Bravo, My Life

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Drama: Bravo, My Life (English title) / Cheer Up My Life (working title) / Eurachacha My Life (literal title)
Revised romanization: Eurachacha Nae Insaeng
Hangul: 으라차차 내 인생
Director: Sung Joon-Hae
Writer: Koo Ji-Won
Network: KBS1
Episodes: 120
Release Date: April 11 - September 30, 2022
Runtime: Monday-Friday 20:30-21:00
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Even though Seo Dong-Hee (Nam Sang-Ji) comes from a poor family background, she has a bright and positive personality. She dreams of becoming a designer and slowly works her way to achieve her dream. She decides to become the mother of her nephew and raise him by herself. She also gets involved with Kang Cha-Yeol (Yang Byeong-Yeol). Kang Cha-Yeol’s father runs a big company. His father wants him to work for his company, but Kang Cha-Yeol doesn't want to. He wants to go back to the U.S., but he realizes he can't do anything without his father's financial support. His father tells Kang Cha-Yeol to work for 1 year at his company.

Notes

"Bravo, My Life" takes over KBS1's Monday through Friday 20:30 time slot previously occupied by "The All-Round Wife" and followed by "The Love in Your Eyes" on October 3, 2022.

Cast



Nam Sang-Ji	Yang Byeong-Yeol	Lee Si-Kang	Cha Min-Jee
Seo Dong-Hee	Kang Cha-Yeol	Kang Sung-Wook	Baek Seung-Joo

Seo Dong-Hee's Family



Lee Han-Wi	Kim Hee-Jung	Lim Chae-Won	Geum Ho-Suk	Hong Ah-Reum
Kim Jung-Ho	Seo Myung-Sook	Kim Jung-Eun	Kim Tae-Pyeong	Park Ja-Young



Kim Ha-Yeon	Kim Young-Ok	Sul Jung-Hwan	Kim Si-Woo
Kim Hye-Na	Jeom-Soon	Seo Jae-Seok	Seo Him-Chan

Kang Cha-Yeol's Family



Sun Woo Jae Duk	Park Hae-Mi
Kang In-Kyu	Choi Mi-Kyung

Others



Jo Mi-Ryung	Lee Dae-Yeon
Bang Hye-Ran	Jang Hyun-Seok

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Do-Kyung - Lee Jong-Min
Yoo Jang-Young - Chan-Woo
Moon Hak-Jin - Assistant Manager Park
Park Sin-Un - Inha Fashion audit employee
Kim Bang-Sun - doctor
Lee Bo-Ram - Seo Him-Chan's homeroom teacher
Kim Seo-A - Seo Dong-Hee (child)
Kim A-Ram
Kim O-Bok
Kwon Dong-Won
Jin Mi-Sa

