Joon-hee cherished Jin-ah in a way that she had never experienced before, and that was the thing of it. They were absolutely in love and magnificently made for each other. Jin-ah and Joon-hee together at last was simply magical. The disapproving mother and her twisted morality concerning her daughter's love life. Besides almost punching the screen, I realized that this was the crux of the conflict in the show. Her parents tease out what happened to their relationship, and unbelievably, the mother blames her for Dick's philandering. Instead she pulls a cheap stunt, going completely out of character by dressing up in a short, tight dress and caking on some make-up to make her literally look like a loose woman, the younger woman that Dick prefers. It was so telling to me that Jin-ah refused to tell her parents that they broke up because Dick cheated on her. There's little music to cue the audience to what they should be feeling, so you just watch the train wreck happen. This sobering fact offends him and and his fragile masculinity, so Dick tries to get her back, even unapologetically showing up to a family dinner her ignorant mother invited him to. A misunderstanding causes Dick to think Joon-hee is Jin-ah's boyfriend and that she has been cheating on him this whole time, too. Things escalated (culminating in a kidnapping and car crash). I thought the ordeal with the ex-boyfriend would end soon thereafter, but the show took a different route. It quickly makes the girl up and leave his sorry ass. She exacts revenge not through overtly calling him out in a public place or confronting him with all her anger she secretly plants her lipstick in his car for the new girl to find. Not only did Dick break up with her, he cheated on her with a much younger woman. Rather she has to mourn her previous relationship with Dick (we'll call him that, since his name is unimportant). The romance between Joon-hee and Jin-ah doesn't start immediately. She had to grow up quickly when her mother died, her father left her, and she had to finish raising her younger brother, Joon-hee. Her best friend since childhood, Kyung Sun, is a motherly single woman in her 30s. All of this done in the restrained filming style, almost giving the show its only eminence. The show makes a point of making her out to have low self-esteem and little pride or dignity. She doesn't relish in confrontation, so much so that she endures constant sexual harassment in the workplace rather than stand up for herself. Jin-ah is at once a submissive, quiet, elegant sort of woman who does her best to keep the peace. I liked that we weren't all up in her business the distance was polite almost. The shots were unobtrusive, as if we were viewing this character and her surroundings from a far-off vantage point. The cinematography was moody and gorgeous. Her mom is obsessed with the pedigree of her children's significant others (More on that later.) In other words, Jin-ah's mother is a hypocritical, vain, selfish bitch who tries to assert control over her family in the name of protecting their reputation and future. Jin-ah is a 35-year-old coffee brand manager, depressed and stuck in a pitiful relationship with a man who is everything her mother wants in a son-in-law: good job, excellent education, and a stellar family background. And it leaves behind such a lingering feeling. This is a noona romance of the highest caliber. I needed a couple days to calm down and collect my thoughts on this because the last episode had me ugly-crying, I was so invested. Grappling with her new feelings for her best friend’s younger brother, will Yoon Jin Ah finally become something more than just the pretty "sister" who buys him food? Also known as “Pretty Noona/Sister Who Buys Me Food.” Rambling Yoon Jin Ah used to think Seo Joon Hee was rather immature, but after three years, he seems to have changed into a likable, sensible man. Seo Joon Hee has returned to Korea after working overseas for three years. He doesn’t take life seriously, and enjoys the simpler things, like getting free food from his sister’s bestie. Handsome and goofy, he is the younger brother of Yoon Jin Ah’s best friend. Seo Joon Hee (Jung Hae In from Goblin: The Lonely and Great God) is a character designer at a video game company. But for a while now, Yoo Jin Ah has felt rather empty inside. An easygoing and kind person, Yoo Jin Ah enjoys her life and her friendship with coffee shop owner Seo Kyung Sun (Jang So Yun from Secret Love Affair). Despite being in her thirties, she is still single. Yoon Jin Ah (Son Ye Jin from The Truth Beneath) is a store supervisor in a coffee franchise. Re-watch value: 2 out of 5 stars Synopsis
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