Can You Hear My Heart? (Episodes 17-21)
I'm finally catching up with the dramas I'm behind on. I'm terribly behind on Can You Hear My Heart?, so I spent most of Saturday watching the show.
CYHMH is the type of show where you are addicted to it as you marathon, but once you're done. . .it's over and you more or less forget about it for the next week or so. At least that's how it is with me. There are just too many other things to watch. The show is well written and acted and shot well, but. . .it's not super addicting or anything. I think my main issue with the show is that there are a lot of miss chances with this drama. Like, many characters are stereotypes or aren't really developed.
Dong Joo and Woo Ri are normal and functional and cute. Dong Joo hiding the fact that he is deaf and his relationships with his parents are his two biggest issues; but, aside from that, he's a normal guy. Woo Ri, aside from her family issues is a normal girl. They are adorable and sweet together. I can see that; but, that doesn't mean I find their romance all that interesting or fascinating. They're too normal for me, and there are far more fascinating stories and characters.
I feel terrible for Min Soo - she has had next to zero character development. She's really just there. I also feel terrible for Seung Chul, whose also had very little character development. He's become the childhood friend/guy with the crush. I love that he cares so deeply for Woo Ri and her family, but it makes me sad that he'll probably end up heartbroken and alone. And, it kind of sucks that the writer has taken to (sometimes) writing him as the angry and clingy jerk, who can't take a hint. (Go Joon Hee and Lee Kyu Han deserve better - hopefully they'll get to be leads in their next projects.)
Joon Ha/Ma Roo has ended up being the woobie and most developed character on the show. His anger and confusion and pain is just. . .brilliantly done. His angry and disbelief at discovering that Shin Ae abandoned him, Choi Jin Chul wanted him aborted, and that Grandma lied about his parentage is just. . .you want to shake him, because he's planning revenge on all three; but, at the same time. . .it's understandable. In his mind, for his whole life, everyone has either abandoned, lied, or used him.
Plus, there was the scene where he and Woo Ri take a walk (after she's found out he's Ma Roo) and he images what they could have been if he had stayed with his family. And, he tells her that has a teenager he wanted to leave, because he wanted to make money so they could all be comfortable, but then, it didn't turn out that way. And, he is sorry, but. . .he's just so angry and jealous and. . .he really is the most developed and interesting.
Then, there is the last scene on episode 21, where Young Kyu sees him and runs outside, where DJ is dragging JH/MR away, so YK grabs DJ and begs him not to embarrass "our Ma Roo", and everyone is crying. Oh. . .
Also - Jin Chul and Evil!Mom remain evil.
Episode 21 - live watch:
For 16 years she's raised JH/MR. And, he gets arrested, and DJ wants to save him, and she's all: "Don't feel sorry for JH. He's your stepfather's son. He knows he's his son. He abandoned his original family. He'll abandon you."
So, DJ replies with; "He was leaving for America today. He wouldn't abandon us. But, you're abandoning him."
And, there is a scene of JH/MR in the cop car and you can just tell. . .he's had it. It' over. He's reached "crazy" land. He's been abandoned and lied to for too long and now no one means anything to him.
Evil!Mom just said she hated raising JH/MR! I know she did, because. . .come on. But, hearing her tell that to DJ is just heartbreaking. JH/MR really has been abandoned, used, or lied to by everyone he holds dear. The only people who love him are DJ, WR, Grandma, and YK.
CYHMH is the type of show where you are addicted to it as you marathon, but once you're done. . .it's over and you more or less forget about it for the next week or so. At least that's how it is with me. There are just too many other things to watch. The show is well written and acted and shot well, but. . .it's not super addicting or anything. I think my main issue with the show is that there are a lot of miss chances with this drama. Like, many characters are stereotypes or aren't really developed.
Dong Joo and Woo Ri are normal and functional and cute. Dong Joo hiding the fact that he is deaf and his relationships with his parents are his two biggest issues; but, aside from that, he's a normal guy. Woo Ri, aside from her family issues is a normal girl. They are adorable and sweet together. I can see that; but, that doesn't mean I find their romance all that interesting or fascinating. They're too normal for me, and there are far more fascinating stories and characters.
I feel terrible for Min Soo - she has had next to zero character development. She's really just there. I also feel terrible for Seung Chul, whose also had very little character development. He's become the childhood friend/guy with the crush. I love that he cares so deeply for Woo Ri and her family, but it makes me sad that he'll probably end up heartbroken and alone. And, it kind of sucks that the writer has taken to (sometimes) writing him as the angry and clingy jerk, who can't take a hint. (Go Joon Hee and Lee Kyu Han deserve better - hopefully they'll get to be leads in their next projects.)
Joon Ha/Ma Roo has ended up being the woobie and most developed character on the show. His anger and confusion and pain is just. . .brilliantly done. His angry and disbelief at discovering that Shin Ae abandoned him, Choi Jin Chul wanted him aborted, and that Grandma lied about his parentage is just. . .you want to shake him, because he's planning revenge on all three; but, at the same time. . .it's understandable. In his mind, for his whole life, everyone has either abandoned, lied, or used him.
Plus, there was the scene where he and Woo Ri take a walk (after she's found out he's Ma Roo) and he images what they could have been if he had stayed with his family. And, he tells her that has a teenager he wanted to leave, because he wanted to make money so they could all be comfortable, but then, it didn't turn out that way. And, he is sorry, but. . .he's just so angry and jealous and. . .he really is the most developed and interesting.
Then, there is the last scene on episode 21, where Young Kyu sees him and runs outside, where DJ is dragging JH/MR away, so YK grabs DJ and begs him not to embarrass "our Ma Roo", and everyone is crying. Oh. . .
Also - Jin Chul and Evil!Mom remain evil.
Episode 21 - live watch:
For 16 years she's raised JH/MR. And, he gets arrested, and DJ wants to save him, and she's all: "Don't feel sorry for JH. He's your stepfather's son. He knows he's his son. He abandoned his original family. He'll abandon you."
So, DJ replies with; "He was leaving for America today. He wouldn't abandon us. But, you're abandoning him."
And, there is a scene of JH/MR in the cop car and you can just tell. . .he's had it. It' over. He's reached "crazy" land. He's been abandoned and lied to for too long and now no one means anything to him.
Evil!Mom just said she hated raising JH/MR! I know she did, because. . .come on. But, hearing her tell that to DJ is just heartbreaking. JH/MR really has been abandoned, used, or lied to by everyone he holds dear. The only people who love him are DJ, WR, Grandma, and YK.