Probably my favorite all around drama this year. It knew what it wanted to do and did it with pizazz, one liners, chemistry, and petty. I loved every second of this and the sheer joy I will have from remembering how much fun this drama is. Thank you!!

And just like that, it ended! What a ride it has been. Easily the most entertaining drama this year. I love how the show embraced the makjang, yet wrote a very decent story, characters we can root for and some really swoony romance.


One thing I really appreciated the show was for writing the villians. If not for them, this would have just falled flat. The actors who played evil stepmother and mother in law were amazing. Their wardrobe was everything.

I really liked how it ended for both Lee Jung Hye and Yu Ra. They were the same. Jung Hye chose to stay strong and believe in herself (she never went crawling back to her husband) nor did Yu Ra go back to her father. Father was disappointing. How could he not look for his daughter? He doesn’t know she isn’t his child. Even if she wasn’t, Yu Ra grew up as his daughter and he should have taken care of her. He is ignoring her like how he ignored Yi Joo in the past.

Poor ex, can’t catch a break!! I can imagine his life going forward..In the end, we got pathetic endings to the bad folks. And like Do Guk said “they made their own beds”

And thanks for the recap @missvictrix which was awesome as always. And beanies made this show so much more fun. The fan wall posts were on fire and recap discussions were amazing. I will miss this show.

Thanks for deciding to recap this @missvictrix -- you made it as always more enjoyable to watch. And this was a fun one to watch, what I think a fantasy romance should be--no pretensions to grand statements about destiny, what it means to be human, or overcoming trauma--just a simple story about a couple seeking love and happiness the way we all would, by traveling back in time after a white truck accident.

I found the ending satisfying, especially the revelation that Da-gook fell in love with Yi-joo because of her art. Its something all men can relate to. I myself fell in love with my scientist wife because of her pipetting skills. Just like at the beginning, his analysis of her art is impeccable: "Its like spring, but its frozen." And it was titled frozen spring! What insight! I also appreciate that Yi-joo returned to her favorite artistic style, photorealism, providing a satisfying creative arc (although I wasn't sure about the imprecise swabbing of beige paint as she launched her painting--is that really one of the techniques of photorealism?)

But, as I reflect on the ending, sipping my protein coffee, I did have a few quibbles with the ending.

1. Wouldn't Yoo-ra have eaten the results of the paternity test, to prevent it from coming to light? Also, I understand its difficult to raise an infant in a small apartment, but will it really teach Se-hyuk the meaning of hell?

2. The white truck had one job, and one job only, and it just swerved by with no contact? That's one disappointing white truck!

3. Finally, I appreciated that the hairbrush PPL was used as the vehicle to show Yi-joo's new self-love as she gazed at her soft hair in the mirror. Still, I really think they missed the mark by not using it to brush what our loving couple referred to as "the fruit of our love." I myself now wish I had used that phrase to describe my children, especially through their adolescence, when they were around their friends. Oh well, maybe I can go back in time a few years to rectify that oversight!

A very satisfying finale with all the threads wrapped up, and everyone getting exactly what they deserve. This drama had perfect pacing with not a single filler minute. All the characters were well fleshed out and all of them were convincing in their motivations. Even sweet JuRi who had only 5 minutes in the last episode and made me happy for her that she dodged a bullet when YuRa showed up at that family dinner.

The writer and director deserve applause for this makjang which had better characterisations and relationship developments than a lot of big budget shows 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The victimhood mental gymnastics of these characters was amazing. It is crazy how they could blame and hold resentment over others for their own actions.

I laughed when Yura showed up at ex fiance's house saying how she was having his baby. How could she hold such disdain for him while talking about living with him?

Should I be impressed that he found a new, seemingly well off woman in a few month's time and got her to agree to marry him?

I've been meaning to say this for weeks but forgot especially since I don't even know the character's, let alone the actor's, name but the aquaintance at Do Guk's business who came to the housewarming or whatever that get together was, looks like a total mix of Kim Seon Ho (from Hometown Cha Cha Cha) and Lee Jun Young (from May I Help You). How is not out here playing their brother in EVERYTHING?! Haha
Especially with Seon Ho.

I figured there might be a pair the spares but I'm glad it wasn't focused on even more. With what was given, it just seemed like a one sided attraction.

