Fated to Love You (2014)
Grade:
B+
20 Episodes
Meek office worker Kim Mi-young wins a
free trip to Macau and at her friend's suggestion, she invites a
lawyer from their office to go with her. It's her first overnight
trip with a man. CEO Lee Gun is also heading to Macau, where he plans
to propose to his girlfriend of six years. However, the CEO had
recently decided to shut down the factory on a small island, so the
president of the factory and another worker (who happens to be
Mi-young's brother-in-law) plot to destroy Lee Gun's reputation. They
manage to drug the young CEO and attempt to send a prostitute to his
room, but not before losing one dose of the drug beforehand. Mi-young
unknowingly drinks some drugged water and stumbles up to her hotel
room, ready for a night with her boyfriend, but she ends up in the
wrong room. Lee Gun and Mi-young have a wild night together, unaware
they have the wrong partner! Will Lee Gun take responsibility for
getting Mi-young pregnant? What will happen to his position in the
company? What will Lee Gun's girlfriend have to say about it all?
*This drama starts off more risque
than normal (premarital sex between two virtual strangers, although
they don't show anything), but if you can get past that premise,
nothing else promiscuous happens in the show. Lee Gun's character is
a bit odd, and his weird loud laughter reminded me a lot of Dokko Jin
from “Greatest Love.” but Lee Gun wasn't as appealing. I didn't
like the pacing in the second half of the show, as it skips ahead
three years, then three more years at the very end. Skipping years
ahead seems like a cheat of some sort, giving license to change a
character's personality without having to explain it other than “time
passed.” The ending was tied up too neatly (I know, I'm picky –
I like just the right amount of closure), and there was some pretty
sad stuff in the middle that was hard to watch. Lee Gun is also
already a pretty nice guy, so there wasn't as big of a transformation
when he falls for the girl, making it less satisfying. Still a pretty
cute drama, so I might watch it again sometime.*
