You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin: Episodes 27-28 [Open Thread]

203 June 9, 2013January 24, 2016

You’re the Best, Lee Soon-shin: Episodes 27-28 [Open Thread]

by javabeans

After a lot of long hard deliberation, I decided to drop recaps for You’re the Best, Lee Soon-shin after all. I’ve explained the reasons in previous recaps so I won’t belabor the point here; the short answer is that I’ve decided that this show isn’t the best use of my recapping time.

On the other hand, I do still like it and find little gems sprinkled throughout the episodes—not nearly enough, but they’re there. And I know you all probably would like to continue to have a place to talk about the show, even if we can’t provide full detailed recaps, so I’m opening up Sunday nights to Soon-shin Open Threads.

If I’ve got the time I’ll weigh in with some thoughts—I can’t promise weecaps or anything formal, but we’ll play this by ear. It’ll give me a chance to experiment with format as well.

The gist:

The parentage issue is out in the open, with not only Soon-shin finding out the truth but also the press. Mi-ryung ignores everybody’s entreaties, as is her wont, and leaks info to the media about Soon-shin’s identity. Soon-shin is furious and repeatedly tells her off, but Mi-ryung has the most virulent case of selective hearing I’ve ever seen in a drama, and does everything her way. She does it all with this absurdly wide-eyed look of innocence, too, which is the most shameless thing, I swear. She decides she’s going to take Soon-shin in and live with her and be the Best Mom Ever. I wonder if someone could tell her that she already earned the title Worst Mom Ever, so the most she could shoot for at this point is Mediocre At Best.

So now the press knows Soon-shin’s identity, which adds to everyone’s stress, except Mi-ryung’s because she laps it up with a grin, incredibly pleased with herself. I actually feel sorry for Yeon-ah, who finds herself totally shunted off to the side in Mi-ryung’s excitement to welcome her new ~~toy~~ daughter. But then I remember Yeon-ah was so smirky when Mi-ryung dumped Soon-shin the first time and figure she’s getting her karmic bite in the ass.

The reporters hound the mother-daughter duo for an interview, which Soon-shin is roped into doing. She makes Mi-ryung promise she’ll pull the interview from broadcast, but Mi-ryung tells them to go ahead and air it. When it does air, Soon-shin’s family is blindsided and hurt.

Highlights:

Young-hoon takes a proactive step in showing romantic interest in Soon-shin, beating Jun-ho to the punch. I can’t feel too bad for Jun-ho ’cause he’s the one dragging his feet and tripping over his words. And sometimes tripping over his feet and dragging his words.

Young-hoon asks Soon-shin out on a date (using the word “date”), then asks her to call him oppa or Young-hoon-sshi (instead of Manager). He takes her to a musical featuring Jun-ho’s talent, so Jun-ho is there and spends the whole show staring over at Soon-shin, upset because he tried to ask her to the show. But she ignored his call so he never got to ask.

Then he horns in on their coffee date afterward, literally squeezing past Young-hoon to claim his chair. Petty, petty. But I do like how he presses her to admit that she was envious of the actors onstage, and that she still wishes she could try acting. She denies it and Young-hoon tells him to lay off, telling her encouragingly that she ought to do what she wants. It’s what makes Young-hoon so cuddly and sweet in the moment, but ultimately wrong for her—he’s thinking of her temporary comfort and not her long-term regret. Jun-ho, on the other hand, is trying to get her to be honest with herself because that’s the only way she’ll be happy in the long run.

Bread Man is hilariously terrible at English, and yields to Bread Boy’s suggestion to motivate himself with the threat of forehead flicks. Only Bread Boy takes WAY too much enjoyment in doling them out, and Bread Man gets pissy. Then he asks Hye-shin for some help, and beams when she agrees.

Sadly, those are about the only highlights I have for this week, and they’re both in Episode 28 and occupy about five minutes in total. This good-to-tedious ratio is killin’ me.

Oh, on the upside, at one point Mom does utter these words to Chicken Ajumma: “How can you say that? Are you even my friend?”

Lowlights:

SO MANY lowlights.