Thanks to PMR for an entertaining, refreshing ride. It pushed the boundaries of what could be accomplished in 12 episodes and did it with style. Would I want every show to imitate its pace? No. But I wouldn’t mind seeing some of the other elements that made it sing in more dramas — better conflict resolution, not-evil in-laws and an OTP who work together instead of lingering in the frenemy phase.

Also, a shoutout to CEO Grandma for demonstrating how a company should respond to scandal — by owning up to it and taking responsibility. Granted, she shouldn’t have let Jeong-wook get away with so much during his trial period, but at least she stepped up at the end and showed there’s a least one company in K-drama land that’s not a cesspool of corruption.

A number of us started to watch Perfect Marriage Revenge as an exercise in "who would last longest." We thought we would sh*tpost about it on the Fan Wall, forming a community of commiseration performing a love-but-hate-watch of some serious(ly unwatchable) "makjang nonsense."

Well, the laugh was on us because PMR turned out to be one of the most entertaining dramas that many of us watched all year.

But that didn't mean we didn't post to the Fan Wall. OH NO...we posted in spades.

So, without further ado, please allow me to present to you the index post for the OVER ONE HUNDRED (100!!) Fan Wall posts that we have made as a community about PMR these past six weeks:

https://www.dramabeans.com/members/attiton/activity/1479072/

...and we're not even quite done yet!! I hereby commit to maintaining this index to include all the PMR posts that get made between now and the end of the 2023.

To everyone who reads this: I hope you thoroughly enjoy perusing these PMR Fan Wall Challenge posts--they have all been amazing, as have the conversations these images, essays, and quips have engendered in the posts' individual comment sections.

Arrrrtgh. I am way behind this week so I won’t be able to see it till later today.

After the first few episodes, my enthusiasm for this drama had dwindled. The scene with the hotel room was so promising, but with each subsequent episode I lost more and more interest in the love story of our OTP.

But it was extremely satisfying that all the villians got their just punishment in the end and no one was forgotten.

And cheers to Do-gook's family. His mother, grandmother and sister were the highlight of this drama.

Give me my money for that Yoora's child is Sehyuk plotttt!! Also I feel like I just watched a whole KBS Weekend drama packed into a 12 episodes drama, can't say I don't like it though, LOVE it!

Thank you so much for your recaps, @missvictrix ! These and the fan wall posts made following this show even more enjoyable - if that is at all possible. This time I was snort-laughing at you mentioning the „piss-poor dialogue“, because this show did that so exceptionally well. (Yura upon being asked at an art event in the gallery: „So, what’s trending in modern art right now?“ Yura: „Right now, it’s all about the colors.“ *and cut* LOL!)

This finale really had it all:
* snot kisses
* Yura‘s overly annoyed upper lip twitch & baring of teeth (oh the actress is amazing!)
* conclusion to „the baby race“ (Gosh, WHY)
* Sexretary turning out to actually be the son of the painter Cruella enslaved for her art forgery scheme (some beanie speculated about this outcome on the comments thread some episodes back, and I was already cackling about this possibility)
* sweet journalist friend falling for assistant due to a glasses-less impromptu make-over (why?! I thought these two were an item already, because they turned up together at the „house warming“ party of Du-gok & Yi-joo. Can you blame me for not being able to keep up with every detail of the plot? 😂)
* … well, there could have been more MIL, but she was exceptionally awesome again, for example at the hospital…!
* Halmeoni owning up to her company’s (well, her grandson’s) mistake with grace
* Truck of Doom actually zipping past, no harm done. Oh the revelation!!!

I could go on, but I’ll leave it as that: awesome show, great wrap-up. Parts of this will surely show up in my 2023 round up 😂

@missvictrix, thanks for the recap !

Wow, happy ending plus a baby ! 🥰
Hopefully this sets a new standard for makjang chaebol dramas😂
Wonderful job by cast and crew and writer, not sure who gets credit, webtoon creator or screen writer.
The women really ruled this show, other than Sec Lee and Do-gook, the men took the back seat in this drama.
12 episodes may be the new challenge, can you pack your story into 12 episodes and still pull off a perfect landing ?
I am very pleased to have had such a fun show to close out the 2023 drama season with.
I can also hope that this show is an inspiration to other shows.

I started watching this drama after reading @missvictrix recap of eps 1-2...and whaddyaknow after ep1, I was hooked! I must say though that during the last episode, every darn time that the OTP is on their way somewhere or in a car, I was getting really nervous! :-p
Thanks for the great recap of my favorite drama of 2023 (so far...about to start My Demon).

