I absolutely fell in love with this drama. It had so many opportunities to be cliche and expected, but maintained its freshness, warmth, and hilarity throughout.
Some highlights:
- Choi Woo Shik is a standout and is so good at making you feel whatever he is feeling throughout. His protrayal of Hogu's growth as a person is one of best things of this show. By the end of this show I wanted Hogu to be my first love, my kid's babysitter, my goofy big brother, and my neighborhood shop clerk.
- The slapstick comedy. I haven't laughed this much during a drama in a long time. Yes, the situations are silly but the actors do such a good job with the physical comedy, it never feels cheap. Both CWS and Seulong are especially great at going all in with the slapstick.
- Hogu's family. They felt so real and existed not just to further the plot, but to really help you better understand Hogu more as a person
One drawback:
- Secondary character story arcs have poor payoff. There is so much richness and good stuff for our main characters, that there isn't enough time to really develop the secondary characters. There are a lot of interesting people introduced but their motivations are never really clear. Especially in the cases of Kang Chul's parents, Do Hee's coach, Director Park, Kim Tae Hee, and Gong Mi, we get interesting snapshots of their past and hints at their motivations, but in the end they really only exist for the purpose of furthering the story for the main characters and not as characters themselves, which is a little disappointing.
In summary, I've watched a lot of dramas and this one is a really special gem. If you need to feel good about something, you can't go wrong falling in love with Hogu.
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