KDrama to Maybe Watch: Big (2012)

Big (2012)

Grade: B-

Episodes: 16

Gil Da-ran is engaged to a quiet, handsome doctor - the same doctor that treated her after accidentally knocking her down a flight of stairs. It sounds like a dream come true, except as the wedding draws closer, Yoon Jae (Gong Yoo) makes all kinds of excuses to not meet with her and finish wedding preparations. Da-ran finally calls him on it, asking if he even actually loves her or if Yoon Jae is simply marrying her out of a sense of duty. On his way to give her an answer, he is in a car accident with a young man - one of Da-ran's new students - and both fall into a resevoir. Yoon Jae reaches out for Kyung Joon, and Kyung Joon wakes up in Yoon Jae's body. Will Kyung Joon go through with Da-ran's wedding? When will he return to his body, and why were they switched in the first place?

*This is one of the most upbeat dramas I've watched, with some of the best ethereal, mysterious music to fit the fantasy storyline. The only reason this didn't earn a higher grade is because we never see Kyung Joon after he returns to his body, and we never find out Yoon Jae's answer or what happens to him after he wakes up. I loved the energy Gong Yoo brought to his character - an 18-year-old boy trapped in a 30-year-old man's body - and the villains of the show turning out to not really be all that bad kept this drama light. I'd watch this again. 

EDIT: I watched this again in 2019, and it dragged so badly for the last half. I probably didn't realize it the first time through because I hadn't watched as many Kdramas at that point, but this is not the best Hong Sisters work, and the ending is not satisfying.*