| SYNOPSIS:
Everything
is difficult at first and gets easier the second and third
time. However there is an exception in the case of marriages.
The first marriage is difficult but the second and third,
it gets worse and even harder. This drama depicts the inner
thoughts of men and women who once married but are now single
again. It shows how they go about falling in love again in
a comical and sometimes absurd way to evoke tears, hope and
laughter out of viewers. With fantasies of love, this show
washes away all stress accumulated from everyday life within
viewers.
DRAMA
REVIEW :
A pair
of good friends cum colleagues (starred by Kim Ji-ho and Jung
Sun-kyoung) apparently runs out of luck in love life and at
work. Ji-ho’s character is a young widower, supporting
her elderly father and young son while Sun-kyoung plays a
money-grubber, who bears a heavy financial burden for her
debt-straddled ex-husband and the motherly pain of living
separately with her daughter. Single
again by forced circumstances, will their love life be eventually
given a new lease of hope and happiness?
Just when
you think that things will not go worse, both were later retrenched
due to an organizational re-structure led by the new CEO (Kim
Sung-Min alias Sung Taek) of Hana Travel Corporation. Ji-ho
and Sung-Min had a misunderstanding that seeded the start
of their intertwined fate. Then enters the character of beautiful
Jo Mi-ryeong, a good platonic friend and admirer of Sung-Min.
To spice things up, she’s also an old classmate of Ji-ho
and Sun-kyoung. This completes the essential Korean love triangle
but it is definitely not as weepy and heavily sorrowful as
most drama series.
Will Mi-ryeong
be successful in breaking them up? And what’s the relationship
between the little girl and Sung-Min?
This drama’s
refreshing storyline brings our attention to this group of
men and women who were once married but are now single again.
It highlights their inner sentiments and struggles to decide
if to take another dare at love realms. Also, they have to
cope with the pressure from the society while continue with
their lives.
Love is
a necessary but not sufficient condition for a forever-happy
marriage due to factors beyond human control and predictability.
Audience
will have a great time laughing out at the absurdly comical
but hilarious incidents. A tinge of sweetness also comes at
seeing how the characters are gradually going to fall in love
again. In the show, Sun-kyoung, tries all kind of amazing
ways to seduce Sung-Min’s school senior (a restaurant
owner) but is given the cold shoulder. It is done in such
a light-hearted, funny way that you will enjoy laughing than
dismayed by her. There will be an interesting development
between them.
Kim Ji-Ho,
a veteran actress, portrays her role as a mother with ease
and has a wide smile that comes with lively, expressive eyes.
On the other hand, Kim Sung-Min charms the viewers with his
tanned and mature outlook. His drama has won over Philippines
audience and was the “Honorary Philippine Tourism Envoy”
in Korea. The beautiful white-sand beaches in the show were
filmed in Cebu.
A
short and funnily- sweet drama in general. Now you will realize
that a good Korean drama can also be watched affectionately
without shedding much tears, yet can still touch you with
its dominant love and family values.
RATING
:
Review
by Alicia Tee
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