The one hundred fifth TV show: #624 Winter Sonata
For this random pick, we ended up diving into another Korean show - we're a bit ahead on that now, but that's fine. It's a show that made us think about what we'd do in these circumstances and a show that made us feel a lot of things as we went through. It's a love story told over twenty episodes that has multiple car accidents, a big amnesia storyline and a few other twists that feel a bit bigger, but there is enough foreshadowing that it builds all of this quite well it works in context. Along there are a bunch of characters that we learn to love and hate. A lot of the conflict comes down from a lack of communication - possibly also the way relationships are dealt with in Korean culture.
The main thing that stands out from other dramas is the pace of plot and reveals. Just as your interest might be starting to fade a bit, the next step comes along - sometimes a big revelation, sometimes something smaller, but it feels like it keeps moving. The first two episodes are off that a bit, dragging a bit but setting up a lot that gets paid off in the next 18 episodes, while the end drags a bit because it needs to resolve a lot more (and there's one reveal that's set up so early that it feels like it could have come sooner), but overall it works quite well. Commit to get past the first bit and the rest of the series really unfolds well.