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Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	AGB
Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2022-04-11	1	17.3% (1st)	15.7% (1st)
2022-04-12	2	15.4% (2nd)	14.0% (1st)
2022-04-13	3	14.9% (2nd)	13.0% (2nd)
2022-04-14	4	16.4% (1st)	14.2% (1st)
2022-04-15	5	14.7% (1st)	13.9% (1st)
2022-04-18	6	17.2% (1st)	16.0% (1st)
2022-04-19	7	15.6% (2nd)	15.1% (1st)
2022-04-20	8	15.9% (1st)	14.8% (1st)
2022-04-21	9	17.0% (1st)	15.8% (1st)
2022-04-22	10	16.1% (1st)	14.7% (1st)
2022-04-25	11	16.9% (1st)	14.9% (1st)
2022-04-26	12	16.2% (1st)	15.2% (1st)
2022-04-27	13	16.5% (1st)	15.3% (1st)
2022-04-28	14	16.9% (1st)	14.7% (1st)
2022-04-29	15	16.1% (1st)	14.4% (1st)
2022-05-02	16	17.1% (1st)	15.1% (1st)
2022-05-03	17	16.7% (1st)	15.3% (1st)
2022-05-04	18	15.7% (1st)	14.3% (1st)
2022-05-05	19	16.2% (1st)	14.5% (1st)
2022-05-06	20	14.7% (1st)	14.2% (1st)
2022-05-09	21	16.5% (1st)	14.5% (1st)
2022-05-10	22	15.9% (1st)	14.4% (1st)
2022-05-16	23	16.6% (1st)	14.8% (1st)
2022-05-17	24	15.1% (2nd)	13.8% (1st)
2022-05-18	25	15.0% (1st)	13.5% (1st)
2022-05-19	26	15.3% (1st)	13.6% (1st)
2022-05-20	27	14.5% (1st)	12.8% (1st)
2022-05-23	28	16.0% (1st)	14.0% (1st)
2022-05-24	29	15.7% (1st)	13.7% (1st)
2022-05-25	30	15.3% (1st)	13.8% (1st)
2022-05-26	31	16.7% (1st)	14.8% (1st)
2022-05-27	32	14.7% (1st)	12.9% (1st)
2022-05-30	33	16.2% (1st)	14.0% (1st)
2022-05-31	34	15.2% (1st)	13.1% (1st)
2022-06-02	35	12.9% (1st)	11.2% (1st)
2022-06-03	36	14.7% (1st)	13.4% (1st)
2022-06-06	37	15.2% (1st)	13.9% (1st)
2022-06-07	38	16.7% (1st)	15.1% (1st)
2022-06-08	39	17.3% (1st)	15.8% (1st)
2022-06-09	40	17.8% (1st)	15.6% (1st)
2022-06-10	41	16.0% (1st)	14.6% (1st)
2022-06-13	42	16.8% (1st)	14.8% (1st)
2022-06-14	43	16.3% (1st)	14.3% (1st)
2022-06-15	44	17.8% (1st)	16.4% (1st)
2022-06-16	45	16.8% (1st)	15.2% (1st)
2022-06-17	46	15.8% (1st)	14.2% (1st)
2022-06-20	47	16.9% (1st)	14.5% (1st)
2022-06-21	48	16.7% (1st)	14.9% (1st)
2022-06-22	49	16.8% (1st)	14.6% (1st)
2022-06-23	50	18.1% (1st)	15.8% (1st)
2022-06-24	51	16.0% (1st)	13.7% (1st)
2022-06-27	52	17.3% (1st)	14.9% (1st)
2022-06-28	53	17.2% (1st)	15.0% (1st)
2022-06-29	54	17.6% (1st)	15.5% (1st)
2022-06-30	55	17.5% (1st)	15.0% (1st)
2022-07-01	56	15.4% (1st)	13.0% (1st)
2022-07-04	57	18.4% (1st)	15.7% (1st)
2022-07-05	58	17.9% (1st)	15.2% (1st)
2022-07-06	59	17.4% (1st)	14.7% (1st)
2022-07-07	60	17.9% (1st)	16.0% (1st)
2022-07-08	61	16.7% (1st)	14.7% (1st)
2022-07-11	62	17.7% (1st)	15.3% (1st)
2022-07-12	63	17.8% (1st)	15.5% (1st)
2022-07-13	64	18.0% (1st)	15.4% (1st)
2022-07-14	65	18.3% (1st)	16.1% (1st)
2022-07-15	66	16.6% (1st)	14.7% (1st)
2022-07-18	67	18.3% (1st)	15.6% (1st)
2022-07-19	68	17.3% (1st)	15.3% (1st)
2022-07-20	69	18.0% (1st)	15.9% (1st)
2022-07-21	70	19.0% (1st)	16.7% (1st)
2022-07-22	71	17.9% (1st)	16.2% (1st)
2022-07-25	72	19.5% (1st)	16.9% (1st)
2022-07-26	73	18.6% (1st)	16.1% (1st)
2022-07-27	74	18.3% (1st)	16.3% (1st)
2022-07-28	75	19.9% (1st)	17.9% (1st)
2022-07-29	76	18.3% (1st)	16.6% (1st)
2022-08-01	77	19.4% (1st)	16.5% (1st)
2022-08-02	78	18.6% (1st)	16.7% (1st)
2022-08-03	79	18.1% (1st)	15.8% (1st)
2022-08-04	80	18.2% (1st)	16.1% (1st)
2022-08-05	81	17.1% (1st)	14.6% (1st)
2022-08-08	82	18.6% (1st)	16.2% (1st)
2022-08-09	83	18.7% (1st)	16.9% (1st)
2022-08-10	84	18.5% (1st)	16.6% (1st)
2022-08-11	85	18.5% (1st)	16.1% (1st)
2022-08-12	86	16.9% (1st)	14.6% (1st)
2022-08-15	87	19.0% (1st)	16.6% (1st)
2022-08-16	88	18.6% (1st)	15.5% (1st)
2022-08-17	89	18.1% (1st)	15.6% (1st)
2022-08-18	90	17.9% (1st)	15.3% (1st)
2022-08-19	91	18.0% (1st)	16.4% (1st)
2022-08-22	92	19.3% (1st)	16.6% (1st)
2022-08-23	93	18.2% (1st)	15.6% (1st)
2022-08-24	94	18.3% (1st)	16.3% (1st)
2022-08-25	95	18.7% (1st)	16.2% (1st)
2022-08-29	96	19.5% (1st)	17.4% (1st)
2022-08-30	97	19.5% (1st)	16.7% (1st)
2022-08-31	98	18.6% (1st)	15.5% (1st)
2022-09-01	99	19.3% (1st)	16.9% (1st)
2022-09-02	100	18.7% (1st)	16.3% (1st)
2022-09-06	101	19.0% (1st)	17.2% (1st)
2022-09-07	102	18.8% (1st)	17.0% (1st)
2022-09-08	103	18.8% (1st)	17.0% (1st)
2022-09-09	104	14.7% (1st)	13.0% (1st)
2022-09-09	105	10.6% (2nd)	9.7% (2nd)
2022-09-12	106	19.6% (1st)	17.5% (1st)
2022-09-13	107	18.9% (1st)	16.7% (1st)
2022-09-14	108	19.0% (1st)	16.7% (1st)
2022-09-15	109	19.0% (1st)	16.5% (1st)
2022-09-16	110	18.3% (1st)	16.1% (1st)
2022-09-19	111	20.1% (1st)	17.3% (1st)
2022-09-20	112	19.7% (1st)	17.2% (1st)
2022-09-21	113	18.7% (1st)	17.1% (1st)
2022-09-22	114	19.0% (1st)	16.6% (1st)
2022-09-23	115	17.4% (1st)	15.3% (1st)
2022-09-26	116	19.2% (1st)	16.8% (1st)
2022-09-27	117	17.4% (1st)	15.5% (1st)
2022-09-28	118	18.6% (1st)	17.0% (1st)
2022-09-29	119	20.2% (1st)	17.5% (1st)
2022-09-30	120	17.7% (1st)	15.7% (1st)

Source: AGB Nielson

NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 TV programs (including news, sports, variety, etc.) for that day according to AGB Nielson.

Awards

2022 KBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2022
- Excellent Actor (daily drama) (Yang Byeong-Yeol)

Comments

Kdramiee Apr 09 2026 8:27 pm This is going to be a bit lengthy but please bear with me. Bravo, My Life is a textbook example of a decent story idea that was ultimately desecrated by poor execution and a total lack of common sense. The premise, a 19 year old girl (Seo Dong-hee) becoming a single mother to her nephew after her brother is killed in a hit and run had massive potential. This is especially true when you consider she was forced into this life after her brother’s wife, Baek Seung-joo (if she even qualifies as a "wife") abandoned her newborn for a teenager to raise. However the actual experience of watching this was a chore as the writing was riddled with massive plot holes that made the 120 episode journey irritating to endure. That isn't to say there weren't bits I enjoyed, I particularly liked the early stage bickering between Dong-hee and Cha-yeol when they first started working together.

The next issue I couldn't stand was the caricature like acting. This story required deep emotional resonance but the performances were overwhelmingly stale or just plain bad. While the actress playing Dong-hee is decent, her character was written poorly, it felt like a relic from an early 2000s K-drama. If you dropped her into Boys Over Flowers or Playful Kiss, she would fit right in. She made one dumb decision after another reaching a point where it felt like it went beyond "I’m kind or forgiving" to "I’m mentally retarded and like to be walked over." Tell me why she kept smiling at Baek Seung-joo after the lady told her to her face she didn't like her and that she purposely threw away the gift Dong-hee bought for her? Or when Baek Seung-joo was jealous and kept being mean and malicious to her at work because of Cha-yeol, why are you still acting nice to this lady? She tried to get you fired and take your son away from you for goodness sake! Her "goody-two-shoes" persona went beyond virtue into pure stupidity like when she allowed a coworker to steal her mood board and take credit for work she had spent all night completing.