Grandma is sickeningly sweet to Soon-shin, and openly says it’s because she’s blood family now.

Yoo-shin is really hard to take, and advocates “giving Soon-shin back” to her birth mom. Also, she carries on like Dad’s betrayal and Soon-shin’s existence is an affront to HER. Why is this all about her? Ugh.

She’s not terrible deep-down, and I do get why she’s so angry. It’s just, I shouldn’t have to dig so deep for rationalizations and explanations as to why she’s not a horrible person. I should maybe be able to see that from the way she lives her life. And yet here she is, screaming, “Send her away!” Poor Soon-shin, having chosen her adoptive family only to have them yelling at her to leave.

Yi-jung, bleh, starts wooing Chan-woo’s mother in her hopes of eventually winning him over with her deluded persistence. Chicken Ajumma assumes this is Chan-woo’s secret girlfriend and LOVES it. She tells Yoo-shin, who HATES it. Chan-woo asks her to take their relationship public with the parents so they can marry, and she yells at him and storms off angrily. Sigh.

Mi-ryung tries to buy off Mom, offering her a big envelope of money as “thanks” for raising her daughter.

Too much Chicken People and Mom and reporters and gossipy extras.

Too little Jun-ho.

Too little Young-hoon.

Too little cute.

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101 koreandramalover/kay

June 11, 2013 at 10:08 AM

Is it just a Korean-thing to be SOOOOOO OBSESSED with the birth-secret thing? ALMOST EVERY SINGLE KOREAN DRAMA I have ever watched has at least 1 birth secret somewhere in it, whether it is THE main thing, or one of the many things thrown into the mix!!!

ENOUGH with the birth secret already!! It is enough to drive any sane person to complete and utter insanity!!!

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Chickletta

June 15, 2013 at 6:08 AM

Actually, there are so many real birth secrets in Korea - no wonder that they are so popular. Korea is all abotu saving face. Adoption and being an orphan was a social taboo, so for the longest time, parents who couldn't have kids and adopted would hide it even from their closest relative. Because of this obssession with saving face and appearing perfect, people lie a lot about a lot of things. I have a friend who's 8 older than her boyfriend (now husband). His family would not accept it, so they have been secretely married and living together for 2 years. (Whehter his parents know or not, it's hard to say. they may be pretending). Anothre friend married a man who's a widower with a teenage son. Her side of the family doesn't know he is the son of her husband, but they think (or pretend to think) he is his nephew who lives with them because his parents are too poor to care for him. Why? Because my friend was a golden child and marrying a widower would suggest that something is wrong with her, so she couldn't do it to her parents. My tutee ( a business ajoshi type) has a brother who is only his half brother ( a product of father's affair). The mother of that brother (the mistress) died so his father made his legal wife care for him. That child (now in his 20's) has no idea that his 'mother' is not his biogical mother. I can give you a few more examples but let me stop here, I think you get the picture. You have to beleive that in these dramas it's the dramas that reflect the life not the other way around. What we in the west consider being honest and coming clean, in Korea is considered brazen and lacking respect. So, rather than trying to be honest and hoping for 'permission' for whatever, whether a marraige, or a career in singing, young people just do it, hide it, and if it's found out, they claim it's easier to get forgiveness than permission.

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koreandramalover/kay

June 15, 2013 at 9:02 AM

Thanks so much for your detailed and interesting sharing, Chickletta!! :)

I am not Korean but I am Asian (half Chinese and half Javanese to be exact) and I totally understand about the Asian's obsession with 'saving face' and I am appreciative of your sharing because I love Korean dramas but so many aspects to the tropes, plotlines and recurring themes make me wonder why certain things turn up again and again especially about the birth-secret stuff, that can drive me nuts!! :)

I agree with you that it is so much harder for Asians to be forthright, totally truthful and honest about everything we feel, do or think about, especially with our parents, precisely because of the obsession with 'saving face'. I am one of those people with my own parents which is why I tend to keep 99% of my life to myself and just let my parents hear only the good stuff, although I have not yet done anything that would fall into the category of making them 'lose face', not because I am the perfect daughter, but because I have been brought being so fearful of making them 'lose face', I just toed the line instead of being interested to test the waters, so to speak.

