Flash Review: Suits

If you’ve known me for a while, you’d probably know that I don’t generally do well with legal-themed dramas – even if they are very good.

Case in point: 2016’s The Good Wife, which I started watching, and which I found very good indeed – but which I also never got around to finishing.

So it definitely says something that I not only enjoyed Suits quite well, but I even – gasp! – finished it! And I’m not even that behind the live airing schedule either. Woah, right?

WHY SUITS WORKED FOR ME

To be fair to the good folks behind The Good Wife, I wouldn’t say that Suits is a better drama than The Good Wife.

In fact, what I did see of The Good Wife (which wasn’t much; just 7 episodes of Show’s 16), was arguably more compelling than much of Suits. So why then did Suits work for me, enough for me to enjoy it enough to keep going; enough for me to even get to the end of the drama?

Aside from more frivolous reasons like Park Hyung Sik’s charm and Jang Dong Gun’s charisma (which are, for the record, perfectly valid in their own right, heh), I’d say that the reason this one worked for me, is the fact that this narrative is character-driven.

I didn’t find the cases consistently interesting, but Show was pretty good about weaving themes into its various episodes and cases, such that the themes supported our characters’ development.

And so, even when it sometimes felt like Show had forgotten to make its cases compelling, it never felt like Show forgot about character development. That was a big plus, in my books.

STUFF I LIKED

I’ll admit upfront that the whole reason I decided to even check out this show, is because I was drawn to the fact that Park Hyung Sik and Jang Dong Gun are in this, and that they’d both be dressed in sharp suits. Ha.

Frivolous fangirl reasons aside, I did find a nice amount of stuff to enjoy in Suits. It’s true that I thought Show could’ve given us more of the good stuff, and that I felt Show stinged in some spots with these goodies.

But overall, I still think Show did a reasonably nice job with them. Here’s a quickish spotlight on ’em.

1. Park Hyung Sik as Yeon Woo

I’ve been enjoying Park Hyung Sik more and more in each drama I’ve seen him in (I’m gonna pretend like Hwarang didn’t happen), and I found him particularly swoony and charming in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon.

So color me surprised – and impressed – that he feels completely different here than his character in SWDBS.

As Yeon Woo, Park Hyung Sik looks and feels so young, and it’s not just the hair and styling either.

He channels it in his gaze, and in the way he holds himself, and looking at him on my screen, I completely believe that he’s a young man just starting his career, still green in the ways of the world, and still idealistic and hopeful.

Writer-nim does a great job of setting up Yeon Woo’s character, so that by the end of episode 1, I was rooting for him already, and hard. I felt very drawn to the heart on Yeon Woo’s side of the story.

[SPOILER ALERT]

His need for a job; his grandmother’s (Ye Soo Jung) hospital bills; his loss of his parents; his sleazy friend who basically served him up to the wolves for money.

I loved how Yeon Woo’s quick thinking, combined with his nervous ballsiness and Kang Seok’s (Jang Dong Gun) open mind, basically snatched him from the claws of the law in just the first episode.

[END SPOILERS]

One of the things I found myself enjoying about this show, is that Yeon Woo’s a genius is some ways, with his photographic memory, but he’s also very green in other ways, and Show allows him to fail, just enough, so that it doesn’t get boring.

Quite often – at least during Show’s earlier episodes – I felt like I was effectively being kept on the edge of my seat.

At the same time, I liked that Show lets him succeed and win, just enough, so that I feel the rush of vicarious satisfaction. I liked this much better than having him be really downtrodden all the time, or just really successful all the time.

He makes mistakes, he gets backed into corners, he finds a way out, or learns from his mistake, or Kang Seok saves him – just sometimes.

For the record, I do think that Show did a better job of this in the earlier episodes than in the later ones, but we can talk about that later.

2. Jang Dong Gun as Kang Seok

The fangirl in me just has to come out and say this: wouldja look at that profile on Jang Dong Gun? Isn’t it just glorious?

Thanks to revisiting Hallyu classic All About Eve, I now have Jang Dong Gun-appreciating eyes, and I found it very pleasant indeed, to have him on my screen, wearing sharp suits, a whole lotta charisma, and a boatload of attitude.

I didn’t take to Kang Seok immediately, since he comes across as quite arrogant in episode 1, but I was intrigued by his smarts.

It wasn’t long before I found myself suitably and properly impressed by Kang Seok, as he demonstrated just why he was regarded as Kang & Ham’s ace attorney.