Now unto the person responsible for this hot mess: the director. The director is arguably the person most responsible for this "hot pile of trash." With a competent director this could have been a fun watch. The first thing I noticed was the sets, my goodness they were bad! The house for the wealthy family who owned a fashion business made no sense, I tried but couldn't make sense of what their home was supposed to be. I know budget plays a role but this was the worst house set I have ever seen. It would have been better if they had just replicated an IKEA showroom. Nearly 80% of the locations were obviously cheap sets that stripped away any sense of realism making the drama feel like a low budget stage play. (I will give them credit though the cars the wealthy characters drove were actually nice.) I even blame the director for the flat characters, a little direction could have added nuance to these two dimensional caricatures turning them into actual human beings because the core characterization was good but the execution was bad. The writers had potential but stupidity from them and everyone else in charge of creative decisions ruined it.

Then the acting from everyone was subpar with the exception of Cha-yeol, Bang Hye-ran and Baek Seung-joo and maybe Dong-hee and Choi Mi-kyung. Kang Sung-wook however was arguably the worst. I couldn't understand why the right corner of his lips was always lifted, the man literally smiled his way through his own divorce and through the entire film. No matter the gravity of the situation at hand you could trust him to smile it away.

The wardrobe department was another disaster and a dunce was in charge of dressing the actors. Why was it that only the men were well dressed, along with Baek Seung-Joo’s mother, Bang Hye-Ran who in my opinion was the best dressed in the show. At the beginning Dong-Hee was supposed to be a struggling single mother who did not go to university and worked a minimum wage job yet she and her son Him-chan wore pristine, newly minted clothing. So tell me how could she afford these clothes not only herself but Him-Chan (her son) too. And why were their pajamas perfectly ironed? Why was Him-chan dressed like a "little young master" instead of a child of a struggling mother living in a one room at the restaurant backroom? If she earns minimum wage this shouldn't be possible. It would have made more sense for their clothes to look cheap or rumpled at first then slowly improving as their situation did.

Baek Seung-Joo was another person whose wardrobe I couldn't stand looking at. She was supposed to be the team leader in a fashion company but I couldn't understand what was going on with her wardrobe. Sometimes she was well dressed and other times she looked like an ordinary office worker. Isn't she supposed to look to the nines? Aren't they creating some of the best clothing in the fashion industry in Korea? And she is in charge of this but doesn't dress the part? Even after marrying the owner's son her wardrobe never received the "rich daughter-in-law" upgrade you’d expect. Her mother was better dressed than her, they gave the woman even better color combos.

Then there was the hair. Never in my over 15 years of K-drama watching have I seen a drama this long not change a single person’s hair throughout its 120 episodes. Oh wait, the writer lady had a slight glow-up but everyone else? The same way you met them is the way they stayed until the end. Not one person had their hair cut or color changed or their hairstyles switched up. Baek Seung-Joo had her hair packed up from the beginning, to her wedding (yes, I’m serious her wedding hairstyle was the exact same as every other day) to the very end of the show. No straightening, curling, perming or anything happened to any character despite the show supposedly spanning 9 years!

Finally, I have to mention Him-chan. I didn't want to do this but I did not like Him-Chan’s acting and I think this could be attributed back to the director. This boy is still a child and needs proper direction especially when displaying emotions however all through the drama we got the exact same expressions. All he ever did was smile. When his future stepfather was in a coma, he was smiling while praying. You scold Him Chan, he smiles. He meets strangers who by the way he shouldn't be talking to and he's smiling again. His character was also poorly written. He was the picture of a perfect child, kinda like a miniature version of Dong-Hee. He only acted out once when he broke his hand but aside from that one time he never misbehaved or acted out. Frankly, I'm not sure the writer has ever been around a child that age because even the most well mannered child has their hair pulling moments, the only difference is that it's not often. Ironically Him-Chan’s constant smiling made me think he should have been cast as Kang Sung-wook’s son instead.

If you read till this stage, thank you that couldn't have been easy as this took me quite a while to write. I don't know if you agree with everything I said or if you see my point. Please note I did not hate the drama as I watched it till the very end, I just hate how a really good drama was handled poorly and lost its potential to be a really good show. If you are looking for family oriented dramas that are better executed try “Father is Strange” (my personal best, there wasn't a single plot hole here and yes it's a long form series as well) and “Stars Falling from the Sky” this one is what Bravo, My Life wished it could've been, it's also about a struggling single mother who was forced to take of children that aren't hers.

Paul Jun 17 2023 8:26 pm This was a good drama. All the actors were did a wonderful job but Cha Min-Jee was outstanding. Beyond being stunningly beautiful she was able go from sweet darling to hardcore evil villain and be believable both characters. I have to check out some of the other dramas she is in.

Cheronicles Jan 06 2023 1:26 pm I disagree with @Lillyrose. Beak Seung Ju was not a victim of consequence. It was established that her core is just evil and in fact, all the consequences that she suffered were directly and indirectly the results of her own doing. For instance, being infertile, one could argue that it is actually karma at play since she gave up her own child without a moment's thought and how she lied about being pregnant and tried to hostage the imaginary baby into making the husband stay in the relationship. There was not a single moment in the whole drama when she said the truth. There was only one instance when she acted like a decent human being and that was during the job interview sequence. This whole drama would have been just 10 episodes long if she wasn't evil along with her step-mother. Her mother is also a dum-dum and is indirectly the reason why Jae-Seok died because she just had to selfishly use the car.

Sissi Dec 22 2022 3:06 pm @ Lilirose I agrée with you. Baek Seung Ju is the real victim. Everybody else is forgiven and has a good outcome except her. She became infertile and even has a brain tumor. How would Him Chan feels when he finds out he is living with 3 people that was involved in his dad murder.

DARSONO Dec 22 2022 12:56 am as far i remember . i stopen watching this drama on 60 eps , cz i can forsee the end of the show , and i cant stand to watch the main character find out that the one who killed his brother is his lover ( i assume) .. i lil bit doesnt like the main male character , cz he was coward ..

