I didn’t like Home Sweet Home season 1. It was too slow (too unnecesary scenes to the development of the story and unnecessary to sustain mystery), cgi and special effects were not on point considering the series budget, it was hard to follow the direction of the series, performances especially from Song Kang were not great and it was hard to develop any attachments to any of the characters and some characters’ development are still confusing.

BUT everyone could agree in a way that there was potential somewhere. And this is why I watched season 2.

Season 2 fixed almost all the issues we found in season 1. There was such an improvement on special effects, it played well with out emotions and personal beliefs and principles. There were a lot of twists in the series, directing intentions were cleared, Lee Jin Wook is teriffic in his role (maybe his best performance), Go Min si as well and I think it is Song Kang’s best performance.

What I like the most is how they painted the vilain in the series. I won’t give any spoilers but it is not just one vilain, the border between good and evil is very thin too, very confusing (in a good way) and very much familiar with our everyday lives. And their development is always very unexpected.

I have to say you cannot properly understand season 2 without watching season 1. And this is where the series didn’t do great. Cause there are some characters I wish I knew more about how they changed from season 1 to season 2. Some details are needed to fully understand their motivations or change of heart or whatever. And I am
eager to see season 3 because there are also new characters that I do wonder if they are truly needed here while we already have such a large cast and a lot of important characters.

Besides this, great show.