Queen of Tears | Open Thread + Reviews

A lawyer wants a divorce from his chaebol heiress wife. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Kim Soo-hyun: Baek Hyun-woo

Kim Ji-won: Hong Hae-in

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Family, Contemporary Romance 

Year: 2024

Episodes: 16  

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Romcom/Romance Checklist

How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

The ML: 

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Tsundere / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /

The FL: 

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / Noble Idiot / CEO

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Annoying Love (F/M) Rival+++ / Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Harem / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / 

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8* / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15* / 16 

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad / Rushed+++

Remarks

[Actors/Actresses] 

→ Kim Soo-hyun: Baek Hyun-woo

→ Kim Ji-won: Hong Hae-in

→ Park Sung-hoon: Yoon Eun-seong

→ Kwak Dong-yeon: Hong Soo-cheol [Hae-in's brother]

→ Lee Joo-bin: Cheon Da-hye [Dong-yeon's wife brother]

Baek side

→ Jeon Bae-soo: Baek Du-gwan [Hyun-woo's father]

→ Hwang Young-hee: Jeon Bong-ae [Hyun-woo's mother]

→ Kim Do-hyun: Baek Hyun-tae [Hyun-woo's brother]

→ Jang Yoon-ju: Baek Mi-sun [Hyun-woo's sister]

→ Kim Dong-ha: Baek Ho-yeol [Hyun-tae's son]

→ Moon Tae-yu: Kim Yang-gi [Hyun-woo's friend]

Hong side

→ Kim Joo-ryoung: Grace Ko [Secretary]

→ Yoon Bo-mi: Secretary Na [Hae-in's secretary]

→ Kim Gab-soo: Hong Man-dae [Hae-in's grandfather]

→ Lee Mi-sook: Mo Seul-hee [Man-dae's girlfriend]

→ Jung Jin-young: Hong Beom-jun [Hae-in's father]

→ Na Young-hee: Kim Seon-hwa [Hae-in's mother]

→ Kim Jung-nan: Hong Beom-ja [Hae-in's aunt]

[Behind the Scenes] 

 

[OST] 

The Reason of My Smiles 자꾸만 웃게 돼 | BSS (Seventeen)

Tell Me It's Not a Dream 고장난걸까 | 10cm

Hold Me Back 멈춰줘 | Heize 

Love You With All My Heart 미안해 미워해 사랑해 | Crush

Fallin' | Isaac Hong

Can't Get Over You | Paul Kim

From the Bottom of My Heart 일기 | Kim Na-young 김나영

Last Chance | So Soo Bin 소수빈

Promise | Choi Yu Ree 최유리

Heart Flutter 떨림 | dori 도리

More Than Enough | Kim Tae-rae 김태래

Way Home 청혼 | Kim Soo-hyun 김수현

 

[Ending] Happy. 

Reviews

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Reviewer: FanFanX

Date: May 2024

Aesthetics: A++

Acting: A+

Plot: C-

Great cast but the story starts unraveling to its own detriment. How does one not feel guilty about rooting for a husband who wishes ill of his wife and stays to make sure she changes her will to have him as the majority beneficiary? But when she becomes sick, he has a change of heart as he suddenly remembers that he still had one – and then begins the cover-up / seesaw of emotions. Throwing into the mix: two baddies that you can’t get rid of, ML’s loving and bumbling family plus  FL’s snotty family (both sets grow on you). This is a a very scenic series apropos of nothing. 

• Fav scene-stealer: Aunt Beom-ja. 
• Fav idiot: Soo-cheol. 
• Ice Queen: Kim Ji-won and her very expensive fashionable outfits…
• Bonus: Kim Soo-hyun’s humiliation. 

Rating: 2/5

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