Premiere Watch: The Good Bad Mother

by missvictrix

Time slot: Wednesday-Thursday
Broadcaster: JTBC
Genre: Drama, comedy, family, slice-of-life
Episode count: 14

Reasons to watch: Hot off the heels of his rip-snorting success in The Glory, Lee Do-hyun finally gets the attention he deserves starring side by side with the ever-wonderful Ra Mi-ran (seriously, never a mediocre performance from this woman). The story sounds like a real tear-jerker, but I imagine the drama will do the best of jobs balancing the heartache (broken hearts, broken relationships, and tragic accidents) with the heart-warming (healing, restoration, and a good belly laugh or ten).

Everything about this drama screams quality to me — might it be one of the critical successes of 2023 when we look back on the year? — but I’m still in the wondering phase. I want to watch, but can I handle the tears that are a part of this story? To further make that answer “Yes!” we also have Ahn Eun-jin and Yoo In-soo in secondary roles here — the former who deserves so much more recognition, and the latter who is happily getting it.

TL;DR: Get ready to laugh and cry with this feel-good drama that screams quality

 
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