Lillyrose Nov 25 2022 12:35 am In my opinion Baek Seung Ju is the real victim, pressured to have a child she never wanted and marry someone she had no feelings for. Then the husband dies and she's left as a single mother with no benefits since they had not registered the marriage. She lost her job, became infertile and almost lost her will to live all because of other people, she was the most wronged person in this whole show. She did a lot of terrible and hateful things but she never would have become such a spiteful person if her fiance had not died. Every single person was redeemed and had a good ending except her, even the man who caused all the drama by killing someone. All so Tae Pyung and his wife forcing the mother to look after the baby was so selfish after forcefully moving in and the mother had to do all the cooking and cleaning. In conclusion this show definitely cemented my thoughts on marriage and having children, no way I'm doing any of that. The show overall was great; I cried and laughed i just wish there were a bit more kiss scenes, only 4/5 kisses in a 120 episode drama.

Mike Oct 18 2022 9:53 pm I enjoyed this drama, mainly because of the pure, wonderful Donghee, Nam Sang-Ji's acting was terrific. The final episode was very nice, good feeling. I only wished the writers would have given more credit to Mr Jang for his incredible sacrifice in saving Donghee's and Himchan's lives by giving them shelter, food, family, loving home environment when Donghee had no one to turn to, not even her family, when she was on verge of homelessness, penniless, and bad conditions to raise Himchan herself. Secondly, I really think the CEO's wife, with all the bad and despicable things she did, she should have received punishment, like divorce. Ms Baek got her punishment and her scene with Himchan, both crying, you could finally feel the intense remorse she felt. They had a nice ending for Ms Baek, i actually felt sorry for her but happy she changed for the good.

lrt Oct 16 2022 7:56 am Loved this piece from beginning to end. Couldn't have a better cast! Sweet story. Missing it already....

Anonymous Oct 07 2022 1:48 pm The mystery/identity behind Baek Seungju’s father needed some closure for the sake of the audience. & could have had a scene where Baek Seungju somehow met or just made a phone call to her father-in-law to apologize in an earlier episode. I also believe that the 2 co-workers at Inha, Park & Jongmin could have been given some screen time for the final episode. Excluding them off completely in the finale without much details on their lovey dovey characters was a little disrespectful to be frank. Apart from that, everything else was top notch for the ending. Shed a few tears too. Always feel a little emotional when a series ends. They become like a family everyday for 6 months!

Min_jah Oct 04 2022 6:21 pm Bravo ep.117 what a beautiful story

Rosalie Oct 01 2022 5:28 am My thoughts. Basically, most daily dramas are silly - but very entertaining! Bravo turned out to be a feel-good, entertaining daily. Loved It!

SosaHI Sep 28 2022 2:33 am Love the actors/actress just great like a real family everyday lives.

 Sad it's ending.  The story is real that happened to a few people I know.  Himchan is real...the ajummas mothers and aunty really cracks me up. Watched it everyday.

TDS Sep 27 2022 10:12 am From the beginning to the end the mother/daughter were unrealistic. What happen to the father???? Can not think an once teenage girl married a man 7x her age (malnourished especially the lead guy).

This was next to the worst day time drama in 2022.

Kristine Sep 22 2022 9:35 am She is adult known to him. Further it would throw off Confucian culture for him not to seek a close relationship with a blood relative. I don’t think dramas like this are well received in the US. Too much.

Mozano Sep 21 2022 2:21 pm Stupid show/script, & now, about Himchan. Why can't Seodonghui fight with the Simple Solid reason that she has blood ties with Himchan via her brother, Seungju's husband? Without him, no himchan! Suddenly, only now, since Seungju had become a pariah/an outcast, that she suddenly wants Himchan! Thot that Seodonghui is tough independent woman?? Suddenly over the episodes, she had suddenly become weak & stupid? Why is the script like that?

Mj Sep 16 2022 6:31 am Why is it that Choi Mi-Kyung, the mother of Kang Sung Wiok, look like she never combs her hair?? She looks like she just woke out of bed in every scene.

Give her a better hair styling!!

sf Sep 15 2022 9:20 am The story around Himchan becomes annoying.

Mj Sep 15 2022 6:23 am There seems to be 2 stories in this drama. One isn’t very interesting. Why don’t you make separate dramas to split the boring one away from the better story?

Fate Sep 14 2022 10:26 pm I think cha yeol is a good person, after all it wasn't him that caused the accident but he still tried to turn himself in. I think sometimes one needs motivation from others to man up but Cha yeol had nobody, he's character was lonely with nobody to confide it's obvious he suffered a lot. If he had someone like that he could have turned himself in irrespective of his mother and brother. And also it was very foolish of seo dong hee brother to jump into the road on a dark rainy night,of course it would have been hard to see him

sf Sep 14 2022 6:37 am The first thing a parent teaches their children is to not speak with strangers. Here, on the contrary, if the stranger smiles at you and gives you sweets, suddenly you become melted. The little boy is silly, the adoptive mother is stupid, and the biological mother is an egoist viper, trying to fill her time with another evilness, knowing she has nothing left, no family, and no job. The writer gives a terrible example.

Bob Sep 13 2022 10:15 pm This is the worst Kdrama I've ever started to watch. I had to quit watching it. It was too frustrating with all the lying and hiding too many things. The brothers should have been in jail for what they did.

Venus999 Sep 13 2022 7:55 pm Seung ju is pure sociopath. At lease sung wooks mom did some nasty things, she was genuinely sorry at Cha yeol plight. we have seen one bit of remorse with her actions. And now she is manipulating a small child. that too her own child. She is very cleverly playing on his emotions and manipulating him to lie to his mother.

and dong hee is dumb. The star of this drama is clearly Baek Seung ju and evil mother in law. Dong Hee is more like a side character - only acting shocked , surprised, angry and helpless.

Morisu Sep 13 2022 7:36 pm I'm frustrated with Dong Hee because she is still gullible, naive, and vulnerable. Why doesn't she just request restraining order against Seung-Joo or ask her aunt to pick up Him Chan from school? And she is easily robbed of a dash camera which Cha Yeol risks his life. Stupid!

