This Drama is a chess match composed of insight, focus, and will. Understanding the essence of individuals, always keeping one's goal as the decision maker, and the determination to follow through are the strengths of the main character. There is no chosen protagonist. The audience decides. The antagonist is our own bias. If people see Lee Yo Won's character as "cold and calculating", it is a reaction to her blunt honesty in her assessment of people and relations.

I absolutely enjoyed this Drama. It exposed yet another aspect of us. A side of us we so quickly dismiss.

Lee Yo Won is an incredible professional. She is adept at communicating complex and mixed emotions without overt expressions. This is a talent and gift.

Kudos to the writers, directors, and actors. Very well done.

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Stranger is one of the best mystery drama of Korean, American, Japanese, or Chinese origin. Admittedly, I am only on Episode 9. The twists are of many varieties, subtle, obvious, significant, and incremental. Ok, I'm slow in catching on, but at the end of Episode 8, I realized that I need to re-watch Episode 1 et al. Why? because there are no gratuitous scenes, wasted monologue, or fluff. Some things, all things, most things, are clues or clues leading to clues. I literally get tired watching because the required focus is draining. LOL.

I do NOT want to skip to the end. The journey is clearly entertaining, and each twist is an ending in and of itself.

I stopped guessing. The clues will take me to where I should be headed. It is a wonder filled path. Enjoy.

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Most if not all great stories highlight or expose either human conditions or truths about people. Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi is such a story. It successfully engages the audience in the harsh realities of Korean business relationships, and how an individual's condition controls their perception of events. All of this occurs within the context of a small/medium sized Korean business.

The real antagonist was the "main" characters' adopted and communal attitude. Ms. Temper was a catalyst enlightening them to the truth: external challenges are created by internal deficiencies. Each manifested antagonist was created and fed by the protagonists.

The use of humor and family highlight community. Our communities within our place at work, within families, within relationships, and within our country are placed on one plate.  The balance and prioritization of these communities is part of this drama.

I am a fan of Lee Yo Won. Thus, I am biased. That being said, she again, was fantastic.

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