[kbs2 2008] Powerful Opponents [Chae Rim, Lee Jong Hyuk]

- Young Jin's family are just too annoying, if my family were that bloody stupid I'd have skipped the country long ago. They just can't help getting themselves into severe financial trouble and then the poor girl ends up bailing the idiots out, on at least a weekly basis it seems. How she manages to make enough money to feed herself is beyond me.

- Su Ho would have surely been sent to a desert island or something, he is just way out of control, and is endangering many people's lives and property. Thank goodness he may now be waking up and not behaving so stupidly. Hmm, isn't there compulsory national service, that would be a good idea.

- I'm not that familiar with South Korea's presidents, but the amount of security he has in the series must be substantially more than he has in real life. Looks like he has nearly as much as Dubya, who is surely hated by alot more people.

- security procedures seem lax, Young Jin gets out of a lift and just tells the President's guards she is one of them and they just let her past without recognising her or checking her identity? No wonder the President needs so many layers of protection.

- when Young Jin confronts the thugs after Su Ho, surely that situation warrants her taking out her gun? Why have it if you let yourself get beaten to a pulp? She would have failed in her mission if the thugs hadn't left.

- yes, I know that the above are likely in the series because they make it more spectacular and interesting, but still they annoy me.

When she was ashamed about her father... it made me a bit sad. First she lectured Gwan Pil about his daughter but she was unable to understand her own family. I really would have preferred Young Jin have a good relationship with her family and them spend more time together. Now it's like strangers living togehter. I personally like the idea of 3 generations and all similar loosers xD It was just too hilarious and witty

I don't like Kim Yoo Jung much. She was a lot better in Ilijmae. But I thought that the incident from past was very interesting. As I kept watching I just wanted to find out what in the world happened. And then I could alredy guess that Su Ho is the father. When they revealed it I could only shout ASSA! I knew it. Way to go. But still Gwan Pil doesn't sem as pitful as Sang Doo. And I really dunno what the hell does the sister have against him. It also seems like sister is a robot or something because she always talks about same things. "You must go away Gwan Pil." "Why did you come back?" "Su Ho, don't be like this" "What do you want Gwan Pil, why did you come back?" "Please, leave Su Ho's side. You are only making him suffer."

You're right, presumably the president's bodyguards would be held to an extremely high standard, and by that standard she'd have been kicked out long ago. Young Jin is just annoying. Her family, and the fact that all 3 generations of guys are completely useless, borrowing money from dodgy money lenders, gambling away what they do have, not being responsible at all, that's hopeless to me!
Well, I might half watch the rest of the series, fast forwarding the boring bits, I'm not sure. After 6 eps the silliness and stupidity is getting a bit out of hand, and the characters are generally not interesting, a big problem.

wasn't chae rim walking, how come it shows her in a wheelchair in the meadow with her dad talking? who does she end up with??? i wanted it to be the colleague to end up with her, the other guy seemed too...not right for her

Well, having half watched, half skipped the last 10 eps, I'd guess that the wheelchair scene was a flashback to shortly after she was shot. Maybe they added that scene where she was back at work to let everyone know that she recovered fine, and then the rest was to show what was happening in the meantime?

In the absence of any other hints it does seem to suggest that she ends up with Su Ho. After he gets his crud together he is actually not that bad, but before that he's completely useless. The kid was right when she said he looked like a mess with that weird hairstyle.

The way they set up the climax was really quite silly though, there were some moon sized plot holes. Like not figuring out that the last guy who was fired was up to something, gawd, was he ever a candidate for "top of the grudge list"? And the bizzare situation that he managed to run off and ONLY be chased by Gwan Pil despite being surrounded by 5 of them, just how useless are they? Ok, so the plot was 'better' with what happened, but still. Oh yeah, and how when Young Jin was wrestling for the pistol, why didn't anyone help by whacking him on the head? What is the use of numbers if you just stand around and watch?

Definitely an interesting drama in places, but also very frustrating in many. Hence lots of skipping the silly bits.

I can only hope that the real presidential guards aren't anywhere near so clueless, or he and his family are in big trouble.