Kai Sep 11 2022 9:18 pm It got stupid after a while even though she found out that they killed her brother yet still likes him dumb dumb dumb

Shawn Sep 11 2022 12:32 am It says a lot about Cha Min Jee's acting if she brought me to tears in the ending scene with Kim Si Woo (Him Chan), who plays the son that she threw away and hasn't thought much about. I know Seung Ju is a workaholic and I suspect she's that way to fill the void left in her life once she threw away her newborn baby. Also, she's that way because of greed, but I've long suspected she also tries to do anything to forget what she did in her past.

I know I shouldn't care about this character, but I've never hated Seung Ju. I hope in the end she apologizes genuinely to Dong Hee and her family and most of all, to Him Chan. Maybe if she does, there's hope for her to be in Him Chan's life somehow.

This drama is so good.

I still pray that Sun Wook's mom pays for her role in covering up the hit-and-run. I feel every character has suffered for what happened with the exception of her. She was still too smug for my liken when she visited Sun Wook in prison.

She also deserves prison time, imo! Had she not told them to lie about the accident and reported it at the time it happened, none of this drama would've occurred.

Precious Aug 24 2022 8:43 am Y'all Kang Cha Yoel is the worst he had opportunities to come clean and confess but he was being a coward and Beak Su Junn had to take advantage of that and distort the truth . ..I dislike that lady too she feel no guilty foe a man she married she's really evil and just bad I don't know if the writer is dumb too but some things are unrealistic like how Seung joo has everything under control it makes no sense. ... this woman mrs kang also she's evil she's hated a child for decades and I don't know why she hates kang cha yoel like that it's not like he will take the company from her or her child.. .and what's wrong with just being a good mother....the father is equally bad he acts like he doesn't see the treatment the wife gives to his adopted son... they all deserve to have harsh endings not the cliche forgiveness and being a happy family

Venus999 Aug 24 2022 5:46 am agree. Kang Cha Yeol is the worst male lead ever. Such a coward - all he does in run away and such a weak spineless character. Feels guilty but cried and still conceals it. Even if he could not control the situation 8 years back even when he recently discovered the truth about Seo Dong Hees brother as the victim he's still spineless. Instead of him confessing the truth to Seo Dong Hee , it takes Baek Seung joo to tell her lies. He is as guilty as Sung Wook and should go to prison too

Unfortunately she will end up forgiving him and will have such a spineless character as Him Chan's father.

I just skip all of his scenes.

Harry Aug 23 2022 4:18 pm Can I just say I really hate Kang Cha-Yeol the most. Granted Seo Jae-Seok was dumb for running in the middle of the road at night when it's raining heavy, even a sober driver would've run him over. If they called an ambulance & didn't run they would've been fine. Which makes this drama kinda dumb. Kang Cha-Yeol is the worst cause he runs away for 8yrs. He acts like he feels guilty but he hasn't turned himself in to the Cops & he'll still end up with Dong-Hee. He's the biggest coward because at least Sung-Wook admits he's scared to go to prison. I hate these 100+ episode dramas they always have the dumbest easy to hate characters. I'm going to start skipping >> past the dumb scenes everytime now...

Rosalie Aug 23 2022 5:31 am Folks - it’s a Drama! Will have happy ending for lead couple!

Anonymous Aug 22 2022 6:09 am Baek Seung-Joo can borrow some teeth from Seo Dong-Hee lol

Angie Aug 20 2022 12:32 pm I’m curious as to how many episodes are left for this drama…it’s on their 90th episode so if this is a 100-episode drama that means they are down to just 10 episodes. They might rush the ending. What could be the next drama after this?

Kay Aug 19 2022 5:52 pm My hunch is that the child is not related to Dong Hee. Seung Joo got pregnant by someone other than Dong Hee’s brother but roped him into taking care of her, her mother, and the child. Then when the brother died, Seung Joo had no reason to be tied down with the baby. But, I have to agree with another viewer below, how can things ever work out between Dong Hee and Cha Yeol? He was spineless in the whole accident matter and shouldn’t have waited 8 years to finally relieve his conscious.

Maggie Aug 18 2022 2:20 pm To be honest.. It doesn't make sense for the leads to have a happy ending... I mean where does this really happen... As much as kang cheol was not driving, he was in that car and he kept the secret for this long... I dont see how their marriage would work... I mean imagine if the kid later finds out that his step dad was involved in his fathers death... Its traumatizing... But then its kdrama.. Im sure they will end up together

Angie Aug 17 2022 11:19 pm Seung-Joo told her mother-in-law that if Dong-Hee learns that Cha-Yeol was the hit-and-run driver that killed his brother, Dong-Hee won't tell the police because she loves him. But I think Dong-Hee will still go to the police and report the incident. She wants justice for his brother. So I think Cha-Yeol will admit of the crime because he is really so guilty and most likely will go to jail. What will Seung-Joo do now, isn't it she first loved Cha-Yeol or she is really a cruel, bad, greedy person! I hope before Cha-Yeol gets to jail, Mr. Jang will step in and tell Mr. Kang the whole truth.

koy Aug 11 2022 6:46 am Should Cha-yeol and Dong-hee go on to get married, imagine what Himchan would feel when he finds out that his step-uncle played a part in the cover-up of the death of his father. Poor kid. He'll end up suffering the most.

Precious Aug 11 2022 6:35 am I really want BSJ to be infertile because she was never sorry and was still proud...I want mrs Kang to have a bad ending too she's evil and naturally hates kang cha yeol and she's been evil too much... Dong hee deserves a better man because Kangcha only wants to apologise because he found out it was her brother I understand he's been trying and he's been sorry but he should have done better because at the end of the day Donghees brother jumped on the road himself. And he should have called I'm even before he fell for her, Donghee falling In love with the person who caused her brothers death is another torture because she will be In pain of losing her lover too..

TDS Aug 10 2022 4:44 pm I have watched a lot of Korean dramas and this is the worse Kang Cha-Yeol is an idio, Kang Sung-Wook, is a mamma boy, and Baek Seung-Joo and just evil.

  Fighting for Seo Dong-Hee and nephew!!!!!!

Eve Aug 08 2022 8:33 am Cha Min-Jee , I think she so fake, she bits her lips so many times?!