No doubt, it was clearly a makjang with secret birth, fake wound, kidnapping, sequestration, poison, wrong meds, fire, hidden mother, adoption, car accident, truck of doom, cheating, counterfeit, work accident, death, fake contract, time travel, theft, hysterical characters, fear of water, etc. in only 12 episodes.

It was way too much for me and my sanity but it was entertaining. I didn't care about the characters except Do-Gook. Yi-Joo was touching at the beginning and then she became her revenge.

They did it! They stuck the landing and finished with a good ending! Hands down the most entertaining drama I've watched all year. And very well written. In lesser hands I think it would've fallen apart several murder attempts ago. And see what happens when you cast a grown ass man in a romcom? Other dramas, take notes.

Personally, I don't know how she could forgive the father. I can kinda give some leeway to grandfather since he has been repentent and acknowledged his greed and what it led to. Plus he involuntarily committed just so he couldn't be involved in things (from what I understand).

The father on the other hand treated Yi Joo like crap because she was adopted. If you adopt a child into your home as your child, you're supposed to love & treat them as your child not some nuisance or invisible or a tool for your own ambitions.

I really can't stand him when I think about it. "Oh, I didn't know my biological daughter was with me all this time; it was just this girl who seemed so much like me so I resented her for it"

Ugh, the way people treat people😒😮‍💨

Thank you missvictrix for the wonderful recaps and fellow beanies who raved about this show non stop so I decided to give it a go.
What a crazy but enjoyable ride.
Finally, after the years frustration with numerous shows allotting the usual 2-5 mins max to out OTP for the happy or inconclusive everafter we get at least 20 mins of happy times with our leads. It was so satisfying to watch and feels like this was the one show this year that knew what it was about. 

And it's done. They landed the Concorde of kdramas. It went through tropes and undoing villainous acts as if the drama had a second chance at life and wasn't going to waste a second. Yes, it was fast and jammed packed, but there was no filler (except protein in the coffee) and no wasted space, which was a relief this year.
And most of all, this drama had heart in the midst of all this. The OTP's story and romance had so much straightforward tenderness and honest moments. No noble idiocy, no tseundere puffery or coldness, no female ditziness or extreme shoutiness. Also, there wasn't excessive drunkeness used to get the OTP to tell each truths except in the first hotel scene. When I saw the scene in the finale in the hotel, when Do Guk carries Yi Joo off, I realized this scene exemplified why this drama worked so well. In this scene, you have these two beautiful people, but there was such imperfectly perfect sweet goofiness as Sung Hoon carried her off. Sung Hoon is so good looking, and yet, there is something dorky about him that makes him adorable.
The cast all were good in this drama because they were all in on the joke--even the over the top acting was pitch perfect like Do Guk's mother teased up hair (the hair should get a prize for best supporting performer).
Thank you to this drama for addressing so many of my complaints about dramas recently in a smart, fun and entertaining way. I have no regrets about having this fun fling with you.

What a fun ride!! This is the only case where I like the adaptation more than the original. It kinda tones down the makjang-ness and cover more plot holes (sort of). Two things that I am most glad they ditch are:
1. Secretary to also be another person who come back from the past and have time on his wrist!! So unnecessary!
2. The over the top finale (even moreso that this one) - initially the car Jungwook in has a bomb in it yet somehow everyone still alive by the end of the webtoon lol

Now if only Marry My Husband can be adapted as well as this

I binged it over the weekend, just in time for the finale. While I enjoyed it, I didn't loven it. Maybe it's just more enjoyable when you watch it weekly.
One thing I didn't like was that it felt like the romance hit the pause button after the honeymoon. That hust felt weird not knowing what was going on with their relationship.

I couldn’t help feeling terrible for the child Yoo Ra was carrying, because you know she is going to resent and abuse that poor thing, probably with daddy dearest there too AND his mother and sister, who are also terrible people who will happily blame a baby for ruining their chance to climb the social ladder (again). Where’s the justice going to be for that child? We just had a whole drama about what happens to children in abusive homes. Is this the note we want to end on here? Am I overthinking it? (That answer is always yes, I am, lol.)

Before I read any other comments I have to share that, after watching all the crew credits, I jumped up and shouted, "That was perfect". Honestly it wasn't "serious" but it was so very enjoyable with some wonderful nuggets of truth embedded. Can we please have more like this from a team who is so savvy as to know the tropes, embellish the tropes and then subvert them. Well done writers, producers, directing team (standing around in bare feet on a cold beach) and every actor bringing their best to this crazy, cracky show.

