I think if I had written a review at various point in this drama, they would have all been completely different. Yes the show is that uneven.

The beginning is pure cracky, trashy fun. It's silly as hell but I laughed out loud anyway. The premise - of rival baseball teams as some kind of warring kingdoms - was milked for a lot of laughs and the female lead kind of sold me on the character despite overacting. Lee Dong Wook is a class act and his charisma drove a lot of what made the first half so appealing.

By midway through, I was kind of stunned at the uptick in quality. Show got more serious, more philosophical and even became quite good there for a while. While I missed the laughs, I wasn't complaining - show was way better than I was expecting.

But here I am writing a review about the whole drama. And unfortunately that includes the final sombre, meandering, turgid, boring final episodes of seriousness and filler and serious filler. There was so much comedy yet to milk around the original premise that could have filled a full hour of fun but instead it kept up the dour tone and filler plotlines until I just couldn't care anymore.

Show got trashy, show got good, then show got dumb. It's a shame but there it is.