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Go Back Couple korean drama review
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Go Back Couple
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by zensx_MDL
Feb 25, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

Go Back Couple (2017)

With the help of an interesting setup, Go Back Couple delivers a fun yet emotional trip down memory lane.

There were fewer time travel-related shows by the time this was released much less one that had a married couple doing the traveling. While one would assume terrible events had occurred or mistakes that were made which triggered the time slip, in this particular case it mostly just years and years of poor martial communication between two people who never got the adult playbook.

The story had good direction, progressed pretty smoothly, and kept the filler in check. It touched on a range of storylines though I felt some should've been explored a little more. The best parts of the show were the main couple's interactions with their/each other's families. These scenes not only pushed the story along but served as some of the more emotionally-engaging plot points throughout. It took a bit of a cheap emotional setup to get into the end game... but I'll allow it.

The characters, for the most part, were pretty good all around. The main lead couple weren't the complete focus of the show as the supporting side characters also received their fair share of development. While a lot of the signs pointed to him being the "bad guy", the male lead seemed to get really piled on episode after episode for being a bad husband. While certainly warranted, surely the writers could've thrown in a few more scenes that fleshed out some of the female lead's "past" as well.

It's always a pleasure and emotionally-satisfying to watch these type of shows; wishing to be 18 again, wishing to reunite with past lovers, or in this case--- a broken couple wishing to go back and hit the redo button at life.
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