Thanks again, Chickletta, for your kind sharing! Please do continue sharing!! I look forward to reading them!! :)

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koreandramalover/kay

June 15, 2013 at 1:49 PM

What I forgot to say :

Why does Korea look down on adoption and being orphaned? I live in Singapore and we are a multi-racial, multi-religious, multi-lingual society. My mother was adopted by my late grandparents and never knew or kept in touch with her biological family but she has never felt or been looked down as an adopted child, and there are many adopted children like my mother, as well as, orphans in Singapore, but I have never heard of or known anyone who is adopted or orphaned who have been looked upon or treated the way that adopted or orphaned folks have been looked upon or treated in Korea, or at least, in Korean dramas. But if, as you said, Korean dramas are a reflection of Korean society, then I have to believe that is how Koreans view the orphaned and adoptees? I think that is truly tragic.

And worst of all is how Korea looks down on the orphaned when the way I see it is they are supposed to be looked upon most sympathetically, emphathetically and with the utmost compassion and understanding because they did not choose to become orphaned because death took their mum or dad or both parents and NO ONE has control over death, over who dies first or later.

So, I am truly disgusted, for lack of a better word, on how the Korean dramas that have portrayed the utter disdain, hatred even, felt for or directed against the orphaned, especially by the chaebol families, simply because of the emphasis on having 'perfect', intact, 'proper' families.

I cannot understand the mentality behind such attitude or perception because it makes absolutely no logical sense to look down on a person who has lost his or her mother, or father or both parents when he/she has absolutely no control over matters of life and death, as nobody has that control.

I do not believe that Koreans on the whole are without compassion and logic on this matter but to see the way the orphaned and adopted folks are being treated and looked down on in Korean dramas are truly disheartening, alarming and upsetting. And every single Korean drama that I have watched so far has repeated and recycled the same disgraceful way the orphaned and adopted are viewed and treated. Why? Please tell me why?

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chickletta

June 17, 2013 at 7:56 AM

Well, it is really complicated. When it comes to compassion, Koreans are not behind any nation. They do help charities - be it orphanages, unwed mothers, etc. However, one thing is to help someone, another thing is to accept a person 'without a background' into the family.
Two reasons:
1) Koreans worship their ancestors, have a special ritual for them, they pray to them for help. They try not to anger them by bringing in some 'unchecked' blood (as in orphan or adoptee. Koreans' family registers go back for centuries. Lineage is very important. An orphan doesn't have a lineage, so it make the family pedigree less stellar.
2) there is this strange belief that whatever is happening to you in this life it was somehow brought about by some sin of your ancestors. Being an orphan is a hard destiny, so the orphan must have had bad ancestors.
3) marriage in Korea is not just between two people. It's between two families. Marrying is a way to have a larger stronger support, a network of people including in-laws who can help you have a better life. An orphan /adoptee doesn't bring any of that into the marriage equation.
Of course, I'm talking about traditional Korea not the Korea of Galaxy 4S and Psy. But... as fast as Korea changes in some regards, in others is super slow, like in mentality and culture. So, all these plots about orphans and adoptees having a hard time, they truly are based in reality.
Also, Koreans are very emotional passionate people who give their emotions full freedom to surface. This sometimes leaves to very strong reactions to whatever the situation is. For example, Soonshin's adoptive mother couldn't help projecting her resentment towards her 'cheating' husband on Soonshin, although she knew that Soonshin is not to blame. Anyway, I hope this answers your questions somewhat. Please, do not think that Koreans are some mean folk. I wouldn't have chosen this country as my second home if I didn't feel a strong connection with many fabulous Koreans who are accepting of everything and anyone.

koreandramalover/kay

June 19, 2013 at 11:05 AM

Thank you, chickletta, for the detailed and precise explanation. I truly appreciate your time and effort. You are such a darling to respond to my queries.

And here is my humble response :

It is true that in almost every race/creed/lineage in every country in this world of ours, wanting to maintain a certain level of purity and uniformity is one of the most important things to achieve for so many and varied reasons, some of whom you have mentioned in your reply.

