My Unfamiliar Family - Season 1 Episode 7 Folge 7 All kinds of love and pain are oftentimes learned from within the family after all.
Überblick: Chan Hyuk feels conflicted while watching Eun Hee trying so hard to fix everyone’s problems. Eun Hee keeps having unexpected feelings toward Chan Hyuk and struggles to keep her friendship him as just that and nothing more. Meanwhile, Eun Joo resentfully asks Jin Sook why she had to be so cold toward her and Sang Shik.
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This drama was a one big exhibition of petty fights with a lot of noise and little to no substance. These arguments and fights were the main driving element of the drama and it's important for it to be supported by a good dialogue. Unfortunately, nothing profound came out of any of them. Most of them were "fixed" by clearing misunderstandings from the past. It didn't feel it provided a real development and growth for these characters. Especially for repeated offenders. None of the characters/relationships were appealing. There was no place for romance but they insisted on shoving it in for the last 1/3 to pair everyone. They should've kept it about the family only. I didn't like how they ended most episodes with a scene that wasn't resumed until 15 minutes of the next episode. I was expecting a proper "life" drama grounded to reality but shoving too many tropes ruined it (miscarriage, misunderstandings, amnesia, birth secret, illness, cheating, friends to lovers, hidden past, ex-spouse comes back ..etc). This is a melodrama in disguise!! There was one particular really stupid misunderstanding that lasted over 30 years. The writers weren't even trying! However, the worst part of the drama has to be all the scenes of Eun Hee talking about her love life with Chan Hyuk, these were mind numbing. This drama doesn't have much to offer other than some pretty visuals.