying character)! Cain and Abel can't compare if you ask me. Though So Ji Sub is a joy to watch, it's just not enough~ I hope he'll act in another and better drama soon.

How sad it is already ending ! That's the best drama I've ever seen (by far). Good plot, fantastic acting, .. It has everything !

i absolutely love this drama..... ji sub is amazing

@9, Vis -

I take it you also want Eun Jae to get her revenge?

Generally, I'm not big on revenge because it's kind of childish, no? Will destroying another person get back the years you lost, or repair your broken heart? No! Why not just move on and be the bigger person, try to make happiness out of the remainder of your life? Don't expend even a single minute or an ounce of energy wasting it on the past and in a futile effort to get justice when justice against complete tools is impossible.

But every good rule has an exception. And this is that exception. Do you think you'll be satisfied if Gyobin says, "Nan jal mot hessuh. Mi an." (Literally, "oops, my bad, sorry"). Hellz no. I want blood, baby. I want Eun Jae to smile just a small brief smile as she stands over the obliterated souls of Gyobin and Aeri and then walk off happy.

I probably shouldn't get worked up like this... lol.

-Samsooki

Main casting: good, So Ji-sub: even more

Story: beyond ridiculous

Ugh I'm so behind on this (still on 13) so I have yet to read the comments above mine. I'm just gonna say that I'm watching purely for So Ji Sub and nothing else. The writing (as lots are probably going to mention) doesn't make any sense. The acting is pretty good overall, but all the characters except for Cho-in are just so damn annoying. Every time I finish an episode I breathe a huge sigh of relief and mentally pat myself on the back for being able to sit through an hour of it. I know that's not the way to watch dramas, but I feel an obligation to finish my favorite actor's comeback drama.

Haha.. I watched the first 3 or 4 ep (up to he lost his memory), then I stopped becoz' of I saw negative critics (politically, which I care less). I just didnt want to see how they torture So Ji-sub :D

After they all went back to Korea, I watched it again (ep 7?) Well, there is no surprise at all about the story. You can pretty much guess what happen next. The only thing that keep me watching it is So Ji-sub. It is no doubt he did a good job on all the emotional scenes. What I love are all the cute stuffs he did in the drama. With the bored storyline, that is just like a dessert that suprise you once in a while.

I'm dying to watch the last 2 episodes!!! And hopefully the subs will be out soon! I enjoy the show a lot! It was a little boring the first episodes and then the pace and story picked right up. SJS is excellent in it and the evil brother makes you hate him just at the site of him! Great job everyone in the cast!!

i miss Cain & ABel... loved the drama so sad it ended

seriously? This has already ended? Man, I didn't even know it was already on tv. I guess the buzz wasn't all that big (:

o.O did it end already!! lol I had no idea time flies by that fast!!
can someone spoil us with what happened in the last episode? did the evil brother die or what?!!

@ SAMSOOKI AND VIS:

I HAVENT BEEN FOLLOWING THIS DRAMA RELIGIOUSLY...AFTER A FEW EPISODES, I KINDA MOVED TO ANOTHER DRAMA... AM PLANNING ON WATCHING IT AGAIN THOUGH.

AM QUITE NEUTRAL ON THE "REVENGE" THEME. I DONT MIND THIS KIND OF THEME, AS LONG AS IT HAS AN INTERESTING PLOT THAT WILL KEEP ME GLUED TO THE SCREEN. I DIDNT FOLLOW THE CAIN AND ABEL DRAMA(THE FIRST FEW EPS WERE A BIT OF A...SNOOZE) BUT I HAVE TO SAY, I LIKED THE DRAMAS "THE DEVIL" AND "RESURRECTION"

I MEAN, JOO JI HOON'S ACTING WASNT REALLY THAT GREAT IN "THE DEVIL" BUT HOW THE PLOT MOVED ALONG WAS WHAT MADE ME WATCHED IT. WHO THE VILLAIN WAS BECAME OBVIOUS AFTER THE FEW EPS BUT THE PLOT STILL MADE ME HOPE THAT I WOULD BE WRONG! AHHHHH...IT WAS EXCRUCIATINGLY EXASPERATING AND HEARTBREAKING..INA GOOD WAY!....^-^ RESURRECTION'S PLOT WAS ALSO GOOD...

UHH!! I haven't watch this week's episodes but I really loved this drama. After Worlds Within I really didn't get into any dramas until this one started and I have to say it was pretty good and intense. It did get a little cliche at times but hey what drama doesn't. At least I have Story of a Man to watch now that this one ended.

I just finished watching the last episode of Cain and Abel and I'm glad it's finally over. It had a promising beginning and then quickly turned into a mess. I was hoping it would redeem itself with the final episode, but didn't happen. This drama was so ridiculous that I thought I was going to see Rod Serling at the end and say, "only in the twilight zone."

Weren't we all hoping for justice in the form of arrest and jail time for the evil mother and son duo? But no... Sun Woo (Cain) gets his surgery from Cho In (Abel) and wakes up to enjoy dates with So Yeon. No jail time for Sun Woo who tried to kill four people and succeeded only in killing two. I almost forgot he tried to make his dad into a vegetable with surgery.

The evil murderess mother steps down from her director position from the hospital and gives a speech to Cho In telling him that she is just a woman who acted out of jealousy; she was jealous of the friendship between her husband and Cho In's mother. She couldn't say she was a nutcase but had to bring down the female sex down with her. Because you know, when women get jealous. Watch out! They will fix your brakes and take out your "lover". No jail time for the mother who killed two people, ordered kidnapping of one person and tried to kill her husband by not calling for an ambulance right away when he had a stroke.

The drama ends with the So Yeon (owner of a faulty heart and brain) and Sun Woo couple and the Young Ji and Cho In couple standing close together overlooking a lake. Then you get flashbacks of the earlier episodes with Cho In's stupid monologue about good and bad memories. I guess this is to tie it back to the first episode where Cho In is dying in the desert and talks about his memories slipping from him like grains of sand. He talks about how the deepest hurts come from the ones closest to you. How only people can heal the hurt caused by other people.

I thought Cho In was supposed to be the Abel character in the Bible, but the writers decided he's Jesus at the end. Dude, not all hurts can be healed and forgiven unless you're God. Drama ends by Cho In saying, "Salvation for man comes from man alone." To put it in gender neutral form, is it something like "we are each other's salvation?" This statement can be very controversial in a country with a more than a third of its people identifying themselves as Christians, but yeah I've written too much.

Everyone needs to watch this drama! It's great! It doesn't lag and there's always a development in each episode....

:)

Superb chemistry between SJS and HJM saved this drama. There are so many
holes in the storyline that can bury the scriptwriter and PD....

Temptation of Wife?!! I randomly watched some out of curiosity but gave up a few
weeks ago. This scriptwriter should be buried too! HAHAHA!

I haven't even started on this yet. I'm waiting for all the subs to be released and then do a marathon at once. But from what I read so far, there's "revenge", and also "memory lost? It sounds too typical in a Kdrama. Why there's always a memory lost in 8 out 10 Kdramas, while in reality, I can't even find one person that I can remotely relate to that suffers this trauma.