An astonishing Kdrama, only marred by the inability to edit the very many lengthy and unnecessary subplots that the writer kept throwing in right up to the end, with the sick child of a fellow prisoner.
A story that opened with GRIEF. The death of a child, an only child in a comfortable married couple's life and the way each of them coped or rather didn't cope. This led to the husband having an affair with a young work colleague and hating his wife, the eventual divorce. The now ex-wife spiralling into despair, false death and four years of amnesia. They meet again accidentally, and the ex does not recognise the husband, but he slowly falls in love with her again and pursues her relentlessly, realising that he had never stopped loving her. Eventually, they (after about 35 episodes of will they/won't they) get back together.
There is the usual Conglomerate, chaebols, stock, shares, business, Elders, in-laws, etc, machine in the background working against the renewal of the relationship, stealing, lying, dodgy business deals.
An interesting insight this time was the introduction of a middle-aged person with Dementia.
There were several children very active in the Drama and simply disappeared for the last 15 episodes! Why? Everyone is linked to everyone either via marriage or sibling, or just the water boy's father is linked via... not sure...oh yeah, the driver of the car that killed the child way back at the beginning of this saga. And everyone eventually gets a partner/wife/husband for a HEA. Please clap.
The ML was 100% the star when it came to acting. That man can act! Very emotive at every level. The FL is about 95%. Just couldn't warm to her. Could think of other actresses who would have played the role better.
It is a rollercoaster ride of emotions in the lead relationship as the two so obviously love each other and have such a depth of history. But the display of anger and hate right next to support for each other is very real. Not to forget, the trigger is the death of their 4-year-old child.
Have taken a star off for the tedious length of this Kdrama. Why was it necessary to drag this to 50 episodes baffles me. 30ep at the most, 35ep with a push. Boredom and viewing exhaustion set in heavily after 30 episodes.
