I was attracted to “My Husband in Law” due to the plot of fake/contract marriage. I am a sucker for it and thought it would be a fun rom-com with a pair of good-looking leads with great chemistry. Well, I was partially right.

What I Like:

Mark + Mew
The best part about this drama is our lead actors, Mark and New. They have amazing chemistry and the acting is great. Actually, the acting is pretty good all-around for a lakorn. But Mark and Mew especially, are the reason I did not drop this drama. They were not given likable characters to play, yet their charisma shines through and makes this drama tolerable. Mark is so handsome, so adorable in a non-cold way even when he was acting like an ass. Mew is so lovable even though her character is over-the-top and self-sacrificing in the name of love. I wish there are more cute and fluffy scenes of them together, and the kisses are better.

Muey/Female Lead’s development
I’m glad to see how Muey has grown from a lovesick fan girl, to a woman who is clear-headed enough to recognize the true love is. Not gonna lie, it was hard to like the lakorn-version of how Muey is written with over-the-topness, obsessiveness and love blindness towards Thian. But in the end, I cheer for her for finally standing up to Thian, and her honest conversation to enlighten Thian of what true love is.



What I Don’t Like:

Plot
“My Husband in Law” started off really fun in the first 3-4 episodes. It was just the rom-com I needed and expected. But once the hacking plot starts, the drama goes downhill. Instead of a rom-com, it becomes a business drama + gang/revenge/crime drama + melodrama. It somehow cannot just pick one or two and stick with it. This drama has an identity crisis.

Pacing
The pacing is also off. This drama really doesn’t need 15 very long episodes (1 hr 40 mins each is too long). It should end at ep 13ish, and have them live happily ever after. We really don’t need the introduction of another crisis in the second to the second to last episode. Despite having so many craziness happens in the drama, I still feel it drags and is repetitive with flashbacks.

Thian/Male Lead
As much as I adore Mark, his character is very unlikable and hard to root for. Yes, deep down Thian might not be a bad person and really does care and like FL. But man, he has trouble using the appropriate method to express this care and concern. He’s done so many mean things and is such a bully at home and at work. Of course there’s character development in the end, but it happens very slowly and you have to be very patient to see him finally change and recognize his shortcomings.

Supporting Romance
Why introduce them when you don’t properly execute the storylines? There’s so much time!! Is it really necessary to show the new (ridiculous) occupation of Ms. Accountant? Is it really necessary to show us the real Chet in the end? I’d rather see more of their romantic journey, or not show anything at all. Yada and Pondech seem so much more interesting and I want to know more about their background and how their relationship started, instead of the repeatedly hard to watch scenes of violence.


Unfortunately, this is not the drama for me. If you are a regular lakorn watcher, you will probably like this more than me. I wish the plot was simpler and written better, and the pacing was quicker with fewer episodes. At least I was introduced to the fabulous Mark, and I hope to watch him in another drama with a better story.

Completed: 10/6/2024 - Review #495