I can't describe my feelings about this show without a deep lingering sense of confusion. It is simultaneously one of the greatest Korean dramas I've ever watched and one that undermines its own magic at times. It is a show with an incredibly beautiful set of personalities, moments, dialogue set against wonderful music. It explores with thoughtfulness and care, and shows Son-Yeji at her absolute glorious best.

The story across the first ten episodes or so is wonderfully warm and with tension. You find yourself engaged with every character. Everyone has some sort of a story. CLY tells this well. It makes you fall for the chemistry, makes you think that it's all real, that perhaps this is a documentary of a real life incident where a South Korean woman parachuted into dangerous terrains and was saved by a stout soldier. The acting is powerful enough to make you think that. The music is gorgeously appropriate.

Whilst set in North Korea, this show in the first half moves from amazing episode to amazing episode. But then afterwards, everything feels rushed. The magic of the show wasn't in what would happen when she finally reached South Korea. It was if she would reach. Understandably you couldn't drag this out for 16 episodes, but once they brought her back and she was no longer in North Korea, the main premise of the show had been solved. Everything after that felt a little anticlimatic.

Overall, the show finished strongly and remains one of the best I've ever watched.