So finally went back and watched the first batch of episodes, and caught up this week. Seems pretty bog standard thus far, though Seo Ye-ji is always good I’m definitely feeling the urge to fast forward some bits.

Horrible conglomerate/politician family is mustache twirling cartoonish. The Patriarch is basically reading from the evil handbook. Also seems like Yoo-Sun is getting typecast. Didn’t she already play this exact character before? Maybe it’s just the last thing I saw her in but seems super familiar. Jung Hae-Kyun is having a bit of the same problem in my opinion. They’re still good, but it’s a bit paint by numbers.

I can definitely see how someone like Seo Ye-ji could seduce someone, and the one bright spot in the latest episodes for me was how they flipped my expectations a bit on her current husband. I thought she was just using him for her revenge, and he was an innocent bystander. But he’s part of the revenge (unknowingly of course) and deserves what’s coming to him. Taking part in her childhood trauma…talk about being surrounded by monsters. It earned at least another week from me, in the hopes they subvert my expectations a bit more often.

Love this drama and more than willing to "suspend disbelief". SYJ is so mesmerisingly beautiful and dresses with such elegance, you can believe that if she sets her sights on some man, he has NO chance. I do like my evil persons to be completely evil, and the patriarch fits the bill perfectly, as does his appalling myrmidon. As for the wretched target, I have a feeling that he and SYJ are going to end up on the same side, fighting the Evil Persons together. Not quite sure WHO she is going to fall in love with. Whoever gets her in the end is going to have a huge budget for clothes and makeup. Anyway, this is infinitely better than Penthouse 1, which is as far as I got with the Penthouse series.

I too am suspending disbelief and going where the (admittedly thin) story takes me. Definitely, SYJs clothes and style is keeping me hooked too. Loving the comment about her wardrobe budget, I wouldn't want to foot that bill...

I found myself liking this as it progressed. I guess binging has its perks. I'm not invested yet, but my interest is piqued enough for another go next week. And just like the rest of us, I'm shocked about La El's husband. Now I don't pity this collateral contingency damage, but it changed my view of La El from blind on revenge lady to something more palatable. I clearly can never pity the father-in-law, but I perhaps felt this shred of pity for Sora. Filial love when withheld does a whole lot of damage, on a different level.

And the chemistry between LaEl and Yoon Kyum, the burning desire is freaking glaring. I thought Yoon Kyum's expression was too still, but when La El enters the mix, that stillness becomes burning passion held back with strong force by just a thin thread waiting to snap. That fire is....hot.

The screenshot shows a good work from the director. Vertical line separate characters, as this scene show a conflict. Face in the mirror give the feeling the female character talk to someone else, or he's someone different of what he looks, and it's indeed the case. In this scene, she thinks the male character will be agree and believe her when he's about to say her the opposite.

I'm still really enjoying this. Korean Dramas do revenge so well - here in East Africa(!) we do revenge well but not nearly so subtly, rather more Biblically, in fact. I cannot wait to see the clothes in the next episodes and See Yeji's makeup is incredible. I think Park Byung-eun's acting is extremely subtle and nuanced. The Kindergarten setup is an absolute pantomime, can you imagine how screwed-up those children will be by the time they are adults?