MBC considers ending Me Too, Flower’s run early
by javabeans
Rumors are swirling that MBC’s Me Too, Flower is headed for an early end, cutting down its episodes from an intended 16 to 15 instead.
The reason cited is the end-of-the-year MBC Broadcast Entertainers Awards, which is set for December 29. That’s the Thursday initially set for Me Too, Flower’s finale, so the initial plan had been to allow a double-header on Wednesday the 28th, when MBC would air 15 and 16 back-to-back. However, MBC has now stated that they won’t be opting for that plan.
If the drama loses an episode, the move is likely prompted by its low ratings. Up against the well-received and popular Tree With Deep Roots (20%+ ratings) as well as Man of Honor (low- to mid-teens), Me Too, Flower has been averaging ratings in the 5% to 6% range.
Those ratings wouldn’t have been enough to cut short the drama with no other reason, but its seems they’re low enough to make the broadcaster reluctant to work around an awkward schedule, preferring to just cut down the drama instead. Especially after they’d had to give Me Too, Flower a postponed premiere when its production fell behind schedule and lost its hero at the last minute.
It’s too bad for the drama, which I’ve been enjoying for its quirky characters and solid chemistry. On the other hand, I can see how MBC wouldn’t feel compelled to extend it by an episode to work around their awards season, and would rather get past it with a minimum of fuss on its part. After all, the drama to follow — fusion sageuk romance The Moon Embracing the Sun with Kim Soo-hyun and Jung Il-woo — offers MBC a chance to jump back into the game, starting off the new year with a fresh slate.
At least it’s only one episode, and if the cutback is indeed confirmed, the writer and producers will have a few weeks to prepare the finale accordingly. You know, to see the glass half full and lined with silver.
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1 ladida
December 9, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Nooooooooo!!!!!!
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meix2
December 9, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Nooooooooo!!!!!! and I'll raise you Way!!!!!! MBC needs to be urgently reminded the fiasco that was Tamna.
Despite the poor lead up to this, it has turned out to be a stellar drama. Such a shame, but like JB said at least it gives the drama a few weeks to pace everything accordinly and come up with a fitting ending. Here's hoping.
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Deanne
December 9, 2011 at 12:11 PM
:( I always look forward to watching Me Too Flower every week and the main characters have such good chemistry. I'll be following Yoon Shi Yoon with his next on screen project, because he's so adorable and he's such an amazing actor from his generation. :)
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reeen
December 9, 2011 at 2:39 PM
exactly what I wanted to write: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I want more of Bong Sun, Jae Hee, Dal and Dr. Park!
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Cammie
December 10, 2011 at 9:49 AM
NOOOOOOOO!!!!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO THIS DRAMA CUZ' I AM ALREADY FALLING IN LOVE WITH THIS!!!!
OH, FOR GOODNESS' SAKE.....YOU...MBC SUCKKKKSS!!!
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maya
December 11, 2011 at 8:16 AM
I think that they even should make more than 16 episodes!!! I don’t understand this station, they’ve emitted Can’t Lose which was so bad drama, ugh, they even added 2 more episodes!! And now when a great drama is appearing, a lot of people love it, and they want to cut some part?! WTH?! They really can’t tell what’s good and what’s bad..
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2 malta
December 9, 2011 at 10:41 AM
NOOOOO!!!!
Why do the good dramas always have this happen to them? Me Too Flower! Arrrrgghhhhhhhh. MBC you're on my crap list this Christmas! >:(
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3 alua
December 9, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Hmmmm. Right now, I don't mind either way. As long as all the episodes that are still to come will be good. If cutting one episode out and having more time to prepare for a finale and making it better because of that... that's fine with me.
Too bad though that ratings are so low. This drama deserves more. (Haven't watched Tree with Deep Roots or Man of Honour yet, so I can't say whether they are more deserving. Will probably try the former at some point... but I'll let The Moon Embracing the Sun be my first sangeuk!!!).
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dramabliss
December 9, 2011 at 7:42 PM
Imho, Me Too Flower is better than Man of Honor. But there's no way it can be compared to Tree With Deep Roots.
TWDR is a class by itself. For me, it's the best drama of the year.
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kdramalover
December 9, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Agree - Me Too Flower is much better than Man of Honour.
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sevenaza
December 26, 2011 at 11:27 PM
yes I agree with u 100 percent..this drama is so great and I hope this drama will be continue until the end..help us as a good fans..
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alua
December 10, 2011 at 1:05 AM
That's the sense I have been getting from everyone here at dramabeans.
Which is why Tree with Deep Roots is on my to-watch list, but Man of Honour hasn't even registered.