[SPOILER ALERT]

In particular, I loved the time in episode 3 where Kang Seok manages to handle the situation such that he not only saves Yeon Woo and Yeon Woo’s bum friend, but also turns the tables so that the drug dealers end up at his mercy. Bad. Ass.

[END SPOILER]

Despite Kang Seok’s gruff and businesslike exterior, Show makes sure to peel back the layers just enough, so that we get to see that underneath it all, Kang Seok’s more caring and loyal than one might first think. I liked those glimpses of heart a lot.

3. The simmering bromance between Kang Seok and Yeon Woo

The key word here is, simmering.

From the get-go in episode 1, I found myself feeling more interested in the promise of partnership between Kang Seok and Yeon Woo, way more than any potential lovelines that Show was hinting at.

Kang Seok is all grudging gruffness while Yeon Woo is all eager-puppy wanting all the touchy-feelies, and it was pretty great watching these two around each other.

Especially since Show is quick to demonstrate that Kang Seok and Yeon Woo are much more similar than they appear to be (like in episode 2, where we get an intersplicing of Kang Seok’s conversation with CEO Kang (Jin Hee Kyung), and Kang Seok’s conversation with Yeon Woo, with each conversation consistently echoing the other. Quite cool, I thought).

Throughout the show, Kang Seok’s deadpan serious with Yeon Woo even in the face of Yeon Woo’s expressive jubilance, and that restraint, barely managing to hide the smile that he’s stifling, is one of my favorite things in the whole show.

Literally, the best things in this show are the stifled smiles that Kang Seok and Yeon Woo wear around each other, about each other, when things go well.

The gentle ribbing’s pretty good too. But those stifled smiles make me feel like I’m watching the initial delight of a courting OTP, and I just could not get enough.

4. The endearing relationship between Yeon Woo and Gran

We don’t get to spend a whole lot of time with Gran (Ye Soo Jung), simply because Yeon Woo doesn’t get to spend a lot of time with her, but I loved the scenes that we did get.

I loved how gentle Gran was, with him, and how encouraging she always was, no matter what he said.

I always felt like Gran sincerely believed in him, and that was just lovely to behold. The comfortable ease and smiling banter that these two shared, felt so precious. <3

5. Show’s thematic touch

I think how much you enjoy this show depends on how compelling you find the premise, and how invested you are in Yeon Woo’s journey. There are themes that are surfaced in the episodes to provoke thought.

[VAGUE SPOILERS]

For example, we get a number of episodes where the themes surface through Yeon Woo’s struggle to come to terms with truth versus duty.

What is his duty as a lawyer, even in the face of an inconvenient truth, and how does he satisfy his conscience?

There is some thematic exploration via Kang Seok’s journey too, like the whole idea of needing to correct something, if it is wrong – even at the risk of your own reputation or career.

[END SPOILERS]

I personally found these themes an enjoyable highlight, and a nice way of grounding the cases in character development. And because I liked these characters and wanted to see them grow, their journeys interested me.

On the other hand, if you’re in this more for the cases themselves, then this thematic exploration might not feel super interesting to you, I think.

Special shout-out: Jin Hee Kyung as CEO Kang

I’ll admit that I found CEO Kang’s characterization less compelling in Show’s later stretch, but I did appreciate that she’s presented as a strong leader who’s confident, competent and polished.

[SPOILER]

In particular, I loved the scene in episode 8, where she basically threatens Deputy Chief Prosecutor Oh (cameo by Jun Noh Min), leaves him no way out, then informs him that he has no further right to even refer to Kang Seok as his kid, and then march-saunters off.

Yass. Just, SO. Bad. Ass. <3

[END SPOILER]

STUFF I DIDN’T LIKE SO MUCH

There are a fair number of things that I didn’t love about this show, which I’ll list fairly briefly here.

1. Go Sung Hee as Ji Na

I’m sorry to say that I don’t find Go Sung Hee a good actress. From the get-go, I felt like she made her character Ji Na feel unpleasant and petty.

All her outbursts – especially in the earlier stretch of the show, mostly directed at Yeon Woo – felt like she was mostly making mountains out of a molehills.

Worse, it’s not even played funny, and doesn’t endear Ji Na to me as a character. I legit wondered if Ji Na was supposed to be unlikable.

2. The loveline between Yeon Woo and Ji Na

Considering how I didn’t take to Ji Na as a character, I was less than thrilled when I realized Show was gunning for a romance between her and Yeon Woo.

