When they announced that the still ongoing webtoon would be adapted into a drama i was really skeptical..... but the first two episodes were pretty much a home run.

It perfectly captured the trashiness of its source material, its a trainwreck in the most entertaining way possible.

The low budget, the questionable acting and the ridiculous dialogue actually add to the dramas charm instead of being off putting.

Definately keeping this on my watch list

P.S. The lead actress is gorgeous, i dont think i've seen her anywhere else

Yes, I'm here for the slit wedding dress version of Yijoo too!! Just you wait, Mom and Sis Dearest!
(And ML's family is a hoot! 😄)

I am in love, I tell you, in love with the first two episodes of this "makjang nonsense" (as @elinor rightly calls it...while not necessarily loving it 😆).

I'm with @dorotka on the total awesomeness of the ML's female-forward family (everything SWKNS's family seems to lack for me is found here)...and I also love how this show seems to be somewhat self-aware of it's craziness. The music in parts is quite literally the sort of piano music you'd hear in a silent movie filled with women tied to train tracks and men twirling their moustaches.

I'm ready to have my heart broken by a long, drawn-out series of plot lines...but with only 12 episodes, maybe not? Oh, whatever, I guess I'm in this for the pain (and the kissing...and the reveeennnnngggge).

See everyone in the Drama Hangout and on the Fan Wall!

To misquote 50 cent, I love it like any child loves cake. Delicious, terrible for you, and worth every single bite. No notes!!!

I don't know who chose Sung Hoon's style but between the haircut and the clothes, they're lucky that he always looks good and has a sexy low voice... From the episode and the second, I had the feeling he knew her before.

I like the actress who plays the FL. She's beautiful. She was one of the influencer in Celebrity. I'm so ready for her revenge and there is worst to do it with Sung Hoon.

There are only 12 episodes, so it will be a short and fun ride.

I wrote all this down yesterday and it’s good to know that @unit thinks the same. I watched episodes 1 & 2, not sure how to split it, so here goes.
I like the energy of this show. I certainly love Yi Joo when she is not a doormat. Loving the parts where she starts getting back at her family.
I haven’t seen Sung Hoon in anything recent, just some of his slightly older shows, so his appearance was a little.. shall we say…different? The ill fitting jackets aren’t helping either.
I found it interesting that Do Guk already knew Yi Joo when she walked up to him the first time. I think he knows her from before and already likes her.
Even before her “death”, it appeared that Yoo Ra wasn’t having a lot of success reeling Do Guk in. She was trying to provoke a response from him by cozying up to Se Hyeok but he was indifferent, more interested in Yi Joo’s reaction.
YI Joo’s “mother” is scary ngl. After a long time, I found a show where I can’t wait for next weeks episodes. yay!

The characters were so over the top that they make want to run away but I have been searching for some makjang and if it's the revenge type even better. It also gives me 49 Days vibe which is one of my favorite dramas, because the heroine was nice but terrible and she is on a clock, isn't she? Does that wrist timestamp means she has until that moment or can she reset the clock if she manages to achieve some great feat? Where's Scheduler when we need him? Talking about pretty leads, this drama has none, the SML is weird and SH is way past his better days. I guess he might yet improve. Second episode will say if this gets a chance.

I love it so much! It's exactly what I wanted having read the webtoon.

This is random but this was my second time seeing Sung Hoon play a male lead and it's the second time I've seen him spend the night with a woman only to be left next day. It may not be funny to others but it made me chuckle.

I'm not usually a fan of makjang, but this held my attention from the very beginning.

I am starting this today and I love all the comments about it! This is just what the doctor ordered to lighten up the dark heavy ones and get some "in your face mister" feeling of satisfaction!

I like it. Evil Adoptive Mom , cheating husband, scheming sister.
This is a sort of Cinderella’s Revenge . I hope she continues to paint.
The minion with the glasses needs some revenging sent his way.
12 Episodes should work just fine .

After two episodes, I'm also a big fan. Since it seems like this will not be the recipient of @unit recapping talents in the future (alas!) I will continue commenting on subsequent episodes the Drama Hangout, but as far as the first episode, I'd like to second Unit's highlighting the critique of hyperrealism (or photo realism) that pretty neatly encapsulates the story of the heroine. Regardless of what anyone thinks of the writing as a whole, that's pretty clever, in my opinion.

