I really liked this drama in the beginning. I didn’t think it would capture my interest but was surprised when I started binge watching it. I liked seeing Yoo In-na and Lee Dong-wook together again after Goblin, which I really enjoyed, but around episode 12 I just suddenly lost all interest.

What I Liked

I really loved their chemistry. Kwon Jung Rok’s serious, mostly unsmiling demeanor was a good contrast to Oh Yoon Seo’s upbeat, cheerful personality. I thought the pacing was decent, how they butted heads in the beginning but gradually began to understand each other and work around their differences. Some parts were cute and funny, though halfway through it began to wane.

I also liked the other characters and their relationships, especially Choi Yoon Hyuk and Dan Moon Hee. I found them funny and wanted to see where their relationship would go.

Some of the music was nice especially Wendy’s “What If Love” song. I liked it so much I added it to my playlist.


What I Didn’t Like

In the beginning, I liked Yoo In-na’s character. It did seem a little weird that she was so clueless in the first episode but later revealed to have a sharp memory and was smart enough to get into law school. Her character felt more fleshed out after the first episode, which seemed to mislead us into thinking she would be a bubbleheaded celebrity with little to no skills. This wasn’t the case though.

After a while, the consistent repetition of everyone’s obsession with her got really annoying. She was always ‘the universe’s goddess’ and could do no wrong. In the beginning, it was okay because the focus was on her relationship with Rok but as the show went on it became repetitive to the point of irritation and made me like her character less.

We didn’t know Rok hardly at all. In all the 16 episodes, she asked him one personal question about why he became a lawyer and that was it. We did get see a tiny portion of his personal life with his father but that didn’t really add much to the overall storyline. Everything else was about Yoon Seo’s acting life and how to make her happy. It was very lopsided in the end and made me like Rok’s character less because he felt so one-dimensional. I wanted him to be more human and react to things instead of remaining so stiff and nonchalant.

I suddenly didn’t care for the other couples because they all seemed to go in circles. *SPOILER* In the end, Lee Doo Sub didn’t get with Yang Eun Ji and I saw absolutely no point in showing the really slow build-up of their non-relationship. Though I liked Yoon Hyuk and Moon Hee when they finally got together, I was already annoyed with the show and didn’t really care that much.

The first half felt a little more grounded in reality with Yoon Seo’s past coming back to haunt her but it was wrapped up too quickly to be realistic. Her past could have served as a problem for their relationship, which would have been a better reason for Rok to have cold feet, but instead this was brushed aside. I felt the show didn’t know whether to be a law/police drama or rom-com. I admit the law/police part wasn’t bad and I was interested to see how it would play out but later it fell into the usual rom-com formula where everything leads to sunshine and rainbows.

Is it Worth a Rewatch?

Only the first half, I would say. It should have been 4 or 5 episodes shorter because the latter half felt forced and a problem was created that had no real meaning, especially because we knew how it would end. I guess I got too invested hoping for more characterization but in the end, it was a rom-com, and they don’t really need strong storylines, just your standard love story. In the end, it was entertaining, and I would rewatch Jung Rok and Yoon Seo’s best scenes but I wouldn’t rewatch it as a whole again.

If you like Lee Dong Wook & Jo In-na and can overlook a mostly average storyline then you might enjoy it.