"Murderer's Daughter, Lee Soo Yeon, let be friends"
I have just finished the first episode of I Miss You and I am hooked! The child cast is amazing, and Yeo Jin Gu and Kim So Hyun are knocking it out of the park, so much so, that despite my love of Yoon Eun Hye, Yoochun and Yoo Seung Ho, I find myself wishing that the entirety of the drama will be set in high school. Part of it, admittedly, is due to the set-up: a popular boy from a rich but fucked up family and a school outcast, an executed murderer's daughter. I could watch that sort of thing forever.
Does Yoochun shoot himself in this one? Umm, is this foreshadowing? DNW!!!!
In the first one, Jung Woo repudiates Soo Yeon, now that he found who she is. And it kills me that she isn't even angry, because she was expecting it. And that she has enough pride to say she is crying because of the wind. And it hits Jung Woo - how much he hurt her and how wrong he was. Those kids are amazing actors.
And he looks for her, only to find her being abused by the neighbors (btw, for the record - I hate hate hate her mother!). And she sees him see and it's the ultimate humiliation and she runs away and he searches for her, bringing her the shoe she lost. And he tells her not to hide. And then says "Flower dress. Lee Soo Yeon. Lee Soo Yeon, murderer's daughter, let's be friends."
I actually love that he says that last part, calling her murderer's daughter. Because it shows he accepts her knowing who she is. And it kills me how beaten down she looks - when he says 'murderer's daughter,' she takes this quick breath, as if expecting further abuse, like a beaten puppy.
Oh, I am so in love with this drama.
Despite the fact that the story can look awfully melodramatic on paper, it doesn't come off that way at all, thanks to the directing, cinematography and the acting. It's more of a mood piece than anything, which is what I felt about the writer's previous Can You Hear My Heart as well. I am quite excited about this, as by now I've checked out of Nice Guy entirely - for whatever reason, my interest just died (it might be angst overdose but probably not - I adored Gaksital to the end and that one had more angst than 20 Nice Guys put together. I wonder if it's because I don't find the characters likeable/relatable? Not sure).