And far be it for me to judge or criticise any particular race/creed/lineage for wanting to achieve that. For the most part, I just do not talk about it with anyone in order not to offend anyone.

What I am not able to just brush aside is when I know how a certain group of people are being victimised, ostracised, unjustly and cruelly treated and looked upon like they are lesser humans, especially when they had no control or power over how they were born into this world – whether they are born as orphans or became orphans later on life, whether they are adopted or not, whether they are born in or out of wedlock. None of us have any control over who are parents are, how we came into this world, or whether we would be left without a parent or both our parents because they died - because nobody has control over any of that.

So, to treat or judge a person for something he/she has control over is, in my humble opinion, the shallowest, cruellest act anyone can do to another human being, be it family or not.

I have seen such behaviour in every single Korean drama that I have watched ever since I started watching around 10 years ago and I am STILL seeing it now. So, I cannot help but feel sick to my stomach whenever I watch how shallow, illogical, cruel people can be when it comes to matters of lineage being displayed so blatantly, so frequently, so in-my-face.

To be fair, I do not believe Koreans are the only people on this earth that are so particular about preserving the purity of ancestry and lineage (a German, Adolf Hitler, being one of them, along with countless more like-minded Germans) but when I see it being repeated in every single drama that I have watched, I cannot but think that my mother is truly blessed being born as a Chinese girl in Singapore and adopted into a non-Chinese family but has never complained that she has ever been treated like she is this horrible stain on the pristine family fabric of her adopted family that cannot be erased. In fact, she has been so loved by her adoptive family and everyone around her, that she has never expressed interest to know who her biological parents or family are. Her biological parents told my late grandparents when they gave my mother to them to be adopted that they do not wish to keep in touch with them about their biological daughter (my mother) because it was too painful for them to let their precious daughter be adopted but they had to do it because they were poor and they knew that by giving my mother to my late grandparents, my mother would be able to lead a better life. And because my late grandparents had no children of their own, having my mother as their daughter was one of the happiest moments of their lives.

And even though my mother was essentially like an orphan because her biological family had literally given her up totally, my mother has never been treated like she was a bad seed that her family had to give up and so would taint her adoptive family’s life.

And when I think about how heartbreaking, soul-crushing, spirit-bending and mind-numbing it would be for an orphan, any orphan, to be told that because he/she is an orphan, it is probably because he/she came from bad blood/seeds/backgrounds/lineage, and as a result his/her blood will probably taint or tarnish future lineage, he/she is to accept that he/she is inferior to other human beings and just accept that fact and just accept how others treat or look upon him/her – my own heart breaks into a million pieces. That is something I cannot accept and cannot condone, for whatever reason.

102 Nessa (Bebe) 🌹

June 11, 2013 at 11:20 AM

dunno if it's a case of bad (and/or draggy) drama storyline writing, or badly written characters, or BOTH..... the only reason I'm still hanging onto this drama-- hanging.... by the tips of my fingernails, not clutching onto for dear life, like how I and all the viewers, really SHOULD be with this drama.... and the only reasons I'm still hanging around is cuz I still feel attached to Soon Shin and HER story of self identity, renewal, etc., and the love-line story (Young Hoon oppa FTW <3 But I still luff our dorky, lovable CEO)..... everything and everyone else can just about disappear right now and I wouldn't even flinch or give a care.... yes, even Yoo Shin and her story, which I never really cared for from the start; if I HAD to pick one of the subplots/side storylines to care for other than Soon Shin's main storyline, it would probably just only be for Hye Shin and BreadMan's love/storyline

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103 Newborn Fanatic

June 11, 2013 at 1:37 PM

This drama is really hard to watch because I hate it when Chan Woo and his mom comes out. Chan woo is supposed to be the poster son, all nice and polite, which he is in the drama but I just feel like that role doesn't suit him at all. Lately he's been looking very...oh i don't know. MEAN. I just see it in his eyes and how his lips kind of curls. am i crazy? lol
And his mom is just super annoying. I wonder if that's how she normally talks or she's just that good at acting.

