Waiting for the first episode to drop on Viki. Praying to the Drama Gods: Please let this be good.

Ooooh, I liked the first episode very much!!
It has a promise of a good old weekender with multiple stories and so far I'm interested in ALL of them (like Aunt with her little son preparing for a doctor career, or Police Officer).
I like the older generation dynamic (Noona 😁).... and the leads, they were so cuuuute together in the past! 😍❤️ What happened that the College Chaebol(?) didn’t call???
Anyway, I have a hope right now, hopefully not a false one. 😉😉

This first episode was honestly a little too good 🤨...like our heroine, I don't like false hope haha.

But it's clear that not all weekenders are made equal lol. The leap in production values between this & B&MR is drastic, as well as the direction which is bright & effusive without coming off as corny. I love Park Ji-young so much, her performance as Bong-hee is this episode's glue. In fact, the actors are really well directed, which, again, is miles beyond what B&MR had to offer.

I really like the main couple so far, they feel pretty real. They liked each other, she let herself be vulnerable enough to share her number, he's a nice guy, but still broke his promise. Mundane, but very human. As someone who's able-bodied, I don't think I've got the right to decide how well her disability is portrayed.

I loved the first episode. Anyone notice who is playing our Haraboji? If you have never seen it drop everything else and go watch NAVILLERA. You can even put this show on hold for that.

Some characters have only partly been introduced. None are awful. Even the despairing mother is simply that: She is not wallowing in it and lying on a couch but rather working as hard as she can to do what she can for their situation. She may act mean at times (and probably will) but she is not a bad person. She deserves better than she has received, and we will hope that this story gives her that at the end.

I really like this! I mean this as a compliment: this show doesn't look or feel like a weekender at all, except of course in the fact that it has and will certainly use a large ensemble cast. But it doesn't have that low budget, soapy, grainy quality weekenders tend to have. "Iron Family" feels like a regular long form drama with nary a lull so far in the storytelling.

I'm excited!

their morning after scene had no right to be so good. their back and forward, the physical acting, the directing, acting, the writing. everything was so good to watch. I was on board with this couple since their first moment together.

its really nice that our ML chaebol is just a nice guy for real.

cant wait until next week. its good to be that hooked into a weekend after such a long time (for me, since never twice, yeeeeeears ago)

So, our ML is not really a Chaebol but, instead, a step-Chaebol- who will inherit anyway if he proves himself. But his maternal granddad, a loan shark, left his mom about 8.5 million dollars which she has kept hidden from her husband (on granddad's instructions). His mom is about to lose a fifth of it? That is assuming that there is no burglary to take the rest. I do remember that there is supposed to be a crime and mystery component to this show (and the cover illustration shows our FL's grandparents holding a classic satchel of cash). It looks like that is about to happen.

It does not look like murder will be involved- just theft.

We have confirmed that FL's brother is a police officer who is about to move out after his marriage to a very pretty colleague.

Still not sure about our FL's Unni, perhaps that will be clarified nest week. Or maybe I missed something.

After eight years our ML finally dials the FL- just to see if she still has his number. She does. And confirms her opinion of him as a jerk.

Sadly, our FL's Aunt is about to get a divorce and, according to their son, neither of them wants custody. We definitely need more information here.

What a sweet first episode! I loved the leads backstory. Their morning after was absolutely adorable. Kim Jung-hyun Was so charming.
Will keep my hopes down but will continue. N

EPISODE 2

I love this family already!

Haraboji and his noona are lovely.
The mom is so sweet. And the sister in law seems awesome.

But I wonder what's going on with her oppa, and I'm scared the annoying girl from the ML's office is her unnie. I hope not. Tbh, the second I saw that actress I rolled my eyes. She's always playing an annoying character.

It was nice to see the actress from Unpredictable Family, tho. Even if it seems she's going to be annoying too.

Anyway, I wonder what's going to happen with our building owner oppa. Is he here as the sister's love interest?
I think aunt goes with the dad of the little girl who's friends with her son.

Our main leads are cute and fun. I looooooved their morning after scene. I want more of them.

Oh. And I love that the ML's family too. His dad's so cool. I think it's really sweet he wants to be like him.
I like that there's no greed and resentment I'm the middle of their relationship.

Mom seems sweet too. I just hope she isn't getting scammed about the building since she's already losing all her money next episode.
I saw that Viki had this one with the "crime and thriller" tag. Wth is that tag doing in a weekender... I just hope it isn't anything serious. Keep it fun, drama!

This is the first family/weekend drama I've watched in 5 years. I hope this one will stay good till the end, since it has a better FL than Im Soo Hyang.

I like the first two episodes A LOT!

Seo Sook-hyang certainly doesn’t disappoint. I am a fan, having watched four of her dramas (Lawyers of Korea, Pasta, Miss Korea, and my all time fav romcom - Jealousy Incarnate). I chose not to watch Wok of Love, however, as not having the heart to see Jang Hyuk lose the girl to Lee Jun-Ho! JI is 24 episodes with enough families and side characters to become a fully fledged family drama - so, 36 episodes for Iron Family should be totally doable for her.

Back to Iron Family, I approve the theme of ‘hope is futile’. A prerequisite of any good family drama is the families set up with mandatory sympathetic/loving grandparents and parents. This box is ticked, not to mention they are played by Park Ji-Hwan, Kim Young-ok and the always excellent Park Ji-young. The lead couple is real and lovely. Great to see Kim Jung-hyun graduate from the little brother in JI to this lead role - hope this drama will re-launch his career.

I’m also happy to note the potential of not many annoying characters, other than the divorcing aunt and possibly the sister/fashion designer. Not sure though whether Choi Tae-Joon’s character is into the FL and the reason of his helping out at the shop. He’s likely to end up with the sister/designer.

A bold prediction here - the ML’s step father and the FL’s mother would pair up. They might be college friends and there’s a reason why the line uttered by grandpa that she’s college educated majoring in Korean Literature. There’s also a reason why he is not the biological father of the ML to make this probable. And the father is played by Shin Hyun-joon who wouldn’t normally be cast to do a role without weight. This may mean the ML’s mother would meet her fate in the upcoming robbery, with subsequent police investigation. Hence, a team of police force in the drama. We shall see.