This was just the funnest watch of the year 🥰 A big THANK YOU to the Beanies who convinced me to give it a try! Lol I've already shared all my reactions on the fanwall, so I'll just say again - what a great way to wrap up the show!

P.S. Has anyone seen One the Woman? Because it's kind of a makjang spoof with the HILARIOUS Honey Lee, and might be a fun watch after this!! Bride of the Century is also a (kind of) fun makjang/melodrama.

I don't think there was enough of the women in Do Guk's family shown but also how could they have been added more in a way that made narrative sense haha? I know it worked for the story but I just liked those women so much. I don't know if I'll forget them in time but right now, they are the best in laws in recent memory (maybe I should say in the "chaebol category" haha cause angel dad from Castaway Diva is an unofficial in law and he's one of the best characters that I can remember).

I've only seen the Tae Ja matriarch in one other drama and that is from 2009 (damn time flies) and she played a similar character as in she was compassionate but had a firm hand. I'm wondering if that is this actress' niche. If it is, I could certainly think of worst things haha.
Sidenote: can paternity be tested in utero? I didn't know that.

I've only seen the actress who played Do Guk's mother in one other thing and that was The Law Cafe. I thought she was cool in that but after seeing her in this, I think I want to see more of the actress. She can do classy and sassy. She can be somewhat comedic.
One of the moment that I liked, that I don't think I saw ANYONE else mention, is when she and evil stepmoter met and they didn't shake hands but just raised them in position. I thought that was a weird class thing haha. It was kinda intriguing to me because the looks on their faces made it seem almost like a power play between them.

Another moment that made me chuckle was the fact that the dad was just carrying the letter that said evil stepbrother was abandoned. Just why? Haha
Was he really just going to give it to the son in prison, unprompted? Was he just always carrying it around in case an opportunity arises?

Lety me just say it - Jin Ji Hee is a terrible terrible actress. The facial contractions she does were just bad.
the conversation between Yi Joo and her mom was so beautiful, I didnt cry, but was close.
Did the BIL have to call Do Guk to the cafe to tell him about his brother? Couldnt he have told him over the phone?
The romantic scenes between the leads were so sweet, especially where she tells him she is pregnant.
I loved the future set out for Yu Ra and her mom.
ok so I m off to buy the hair brush and protein coffee lol
I cnt believe its been 6 weeks since I found this delightful show. I'm gonna miss it.

This show was like a 64 episode weekday drama stuffed into 12 episodes and I enjoyed it so much. It had drama, eye candy, mystery, over the top people and consequences. I've rarely found the filthy rich people's family issues and victimized, sad lady protagonist with rich, cold gentleman lover story that appealing, but this one managed to have both damseling and kdrama chaebol man behavior at a minimum even with the basic trappings of it and made for a very sweet main couple, and I found the rocketing pace of plot points delightfully engrossing.

Yi Joo was a fun leading lady, she had enough agency for me to be happy with her revenge arc, and enough softness for the cliched romance to be mushy sweet. I loved that Do Guk had been in love with her because he was enchanted by her artwork and wasn't some kind of jerk. I can't say I found Sung Hoon's acting that amazing, but he did well enough and his face really contributed to everything.

Both fathers were useless, Jin Woong much more so for being a coward who did nothing to help an abused child, but Young Kyun just avoided issues and made both his sons unhappy. The mothers on the other hand did so much more and they were the best of the supporting characters. Jung Hye was deliciously ott evil, I loved her wardrobe and makeup and the evil theme songs, and Yeon Hwa was awesomely excellent and wins all the awards for being such a great mother-in-law to Yi Joo and subverting that particular cliche.

Shout out to handsome Manager Kim for being a mystery at first with his cards held close, and then revealing his own birth secret just to make everything even more fun.

My heart is full! And they lived happily ever after!
I really like them reenacting their first meeting with the hotel room card. Do Guk proudly carrying Yi Joo out of that restaurant. Their big smiles with their baby daughter!
The villains were incarcerated and got their own karmas. Yura and Se Hyeok got their special place of hell. I pity their kid growing up in a place like that.
It reminds me that Do Guk was like Se Hyeok un the beginning, both were married/engaged to the sister of the woman they love. I am glad that they changed their fates with a bit of timeslip help.
I felt bad there was too little MIL Yeon Hwa in the last two episodes. I wanted more of her and grandma.

