This is one of those dramas I'm unsure how to rate. did I love it? not really but I also didn't hate.
One thing for sure is that the acting was FANTASTIC.
The storyline had great potential, but the writing left a bit to be desired, particularly with the middle daughter's story. Did we really care what happened with her? Not really (her character was flat and entire story uninteresting) and luckily we didn't, because she falls off the radar completely & randomly in the last few episodes and her "ending" is mentioned in passing by another character. oh well.
I ADORE Bae Soo Bin, so I was hanging in there in the show for him, but his character had too many MAJOR flaws to be as redeemable as they made him out to be in the final episode. He spied on his wife, murdered animals in a rage, had people beaten, put toxic chemicals in food, "set examples" of local small businesses he was pushing around to amass his empire, and that's the tip of the iceberg. He was utterly ruthless. Hot? Oh yeah. But as a character, he was a psychopath and he'd have been kept far far away from my kid.
Also, I didn't really care about ANY of the other side character's storylines either. Most people in this show we absolutely horrible people and who wants to watch that all day long? Makes for loooong/uninteresting drama what should have been 16 episodes instead of 26. *shrugs* I was only was (barely) interested in little sister and the Ajhussi with the little boy as side characters.
Anywho... I wish I could love this one more, because the actors were EPIC and I wanted to love it, but, alas, this one will be uber forgettable even though Bae Soo Bin's acting was fantastic.