Bimil

This Drama is well written, with a compelling plot, powerful performances, and a heart-wrenching storyline. But the highly disturbing mis-treatment and abuse of women, the main character in particular, makes this drama almost unwatchable at times. Not even ten years old, this drama is not going to age well. It's a feminist nightmare. Even as a man writing this, I found it appalling how the physical and emotional abuse toward women was conveyed in a matter-of-fact way. I'm a big fan of K-Dramas, but was very disappointed in this drama.

Looked up for female lead Jeong-eum Hwang, and male lead Seong Ji. Same pairing as in 'Kill me, Heal me'. And wow. Just wow, what a story. Tears! Worst villain ever, simply because you can understand the reasons behind his actions, from his perspective. Your heart will break over and over for the female lead. Recommended a thousand times over.

I've been watching Korean TV drama series for the last couple of months and I gotta say, none of them kept me watching till the end curiously. It certainly has very interesting storyline and fantastic drama. Camera work is great, lighting, acting... everything is perfect. The amount of advertising products is acceptable in comparison to other Kdrama series. Anyways, it's highly recommended!

Even after 10 years (this was made in 2013), this drama still stands up to a 10 against all other dramas I have viewed. An amazing chaebol story; full of drama, ML Ji Sung played the character perfectly. He is handsome, determined, smart, a leader, loyal to his father and the business and his love starts with hateful revenge that turns into real love as the story evolves. The woman that goes from revenge to real love, was his fiancé, who he believed killed the love of his life who was also pregnant with his son. The fiancé was dating an attorney behind his back when this happened who is the 2nd ML and turns out to be so ruthless that you hate him so much as a character. The emotions, both hate and love between the ML Chaebol and the FL, just pull you in, and any award they received for this drama stands up to time 2023.

Definitely not your usual Rom Com! I would have rename this "Secrets and Lies", there were so many right up to the very end! One incident and death on a stormy night impacts like a spider web entangling and changing the lives of the four families. And one person suffers the most deeply.

The character development of the two men in this series is the key. The twist of what seems like a "nice decent" ambitious middle class man (Bae Soo Bin) either hiding a dark personality behind his abmitious climb to prosecutor level and possibly a chaebol marriage, or maybe it was circumstances that cause him the descend into the nasty power hungry deceitful person he eventually becomes. With the contrasting ML (Ji Sung) who is originally an unpleasant arrogant nasty chaebol heir that slowly changes into a thoughtful caring loving man who the viewer eventually empathises with instead of hating on.

The FL (Lee Da Hee) is simply a young foolish girl blinded by her love for the prosecutor she takes the rap for his actions and goes to prison where the brutality is not faked. Some of the scenes in women's prison are shocking and unpleasant but necessary, although the way they all become friends on the outside takes some getting used to, but is somewhat understandable as they can only be honest and trust each other (the ex-prisoners).

The slow realisation by the FL that she was never really loved in return after she had suffered so deeply for her ex boyfriend. That he now only saw her as a millstone hanging on her ankle is deeply heartbreaking. The viewer really feels the grief (she cries constantly!) and can empathise with her lost love, lost time, lost child, lost family and lost life and mostly lost innocence. Only when she looses all that does she actually come out of her la la foggy land to reality about people and grow up.

But this is countered by the support and eventual love she receives from her former tormentor, the chaebol heir.

Well written it was a surprise series and would recommend it.