KDrama to Miss: Evergreen/That Man Oh Soo (2018)

Evergeen/That Man, Oh Soo (2018)

Grade: D+

16 Episodes, 50 minutes each

Viewing Platform: Dramafever

Seo Yoo-ri is following in her father's footsteps as a local police officer while caring for her high school age sister.  Then Yoo-ri's boyfriend of 3 years breaks up with her seemingly out of nowhere. Little does she realize it was because of Oh Soo experimenting with the family's secret, magic tree's pollen, as he was supposed to do to learn and take over the family business. It has been their family's legacy for generations to help others find love. One person from each new generation is gifted with the power to sense another person's emotional state. Oh Soo doesn't realize that the pink love aura coming off of Yoo-ri's boyfriend wasn't actually for her, and when he gives the love-boosting pollen to the boyfriend, the boyfriend immediately breaks up with Yoo-ri to pursue his new love. What happens when Yoo-ri comes back to the cafe, drunk and upset over her break up? Will Oh Soo be able to make amends for his mistake? And is the tree a truly magnanimous master, helping humans find love in exchange for protection and care, or is it a malignant monster, a curse from centuries past?

*So disappointing! The writers could have done SO MUCH with the fantasy element of this story! Instead it focused on the tragedy and suffering as a result of the family's doomed fate. There was even a shamaness character in this show – why on earth couldn't they have used her for help in breaking the tree's curse?? This could have also been a very FUN kdrama if they had used the pollen in a more mischievous capacity. The only good part was the older brother character. He was definitely the comic relief, but it was a unique way to write an oldest sibling. Most of the time we see older siblings being straight-laced and hardworking, so it was nice to buck that stereotype while still incorporating some of the more tender brotherly love aspects to a sibling relationship. Other than that, this was a big miss for me and I won't watch it again.*