Finally a wrap.
Thank you @mistyisles for those great recaps. I agree with your conclusion but that takeaway came after weeks of boring episodes so I was dozing off watching the finale.

PS while Yo-han is underutilized. I find his relationship with the doctor cute. Do you send heart emojies to others than your nephews and nieces? 😂😂😂

Having only watched episodes 14 and 15 on fast forward and not being able to bring myself to watch the last episode so far, I decided after reading the recap that I'd save myself the time.

I really liked the first episodes of the drama, but it got more and more boring towards the end.

I quite liked it overall and agree that it was good to see the kids grow and accept responsibility for decisions made and have chances to improve and change their lives after the hell they went through. Kim Dong-wook had my heart all through this drama and I might add he is looking ever so fine still. I really liked Yoon Park this time around and wished he was more prominent in his role.

I haven't watched this but have been reading the recaps. When you say personal reasons, does that imply romance or does it end with them just as friends?

How quickly they grow up. The girl who plays Da-jung is in her late twenties, but it seems like just yesterday she was playing a high school kid in Duty After School.

I thought it was a lovely finale. It was great that the conclusion for their stories wasn't that they got revenge and got away with everything, but that they made things right, regretted what they had done (been made to do) and tried to pay for it and took their sentences without an appeal. And then they lived happily ever after. They were victims but also perpetrators and I'm glad that it was a feeling of closure for their own lives before they started living it properly.

I have some issues with a few of the logistics of the plot and law related stuff lol, but I was in it for the character dynamics and I was very happy with all of them. I liked that Ro Woom wasn't suddenly a marshmallow, but she felt less burdened and more open in sharing what she felt and thought (with Da Jung about the job offer and with Ringo in the hospital) and her smiling so freely at Mu Young was adorable. Prosecutor Ryu turned out well too. Yo Han and Jae In were mostly pointless, though Yo Han was less annoying over time.

I enjoyed the show, might not be a rewatch but it was definitely worth my time and I liked it. I will say that Chun Woo Hee carried it for me, she was charming and made even the iffy stuff work, I might not have finished with a less magnetic lead. I've never seen Kim Dong Wook in anything else and his acting here didn't make me feel the urge to look further lol but he was a good enough foil for how great she was. The supporting characters were almost all pretty good too.

Thank you @mistyisles for all the recaps!

Structurally speaking, this show was a mess and so many characters and plot devices felt disparate or weirdly used. But for how poorly it was paced at times, I have to give it kudos for pretty much sticking the landing on the ending. And there's some good stuff in here too— I love the Jeokmeok kids, their growth felt rewarding and I'm delighted with their happy ending in a house all their own. I think they handled the potential subtle romance between Moo-young and Ro-woom pretty smartly too; it's there if you're looking but you can ignore it if you want.

With that I have to agree with the conclusion that Delightfully Deceitful is ultimately an average drama. I can't say I loved it or that I'll be recommending it to others but I enjoyed the watch and I loved discussing it here on DB

Well.....okay, I got my bean.

I was half-expecting them to screw up the ending, but I was pretty satisfied. Everyone who deserved a happy ending got one, and it was nice seeing the Jeok-mok kids getting the house together like siblings. And each of them who had gone to prison had someone to wait for them once they got out.

Not being on a legal streaming site in the US had me primed to skip out if I stopped enjoying it, but it kept my attention for all 16 episodes. Pace was good. Chun Woo-hee definitely enhanced the drama and made her character riveting to watch. The casting of the Jeok-mok kids was done well too. My only gripes included Moo-young empathy illness which ultimately had no bearing on most of the episodes and the number of characters who just didn't stand-out. Moo-young's role was pretty blah too but I like Kim Dong-wook so that made it watchable.

Started off great but the pacing and narrative for large parts of the show were off, vacillating abruptly from loophole filled scam/action sequences to introspective character building moments which dont quite gel together. Both Yohan and Jae-in were underused and could very well not have been in the script at all. They could have spent more time on the Kids who are the heart of the show.

Thanks for the recaps @mistyisles. Reading the comments for this show and the other ongoing shows made me realize how divergent my viewing tastes are from this community. But , since diversity is accepted here in DB, so I do comeback to comment from time to time.

Sure, this show did have some holes and some underutilized characters and side plots not further explored , but I think the show succeeded in telling its story.

Have long ignored the English title (the direct translation fits better), and since I had not been looking out for romance, I genuinely did not see any romantic overtones/undertones so I knew that there was something purposeful (to the heist) about that kiss that people complained about previous episodes so I am not disappointed when it got revealed.

I think this show ended well, and I am satisfied that the Jeokmok kids still paid for their crimes - after all, they did break the law. Thus, this highlighted more the contrast between them and Jay , who until the end was trying to bribe/intimidate his way out of prison and does not show remorse.

Will I rewatch it?, No , but will definitely recommend it to friends who are looking for the same type of show. No regrets with the 16 hours spent.

I am glad it ended well for all the characters I care for. The Jeokmok kids definitely are better off now and have each other to lean on for support. I watched each episode just for the love of the leads. I can't say this drama will be memorable for me but I did like most of it. I did like the lesson the show was trying to make all along. That you can not know what a person is going through without understanding and empathy. Also that its important to surround yourself with good people for support and guidance. Maybe I wasnt as articulate in explaining it but I hope you get the gist.

This drama was far from perfect but to see this no more kids caring for each other at the end, being free from their past because they paid for their crimes, was really a nice end. Mu-Young was a great guide for them.

You see some dramas that have a concrete idea for the body of the drama but don't seem to know how to end it. This drama had a solid ending in mind but the body of the drama sometimes struggled to get us from point A to point B. All in all, a good ending makes up for a lot of earlier faults, in the same way that a bad ending can retroactively spoil what had been a good show up til then.