I didn’t find much chemistry between Park Hyung Sik and Go Sung Hee, so all the cutesy scenes of Ji Na and Yeon Woo helping each other out, and even the eventual kissy scenes, didn’t do anything to make my watch more pleasant.

The writing around this loveline is also not one of Show’s strengths, and I felt my interest wane every time the focus shifted to the loveline.

3. The cases aren’t consistently interesting

I found the earlier cases reasonably interesting and engaging, but by the mid to late stretch of the show, it did kind of feel like Show was so busy focusing on character development, that it forgot this show was about a law firm, and that maybe it ought to pay a little more attention to the cases that its characters were supposed to be working on.

By the later episodes, the cases were mostly reduced to incidental mentions, when said cases were relevant to – you guessed it – character development.

I mean, I count Show’s focus on character development a strength, but it would’ve been nice to have had more balance in this area.

4. Occasionally things feel too simplistic

Sometimes, I felt like there’s a touch of sugar to this show, which is very classic kdrama-esque.

This simplistic, sugary touch felt rather convenient and saccharine to me, and wasn’t something that I enjoyed.

In that sense, I felt like by leaning so kdrama-esque, Show was serving up fantasy as reality, and that didn’t just didn’t feel right to me, for this drama world.

[SPOILER]

Like in episode 11, when the publisher guy who’d been unrepentant all the time prior, about the way he stole the rookie writer’s idea, suddenly turned around and started apologizing earnestly and almost tearfully, when Yeon Woo and Ji Na confronted him with evidence that he’d also raped the girl.

That turnaround didn’t ring true for me, but it felt like Show was serving it up as genuine, and that felt weird.

And then there’s the time in episode 14, when CEO Kang’s defense of Kang Seok in front of the senior partners, basically consisted of telling everyone what a good heart he has.

I mean, it’s nice that he’s got a good heart, but is that seriously her idea of their best defense?

[END SPOILER]

5. Show slumps a little bit, in the later stretch

Even though I finished this show, and even though I enjoyed the finale (more on that in a bit), I must say that I felt distinctly less engaged in the final few episodes leading up to the finale.

Specifically, I didn’t enjoy episodes 13 and 14 very much.

[VAGUE SPOILERS]

In episode 13, I felt there wasn’t enough gratification on the character and relationship development fronts, and that the cases weren’t gripping in and of themselves.

In episode 14, I couldn’t decide whether I felt bored by the episode. Everything in episode 14 is stirred up for mounting drama, but to be brutally honest, I didn’t feel much of that tension.

[END SPOILERS]

THOUGHTS ON THE ENDING [SPOILERS]

To Show’s credit, this is one of the most satisfying kdrama finales that I’ve seen, in a while.

To me, one of the big reasons for how satisfying this finale feels, is the way the writing comes back full circle.

It becomes clearer than ever, as I enter the finale, that writer-nim had this ending in mind from the very beginning. So that thing where many kdrama writers find themselves written into a corner at the end, with no satisfying way out – that doesn’t happen here.

The other thing that makes this finale feel worthwhile and satisfying to me, is the confirmation that writer-nim was always clear that this story was more character-driven than case-driven.

With this finale focusing so much on the development of our various key characters – Yeon Woo, in particular – this felt like the destination that I’d been heading for, all along. And so, to feel like I finally got what I came – and stayed – for, felt satisfying to me.

Overall, I felt satisfied by the way Show handled the fall-out of the big reveal of Yeon Woo’s secret. I found the scene between Yeon Woo and Ji Na pretty meh, but that scene between Yeon Woo and Gran just got me right in the heart.

So much pent-up emotion, finally laid out bare; so many tears, finally finding release; so much acceptance and empathy, expressed so eloquently without the need for grandiose words.

I found it heartbreaking that Gran passed away while Yeon Woo was in custody.

But it was a great comfort to see Kang Seok taking on the role of chief mourner in Yeon Woo’s absence, completely living up to the promise that Yeon Woo had asked of him, to take care of his gran while he was away.

And the scene, of Kang Seok gently pinning the mourning band on Yeon Woo’s sleeve, feels so raw. In that moment, I didn’t feel any pretense or bravado between the two men, only empathy and sincerity, and that just made my heart swell.

I thought it was a nice touch, to have Attorney Chae (Choi Gwi Hwa) return the “deciding vote” favor, by voting for Kang Seok’s right to defend Yeon Woo.

More than that, I thought it was apt that Yeon Woo would choose to serve his sentence without seeking to reduce his term.