Maggie Aug 05 2022 6:36 pm I must say, the female lead really knows how to act. Im impressed by her

Anna Aug 01 2022 10:01 am Hate BSJ...what the selfish character ever ! Smart with no manner - haha

Mike Jul 31 2022 4:11 pm I'm enjoying this drama but I hope everyone gets their due: the devious Mikyung gets divorced by her rich husband, Sungwuk goes to jail, punished for hit and run, Chayeol is accessory to hit and run, so he and Donghee cannot be together due to hit and run coverup of Donghee's brother and because Chayeol feeling shame of not doing what he should have done, gone to the police, and Donghee's deep pain of Chayeol's involvement of her lovely brother and other signs of Chayeol's character weaknesses, so they both agree to breakup, that's Chayeol's punishment. Ms Baek is divorced by Sungwuk before he goes to jail, and that would be her punishment, Ms Baek ends up divorced and poor.

I hope to see Donghee stayed strong and committed to protect "my Himchan" and goes to America with Himchan, she studies fashion. We next flash forward 10years, we see she is a world famous fashion designer, DSF fashion line (Donghee Seo fashion), with her 19/o Himchan as the Vice President of her company. We also see her happily married, we then see short scenes of Ms Baek, Mikyung, Sungwuk, and Chayeol, all reading about Donghee in the fashion magazine, all with tears in their eyes, all realizing the wrong each did to Donghee and each paid the price.

The writers should not ignore what all these people, yes, including Chayeol, did to Donghee. I hope they emphasize Donghee's devotion and love to her brother, grandmother, and Himchan, and that she kept her promise to her brother to take care of Himchan.

Angie Jul 31 2022 7:42 am I think Kang Cha-Yeol will now learn that Dong-Hee's brother was the one that got hit by their car nine years ago. He will go with Dong-Hee to visit her brother before they get their marriage license. What will he do now? Will he still proceed with the wedding or not? If this is a 100-episode drama, they still have at least 25 episodes left so I guess they will break-up first and towards the ending of the drama, they will be back together again.

Vee Jul 30 2022 8:57 am Watching because of himchan. The boy is adorable!!

Liz Jul 29 2022 5:04 am I hope the writers won't give Baek Seung Joo another trick up her sleeve. They always find a way to get her out of situations with calculated schemes. And they better not make her pregnant. Something tells me they might do that. She needs to be held accountable.

I swear if Sung Wook forgives her for some reason I'm done. They made it clear how much they hated the fact that a woman has a child. They went in hard on seo dong hee, they should do the same with her.

Rot Jul 25 2022 7:29 pm In the process of extending the series, the story drags now with several excuses of revealing the truth. The actors now are engaging in going over board acting wise to support the ridiculous alibi. What started as a good show is now going downhill. The writer could have develop the secondary characters to expand the plot. I can't imagine how will this show can get to 120th episode before folding. A good start going down the drain. Producernim, do something

Totallytwisted Jul 22 2022 8:26 am And what a pathetic lifestyle she has to worry about?????

Another baby to get abandon or she might keep this one????

Jenna Jul 21 2022 11:47 am This daily drama is different then the usual revenge drama and it’s so refreshing. Yes you have two face people, and secrets, but it’s not over the top. It seems realistic. I think the pace is picking up and the biggest secret isn’t even close to being solved. The acting is pretty good. The ML & FL are good together.. I wish the FL would run to the ML when things happen and not lie or leave out things to protect him. When they are together they are a force. He is better with her and she is better with him. It’s going to be interesting how they handle Ham Chan’s birthmom. She is only worried about her self and lifestyle.

TDS Jul 18 2022 2:27 pm Who is the writer???

What a slow, but boring drama.

Shawn Jul 15 2022 2:28 am Episode 65 was so good. This drama keeps getting better and better. The increase in ratings is reflecting that! Wonderful cast and script.

Let's hope Him Chan won't suffer anymore pain from his so-called "mother" once Dong Hee marries Cha Yeol. I wish Seung Ju showed an ounce of maternal instincts instead of continuing to be selfish. She should be happy that the child she abandoned is being raised properly by his aunt, but she's too busy worrying about herself. Ugh.

I was hoping to see a moment of compassion and appreciation for Dong Hee from Seung Ju once learning she raised her son, but of course she continues to be a selfish and cowardly b*&ch to her. Ugh.

I hope Dong Hee moves in with Cha Yeol and Seung Ju is reminded of the horrific thing she did to her child on a daily basis! How could she abandon him and not once cared about how he was being raised?!!

Teresa Jul 14 2022 12:07 am This show has good ratings. Even here in the Philippines, it is widely becoming popular. It has a good cast and interesting story plot, thanks to writer Koo Ji Won. Overall, a wholesome show for the whole family to watch. Thank you KBS for a well produced show. It truly is worth watching every episode.

Arnob Jul 12 2022 3:57 am Anyone knows Assistant Park’s real name? The girl who sits opposite of Jong-Min?

Shawn Jul 07 2022 12:56 am @Debra Nweke...

Aren't Nam and Yang awesome together? This is the second time both actors have mesmerized me with their chemistry with their costars.

Nam was amazing in All Kinds of Daughters-In-Law with her forbidden love storyline and Yang was amazing on his forbidden love storyline in Young Lady & The Gentleman! I loved them on those dramas as well and even more so with this drama, though All Kinds of Daughters In Laws Nam and Cha Seo Won (Second Husband leading man) were phenomenal as well. I was rooting for them as much as I was the leading couples on that drama.

I know Cha Yeol and Dong Hee will win over his father and then their next obstacle will be Seung Ju over Him Chan and Jae Seok's accident. Something tells me Seung Ju and Sung Wook are going to make their lives a living hell. Imagine if both couples live together with Hi Chan!! I hope the storyline heads there!!

PS: Dong Hee's and Him Chan's and Seung Ju's dimples are so cute!! I guess dimples run in both families! HaHa!! Did Him Chan get them from his aunt or his mama?! HaHa!

DEBRA NWEKE Jul 04 2022 10:24 pm Love the soap and especially nam & Yang my favorites !!!

Shawn Jul 02 2022 3:30 am Episode 59- Finally! I can't wait to see what happens now! The ending was long awaited!!