Even looking more forward to it now. :-)
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shiney1
December 10, 2011 at 2:45 AM
yes that's right! for me, me to flower is the best so far... hope that lee ji ah and yoon si yoon will have another drama even if their not together.
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sm
December 9, 2011 at 8:10 PM
I actually watch only two series and they happen to be TWDR and M2F. So if I were in Korea, I couldn't count in the viewership for both, even though I really enjoy both.
Man of Honor is meh, but probably appeals to an older crowd who like family melodrama/revenge storylines.
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4 Jones
December 9, 2011 at 10:48 AM
I really love the drama but at the same time don't mind this decision too much. The bright side (I hope) will be a succinct wrap up that cuts away some of the outside characters and their plot lines that I don't really follow all too closely.
And then of course....Jung Il Woo....a weak early...That definitely makes the blow lighter. :)
I'll always love MBC for producing my favorite Saeguk in the world (Damo!) I'm hoping they'll start their year with another huge hit!
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5 noah
December 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM
idiots! NOOOO! >o<!!
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6 Mystisith
December 9, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Saying i' m furious and disappointed would be an understatement.
Let's say i buy the busy schedule explanation, because i'm kindhearted....
Now i want a Special Fireworks Ending Episode to compensate. And a rebroadcast in a good slot time, preceded by proper trailer and promotion. And i want a DVD Box with english subtitles stuffed with behind the screen footage, psychological analysis and comments by the actors.
I know that MBC has had production issues, that's why i closed my eyes on minor technical problems on the first eps of the show. But the story and the characters have become so good, appealing and addictive, that i just think cutting even 10 min of the show is a waste.
Please please MBC, reconsider and believe what true devoted fans have to say. I'm sure it would be better for everyone....
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reeen
December 9, 2011 at 2:44 PM
kkk... Well, if your proposal really would be the compensation for the emotional pain they're inflicting on us by robbing precious moments of Me Too, Flower, i might be able to forgive MBC.
That is, if they add a gratis therapy session with Dr. Park to get over the premature loss and feelings of betrayal! ;)
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reeen
December 9, 2011 at 2:48 PM
Otherwise I might just pull a Bong Sun-episode 9-stunt on them!
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Mystisith
December 9, 2011 at 3:05 PM
La la la la la.... singing ears plugged : I still didn't watch eps 9 an 10 because i wanted to wait for proper subs. Now that the sky has fallen down on me ( yes, i'm depressed and bipolar and i need Dr Park too... ), i 'm gonna savor the rest of the show bite by bite, licking my screen like a giant piece of chocolate.
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reeen
December 9, 2011 at 4:35 PM
Hmm... that's why I didn't specify. Actually, cancel that, I could've just said "Bong Sun-in any episode-stunt", any of her off the wall behaviour would be fitting. How about some episode 4 cake in the face?
Anyway, sorry if you perceived that as a spoiler!
By the way, where do you get proper subs from? Viki subs are decent, although occasionally they seem a little faulty, but anything else I've come across so far was simply atrocious.
Mystisith
December 9, 2011 at 4:55 PM
Reeen to answer your post down here, i didn't get spoiled. :). Don't worry.
I subscribe to the cake, but a HUGE one, stuffed with medicine to get them to jam the toilets...
Since i'm in Europe, Viki doesn't work fo me ( licensing bla bla bla... BTW, networks should know that a fan needing her fix will do anything to find it on the Web ( success rate = 99.99% ). I only use streaming and for this show Epdrama delivers quite well : A bit slow, lot of ads, but video and audio quality are top notch.
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reeen
December 9, 2011 at 5:32 PM
I'm in Europe, too (Germany - bonjour, neighbour ;)), but luckily subbed a bit on Viki before all those restrictions and gained qualified contributor status. So now I can still enjoy the dramas there and sometimes help to sub them with my still limited Korean.
I'll check out Epdrama for when Viki is slow, though. Dramacrazy is really fast with getting the new episodes, but the subs for Me Too, Flower they use are interspersed with nonsensical sentences. I think Korea should just find a way to export dramas to Europe so we can legitimately watch them on our TVs...
7 jomo143
December 9, 2011 at 11:06 AM
They are shortening because of the award show that they knew was going to be on that date.
Really?
Seems kind of asswipey to me.
Why didn't they plan it to be a 15 episode run?
As unusual as that is, at least the writer, actors, crew, AUDIENCE, would be prepped for it.
I childishly hate MBC. They are stinky-poopy.
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Javabeans
December 9, 2011 at 11:14 AM
To be fair, Me Too Flower should have ended the week before, if it hadn't needed an extra week's postponement at the beginning. So MBC, in this case, isn't necessarily pulling a douche move. Not that it hasn't done that enough in the past.