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104 Raine

June 11, 2013 at 4:24 PM

It's really hard to recap this show. I can't blame you guys. It takes me FOREVER to make myself write about it...well, except for IU and JJS. Just FF to the good parts...hehe. IE no part with a mommy in it.

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105 Barbara Starks

June 11, 2013 at 5:49 PM

I'm still wondering why she did that "FREAKIN" interview? Each episode she become more selfish and stupid... At this point I want the mom to let her go it's not like it's her husband child anyway...Open Thread

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106 bangsstory

June 11, 2013 at 6:03 PM

As much as I love your recaps, I understand that it's getting tedious to write about something when there isn't anything to write about. I'm just watching this drama, still, because I still wait for the cute and Jun-ho. And Bread Man Jin-wook. And Chan-woo and Yoo-shin's relationship. I still clinging to the tiny hope of cute and fluff and the development of Jun-ho and Soon-shin loveline. I loved that scene when Soon-shin thought back on what Jun-ho said at the cafe about how evident it was on her eyes that she misses acting. I agree about Young-hoon. He's not the wrong guy, but that makes him not the right guy.

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107 diana

June 11, 2013 at 6:33 PM

This drama started off super adorable and interesting, but these past 8 episodes or so have just been sooo slow. What could have been cute and romantic turned out to be over exaggerated drama. At times I become so frustrated at the moms/ sisters/ friends.. they seriously need to end the stupid conflict with the moms and get on with the drama. Its fake and annoying.

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108 annoyed viewer

June 11, 2013 at 6:46 PM

I have only one thing to say:

This drama makes me want to punch a hole in my computer screen. Why the hell is the rating so high? the only five star it deserves is for being the "most disappointing drama in history of dramas". I am done with this show. 28 hours of my life wasted on this sh*t.

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109 xDkaytee

June 12, 2013 at 6:41 AM

The relationships and dynamics between the characters are pretty much the same as it was in the first few episodes which is frustrating considering we're already half way through the series. I really hope the directors don't make the mistake of dragging out the first half of the series and rushing the story lines closer to the end just to tie up the drama (but at this point it seems like this might be the likely case).

A few annoying points.

I can't believe the grandmother is so quick to change her attitude towards Soon Shin just because they're blood related...I wonder how she'll react when she finds out that Soon shin actually isn't. I'm so surprised she hasn't realized her own hypocrisy.

Yoo Shin, I can understand her anger. She's fiercely protective of her family yet she doesn't get any credit. She needs to understand though how Soon Shin must be feeling, having been lied to by ur whole family all this time. I like her honesty though. No underhanded, snarky comment; she puts all her cards out on the table to Soon Shin.

Mi Ryung...she's not a mother. She's acting 'motherly' for her own sake and for her pride not because she actually cares. What kind of mother disregards what her daughter wants? The way she's completely ignorant to Yeon-A's feelings says it all.

BTW what ever happened to Soon Shin liking Chan Woo? I expected Chan Woo to do something once he found out she liked him or for Soon shin to react more emotionally. I feel like that was a waste of time tbh =\

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110 lizabaha

June 12, 2013 at 7:36 AM

Thank you for not totally giving up on ytblss and giving us this ot. Love reading all your rants and agreeing with them. Still hoping for some lights at the end of the never ending angst tunnel. Agree absolutely with Brian , too stupid too quit.

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111 Caitlyn

June 12, 2013 at 7:47 PM

I've just realised I said the exact same thing on my blog, lol. It's lost its cute!

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112 momosi

June 13, 2013 at 4:37 AM

I just saw the preview if ep. 29. The main theme seems to be the moms again... no cute moments in the preview.

I really liked the show in the beginning, I had a lot of fun with it. Well, now things are different... and that is mostly because of the character development.
Some characters are consistent and great, with solid and reasonable decision-making (for the role their playing), they are complex and interesting. Like the manager, the doctor-boyfriend, the breadman and even badmom (well she has a narcissistic disorder and I have to say I like the fact that she thinks that she is doing everything the right way - her way :D).

