9791Egon
London, England
This series genuinely has everything and every time I watch it, I find something else to laugh or cry at.
One of the great things about this show is the characterisation... And that is brought to life by the awesome actors. I could talk about the entire cast but stand outs for me was Jung Eun-Ji who played the female lead and Sung Dong-Il who played her dad. They were great when interacting when any of the other characters but more especially when they were in a scene together. Even if you had not enjoyed a relationship with a parent in the same way, watching the two of them together mostly had me crying in hysterics. But, the same could be said for pretty much every other character and actor as the whole thing just worked. They came across as a tight friendship group, even going as far as becoming each others' family and I could see that extending to off camera relationships too.
But then there was the story. It was so original. Although I'm not korean, being able to reminisce about my late teens (I was 18 in 1997) in how I acted, what my friends were like all came flooding back. And the fact that over the 16 episodes, you had a 'mystery' to solve just made it a show that you couldn't drop even if you wanted to. Every episode taught you something more and gave you clues as to the outcome, but more than that, you got to know the characters more and more and probably had your own idea of what you wanted the outcome to be. In my opinion, everything worked out as it should have and there was no disappointment.
I loved this as well because it was rare for there to be any angst even though a significant amount of episodes covered teenage and school years. It was just about friendship and relationships in general but nothing seemed far-fetched or unrealistic.
I've watched this several times because it's that good.
One of the great things about this show is the characterisation... And that is brought to life by the awesome actors. I could talk about the entire cast but stand outs for me was Jung Eun-Ji who played the female lead and Sung Dong-Il who played her dad. They were great when interacting when any of the other characters but more especially when they were in a scene together. Even if you had not enjoyed a relationship with a parent in the same way, watching the two of them together mostly had me crying in hysterics. But, the same could be said for pretty much every other character and actor as the whole thing just worked. They came across as a tight friendship group, even going as far as becoming each others' family and I could see that extending to off camera relationships too.
But then there was the story. It was so original. Although I'm not korean, being able to reminisce about my late teens (I was 18 in 1997) in how I acted, what my friends were like all came flooding back. And the fact that over the 16 episodes, you had a 'mystery' to solve just made it a show that you couldn't drop even if you wanted to. Every episode taught you something more and gave you clues as to the outcome, but more than that, you got to know the characters more and more and probably had your own idea of what you wanted the outcome to be. In my opinion, everything worked out as it should have and there was no disappointment.
I loved this as well because it was rare for there to be any angst even though a significant amount of episodes covered teenage and school years. It was just about friendship and relationships in general but nothing seemed far-fetched or unrealistic.
I've watched this several times because it's that good.
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