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jomo143
December 9, 2011 at 11:24 AM
So maybe, just maybe, they did let the cast, crew and especially the writing team know early enough on so they could be prepared.
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8 saranga
December 9, 2011 at 11:14 AM
this isn't fair to the drama :((
i didn't like this drama at all initially. the first 2 episodes felt a bit slow and i had no idea what was going on. probably because i was watching very casually. i continued to do that and by 5 & 6 i was consciously hooked. the dialogue can be super sharp and witty, and there were insightful moments and touches that i appreciated. it's definitely underrated, this one.
i'm not an lee ji-ah fan, but i've watched a few of her works and i think this drama is the most natural that i've seen her. still don't like her, but i do feel sympathy for her character. the supporting characters ( jo min-ki, seo hye-rim) are awesome. i've just been really impressed by the quality of the cast overall, especially yoon shi-yoon.
i think he brings a unique boyish, vulnerable charm to the role that i wonder if even kim jae-won could have matched. it's probably due to his very youthful looks (he looks 17!!!!! with the most beautiful skin). his acting is good, everything's right, but he just looks really damn young...
keeping my fingers crossed for a 16th episode!!
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9 Linda165
December 9, 2011 at 11:20 AM
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10 Lordj
December 9, 2011 at 11:27 AM
This pisses me off... The drama is underrated in my opinion and now, it will end early... NOOOOO...
I don't know how will they wrap the drama up, as conflicts are not really laid out as of last episode.
Well, there is nothing we can do..*sigh* Just add a lot of steaming kiss scenes, like the early one and hope it will end well.
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11 Kim Yoonmi
December 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM
This year is truly the year of the screwed up drama... damn... how many went down into the crap hole with this kind of thing?
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12 wtf
December 9, 2011 at 12:08 PM
WTF this is drama is the best out there right now
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coffeevampire
December 9, 2011 at 12:20 PM
I agree!!!!
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vic
December 9, 2011 at 1:51 PM
I don't agree!!!!
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Zoya
December 10, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Yea, I agree with you!
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13 Irian
December 9, 2011 at 12:23 PM
I've been worrying about the ratings. Like seriously loosing some sleep over the fact. Ouch! :(
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14 Natalie
December 9, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Well I can't say im excited about this.. the drama easily ranks in my favorites of the year..
:(
I'm sure it's not going to reflect the quality of the drama though!
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15 Joshua_Ahjussi
December 9, 2011 at 2:24 PM
To concur with comment #12 and also to repeat myself from elsewhere... WHAT THE F**K??!
Mild overreaction perhaps, due to the fact this drama has hit me in a deep place very powerfully and enjoyably :'-(
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16 BananaSocks
December 9, 2011 at 2:42 PM
MBC you'll be getting a lump of coal in your stocking this year I'm afraid.
But, with the new year brings new hope. Fusion saeguk better be epic.
I really like me too, flower ... Even is the lead male does have the body of a 6 year old boy. Their chemistry was good.
Hul.
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sm
December 9, 2011 at 8:20 PM
I've come around to embrace YSY's Jae-hee, the old soul in a boy's body. It's refreshing compared to all the manchild k-drama leads who are physically hunks but act like children in a relationship.
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momosa
December 9, 2011 at 10:10 PM
Haha..you are so right!
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Mystisith
December 10, 2011 at 4:28 AM
I join the hug.
Remember the most overused theory in mankind history : Love is blind.
And it's verified by experience quite often.
When you have such a good nature, when you're so funny and creative, when you're sincere and willing about the one you cherish, when you're ready to push your own boundaries for love, when you feed the heart of people around you,...
I would choose that BOY instead of a muscled MAN without hesitation.
Jae Hee reminds me a bit of Jack in Titanic. I don't like young skinny blond guys "usually", but i fell in love with the character because he had just that charm, that magic touch. Totally illogical if you rationalise, but since when love is rational ? I agree with FBRS Panda on that point.
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17 churasan
December 9, 2011 at 2:49 PM
This majorly bites! This is probably one of the most underrated dramas of the year... In the beginning, I was really disappointed Kim Jae Won had to pull out and then was even more skeptical seeing the original teaser photos - thought YSY looked too young for the role. However, I still gave it a chance and became instantly hooked. The chemistry between the cast is awesome and the storyline is stellar. YSY really made this role his own. I'm glad I decided to tune in.
MBC should have just aired two episodes back to back instead of cutting it short. I hate when endings are rushed! They better give this drama an award or something to compensate!
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18 Haruni
December 9, 2011 at 3:19 PM
This super sucks!! Me Too Flower is soo beyond underated! This is the drama that I look forward to every week. This really does suck!!
