Lead actor: Yoo Ji-Tae as Han Jae-Hyun
Lead actress: Lee Bo-Young as Yoon Ji-Soo
the young Han Jae-Hyun: Jin Young
the young Yoon Ji-Soo: Jeon So-Nee

A 2020 production. Credits are given to the young actor and actress who played the younger (20’s) lead characters.

Do I like it? Yes and No. Yes, because of Yoo Ji-Tae, his smile and his laughter. No because there were too many flashbacks. In fact the whole series of 16 episodes were, like, 50/50 of the young and current characters. Initially I was quite flustered with the flashbacks but grew to accept them (read: not that I like them).

Story-line is so-so. The young Jae-Hyun and Ji-Soo were a couple while in school. Then Jae-Hyun was an activist. They parted ways only to meet years later when they are in their 40’s, each with a boy of their own. The boys attend the same school. Ji-Soo now has become a woman who joins protest groups fighting for rights and justice (inspired by Jae-Hyun when he was a young activist). When they met in their 40’s, Ji-Soo was already in the midst of her divorce. The relationship between Jae-Hyun and his wife (played by Park Si-Yeon) was on the rocks as well.

Were there chemistry between the lead actor and actress: No, I don’t get a “lovey-dovey” feeling about them. They were, well, just acting. I wonder why older actors and actresses do not give of themselves fully to each other in acting (afraid their other half in real life would not like it perhaps, or their real life children may be affected? 🙂 ). I was not impressed with Park Si-Yeon’s (played the wife of Jae-Hyun, Jang Seo-Kyeong) acting either.

So to watch or not? OK to watch if you don’t mind the flashbacks. I guess fans of Jin Young and Jeon So-Nee would not mind watching it.