That feels like a perfect way to turn things around in his life; instead of trying to live a lie, he’s choosing to face reality squarely in the face without flinching, and pay the price for his wrongdoing, without excuse.

I love that through it all, he’s taking Gran’s last words to him, very much to heart; giving himself time to sort it all out, and starting over.

When Yeon Woo finishes serving his sentence and walks back out into the world through those prison doors, it feels like he’s finally free of the burden that he’s been carrying on his shoulders all this time.

The icing on the cake, is that Kang Seok’s right there waiting for him (bromance endures!), and that fist bump or no, these two are set to embark on many more adventures together.

THE FINAL VERDICT:

Character- rather than case-driven, and therefore solid, even if not always exciting.

FINAL GRADE: B

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cindypark
3 years ago

I just recently watched Suits. I enjoyed your review! I also wrote one too, but it’s not nearly as good or as in-depth as yours. Thank you for sharing your thoughts 🙂

kfangurl
3 years ago
Reply to  cindypark

Hi there Cindy, thanks for enjoying the review! 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed this show, it definitely had its plus points. 🙂 Did you mean that you posted a review on your blog? I clicked on your blog link but couldn’t find it. 🙂

cindypark
3 years ago
Reply to  kfangurl

Thanks for letting me know! my review is here

kfangurl
3 years ago
Reply to  cindypark

Thanks for sharing your review, Cindy – I enjoyed visiting your blog. 🙂 Looks like you enjoyed this show a lot more than I did, lol. I must agree that Park Hyung Sik is quite lovely tho! 😉

Xari
Xari
4 years ago

Thank you for the link! 🙂
I don’t have an account but somehow managed to find the song, it was an unreleased background song that I personally enjoyed. Oh, indeed, High Society why did I forget about that one? x.x Also, thanks to your mention, now I will be watching All about Eve, don’t want to miss the chance to see Jang Dong Gun.
Will be visiting this blog, all the best! 🙂

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  Xari

You’re very welcome Xari, I’m glad you managed to find the song that you were looking for! 🙂

Ooh, I enjoyed All About Eve very much, it’s retro Hallyu at its best, imo 😉 I hope you’ll enjoy your watch, and I look forward to hearing about how you liked it, when you’re done! 🙂

Xari
Xari
4 years ago

Hello! I just finished the drama now and enjoyed your review. 🙂 The ending episode was really surprising and well done. I loved so much the bromantic moments and the Granny moments, it made me cry so much, my eyes haven’t even properly dried yet. Talking about shots in the heart.

Hyung Sik is not an eye candy, he’s a full sweets buffet . Not talking only about his handsomeness but he’s very expressive with an ample capability of emoting. I am almost afraid to expect a new approach (his next movie Jurors) that’s all that stops me too praise him more, so I’ll just say he;s good oh (and he carried Hwarang for me, to be honest, Even if the Ceo will be forever a hearthrob and the first drama I saw with him, I am not getting.over.the. king. )

The girl’s character was cold, as if there was a hidden wall between her and the male character, she didn’t do her part in ”make-believe” love story.. She didn’t annoy me too much though, and it felt satisfying to see her reach the end of that thick Law book and read his message.
Oh, I would have loved just a little more interaction/conversation between the secretary and mr, Choi after- her feelings were revealed..because it was like ‘;oh, you like me? Cool. Come to work next week.” We’re done here. Uhm, not that fast, sir.
I also liked those Choi Kang/ Geun Sik interactions. I always knew Geun Sik was such a fan in disguise.
The Choi & Kang name re-branding was so predictable, haha, but still felt good.
Overall, it was neat and sweet, and the ending made me really miss the two and wanting to see more.
Oh which reminds me!
What is that song that always pops up when there is a cool scene? It’s a male singing almost like a whisper, can”t find it in the songs tracklist. Any idea? Thank you,

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  Xari

Hi there Xari, I’m glad that you enjoyed the drama – and this review as well. 🙂

Indeed, the bromantic moments and the Granny moments were the highlights of the show for me as well. <3 Park Hyung Sik indeed is demonstrating some very nice acting chops, and I've been enjoying him in everything that I've seen him in. Even High Society was made better by his presence! 😉 That's a great point about the arc between Attorney Choi and his secretary. I would've liked Show to have spent more time on that as well; the way Show skipped through her confession and his reaction was oddly speedy. But yes, overall, this was a nice little show which I enjoyed more than I expected to. 🙂

I'm not sure which song you're looking for, but here is a list on Spotify, of the OST tracks including background music, I hope that helps! 🙂

Lynn
Lynn
4 years ago

Wanna hear your review on About Time Korean drama.

