The Great Show Episode 15 & Finale Discussion Post

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PLOT: Assemblyman Wi Dae Han was a competent assemblyman who only had a bright future ahead. However, he didn’t win the general election due to a scandal. As the saying goes, he becomes a person less than human for losing. He starts from the bottom again and prepares to become the assemblyman again. But unexpected guests appear at his place. A high school girl with her siblings come from nowhere, and she insists that he is her birth father. Dae Han has no affection to the children, but he accepts the siblings as his family. His goal is to put up a show and set up a new image. But unexpectedly, he finds out that raising children was much tougher than being an assemblyman. In their relationship, Dae Han becomes a real father.

Cast: Song Seung Heon (as Wi Dae Han), Lee Sun Bin (as Jung Soo Hyun), Im Joo Hwan (as Kang Joon Ho), Noh Jung Eui (as Han Da Jeong), Park Ha Na, Son Byung Ho, Hyuk, Kim Dong Young, Jung Joon Won, Park Ye Na, Kang Eun Ah, Yoo Sung Joo, Lee Won Jong, Kim Hyun, Yoo Jang Young, Song Ji Hyun, Pyo Hye Rim, Kim Jun
Director: Shin Yong-Hwi
Writer: Sul Joon-Suk
Network: tvN
Episodes: 16
Release Date: August 26 - October 15, 2019
Runtime: Monday & Tuesday 21:30

SOURCE: Image and drama information from Asianwiki

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It was a good ride with everybody on The Great Show!

Comments

[daynr.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I watched this, and that we got to see that a lot of characters were more than just cardboards. I did NOT like IJH's character at first, but he ended up being a interesting character, even as the writing fell through on him in spots. SSH did a great job, and the writers did a great job of his character, showing us how he became someone who just wanted to win, to why he wanted the best for the kids.

I have some quibbles, I could have done without the redemption of the our two shit fathers. I could have done without them hand waving away of a gambling addiction because suddenly he realized his kids loved another man? And I think it's bs that IJH, not SSH, won the election, because I think it's implausible that he would have. I get that we want to watch striver SSH more, except I could have watched him strive as a politician. He earned that win, so it felt cheap on the writer's part.

Also, some confirmation of the romantic relationship would have been nice, and I don't mean ChickenDad's agreement to marriage.

In closing: Tak and Ahjusshi!

[babyjenkski.livejournal.com]

It was entertaining and the last episode had everything I wanted to see in this drama. I'm glad I didn't give up on watching this. After Oh My Ghost, Uncontrollably Fond and Bride of Habaek...then this, Im Joo Hwan needs to choose a kind role next time.