Also, I love it when something self-consciously pop culture (or as we used to say in the U.S., "lowbrow") references "high" culture. Even when the reference isn't as smart as this one, it is always a lot of fun. Like others, I really hope they continue the art world context, and you see a change in her painting style. That would be great!

Finally, I want to point out that so far the Male lead in this one is a lot more appealing than any in recent shows, which fits with what has so far been the female-centric nature of this show (for better or worse, of course--I'm not saying the evil Mom is anything but a stock female villain. But the ML's grandma is really fun in a strong woman way.)

1. Why do they cast Lee Min-young as FL's the adoptive mother? She looks too young aa her mother.
2. Why does her mother hate FL so much? Is FL her husband's child out of wedlock? (Not yet watch ep 2)

On the U.S. show This Is Us, one of the characters is adopted and he once said something like being adopted; it's always this balancing act of feeling like you're doing too much or too little. (I think he said something like that; I vaguely remember it).

My point of mentioning is that, from what I've seen on tv, adopted kids (turned adults) can ALWAYS feel this need to seek validation, love, and acceptance because there is a part of them that feels they'll be abandoned if they aren't enough or they have to be better and "more" no matter how they're treated because they need to be appreciative. With Korean culture being the way it is, I imagine those thoughts and feelings are even higher/more common. Not every adoption is necessarily the same but yeah.

So I could understand why the character was the way she was but oh, that didn't make it any easier to watch. It's mean to say but she does come off pitiful and then for her to be *called* pitiful just felt even worse.

Sidenote: I feel like being called or considered pitiful is more of an insult than being cursed at. In the drama Mouse, one character said both he and another character were pitiful and *that's* the thing that cause the killer to get offended. In an episode of Master in the House, a master told the guys to just say they feel sorry for the person who angers them and when they used it on each other, there was a visible pricking of the nerves.

I don't have time to start this now, but I'm excited to follow along with all y'all's comments and I really enjoyed reading about the first episode. It looks like cracky, trashy fun and if it stays that way through it's run I'll definitely put it on the list!

This show is goofy as hell and I loved every second of it. I already know I will be waiting on pins and needles each week for new episodes. The female lead is awesome and the actress is so pretty! I now have yet another woman to pathetically crush on… oh to be sapphic kdrama fan! I just know the ML’s family, especially the grandma and sister, will love her. That to me is even more important than her finally having a man who loves her fully for who she is. Yi-joo deserves a loving family!

Anyways, I’ll be here with y’all to witness all the future makjang chicanery. Let’s forget the doom and gloom and have some FUN.

I couldn't finish the webtoon and I couldn't finish the first episode of the drama. I don't think the changes helped. I could handle 50 episodes of the OG but I couldn't finish 50 minutes this time.

The power of revenge stories is the anger. But I couldn't care less about the FL in the drama version. I just couldn't feel bad for her. Maybe they could've used drama-pace instead of webtoon-pace? I feel like everything happened so fast and they tried so hard to make the FL the victim but not in a sad way but more in a frustrating way? it felt weird. One second she's talking about loving her husband, next second he and her sis are flirting in front of her and another stranger?

I'll just wait for the Marry My Husband adaptation.

I love a melodrama and this is it for me…bring on all the cheese! It thoroughly satisfies the helpless romantic in me…the ML is everything he is supposed to be…handsome, sexy, romantic, protective of and clearly intrigued by the FL. Additionally the FL has a backbone.

My only one pet peeve is that they start dressing the ML in sharper suits. He needs more polished clothing to not only show off his great physique but to reflect his chaebol status…reference the ML from Celebrity. Every time he appeared on screen I couldn’t take my eyes off him.

Thanks for the recap @unit!
I read in a synopsis before that the timw jump qas foe 3 years. So its down to only a year. That is short but I guess that may be better for this show.

I think I may have misunderstood the hospital scene. Turning off the life support machines didn't particularly seem to affect Yi Joo, as she opened her eyes and listened attentively to what mum had to say, but turning on again the various machines seemed to finish her off within seconds. Color me confused...

Not exactly highbrow, but deliciously gratifying, and so liberating when there's no need to justify the occasional silliness, as no one's pretending this show is anything more than it is.

Oh, and it's a very pretty show.

Is this the trashtastic makjang I am waiting for the whole year?

is this an isekai drama ??

That makes it exciting!!!

Ooooh I'm intrigued! Saved this to my watch list!