Amor e Batatas

I haven't laughed this hard at a Kdrama in a long time. It is just what I needed. The female character is over the top but that in no way ruins the story. I have loved Kang Tae-oh since Attorney Woo and he is the reason I chose this show to be my next watch, even though it wasn't released all at once and it is hard to wait for the next episodes to drop.

The whole ensemble from the Potato Lab to the roommates to the villagers is just a riot. Three separate possible romances also add flavor to the drama. Enough intrigue and hints from the past keep you wondering how it will all come together. I will keep watching as now it is taking a more serious turn in the romance of the two leads. Don't give up on this for any reason. It is a delight!

I thought this would be a fun series but the female lead ruined it and really turned me off of this series. The rest of the cast is great and I was really looking forward to seeing the male lead in another series.

I stopped the series in episode 2 because it would put me in the worst mood watching thanks to the female lead. The female lead really leaves a bad taste. She's excessive, angry, childish, and over all feels like she's just a bad person. I couldn't stand to watch anymore because of this character alone. Not sure why they needed to take it to this extreme. It's not fun to watch.

I don't think I will finish it.

What on earth happened in the end? Okay, this was a romantic comedy, the characters were a littlebit exaggerated, but somehow funny and still enough credible. I think that 12 parts was good choice, because it seemed that writers had nothing else to give. Still, the last 8 minutes in the end of the series almost ruined the whole story. I'am embarrassed. Is there going to be a sequel or was it just a joke. Just let it be, these characters does not have anything else to give. Actors did their job well, I loved the female lead actress, the way she did to perform furious but still sensitive woman was enjoyable.

I have struggled to get to episode 11 and will eventually finish this.... but oh my goodness....ugh A series like this rises and falls on two things - writing and actors..... the poor writing for the female leads' character and a horrid (although beautiful) actress playing that unfortunate part...

If the female lead did not have such a dysfunctional personality if might be possible to overlook her best friend who has an even worse dysfunctional personality than hers.

All the other actors were wonderful, especially the male lead. Amazing that someone wrote this, directed, produced and financed this for so many people like me to give up multiple hours of their lives to endure it.... I assume, or truly hope, the last episode will have the FL see herself and do a turn around and hopefully her totally bizarre friend will butt out.

HELLO....? I have seen more than a couple new series be ruined because the writers have no concept of basic human psychology and interaction.

INITIAL REVIEW: I have really been looking forward to this show. I enjoy the work of the male lead and had not seen him recently so it was a pleasant surprise.

It seems quite a few new drama (I can think of three right now off the top of my head), have female leads who are just annoyingly weird.

I love the idea of this drama and the characters were coming together but oh my goodness.... what is with this weird woman?

She is over the top angry, reactive and spiteful. It stopped being funny already and I am only midway through episode 2.

In real life people do over react and certainly can be angry.... but geez already who ever wrote this surely just left real life and went off the rails.

I am hopeful the female lead grows up a bit or looks at her obtuse behavior and snaps out of it. She DOES NOT have to be friendly but surely she could behave like a sane human being.

I will come back and re-evaluate if I continue watching. I gave it an 8 star because I am hopeful.

I just finished watching The Potato Lab. Overall it was a good show, just not great. The back story of potatoes and the lab stayed with the show until the end, which was good. The second couple were very good and provided much needed laughs. They showed affection for each other and provided the only intimacy scenes (PG of course) in the show.

The main couple were lacking. The chemistry just wasn't there. There were a couple of scenes were the passion started to build but BOOM, it was gone. Not much romance with them, just a few hugs and light kisses.

The ending was terrible. There was a long time jump and other then being together no information on their relationship status.