Was It Love: Was It Love?

September 2, 2020 7:44 PM - Season 1 (Full Season)

When four very different men appear in her life, a single mother who hasn't dated in years begins to rediscover love — and herself. (Netflix, jTBC Korea)

MyDramaList show page: Noh Ae Jung is a single mother and works as a producer for a movie company. She has not had a boyfriend in the past 14 years, but 4 men appear in front of her. Oh Dae Oh is a mysterious best-selling novel writer. Ryu Jin is a popular actor. Koo Pa Do was once a gangster, but he is now the CEO of Nine Capital financial company. Oh Yeon Woo is a PE teacher at a school.

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posted by oh yeah! (1 comment total)

This just finished up its Netflix run today -- I don't think I would have stuck with it for the whole season if it hadn't been running on the two-episodes-a-week schedule, it was definitely not a triumph. Did anyone else give it a go?

While I'll give them credit for coming up with a plausible scenario for which Ae Jung and the father both believed the other person was responsible for the breakup/abandonment, and thus the father isn't a deliberate deadbeat, overall Ae Jung seemed to be more of a collection of tropes than an actual character.

Some of the commenters on Dramabeans & MyDramaList were wishing we could have had a series about former(?)-gangster Pa Do and his son, and, I definitely was more interested in Pa Do's storyline than the other characters, he's got a great 'Spy-Daddy' vibe.
posted by oh yeah! at 8:03 PM on September 2, 2020 [1 favorite]