My Wife's Having an Affair this Week

Love this show a lot. Nice casting, awesome story and amazing tension building plus spetecular comedy and fantastic romance. Love it. New things happening in characters life. Over all out of the world show must watch.

The leads are a sure bet in terms of acting, in particular the male lead, who appeared in productions of the level of Parasite. The production value was good. The characterization and plot... not so much in my opinion. There were a couple of characters that I wished were developed more, and some of the relationships that were developed at the end I would have liked to see given more space, but I guess that for that to happen they would have needed to have been introduced before in the story arc, unless one wanted to have sort of a time-skip ending. They did have only twelve episodes, after all. About the ending... in general I don't like open endings, but when I don't really like the conclusion I surely do prefer them to the alternative, and this is one of those cases.

I am a fan of the actor interpreting the main lead. He gave a solid performance in this one, though if you were expecting a more realistic portrayal such as he gave in My Mister, you would have to re-set your expectations: the writing in this one is different, the subject is treated in a more comedic fashion.

I must say that imho it was not always done in the most tasteful manner, if you were trying to convey a point about something dramatic, making the wounded lead the butt of a joke in the next moment does tend to detract from the dramatic tension... it would be okay in a different drama, where the focus was not so much on the feelings and inner world of the protagonist, but on other aspects, such as in the Chinese drama Divorce Lawyers' initial scene... but you cannot really go from depicting emotional pain to making the sufferer the butt of a joke without at least some of the pathos being lost in the process.

I was expecting a light comedy but this turned out to be much much more. The main storyline is our lead actor discovering clues that his wife is going to cheat on him, if she hasn't already done so. But how could this happen? They have a perfectly happy life with an adorable young son and jobs they like. They don't have any martial problems, as far as he knows. Surely there must be an innocent explanation for his perfect wife's behavior? As his desperation mount and not willing to share his fear with his best friends and colleagues, he anonymously asked for advices in a popular public forum. Thus began a series of hilarious acts to find out the truth and deal with it.

Aside from the comic relief provided by the supporting casts and the funny notion of his story becoming a top trending topic online, this show is surprisingly dark in tone. It realistically portraits the fear, pain, despair and anger our leading man experiences. Quite surprisingly, this is also done in an understated manner that I find is inline with his introvert and stoic personality. This makes his character believable and easy to identify with.

What about the wife's story and motivation? Is she really guilty of the assumed betrayal? Why? The show's perspective is mostly from the husband's and my biggest criticism of this show is comparatively not giving the wife sufficient screen time to develop her side of the story. Is that misogyny of the show, or mine in finding her motivation less believable because I am a man?

Regardless I have been really touched by the story and the performance of our leads. I feel for them and got drawn into their lives, their introspection and their dilemma. I must confess that quite a few times my predictions were wrong and that makes for a very gripping, if not always enjoyable, experience.

I highly recommend this show provided you are not looking for a laugh out loud comedy.