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  Lynn

Hi there Lynn, I checked out a little bit of About Time, but I haven’t managed to get into it yet. I didn’t get through E1 yet, to be honest. It just wasn’t landing so well, for me. I will give it another try, but I’m really not sure if I will end up watching the show. 😛

OnColouredPens
4 years ago

As predicted by my husband I’ll be bored after episode 4 (since he watched the original version). Yes, I was totally bored, but who can resist Park Hyung Sik? Park Hyung Sik and Jang Dong Gun are totally an eye candy. The bromance is so alive. And PHS is totally hot in suits paired with CHUKCS! 😀 But aside from being an eye candy, I believe they have delivered the drama well. Plus Yeon Woo and Granny’s relationship had me crying every time they appeared on my screen.

I won’t be talking Yeon Woo and Ji Na, coz I was so jealous. 😛

As always, you gave us a good read with your reviews, thefanverdict! Always looking forward to your writing. ;D

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  OnColouredPens

Lol. Your hubs knows you so well! 😂 For someone who was bored with the show after E4, you certainly managed to find a good amount of stuff to enjoy! 😉 YES, Park Hyung Sik and Jang Dong Gun together, is just 😍😍 So handsome, and so bromantic! And OMG yes, Yeon Woo’s relationship with Gran got me right in the heart. <3 And nope, we absolutely don't need to talk about Yeon Woo and Ji Na! 😆

Thanks for enjoying the review, I got a little thrill when you said you look forward to my writing. Such a compliment! Thank youuu 😘😘

Carol J Rathbun-Shibuya
Carol J Rathbun-Shibuya
4 years ago

How interesting Fangirl that your post should come up today when I almost finished watching “A Good Wife”. The chauvinistic theme was played well but I got a little bored w/ the main male character (Christopher Lee) so I skipped through the last 3 episodes & just watched who ended up w/ who. If you view Christopher Lee on You Tube, he is quite humorous in some of the films shooting scenes, but I found his character to be moopy (brooding). Loved the bookstore owner and his quiet understanding of the “Good Wife.

kfangurl
4 years ago

Ah, that’s funny timing indeed, Carol! 🙂 I haven’t seen the original The Good Wife, and the one I started on was the Korean remake. I’ve heard very good things about the original, though. I hope you enjoy the rest of your watch! 🙂

Timescout
4 years ago

Save for a fiew rare exceptions, leagal shows tend to make my eyes glaze over. What can I say, law just generally bores me. 😀 I quit the original Suits early due to lack of interest, so I decided to skip this one. Still, I enjoyed reading your take on the drama. As always.^^

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  Timescout

Aw, thanks for enjoying this review all the same, Timescout. <3 You are always so sweetly supportive. I recently started on Lawless Lawyer, and 3 eps in, it feels possibly like the kind of legal show that you might take to. It's way more action than courtroom. There's a melo backstory, of course, but at least it feels like a cousin of a rollicking heist show a lot of time? 😉

Timescout
4 years ago
Reply to  kfangurl

I don’t seem to be up to posting anything myself these days, so I live vicariously through commenting on other bloggers’ posts. ;D

I did try Lawless Lawyer but sadly had to give up after first fiew episodes. 🙁 It just didn’t appeal to me at all, as it felt… idkn… too ‘theatrical’ for my taste, maybe. I’m hard to please, ain’t I. *g*

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  Timescout

Well I love seeing you pop up around the dramaverse, so it’s great that you’re doing that, even while you’re not actively posting – for now 😉

Hm, yes, Lawless Lawyer is a little on the theatrical side, so you’d need to be in the right mood for it. I’m 7 eps in so far, and liking it quite well so far. It demands suspension of disbelief, but so far it’s felt solid and engaging, for me 🙂

Dorotka
Dorotka
4 years ago

I actually had the opposite situation, I liked (and finished) Good Wife, but had difficulties to finish Suits. I finished only by skipping a couple of episodes towards the end (I think it were those you didn’t like either) and then just watched the final episode (which I admit was quite satisfying).

The funny thing is I completely agree with your list of pros and cons (and the Two handsome reasons why I originally checked the show 😉😁)… just for me the cons way too much overweighted the positives… and I just couldn’t keep my interest on in the second half of the show (the meh romance didn’t help either, I would be happier without it… and appreciate more focus on Daham and Geunshik).

