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Love everyone involved in this from the excellent leads and supporting cast to those behind the camera crafting this. Beautiful to look and a great start to the series with funny dialogue and tragic scenarios leading up to everyone's present. My anticipation racheted up after the first couple episodes.

However, if I had one problem with the story, it was that the leads didn't have nearly enough screentime together not spent fighting evil. I waited patiently episode after episode for quiet scenes spent in comfort with the leads getting reacquainted emotionally but the end of the day, we didn't even get a hug in the final moments of their happily-ever-after. In the end not nearly as satisfying as it should've been.

I would highly recommend the first two seasons of this series. Funny, fun, and heartwarming as you get to know the regular customers at the rate the actors do. The nightly chats among the celebrities are cozy and inviting. There's a charm to the residents of both towns and you'll be sad to leave then when the 10 days is over.

Unfortunately, the third season isn't quite the same success. Perhaps being a North American means I don't find the stories of the California customers nearly as interesting, and the celebs' inability to effortlessly communicate means they don't get to know the community as well.

This isn't on the stars. The store choice was a mistake by the producers. Everyone's far too busy to do more than struggle through the days. Not one of them looks like they're having fun. The show was far more effective in smaller towns.

Really good drama that lets its four leads sparkle. Twinkling Watermelon features themes of family and identity at various times in the characters' lives, and while it looks like a fun ride on its nostalgic surface, this series has bigger emotional payoffs simmering just under the surface. Boy, do the final two episodes serve up the full force of the writer's prowess. In the end, each character develops the tools to help them communicate better whether through signing, music, or simply summoning the courage to ask the questions they never could. The male leads are excellent especially in the finale episodes but it's Choi Hyun-Wook, who has shone in everything he's done to date, demonstrating again why he'll be the next big thing in Korean tv.