On the other hand there are a few super boring characters with what seems like absolutely NO emotions. Only smiles and monotonous talking. For me that is the cafe/bistro owner and the big sister. Both nice. Nothing more.

And then there are the characters that annoy me like no others. That is good mom and you Lee Soon Shin. The good mom drives me crazy because of her submissive behavior. If she really wants to keep Soon Shin she should have set the whole family on the table and make things clear. Did she ever sit down and talked with her other children about the matter? I also don't get the whole family dynamics. I don't really see them as a good family. The managers family makes a better picture than them. And Lee Soon Shin.. oh Lee Soon Shin... you behave lika a 8 year old. The last few episodes all she did was crying, screaming and being offended. Seriously you don't pick up the managers calls because of the bet etc (it is not like he said sorry a thousand times and offered her a job...) but you sit down with evil mom for an interview? Ts ts ts...

And last but not least the 2nd sister. I just do not get her. I have a big question mark over my head everytime she is on because I don't get her motivation... I would be really grateful if anybody could explain that character to me.

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Chickletta

June 15, 2013 at 5:57 AM

The second sister: she has an exaggerated case of the middle child syndrome. She was the youngest and probably dearest until Soonshin came along. The adoptive parents felt so bad for Soonshin that they gave her all the attention, withdrawing it from Yooshin. Yooshin also happens to be a very capable smart one - the parents dont' worry about such kids. Instead they worry and help the weaker ones. I am a middle child - and so it happened the smartest (or, perhaps the hardest working/most responsible one). My brothers, especially my younger brother, were not doign as well. Actually, my younger brother did poorly at school, drank a lot and got into all kinds of trouble. Yet, whenever he did something well, parents praised him to high heavens. On the other hand, I always won school awards for different things, worked part time, helped with housework and groceries. My parents just took it for granted. Then, if I did something bad (which happened once in a blue moon) they would be like: "How can you do something like this? We would never ever expect this from you." when I say bad, I mean breaking the curfew, or coming home only slightly tipsy. So I was perpetually angry and I was the one who moved out as soon as I was legally able. I felt that I was the only one who cared about how my parents were doing, while my brothers couldn't care less. A bouqet of flowers from them at Mother's Day was more appreciated than anything I ever did. I didn't scream and yell like Yooshin, I just withdrew and suffered in silence. Out of home with my friend and coworkers I was the nicest, most pleasant person. When Yooshin said to her mom: "Remember that Iam your daughter, too," I cried buckets. ONly years later as an adult when I told my mom how I felt, she cried buckets and said that I always looked so strong and so capable, that I never even let her see how I was really feeling. I am not justifying Yooshin's behaviour, but I do understand where it comes from

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koreandramalover/kay

June 15, 2013 at 9:35 AM

Thanks for the sharing, Chickletta!! ;)

I thoroughly enjoyed your insightful and honest sharing because I am also a middle child (1 older sis and 1 younger brother) and so I totally agree with you about everything that you said in your sharing.

I faced almost identical experiences as you - I was grocery shopping, cooking, washing clothes and cleaning the house when I was 11 years old and I was the first among my siblings to start working and the first to get a degree and the one who earns the most among my siblings. I am not trying to brag, just to prove a point about the middle children always trying to do and be the best because we seem to be the 'forgotten' ones in the eyes of our parents.

And like you, I never screamed, yelled, argued or become hysterical (like Yoo Shin) but I just kept things to myself and became the only one in my whole extended family to move out and live on my own. There are a whole lot more to the story of course but I do not want to bore you with the details because they are traumatising. Just know that I have been scarred for life and my character and mentality were shaped permanently as a result of the experiences I had to go through but I am far from being damaged or lost or broken in any way. Thank God I have been blessed to overcome all of the bad stuff and be able to move on and live life to the fullest to the best of my ability.

Which is why I find it so hard to accept Yoo Shin's characterisation - overly-emotional, overly-cynical, overly-overwrought, overly-dramatic, overly-negative-about-everything that I find her so grating on my nerves and so unpleasant.

