Familiar Wife

I didn't know what to expect from the title of the show but from the 2nd/3rd it's soooo amazing. I don't think I've ever felt the pain of the characters in a show quite like this before. It's incredibly underrated. And the actors are so good at what they did. The whole concept is so cool. And the soundtrack... oh boy even listening to it now brings tears to my eyes cause it remind me of them and their hurt and their love. MUST WATCH

Good husband makes a nicer wife. This drama let husbands make reflection on their attitude of treating of their wives and family. Lacking of care and concern ruins the family. Jusung is such a husband. However he is given a second life to experience a marriage with another wife, a dream girl he is always thinking of, but then find out that the original wife is actually his best choice. The story is itself quite meaningful.

This drama makes me think of Discovery of love, which is another relationship drama to let men reflect how a man should care for his girlfriend. That is a great drama. Out of more than 50 kdrama i have watched, it is my favourite and i will give a full score of 10.

I watched Discovery of love long time ago. The two dramas have a similar theme and similar message to bring out. But to me, i find Discovery of love excel Familiar wife.

I think the problem lies in the 2nd female lead of Familiar wife. In language of my place, her character is only one dimensional, that is, she is made the villian of the drama and is bad without a reason. A spoiled wealthy girl who does not care about her motherinlaw and develops an extramarital relationship with a guy younger than her. In the love square, clearly she is made the culprit and the one to be blamed for breaking of relationship. She is kind of like the witch in Snow White, shouldering all the blame. She is a simple solution for the writer to bring out the divorce.

Besides, the writer rely on a time travel to the past to let jisung come to understand what is wrong with him. Time travel is a convenient means to bring out regret of jisung

In Discovery of love, there exists also a love square. But no single side is totally wrong. In fact, they are all decent persons. The 2nd male lead meets his child sweet heart again and therefore shaking his relationship with the lead actress. On the other hand, the male lead come to work with the female lead. He begins to treasure his past love with the female lead out of jealousy. He has a deeper understanding of her through constant contact and finally revive their love. The storyline is much more intricate and resemble the complexity of the true world. As some commentary say, it is a realistic drama, with a plot not easy to write.

In the coming epd jisung will tell the truth to female lead about their marriage in his first life. Hope that the climax is yet to come.

What an underrated show! I stumbled across it by accident, and watched the first (and only?) season over the weekend.

Certain pieces were quirky, corny, slow, and forced, but were necessary for the conclusion. The sci-fi aspect to the show really hit home when they realized they had choices.

The casting was PERFECT -- and I cannot stress that enough.

This is a message to all divorced people, or anyone with questions about their choices. You don't need to disrupt your entire timeline to make better choices concerning your attitude and relationship RIGHT NOW.

I LOVED THIS SHOW. Please don't create a sequel. It is perfect as-is.

I am an avid kdrama watcher and I will regard this drama as my favorite of all time. I am sincerely wondering why it doesn't have a higher rating. To begin with, the chemistry between all the cast is amazing, each and every side character as well. The main leads are tremendous actors and I regard Han Ji-Min as my favorite actress because of this drama as well as her others. This drama truly lets her shine and we get to see so many of her talents in acting. Secondly, the plot is superb. It is both a story easily heard of but also uniquely performed. I really appreciated how the plot was not only for Ju Hyeok to realize what was really wrong in his marriage, but for Wu-Jin as well. It is absolutely realistic and tremendously easy to fall in love with. Lastly, I read many reviews stating that the last few episodes were dull and I'll disagree by saying those were my favorites! We really got to see the sweet behavior between the main couple as what should have happened in a marriage that is healthy and communicative. Over all, it is hard not to fall in love with all the characters in this show. I must say I will honestly miss watching it. I 10/10 recommend it to everyone, even those who barely watch Korean shows.

No idea why it got all the negativity but for me it was deep and sad and funny. You knew the places where the male lead is being an ass but you are still rooting for him because the actor is very convincing. The main couple's chemistry is beyond amazing. The second lead is cute too. What more do you want??!! The events that were happening kept me interested up until the end. But it would have been so much better if the male lead could go back to the previous version of his wife and make things better for themselves and clean the mess they created. Anyways I can't stress enough on the acting ability of ji sung...no other actor could have pulled this off.