On The Way To The Airport (2016)

I have just finished this drama recently and I have been totally captivated by it and can't stop thinking about it. I had to write a review. It is very different from all the dramas I have been used to watching (the cute romcoms or something that is normal like boy meets girl, etc).

This is totally different, but in a way similar to My Wife is Having an Affair this week (they were competitors at the same time this drama was showing).

On the Way to the Airport or OTWTTA is just more deeper, heartfelt, heart wrenching and just plain touching to the core. It is just so different in a sense that they depicted an otherwise "taboo" topic into something more mild, not vulgar, but meaningful relationship into something more classy. If you know what i mean. Like, the topic is supposed to be disgusting and would make you mad to the core, but with this drama, I just felt everything was done right. Thus the 10 score coming from me.

The female lead must be the most patient and martyr wife and mother I have ever seen but then again, she was able to redeem and stand up for herself with the help of the male lead. The male lead is the most understanding, patient man, although unbelievable, was able to hold on and be strong despite all the hardships he had to face: the death of his daughter (although step), his mother and his divorce.

The husband of the female lead is unbelievably so un-husband like. Like, why would you not live with your wife? Why make her your wife in the first place? Is it just so you could shut up everyone and have a wife, but still play the field again (flirt with every other stewardess who catches your eye?)

The wife of the male lead: I can't really understand why you had to lie about taking care of your daughter? Why are you so pretentious in every way that you cannot feel how sincere and honest man your husband is? That is why you lost him in the first place, not just when your daughter died, you lost him already way before that. The death of your child was just a wake up call for everyone that it was time to move on. Like, you even sent your daughter out to Malaysia on boarding school? Why cannot you take care of you daughter with you there in SK when she is so responsible and not a little baby you have to care for?

Anyway, whatever my questions are, so be it. Just leave it alone. It was all part of what made the story so great in the first place.

And all the plots and subplots are what made the story on what it is. Like, how the female lead's "giving heart" and "giving nature" shone a lot throughout the series and that is what the male lead liked from her in the first place. At-last, he found a woman who is "genuinely" giving, rather that his wife who is just "pretending" to be a giving and a sacrificing woman, when in truth, she is the most selfish person he had ever met.

The female lead is just so naive and innocent, at the same time, experienced too in handling a relationship. I mean, I can't explain how the production did this. It was so mesmerizing from start to finish. I will definitely re-watch this. Oh P.S. I now have the biggest crush on the actor who played the main lead, Lee Sang Yoon. I liked the female lead from the start, Kim Ha Neul, since I watched her on A Gentleman's Dignity. I'm glad to have seen her again on this drama.

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On the way to the airport didn't seem like a promising drama. It turns out, it wasn't. The performances were okay, but the drama was quite boring. The drama focuses on the story of two strangers who meet after a tragedy. They are both unhappy with their marriages and after the tragedy they bond till they start an affair. Towards the end, the story got very boring and tiring. Maybe that's because the romance wasn't very strong. The couple's chemistry was weak, and it was hard to identify with them. The family drama was nice enough, especially the story about Annie's background and the mystery concerning her parents. But, that turned out to be a big flop too. The leading lady was very bleak and with no passion, though the actress seemed to have done her best. Maybe one thing that I have to take from this drama was the way it presented the working woman's position in the society and her struggles to maintain a family and a career, though her background is against it. So, 3 out of 10.

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A story very delicate and sweet that is definitely worth your time.

I discovered Mydramalist a few years back but never got to signing up and becoming a member meanwhile I frequented the site so much and still do. I discovered On The Way To The Airport on this very platform and well this drama got me to sign up and become a member due to the strong urge of needing to write a review. My review mentions nothing relating to the drama but if it got me to sign up then that should be enough to tell you how worthwhile and properly woven this story is. Thanks to the writer, I rarely think about the writer behind a story/drama but this drama made me wonder who could come up with such an innocent, sweet yet very real drama? (98% could never). Well it's still up to you whether you'll watch it or not but PLEASE DO!

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A mature drama tackling a prickly issue done well

The issue of infidelity is handled maturely in this thought provoking drama; it's an introspective exploration NOT a tawdry, women-slapping-each-other melo. I was surprised at how slow-paced and simple it remained to the very end. Every scene looked like it was filmed in that vintage sepia-ish filter which further contributed to the melancholy, bittersweet feel.

The two leads have a chemistry that "... makes glass tubes and halogen lights explode...", as one reviewer on dramabeans.com so accurately described. Frankly, if someone looks at you the way Seo Do Woo looked at Choi Soo Ah, you can die happy. Bit of an exaggeration there, but you get my drift. The other supporting leads were excellent too. Shin Sung Rok expectedly, nailed the part of an uncaring, misogynistic husband to Choi Soo Ah so much, that as a woman, I wanted to reach through the TV screen many times to smack him across the face.

I really enjoyed this series, it pretty much smashed all the familiar kdrama tropes and gave me something refreshing to watch and think about. As someone who is always looking for more mature dramas, I hope to find more like On The Way to the Airport.

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I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this.

Slow, pensive, understated shows usually aren't my jam but this one hooked me right away. I was riveted by the first half especially. The show did a great job building the fraught but tender relationship between the leads while gently teasing the mystery of Annie's life and death. I also liked how the writer showed us the leads' self actualization and growth alongside the gradual development of their romance. I appreciated the perceptive treatment of the difficulty of obtaining work/life balance for working moms. The second half of the show was still good but sometimes erred on the side of being too muted and elliptical. In particular I think there needed to be more meaty, dialogue heavy scenes as the marriages definitively broke down and fewer flashbacks, montages, and scenes of the leads staring wistfully into space as ballads drone on in the background.

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This drama is fucking idiot dramas, I mean, It tells "NO PROBLEM IF YOUR KID IS GONE, YOU STILL HAVE A MAN YOU LIKE EVENTOUGH HE IS NOT A GOOD MAN"

this drama teaches you to do not worry about anything , Even it is YOUR OWN CHILD. IF YOUR OWN CHILD DIE, NO PROBLEM, LOVE IS BETTER THAN ANY CHILD IN THIS WORLD EVEN IT IS YOUR OWN.

THE MOST STUPID DRAMA EVER. DON'T WATCH THIS.

PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE CHILD , DON'T WATCH THIS, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILD, CHILD IS NUMBER 1, THEY ARE YOUR OWN BLOOD. MANY MOTHERS DIED JUST TO SAFE THEIR NEWBORN CHILD.,

THIS DRAMA IS JUST FOR STUPID PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THIS CAN BE REAL IN THE REAL LIFE. BUT ACTUALLY IT CAN'T.

PLEASE SAFE YOUR CHILD MOM, I'M A CHILD THAT LIVE IN BROKEN HOME FAMILY, AND I FEEL SO HURT AND STRESS UNTILL NOW. SO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN CHILD,YOU CANT DO THAT AFFAIR BECAUSE IT HURTS YOUR CHILDS HEART. THEY NEED MOMS & DADS LOVE. Thx

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