Which makes me wonder why the writers and PDs chose to portray her in such a way because they could have chosen to portray her in a totally opposite way, in a more positive light - radiating positivity, goodness of the heart and infinite hope - that would make her a more palatable character. After all, there are countless people out there who are polar opposites to Yoo Shin although they have been through (or have been put through) hell and back.

Why, oh why, do the writers and PDs of most Korean dramas take the route of over-dramatisation when subtlety, refinement and grace are so much more meaningful and appreciated by most viewers?

We the viewers are not mindless, brainless, clueless zombies. Don't insult our intelligence but give us the credit to be able to appreciate great story-telling without the histrionics or over-the-top and totally unnecessary dramatisations and characterisations.

Gone are the days when viewers just accept silently all that drama-writers and PDs chose to throw at us. Now we can and do judge and critique. We have that right. After all, without us the viewers, what can the writers and PDs do or be or achieve? Respect our views as rationally as possible and we will return the favour by giving our support to the dramas with great story-telling. We have done so for the deserving dramas so far. I fervently hope more dramas are deserving of such support. ;)

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chickletta

June 17, 2013 at 8:04 AM

Hello 'sister' non-screamer. We have to bear in mind that people react to their circumstances differently. There are people like Yoonshin who vent out their anger. I would walk on busy bridges and scream my lungs out. Yooshin chose to do it in front of other people. We're just nicer, but we feel the same way as Yooshin :-)

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113 koreandramalover/kay

June 15, 2013 at 9:49 AM

FINALLY!! Jun-ho being flustered and soooo adorably-overwrought is just a hoot!! FINALLY!! :)

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114 kdramaddict01

June 15, 2013 at 11:31 PM

I give up on this drama! The development of the lead couple's relationship is too slow. Also this seems to be too focused on MR.

Found another drama to invest my time in...Wonderful Mama...the pace of the story is way better and more interesting.

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115 RO

June 19, 2013 at 1:54 AM

I just can't understand why Song Mi Ryung keeps on acting like a know-it-all-i-did-nothing-wrong and acting all victimized in the entire situation. WHAT IS HER PROBLEM????

she's like this stock character who has a one-track-mind and keeps on saying that she did nothing wrong and she's doing everything for Soon Shin's welfare. What the hell is wrong with her characterization? Really!

As for Yoo Shin, for one, I must say Yoo Inna is a good actress. And although she's been a mean and selfish sister, she is the middle one of the 3 sisters and sometimes the one in the middle tend to get ignored and she probably feels that way a lot. She may look really tough and independent on the outside but all she really wanted was also her parents attention. Knowing that the love her parents showered on Soon Shin may have surpassed hers, she may have felt insecure for so many years. She did her best in everything and is successful. But then again, one of the major character flaw is that she has a bad way of expressing herself. Her character, Yoo Shin, is constantly on a rampage and hurls words around, unknowingly hurting people.

Despite all the (most of the time) unnecessary drama, I must say that I really enjoy this drama.

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116 tYdZuOIVv2xC

July 22, 2013 at 6:05 PM

400920 488008my grandmother is always into herbal stuffs and she always say that ayurvedic medicines are the top stuff 432610

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117 Mimi

September 18, 2014 at 3:00 PM

So This is late but I love the series, but it gets really depressing and like 85% of the characters are Jerky and annoying. But before I watch an episode I read this to figure out if I want to watch an episode from beginning to end. Also it is also funny and an honest point of view (even if it sometimes conflicts with my own it is really nice). Yoo-shin is sooo annoying everything is always about her. Which is cool self center people happens and the trait irksome at best. My prob with her is not that. My prob is her talent and tendency for ripping everyone down. Mom is stupid, sister is worthless, older sister is crazy, dad is evil, and cute doctor who is nothing but be sweet to her is two timing even though I saw him turn down this girl without knowing I was there. Why does she always complain so much. Granted most of the characters do, but she goes over the top with it. Or maybe I feels worst because all the character except Lee Soo Shin does it too much and I just get annoyed and take it out on her because she does it the most. Her and Grand Ma seem to do it a lot.

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