This drama is still so good 59 episodes in!

Mike Jun 21 2022 2:05 am I saw episode 42, Chayeol is not worthy of Donghee, way too aggresive in pursuing her (grabbing her shoulders), weak and cowardly in dealing with the hit and run, insincere in trying to get on good side of Himchan just to get Donghee, was upset and angry when learned of Donghee's child, then was accepting when learned child wasn't hers...he really isn't that good of a man. The only man in this drama that is worthy of Donghee(Mr Jang is like her dad) is Jongmin! Jongmin was the only one who saw the good in being a single mom raising the child alone and not abandoning him. Watch him, he's a good man. Unfortunately, he isn't the ML in this drama. I hope the writers keep Donghee stay strong, stand by Himchan, and don't fall for Chayeol, unless there's a major change in his character.

scarletsungrok Jun 13 2022 11:00 am I think the secret of the car accident is that dong hee's brother was still alive and could have been saved but sung wook made cha yeol pass out, and then sung wook and his mother purposely killed dong hees brother and threw his body to make it look like a hit and run. this way cha yeol isn't technically responsible for the death of the brother, he did have good intentions to save the brother when he was dialing 911 or the police. sung wook being responsible for the death would make more sense because it seems baek suengju and sungwook will get together, and then her life will be shattered when sung wook goes to jail. maybe cha yeol will also go to jail for being part of the hit and run, but he is also a victim in a sense, but still he hasn't gone to the police and confessed still so I think he does deserve some punishment, although the guilt and trauma he has is already tormenting him so much.

Shawn Jun 11 2022 1:32 am I love this drama!! Just had to mention this. I highly recommend!!

I'm waiting for that moment Seung Ju realizes Dong Hee has been raising the baby she gave up and when the accident that killed Dong Hee's brother is exposed. I'm guessing Cha Yeol and Dong Hee will be a couple and Seung Ju and Sung Wook as well once they expose that secret of the cousins being in the car that killed her brother.

I can't wait!! Great chemistry all around and the actors are doing a great job as well!!

SorryT Jun 08 2022 6:52 am Either it is Korea culture or the writer's perspective about single mothers????

I don't get the character Baek Seung-Joo how do she becomes, so Hgh on the horse???????

Anonymous Jun 08 2022 5:40 am @Shawn - now even I am wondering if the translations I am reading is accurate or not. But then again the translations can never be 100% accurate lol.

SorryT Jun 07 2022 7:06 pm Mr. Jang is absolutely amazing, but look who is trying to trap him????? Baek Seung-Joo's greedy mother that is who???????

   She is not a mother, but a lack of a ?????

Mike Jun 06 2022 1:12 am I love two characters in this drama: Donghee, a pure, honest, loving girl who sacrifices herself for everyone, and Mr Jang, who is simply an angel, a saint. I'm loving this drama because of these two, and, at least for me, there is no one in the entire story that matches the goodness of Donghee and Mr Jang, not ChaYeol, not JungEun, no one. I hope the writers will write more credit, more appreciation for Mr Jang for what he did for Donghee than he has received. The writers are focusing on Donghee's family, but it was Mr Jang that saved Donghee and Himchan's life and gave them a happy start in their life. He is truly a saint. I hope they correct this oversight.

BULLHALLA Jun 05 2022 5:37 pm wonderful drama , great story has a mixture of everything to make it good.

Lina Jun 05 2022 12:45 am Currently my favorite drama. I don't mind the number of episodes as long as they keep me glued. Also, I just learned that being a single mother is a very big flaw in some communities. Really sad.

I wish the episodes were longer.

Shawn Jun 04 2022 8:31 pm @Anonymous

Yes, the translations are different. I watch it on Kocowa and the translations had Cha Yeol say in a sarcstic manner if Sung Sook was going to hit someone else with his car again. Now I wonder what else I've been watching was translated properly?

I'm pretty sure Sung Wook was the driver because of how doggedly his mom is trying to hush Cha Yeol. She doesn't care about Cha Yeol at all, so she would freely throw him under the bus to protect Sung Wook! LOL!

Anonymous Jun 02 2022 6:42 am @Shawn - oh so I went & checked & I am assuming that our translations are different. I watch it on KBS World & the english subtitles that came at that point was, “will you whack me again so that I pass out”. So I couldnt figure it out from there. But I had some sort of 6th sense that I realized on the accident episode that Sung Wook was the driver. He acted more guilty than Cha Yeol after the accident.

Kitty Jun 01 2022 6:49 pm Ms. Baek is unprofessional because he didn't separate his emotions from his work, causing him to get enraged and jealous of Dong-hee. He knows that Dong-hee is talented, but she is enraged because he knows that chan-yeol admires Dong-hee and ignores Dong-talent hee's in design.

Shawn Jun 01 2022 6:33 pm @Anonymous... it was episode 15 around the 22:40ish mark. I was wrong with stating it was revealed during an argument between Cha-Yeol and Sung Wook over Seung Ju, but it was after Seung Ju rejected Sung Wook coldly after he took her out to dinner to meet with his friends without telling her.

Cha-Yeol wasn't aware at the time that Sung Wook was upset over being rejected by Seung Ju that night and took his anger out on him after discovering from his mom that Cha-Yeol went back to the place where the accident occurred.

Cha-Yeol sarcastically asked what Sung Wook was going to do about it? Hit someone else with his car again?

This definitely told the audience that it was Sung Wook that was driving that night.

Check it out for yourself. I've known since then it was Sung Wook that hit Dong Hee's brother.

Now it's only a matter of time before the characters learn.

Anonymous May 31 2022 6:38 am @Shawn - which argument? which episode?

Shawn May 30 2022 6:05 pm @Anonymous...

The writers stopped playing wth us the moment Cha-Yeol brought it up in their argument. The audience has already been told who was driving that night. There's no more fooling us. It was brought up in the present 8 years later.

The only people it will get revealed to now are the characters in the dark, but not to the audience. We already know who was driving that night because it was brought up in an argument between the cousins.

SorryT May 30 2022 11:17 am Kim Jung-Eun and Kim Tae-Pyeong characters are Terrible.

   Get a Job?

