If I do not enjoy a drama series I generally give it a rating I think is appropriate and move on. I tend not to waste anymore time on it. But this one was so infuriating that I had to find time to write about it.
Positives:
The character Kang Tae Wan. His was the only character that had growth, grace and could make me, as a viewer, empathise with it.
One of the OSTs was pleasant also.
Negatives:
The story, the script, the pace was terrible. I am alright seeing flawed characters on screen, but I also want to see the redemption of those characters. The half baked redemption efforts in the series were not enough and also not plausible. A major act of fraud will have legal repurcussions, but there was none shown!!! Everyone was defending the fraudulant act at the end, this does not happen even in La La Land!
The Main male lead character was extremely selfish and only cared about the feelings of one person (the female lead). He is the only one who did not suffer any real consequences for his actions. Everyone else did! He requested his little brother to not start his career because of his lie!!! He also exploited the emotions of Kang Tae Wan and finally said to him, be happy, come out etc. etc,
The female lead character was written as one dimensional. Her character was naive, foolish, prying and unreal. She kept on defending the Main Lead through his lies because she was touched by how much he loves and cares for her!!!!!!
I found the premise to be borderline homophobic. They made a straight character claim that it was gay and then gave that character scenes where it was defending 'homosexual' behaviour. The homosexual character at one point said, I am responsible for my own pain, as I have lied to myself and did not acknowledge who I was!!!!! Seriously?????!!!!!!
I am sorry for my harsh words but this was really a drama done wrong.