Treat Me Carefully (2024)

A Funky Romance With Quirky Characters

The show opens with a confession scene and it is one of the most hilariously aggressive ones I have ever seen!

The cue to start this romcom was obviously Kim Myung Soo; having watched his recent thriller “Numbers”, I was intrigued with finding out how he would fare in a romantic comedy. So far, so good, Kim Myung Soo does a good job portraying a 21st century Korean Confucian man with a rebellious streak. As for his co-star Lee Yoo Young, I read a lot of comments on MyDramaList, talking about their age gap & how she looked too older than Kim Myung Soo. Is the age gap that viable? Yes, it is but it really doesn’t deter the romance happening in the background and I wasn’t bothered by their age difference. It may be because the female lead didn’t strike me as an odd counterpart to her younger co-star. They make a formidable team while facing their individual problems; the story is not just about their relationship. You can draw your own conclusions after watching the pilot episodes; for now, I’m enjoying the drift!

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Please pour me some wine to go with this cheese!

Only two episodes in so a lot can still happen -- both for the good and equally for the bad. I will say, however, that despite some flaws there is great potential for this to be quite a fun romcom.

The pros --> a fun mix of old versus new. Have you ever had a very specific itch to watch a historical drama AND a modern romance at the same time? Well then, this might be the drama for you. It's an odd mix of the Joseon era and modern day and I'm not quite sure if it works yet...but it's still kind of fun. Another perk - chivalrous male lead helping out a female lead who is struggling. Might be cliché, but it's a trope that I always go for and this drama delivers that. Plus art thieves? And work drama in the fashion industry? What? A strange mix...but this MIGHT work.

The cons --> I'd like some wine with this cheese, please. It's been a bit over-acted and, at times, a bit cringey. The female lead seems to be a bit over dramatic (she's either REALLY happy or REALLY upset...there's not much in the middle) and I think that's to the detriment of the story. And the combo of Joseon era + modern era? Plus art thieves? And work drama in the fashion industry? What? A strange mix...this might NOT work.

Two episodes in is too little to make a judgement call on the drama as a whole. But will I continue to watch? Yep. Will I hope for more chivalrous moments that I'm trash for? Absolutely. Will I cringe a bit at the over the top expressions and layer of cheeze whiz on top of most of the scenes? You bet.

Why?

Because, to steal my dad's most favorite awkward conversation filler, "I like cheese."

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Warch the first Episode, Not interested to continue.

First episode is one of the important episode of a TV Series as this will decide if people wanted to invest their time watching this drama's future episode. For me, there is nothing that holds me on watching the next episode even if it is the next day. Here why:

First off, the plot is not interesting enough for me to continue watching it. It is about a woman who wanted to be a famous fashion designer. Okay. So what does got to do with me? Whether she become a fashion designer was nothing to me as I can't see how that is important to the watchers.

The ML wanted to punish and chase those people who illegally imports national art or artifacts. Like that is a noble motivation, but boring for the watchers. We don't care that much about some stolen artifacts. Getting them back will not make us happy.

You see, when you take all of their individual motivation. It hardly matters to the viewers. It does not hold enough motivating factor. This might interest some people but the general public don't. It is not like choosing this individual motivation is not always a good pick, they can be if they are used wisely and had relevance to the viewers. She may wanted to change the hierarchy of fashion and reaching the top might gave her the chance to create a new era, make us believe that she can do it and that she had the potential for it. For the ML, make it like it is a matter of death and life if those artifacts was smuggled by other people, make it relevant, like it may cause some societal panic or emergency if he did not find the culprits of this smuggling. Make it worth out time, but sadly all they have is some weak motivation and execution of how it matters to them. There is a poor introduction and more focus on the action.

Was their another motivation in this Drama. Of course, it's the romance. But was it compelling and motivating? No. Not at all.

Why is the romance seems flimsy to me. Let's go over the chemistry of the two main characters which is none. I hardly find the female lead charming. I am so indifferent to her, the one hour did not make me fell to her quirkiness. For one, she is not that beautiful in my standards, you wanted her to be a fashion dreamer but her clothes and fashion sense was so drab, hair style was so plain Her physical characteristics was not that appealing; and her personality was also not likeable. She is a pushover, she easily get fooled by a man I hardly think as charming. She can swallow her dignity just for a dream of becoming a famous fashion designer. I hardly see the relevance of swallowing your pride for it to happen. I felt that is not a smart way. She can post her works online and if she really has a talent people will see and like it. There are more smarter ways to achieve your dream, it is not worth it if in the process of achieving it you also lost and sacrifice yourself and your dignity. I don't like the message if that is what they wanted to portray.

On the other hand, I like the ML, he is handsome, cute, funny, charming, smart but so innocent of how the world works. He is good at art and he is also good at fighting. He is a perfect man. But if you wanted him to pair with the FL, sorry but I would like him to find a better one. She deserve a great lady.

It is not like the female lead with her settings can't be a great one. She just fail for me both in physical and internal character. She could have been less of a pushover and someone who lives what she dreams of. She could be a little smarter and a little aware of prioritizing herself. I don't mind my female lead not that pretty but at least she had an engaging and compelling personality.

So the pairing fail to me. So the motivation of seeing this two fall in love was not that interesting to me. The prospect of how they will navigate their future romance is not mattering to me. Which should not be the case if this is what you are offering. If the plot was not that good then make the viewers interested with the chemistry of the leads making them want to watch how their love story will unfold in the future,

I don't know if it gets better in the future or if they will established a more stable plot and likeable character in the future episodes. They should have established that in the first episode.

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Bright, Light, Humorous & Silly. (I'm enjoying it)

Ep 1: The poster & the name of the drama brought me in, I didn't think I would end up liking any part of it. Thought, it would be like Midnight Romance in Hagwon, but the first 5 mins of the episode were so hilarious. I hoped that the woman who was pestering our ML wasn't the FL but a supporting character. This just has me intrigued as in where is this going. By the end of the episode we still haven't connected the first scene to any of what's going on. It could be a future event or it could be just a dream she had in a future. Wow, what a rollercoaster of a ride. The guy we thought she was dating was actually two-timing her and when she finds out, he acts all high and mighty calling her a backup & a fake. Yup we have 1 disgusting character right here. But still, I didn't much care for how the FL was trying to go after the woman he was two-timing with instead of the two-timer. Him she was too lenient with, especially with how rude he was to her later on.

Ep 2: Lee Yoo Young, the actress portraying Kim Hong Do has such beautiful eyes. She is lovely, but this role doesn't suit her. I can picture in her in an all leather outfit doing something badass. In my opinion, she was miscast, apart from few cutesy scenes her portrayal seems kinda flat. Someone like Park Bo Young would have been a better choice. Coming to the character, she should have quit working at that place a long time ago. While all workplaces have their own issues, you still need to be able to depend on just one person to back you up. Things are going all wrong for her, from her superior copying her design to her childish cringy ex trying to frame her, it was ridiculous to watch. I liked 1st episode better. The thing where she didn't even realize that he was pretending to have not seen her was just too hard to believe. While I may not have liked this episode that much, I'm going to continue watching because I still have hope for this drama.

But the drama was fun to watch.

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