Anonymous May 29 2022 4:35 am @Shawn: I meant Sung Wook’s involvement became obvious on the accident night. Its just that the director of the drama is playing with the minds of the foolish people who are yet to figure it out. They wont give away hints that easily. But since I am closely following the two cousins’ behavior & dialogues, I am getting the vibes that surely Cha Yeol just cant cause such accident. Also, Sung Wook is pretty reckless in most of his actions through out in majority of the scenes!

Shawn May 28 2022 11:30 pm It has already been revealed that Sung Wook was the driver that killed Dong-Hee's brother. There's nothing to reveal since Cha-Yeol already confronted Sung Wook about his driving that night when the two argued about Sung Wook's obsession with Seung Ju.

I think Anonymous must have missed that scene in the bedroom when the two argued and Cha-Yeol brought that night up out of nowhere to show a pattern with Sung Wook's behavior.

Angela May 26 2022 2:32 pm Tell me why do they always have such ugly clothes when it’s a fashion theme in the story?

Zura May 26 2022 6:53 am This drama has pattern like Man In A Veil, hopefully Seungju didn't become evil woman like Yura did

Anonymous May 25 2022 6:55 am It is pretty obvious that Sung-Wook caused the car accident that killed Dong-Hee’s brother because had it been Cha-Yeol, Sung-Wook’s mother would have Cha-Yeol to jail. Since she is hiding it from her husband and Sung-Wook being a villainous selfish brother, it looks like we are heading that way where at the end of the drama Sung-Wook will be exposed as the drunk driver from that night!

Nini May 24 2022 12:25 pm I despise Ms. Baek because she causes trouble for everyone while pretending to be innocent, and she really gets on my nerves. She isn't the main character, so why is she so focused on him? I prefer Dong-hee interactions with Chan-yeol and Sung Wook. I believe that Dong-hee and Sung Wook have chemistry. That is what I am hoping for.even do chan-yeol and dong-hee look good together ???

Park lee kayi May 24 2022 12:22 pm I despise Ms. Baek because she causes trouble for everyone while pretending to be innocent, and she really gets on my nerves. She isn't the main character, so why is she so focused on him? I prefer Dong-hee interactions with Chan-yeol and Sung Wook. I believe that Dong-hee and Sung Wook have chemistry. That is what I am hoping for.

Dhrama May 19 2022 11:41 am Anyone has a clue who the actress playing Ms Jung role is?

Kalele May 18 2022 10:53 am I think sung wook should leave ms. Baek and slowly fall in love with dong-hee, then ms. Baek should regret rejecting sung wook, and chan-yeol should realize he likes dong-hee as well. I believe that the greatest approach to make the drama more fascinating is to focus on Dong-hee, Chan-yeol, and Sung Wook alone, rather than on Ms. Baek.??

Yvgeni Sigalov May 15 2022 8:00 pm Does anyone know what happened to episodes 23 to 25? They don't seem to be available anywhere.

iwiw May 12 2022 10:36 pm I love this daily drama, but the male lead character is so annoying and childish

Qwerty May 12 2022 12:09 pm It seems there was a live broadcast of debate for incheon mayor soo got cancelled for may 11 and 12

sf May 12 2022 9:55 am What special events are in these days in South Korea? Once again the expected dramas are missing.

Josephine guevarra May 07 2022 8:37 am I love this drama i can relate the story thru to life and give moral lesson to us viewers. I never omitted per episode to watch.

Shinta Kimura May 07 2022 1:49 am Good drama, the story so real and it is what it is... ganbatte!

Jamse May 06 2022 9:07 pm They’re spending Wayyyyyy too much time on the way too many side stories.

Kristine Apr 26 2022 12:12 am Can we see more shows like five children? How can 4 adults not come up with 50K or at their age own their own place already even it means moving to cheaper area? The world is not just Seoul area.

Kristine Apr 26 2022 12:08 am Why does Jo Mi Ryung get some horrible character to play yet again?

Mike Apr 23 2022 12:38 am Just saw the 5th episode. Disappointed. Not sure if I'm ready, nor the time, for a long downer of a show with nasty, bad people. Bummer. Too bad, I like the character Donghee.

Arnob Apr 21 2022 12:59 am Why is the story moving so fast? I mean why is Baek Seung-Joo already 2 months pregnant by 3rd episode & delivering her baby by 4th episode?

psyduck212 Apr 20 2022 7:52 pm This is shaping up to be better than The All-Round Wife already.

AJ Apr 19 2022 6:12 pm Still early days. But I personally and sincerely hope this drama will not turn into another old, tired "Cinderella" or "Sleeping Beauty" story.

Vaon Apr 19 2022 4:59 pm Ugh I feel bad for Cha Yeol to have such an aunt in law and cousin like that. They are annoying honestly

Iwanzz Apr 18 2022 9:55 am I'm watching this daily kdrama. I like if the drama have struggling female lead and wealthy male lead. It is naturally good for daily drama that way hoho

AJ Apr 17 2022 8:50 pm Hopefully, as a KBS1 family-oriented daily drama, it will be as good as "Be My Dream Family" or "Brilliant Heritage".

littlepinky Apr 11 2022 7:30 pm oh my ,it will be another drama that turns on life in each cast round and round not the Bravo My Life (of main cast here)... just that casts came from Lady&Gentleman,(great granny Young Ok &, Byeong Ol), Hee jung frm 2nd Husband

a daily drama maybe designed noon or siesta time not prime time. Familiar faces to me also are Hye mi, Dae Eon and Han WI

DARSONO Apr 09 2022 4:03 pm A new face , and well i dont know that i really enjoy melo drama when people strugle .. i think i am a bad person that really enjoy to watch another people suffer :)

littlepinky Apr 08 2022 8:26 pm another kbs with for sure a lengthy drama i hope it will justify long episodes .i hope it will not be just like round-and -round- and round- episode,

iwiw Apr 07 2022 9:20 am the story seem typical but "good" daily drama. well rich man poor woman is my favorite and usually works. new face for female lead. want to watch this

AJ Apr 03 2022 9:27 pm Quite a number of daily-drama regulars in the cast list.

Iwiw Mar 25 2022 8:00 am I really hope this will be good one

Diva Mar 19 2022 8:22 am I hope this drama be good, because The All-Around wife i did not recommend for anyone!

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