"What's Wrong With Secretary Kim" Ep 15-16 (Final) Discussion Post

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Synopsis: Narcissistic Lee Young Joon, the vice president of a company run by his family, is very self absorbed and thinks highly of himself, so much so that he barely acknowledges the people around him. Lee Young Joon has a capable and patient secretary in Kim Mi So who has remained by his side and worked diligently for 9 years without any romantic involvement. When Mi So decides to resign from her job, hilarious misunderstandings ensue. After 9 years of their strictly-workplace relationship, can it now develop in something more?
Cast: Park Seo Joon, Park Min Young, Lee Tae Hwan, Kang Ki Young, Chansung, Pyo Ye Jin
Director: Park Joon-Hwa
Writer: Jung Kyung-Yoon (novel), Jung Eun-Young, Baek Sun Woo, Choi Bo Rin
Network: tvN
Episodes: 16
Release Date: June 6 - July 26, 2018
Runtime: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:30

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Sources: AsianWiki | MyDramaList

Comments

[ty.livejournal.com]

I regret watching this.

[weneedmedicine.livejournal.com]

this show was literally impossible to finish. Like, literally plotless at the end

edit: and for PMY and PSJ to be reportedly dating, they have no on-screen chemistry. It was hard watching their scenes. Overall 5/10

[kaykaydelight.livejournal.com]

Omg why did y’all hate it lmao? Maybe I’m just easily pleased but I thought it was a cute rom-com and the leads had great chemistry to me. Yes there stopped being a plot halfway in but the characters and humor were still worth it for me. Definitely one on the funniest dramas I’ve seen in a while. I’m gonna miss the office team so much. They were my favorite thing about this show; especially queen Se-Ra, she was hilarious.

But of course the show is not without criticism and I’ll let y’all comment on that but one thing I do want to comment on because it bugs me and I’m constantly seeing it in other dramas, is this pushy guy trope. I don’t know what the official name is but, I don’t like seeing these male leads constantly chasing the female lead and essentialially forcing her(let’s keep it real) to like him. Which is what was happening in this show. From beginning to end Young Joon was a “bulldozer” and it seemed like he was into Mi So more than she was into him and it became difficult to watch. It felt like he was straight up harassing her at times and whenever they were at the office it’s just like Young Joon stfu and let her breathe. I’m watching a drama on Netflix called “Meteor Garden”(which is a mess btw so watch at your own risk) with another bulldozer male lead who’s physically and emotionally abused the female lead all out of jealousy yet we’re supposed to be rooting for them.

IMO these kind of portrayals are not romantic at all and send a terrible message to young girls/women and even to young boys/men. This is not what healthy relationships look like or based on.

[lechuza-yoya.livejournal.com]

I am with you, agreed.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

Meteor garden is the Chinese Boys over flowers so that’s why the main guy is a bully

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

This drama was weird for me because it never lived up to the first few (great) episodes, but I didn't hate it like so many others did. There were things I really enjoyed about it, but totally agree about the end being completely plotless. I didn't want the kidnapping story to go any further, but there needed to be something as an overall arc. I would definitely say this should have been 12 episodes max.

Things I disliked:
-Him acting pushy, "how dare you smile at other men in an attempt to be polite in the workplace!", that weird dumb fight they had for no reason the last episode (when somehow putting on her wedding dress made everything ok?), him continuously bringing personal stuff into work hours.
-The endless pointless couple scenes that made every episode 75 minutes. Cut things out please! I'm not sure why it was so annoying to me, I did like the couple but I did not need as many scenes with them as we got. My friend and I started skipping parts of their scenes these last few episodes.
-The ending where she was okay to just keep being the secretary forever, I'm glad the office people got to stay together but that just felt like a cop out to me. I definitely would not want to be around my husband all day every day like Mi So.

Things I liked:
-All the couples ending up together in the end. I loved the Ms Bong/Mr Yang romance and how obvious they were and everyone knew. It was adorable. I was actually surprised that I ended up being into the Chansung/new secretary pairing as well, when like ~6 episodes ago I was not liking that they were heading towards being paired up. I did like how their story evolved though. And good for his best friend for getting back with his ex and being happy, although that story definitely could have been better
-Mi So's earrings throughout the whole drama. Basically every office look of hers had some interesting earrings and I loved them. Also, her wedding dress was absolutely gorgeous (although her hair could have been better)
-Kang Ki Young as the best friend--he continues to be one of my favorite side character actors in dramas, I've seen most of his filmography and I like him in everything. More KKY!
-The office people ended up being really fun and I was afraid they were going to be annoying at the beginning. I love the friendships Mi So formed with Ms Bong and Ms Kim, that was cute (though where did her friends from the beginning of the drama go?)
-Brother got therapy, all I needed from this drama (sorry for the flop role, Lee Tae Hwan! I still like you, just not in this show)

All in all, I did enjoy it, but more as a middle of the road drama, not bad enough to completely steer people away from, but definitely won't be recommending it. Still formulating what rating I'll give it on MDL.

[lechuza-yoya.livejournal.com]

this was the one drama the I was ok if she goes for 1 year or more. sadly it didn't happen.

I do like it.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

I’m struggling to finish the final episodes. I hate public drunkenness in dramas. This would have made a great 12 episode drama.

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed watching this. Lovely everybody got their happy ending!

[mewaqua1.livejournal.com]

liked the entire drama, good main couple and AMAZING side couples!! mostly perfectly fine plot just some boring moments here and there especially after the 10 ep mark but the last 3 episodes pulled through and got me to finish this show. just what i needed the past few months a sweet easy weight drama with some backstory crazy drama but without overpowering the show