Loved this show for so many reasons: the story, the acting, the music, the feel / ethos of it. Although it addressed some important issues, the overall feel of it is so light that it does not feel preachy. The chemistry of the entire core group of actors is absolutely outstanding -- I love them all, even the mean ones. The music, especially the introductory jingle, makes me simply happy. And I loved the conceit of "wind in the hair / whale or dolphin" jumping thing.

There are some nitpicky aspects of the show, the primary one being that the actual legal revelations Young Woo has are kind of dumb. I do not know how private practice law gets practiced in Korea, but a lot of what passes for brilliant insights seem like things that should have been covered or uncovered during the preparation for court (most egregious example being the hacking case and date of actual hack and the fact that a new had been passed -- I mean, seriously -- those are basics).

All of the characters seemed well developed, but two events / developments struck a bit of a false note: 1. Joon Ho's fight with his friends: He had been portrayed as such a nice all around guy that this seemed completely out of character. The Joon Ho of the show would have been unlikely to resort to violence. 2. Min-woo's transformation and Su-young's interest in him and vice versa -- he was delightful as the mean guy, and while I appreciate the effort to round him out as a character, it was too abrupt and not earned, really. And it was so nice to have a platonic male-female work relationship. Oh well.

Regarding the core romance of the story, this is where the show took me by surprise by completely winning me over. My initial reaction was muted for two key reasons: 1. As stated above, I like seeing platonic male-female relationships on screen, and 2. I admit, it seemed very strange to me to have the Golden Boy of the firm fall for Young Woo. The second point probably points to some biases on my part, and I am not proud of those -- and it is to the credit of the show that a few episodes in I had bought into it.

I am a little torn about Season 2. On the one hand, I want to see what happens next; on the other, I am so afraid that it gets spoiled. And is not the male lead going to the army???