After a lot anticipation, Lee Ji Ah graces the display screen together with her new present “Queen of Divorce.” This Wednesday-Thursday JTBC drama presents a fast-paced and witty revenge story. With a robust solid of supporting actors and Kang Ki Young as the primary lead for the primary time ever, “Queen of Divorce” looks like the right solution to kick off your 12 months.

Here are some ideas on the drama’s premiere episodes:

Warning: accommodates spoilers for episodes 1-2.

LOVED: a robust feminine lead

“Queen of Divorce” is undoubtedly a Okay-drama that includes a robust feminine lead. The first episode begins with Sara Kim (Lee Ji Ah) descending from the ceiling right into a home shrouded in darkness. She is dressed as a stereotypical fighter in an motion movie and effortlessly takes down the antagonist, her shopper’s husband, who has kidnapped the shopper’s son. Despite the clichéd apparel in her introductory scene, Sara shouldn’t be your cold-hearted, stereotypical feminine lead. Not solely is she bodily sturdy and able to dealing with dangerous spouses, however she can be emotionally sturdy and compassionate.

We find out about Sara’s compassionate nature within the first episode, set two years earlier than the current time. As a divorce lawyer working at Cha Yul Law Firm, Sara is assigned to Kim Tae Hyuk’s case—an abusive husband who exhibits no concern for his spouse or son. Despite the whole lot, Sara’s mother-in-law and chairwoman of Cha Yul Law Firm, Cha Hee Won (Na Young Hee), assigns the case to her. Initially, Sara tries to safe Tae Hyuk’s son’s custody, however upon realizing the person’s evil nature, she finally ends up offering essential data to Tae Hyuk’s spouse Son Jang Mi (Kim Sun Young), serving to her win the case.

Further perception into Sara’s compassionate nature is revealed in episode 2, the place she saves her potential shopper’s daughter Jang Soo Ji, who’s on the verge of ending her life. In that particular scene, we witness how she converses with highschool pupil Soo Ji and helps her perceive how the world could be incomplete with out her.

LOVED: Kang Ki Young and his various performing

Whether it’s Jung Myung Seok, the world’s favourite boss from “Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” Hwang Pil Gwang, an evil gangster demon from “Uncanny Counter,” or Park Yoo Sik, the humorous and sort subordinate from “What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim,” Kang Ki Young has at all times introduced life to each Okay-drama he has been in along with his supportive characters. However, for the primary time in his complete profession, he’s going to play the primary lead, and I couldn’t be extra excited for him.

From his introductory scene, you’ll be able to inform Kang Ki Young is the right candidate for the sassy but morally proper prosecutor Dong Ki Joon. Furthermore, because the story progresses, we get to be taught extra about Sara and Ki Joon’s previous love life. Kang Ki Young’s large performing vary proves he has the whole lot that one must be the romantic fundamental lead. Those few brief romantic scenes in episode 2 had been sufficient to make viewers sympathize with Ki Joon, and it’ll be thrilling to see what Kang Ki Young brings to the desk subsequent.

LOVED: Solution – a group of exes

When you hear the phrase “Solution: A Divorce Settlement Company,” the primary thought that may come to your head is perhaps that this institution is a legislation agency specializing in divorce settlements. But that couldn’t be farther from the reality. This small group consists of an ex-divorce lawyer, ex-prosecutor, ex-hacker, and an ex-detective, AKA individuals who had been let go from their earlier jobs for one purpose or one other. And now this group of “exes” helps folks with dangerous spouses by getting them an excellent divorce deal and typically revenge. Another nice member of this group is the CEO of the corporate, Son Jang Mi, a lady who Sara helped prior to now. In Okay-drama phrases, Solution is the “Taxi Driver” of divorce settlements.

HATED: Sara’s silly resolution of giving Cha Hee Won her private title stamp

This week we discovered that previously Sara had given her dojang (Korean title stamp) to her mother-in-law. Unknowingly to Sara, Hee Won, her now ex-mother-in-law, ended up utilizing the title stamp to signal her son and Sara’s divorce papers. Sara was nicely conscious that Hee Won hates her to the extent of not letting Sara name her mom. Wouldn’t you assume that somebody who’s a lawyer would know to not give their private dojang to another person, not to mention an individual who hates her?

However, one can simply argue that the rationale why Sara gave her dojang to Hee Won exhibits how determined Sara was for her approval. Still, your complete scenario got here out wanting like an affordable plot catalyst, lazy writing, and barely unrealistic.

LOVED: hybrid narrative – standalone episodes and overarching plot = extra plot

No matter how nice the solid or the plot is, if the present is stuffed with filler scenes, it’s the quickest solution to bore the viewer. That’s why the hybrid narrative of “Queen of Divorce” is so nice. We are simply two episodes in, however by the look of it, each episode goes to have a standalone story the place Solution will assist a brand new shopper with their divorce case. Meanwhile, the overarching story of the present revolves round Sara getting revenge on her ex-husband No Yul Sung (Oh Min Seok) and her ex-mother-in-law Cha Hee Won and getting custody of her solely son.

This hybrid narrative guarantees that every episode goes to be stuffed with a lot plot that you simply may not even have the ability to blink whereas watching the present to stop dropping any story.

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Javeria is a binge-watching specialist who loves devouring complete Okay-dramas in a single sitting. Good screenwriting, stunning cinematography, and a scarcity of clichés are the way in which to her coronary heart. As a music fanatic, she listens to a number of artists throughout completely different genres however believes nobody can prime the self-producing idol group SEVENTEEN. You can discuss to her on Instagram @javeriayousufs.

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