Namgoong Min, Bang Minah, Oh Joo Wan, Seo Hyo Rim
Drama Rating: 5/10 Neck Score: A
You know, for a title character, Gong Shim wasn't in the show very much at the end. It was such a delightful show, until they decided to make it a melodrama instead of a romcom. Then it slowly decided to suck more and more. It all happened when Ahn Dan Tae found out he was Joon Pyo. A cursed name to ruin everything. He suddenly had to become serious and hide things from from Gong Shim, and Ahn Dan Tae's ridiculousness and Gong Shim's awkward cuteness were the two things that made this show work. Really, this show was ruined because it was 20 episodes. I think if it had been 16 it would have been a great show. But the last two episodes were so ridiculous that I was clutching my head and moaning, especially since they threw in all the worst ending tropes. Time jumps, magical american medicine, not keeping in contact because they would "miss them too much," all the worst shiz. Really, the first 12 episodes were delightful. Namgoong Min as Ahn Dan Tae was the cutest. Those goofy faces of pure delight as he looked at food, and Gong Shim, were just beautiful. Gong Shim thinking he was a beggar/pyeontae, even calling him the pervert lawyer. I also loved the bromance between him and Joon Soo, which was adorable. All of that was ruined when the drama decided to take itself serious. It was never great writing, but when it was lighthearted and cute, that was acceptable, but once it became a drama, it was dumb. I kept just whining "I miss the old, happy Dan Tae!" I hated the grandma, I hated Gong Mi (she was a serious bitca for no reason. I never could stand her). I hated how ridiculous the villains of the show became. I hated how draggy the drama got from 12-20, and I hated how at the end Gong Shim was barely ever in it. But I did love Gong Shim, and how with the wig she looked just like G-Dragon. I loved Dan Tae when he wasn't being mopey and serious. I loved the bromance. I loved the romance, and if those things hadn't been in the show even at the end, I would have dropped it. So the end was horrible, but the beginning was very fun, so it's all the more sad that the ending just sucked. It got so ridiculous with it's exaggerated plots to get confessions, time jumps, and forced reconciliations for everyone that it was on the level of cheesy lameness of an old or bad Taiwanese drama. The type that gets cheesy and preachy. Just head shake.