Also I love this happy family pic courtesy of mdl
https://mydramalist.com/photos/wJngJ8_3

Yi-joo’s dad really annoys me, the dude is sorry for treating Yi-joo horribly because she’s now his biological daughter, so he wasn’t or wouldn’t be sorry for how he treated her if she remained his adopted daughter??? Also while he can be angry at Lee Jung-hye for lying, it doesn’t erase the fact that Yoo-ra IS his daughter, whether they biologically related or not. Why isn’t he taking care of her when she is pregnant??? I hate the birth secret(s) and the real vs fake storyline as it apparently absolves him of any blame. Seriously the dude can fall off a cliff for all I care. I want my villains to get their comeuppance, not get protein coffee dammit!

Rant aside, I’m glad we got more OTP screen time, it’s the time of the year where I want my fluff and I’m pretty satisfied with the ending. Tho I have to thank fellow beanies for making this an entertaining watch, without the recaps, hilarious commentary and Fanwall posts I might’ve dropped this. Thanks for the wild ride everyone!

I'm not finishing this one but I'm just skimming these posts and I'm happy for their happy ending! The family with their matching outfits is perfection <3

All I can say is: makjang done right! It was so over the top, checked all the boxes for makjang (except amnesia, slap from MIL) and was utterly delightful!
P-S: until the end Punchable face wins the award of the most annoying character ever. I might never be able to watch anything this actor is in.

Dear, Perfect Marriage Revenge. You were fabulous. You were dynamic. You kept me entertained from beginning to end. Thanks for being just as I had hoped - as melodramatic and full of surprises as the best Kdrama villain!
I will be back to re-watch you very soon.
A fan.

This is simply the most wonderful drama this year, short and sweet, has the usual tropes, white truck of doom, evil stepmother etc which we expected all done nicely. What I did not expect though was the cast of villains with great acting ability, Yoo Ra especially, the curl of her lips that is so expressive and her evil and manic stepmother's facial expression. The entire cast were really good and wonderfully chosen for their roles. Drama was not too short nor overlong in story telling us entire story and leaves no stone unturned. The ending too was really good, the villains getting their just dessert and our main couple living happily ever after. Can Marry My Husband top this? I hope so.

This was an unexpectedly fun little drama! I liked how every plot line had a resolution (even if they only made makjang style sense!) and I loved the epilogue! I'm always happy when dramas add a few moments of a HEA future.

Some conclusions I predicted, like stepsister's baby's father reveal and the fake limp, while others were completely unexpected, like the hidden artist secretary's dad. Happily PMR avoided the trope that annoys me most: noble indiocy. I was concerned when Yi Joo was so angry with Do Gook because 1. she had not shared her rewound life with him, and 2. he was not truly at fault in the accident; she had made an unsafe u-turn plus the real killer was the TOD. But, her trust issues made sense and the split didn't last long, so I was ok with this in the end. My first makjang! An enjoyable watch.

What fun! Finally we get to see a 'love-to-hate-you' duo of Villainesses. No nuances in their characters, they're just straight-out lean, mean and greedy, all the way to the end. Sung Hoon does what he does best too: act like a 'hunk'. Again no layering in his character (although he does suffer from anxiety due to his trauma with his brother) but other than that he's straight forward about his feelings, is understanding and very protective of our ML, who sometimes frustrates when she reverts to the helpless girl who was used by her family. But when she changed, she was all in for revenge and happily, the writer gives her plenty of wins against her family. I much prefer it that way instead of letting her be trampled on right until the last three episodes. Watching the Witchy Mom & the Sister keep failing every time they try to take her down is my favourite plot point...so enjoyable. So is the romance, although I didn't quite feel the chemistry between them. Sung Hoon has had a lot more with other FL's. Sung Min is good in this part, very believable, but the two of them weren't that 'in sync' with each other, even when they were physical---just no heat---eventhough he was giving it his best. Her reactions were more passive. But when all is said and done, this drama delivers a great time if you like beautiful clothes, characters' mysterious backstories, loads of 'kookie' family members to hate or love, an art theme mixed into boardroom politics, a wedding, cooking classes and even a time slip to make you think. As long as you don't overthink this (t's not highbrow entertainment lol)...it's just a great ride.