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19 SuziQ
December 9, 2011 at 3:44 PM
The ratings speak for themselves.Since this production was beset with problems from the beginning, the first couple of episodes were very slow and horribly uninteresting. They didn't grab the initial audience. Once you lose them at the beginning, the audience won't come back to watch no matter how good it gets later.
Even though Yoon Shi Yoon is a good actor as he was in Baker King drama, he is terribly miscast in this role.I like him so much as an actor that I've stuck with him. Hopefully, he will chose his next vehicle more successfully than this one. He should have passed.
I don't think it will be a great loss if they cut one episode. Maybe the pace of the drama will pick up.
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Mystisith
December 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM
humph... I've seen dramas starting slower than that : I concede the 10 first minutes were like ?? ( all the police station rumble ), but once Jae Hee appears, and some of the secondary characters, it's launched. And as seeing YSY miscast for the part, let's say that people are 50/50 at first, most of us changed our opinion after seeing him. It doesn't explain the failure for me. What killed the show was the fact it was programmed in frontal collision with 2 other good shows that started before and were meant to last longer. Add the misaimed marketing : selling it as a rom-com ( see the posters and the trailer ), when the panorama is saturated of them ( and i love rom-com a lot ) while the subject is borderline :
1 : living with depression and having a lovestory, and 2 : redemption and forgiveness of a guy who killed someone by accident. The funny parts are the cherry on the cake and they do the job, but the synopsis emphasing about 3 women 1 man was clumsy : It's about relationships, not about a player à la City Hunter getting all the girls.
Add to that the Bad Luck in all its glory, all i can say it was a slaughter.
I'm ready to bet my both hands this drama will become a "cult and cursed " drama.
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jusash
December 9, 2011 at 5:44 PM
YES, agree with Mystisith @ 19.1.
I was prepared to bypass this on first read (just the cast alone - how could this pairing possibly work?!?) but 4 eppies in and I was already hooked.
Compared to all the new offerings out there, this was my pick to watch (not just read about it).
The quirkiness of this couple, their initial sparring banter captivating .. and Lee Jia here is pretty fun to watch. As we explore both their baggages, it just gets more interesting. As for Yoon Shi yoon - the dude is captivating with his intense range of expressions. Reminds me of Lee Jun-ki, and at that, I am no LJK fan either.
Together they rock for me, and throw in Jo Min-ki into the picture and that's good enough to keep me coming back for more. I like Seo Hyo-rim, but she's doing nothing really interesting (acting wise) here.
As for Han Ga-eun .. she just rubs me up the wrong way in most dramas I have seen her in. This includes her voice. To me she just trying too hard to portray cool in any role, and it comes across as uh-huh.
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20 jazz
December 9, 2011 at 5:24 PM
SRSLY, MBC likes to cut off episodes of their dramas. Just like Heartstrings and Heading to the ground..
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21 sjsmn
December 9, 2011 at 5:26 PM
This is good drama, what is so great about tree with deep roots??
Noooo
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oblivious
December 10, 2011 at 2:57 PM
Uhmm... i love this drama and have been completely surprised about how good its been...especially because i can't stand Lee Jia...but TwDP is f***ing AWESOME! ...just putting it out there.
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22 vania
December 9, 2011 at 5:51 PM
it a good drama! i love the main characters! they are the best.....
i don't like the drama deep roots!
Koreans love historical dramas...
but is true, they lost the main characters in the beginning
but...nnooooooooooooooooooooo
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23 ar_arguably romantic
December 9, 2011 at 6:02 PM
I've enjoyed every episode of Me Too, Flower so far and will be sad to lose one. I feel like they should have informed everyone abt considering shortened Me Too, Flower earlier. At this point in the drama, the cut is still an "if". I'm guessing the actual decision may not be made for another week. WIll the writer be able to write around his plans for the characters to fit into the remaining time.
I'd rather they leave it at 16 episodes. However, if they need to cut it, I hope it is just one episode and that they won't be considering cutting more...
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24 Drina
December 9, 2011 at 6:33 PM
#cry, Si9h heavily,
take a deep breath#
i hope the cuTting woN't ruin the beauTiful story..
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25 Sam
December 9, 2011 at 6:58 PM
This is disappointing. This is one of the few dramas I've liked this year. I love that it doesn't rely on a lot of gimmicks, eye candy, etc., but that the show speaks for itself. The characters are heartfelt and real. They are not always likable, but I think they are totally relate-able and realistic.
I think it's a real shame that it hasn't caught on that much with viewers, but I think it will still end fine if they have ample notice that just one episode is being cut.
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