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  Dorotka

Oh, that is interesting, that your list of pros and cons are the same as mine, just that the weightage is different! I guess I was feeling rather patient as well, since I sat through even the boring episodes. The finale really was satisfying, and earned Show a lot of goodwill from me, I must say. If the finale had slumped, I would’ve probably been a lot more frustrated with Show at the end.

I have good intentions of going back to The Good Wife sometime. Legal shows aren’t my thing, but I remember feeling very impressed with what I saw of TGW. All the main actors were very good too. And Yoo Ji Tae. OMG, so devilish and schmexy 😍😍

seankfletcher
4 years ago

It’s interesting to read your thoughts re Suits. I haven’t watched this version as the original has some of the best characterisation in any show (and acting to boot) along with some amazing storylines from the top to the bottom. As much as the original is character driven, the legal side of it at times is mesmerising (the case subjects that is and not necessarily the legal processes followed). However, I did lose my patience with it during season 5 and some of season 6. There are only so many times I could put up with Mike ending up in jail, losing his licence, the law firm downsizing, upsizing and then downsizing again (and so on). However, it is a great show nonetheless. My family watch it religiously (I have yet to catch up with Season 7). Then there is what will happen with Season 8, which is set to premiere next month without Mike and Rachael (aka the newly married Meaghan, Duchess of Sussex). Anyway as the original theme song says “All step back, I’m ’bout to dance, The greenback boogie (not really, I’ve got a strategic plan to finish 😎).

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  seankfletcher

Ah, I haven’t seen the original at all, so I went into this with no prior expectations or knowledge gleaned from the source material. I’ve heard very good things about the original series though, so I’m not surprised that you enjoyed several seasons of it! Although, I can imagine plausibility becoming an issue. I can very much imagine that multiple rounds of the lead landing in jail, losing his license and the whole upsizing-downsizing shebang would surely get old, pretty fast 😛

PS: I hope you finished your strategic plan! (I still think your ability to bend space and time, and make strategic plans and make time for all these dramas, is quite magical. You must have some sort of magical time-expanding beans of some sort, yes? 😂)

seankfletcher
4 years ago
Reply to  kfangurl

Yes, I finished the strategic plan ahead of time! Which then meant I had time to bring other work forward from next week. Which means – time off on Monday 🤗

There are three magical time-expanding beans I use (and I didn’t have to sell a cow to get them!). Bean 1 🧞‍♂️: work out what takes up your time (working long hours doesn’t equal better outcomes. Take note Kdrama land writers – especially when it comes to the CEO plot lines. True innovation and leadership comes from an effective use of time). Bean 2 🧞‍♂️: work out your priorities (High priorities – do these e.g. watch Kdramas. Medium priorities – tackle most of these. Decide which ones are the most valuable in this category and fit them in around other things as you do them – like watching Kdramas. Low priorities – ignore, or perhaps someone else can do e.g. the gardening. You will definitely have time to watch Kdramas. Bean 3 🧞‍♂️: become an industry expert (people then give you the time and space you need to do things). In other words work in an area that you really want to work in, then you can pick and choose what you do. If I can, anyone can 😎.

Finally, a priority = urgency x importance 🏖. Celebrate your achievements 🍾. Cherish the ones you love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 and look at the world through rose coloured glasses 🤩

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  seankfletcher

Tee hee. You legit made me giggle out loud with your magical beans spiel, Sean! 😂 I LOVE IT. And yes, working long hours absolutely doesn’t equal better outcomes. I used to spend days – sometimes more than a week! – just writing and writing and writing, for one of these reviews. Now, I’m much more relaxed about it, and this post on Suits took about half a day, tops. And it still does what I want it to do, which is, to share with everyone what I think of the show, what I liked about it, and what I didn’t like so much. So yeah, it took me a long time to stop aiming for perfect, and just aim for done. 😉 And you are so right – as a result, I’ve been able to watch more drama! Win, and win! 😀

Somehow I STILL don’t manage to watch as much dramas as you do.. so I still have a lot to learn, methinks. Also, LOVE this: Celebrate your achievements 🍾. Cherish the ones you love 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 and look at the world through rose coloured glasses 🤩 YESSIR, very wise words indeed! <3

Nancy
Nancy
4 years ago

I also got a little bored , but finished the drama still , thank you for your nice review as always
, i agree with everything you wrote, thanks for the hard work <3

kfangurl
4 years ago
Reply to  Nancy

Aw, thanks for enjoying the review, Nancy! <3 And it looks like we felt quite similarly about the show – and yet still finished it 😉