Kdrama to Maybe Watch: The Legend of the Blue Sea (2017)

The Legend of the Blue Sea (2017)

Grade: B

20 Episodes, 1 Hr each

Viewing Platform: Viki

Con-artist Heo Joon-jae started on his crooked path trying to find his estranged birth mother. He does only scam crooks out of their ill-gotten gains, though. Then he comes across an interesting, shoeless lady one day. Little does he know, this woman is actually a mermaid, and unbeknownst to both of them, they are playing out a fate that began hundreds of years ago, in the Joseon era. What happens after the mermaid, Shim Cheong, erases Joon-jae's memory of her, but she crosses many oceans to find him again in Seoul? How will Shim Cheong survive on land? Will they be able to stop the murderous plotting of Joon-jae's stepmother and rewrite their doomed history?

*I enjoy Lee Min Ho and Jun Ji-hyun in their other roles, but this kdrama was a bit too long and sad for my taste. While there is a *spoiler alert* happy ending, I had to take a break for a couple months before I could bring myself to finish it. The writing ties everything together well, what with the flashbacks and reincarnations and whatnot, and the good guys are all likable characters, but for whatever reason, it didn't draw me in like other dramas. I probably won't watch it again, but it fits the criteria for a better grade than that (it was better than “Mama Fairy” after all).*