QoT is not bad but QoT is not even good to get these insane ratings. It is a very run of the mill decent drama to watch with popular leads.

This is crazy. Just goes on to show how lack of good dramas can result in a big TRP surge for a mediocre / okay drama.

But then, CLOY was also a romcom with two popular leads. So, should we give the credit to KSH because FL is by no means a sure shot for success (given the recent failures , including big budget ones)

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    I agree. It definitely is not the bees knees.

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    Love it and consider it the Cat’s Pajamas all the way 😻👏🏽

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    It totally does deserve sky high ratings. It’s the bee’s knees, the cat’s pajamas, as well as it’s meow!

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    SK ratings don’t necessarily equate artistic quality. Often, they don’t even equal Beanie stamp of approval.

    It’s a more populist drama for sure, but a rather well done one that follows the more classic kdrama model. Some have pinpointed to its weekender-ish multiple story lines. Others, SK’s endless chaebol fascination (and even more, their humbling). Some love one lead or the other, or just the tragic-romantic feels of the unusually already married OTP. And the screenwriter has quite the following. Etc. Etc.

    And sometimes, there’s no one reason. A show just snowballs, it becomes a cultural phenomenon that everyone wants to be part of. And in an era of declining drama ratings, I’m really glad because it ensures more dramas will keep getting made.

    Me, I just ffw’d the parts I don’t like and forget the parts that don’t make sense. Love the rest, including both leads. I hope it sticks the landing and becomes a classic.

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      KSH is making history isn’t it.. has he given even a mediocre rating drama recently?

      Its okay was a hit
      His cameo was the most talked about thing in Deluna
      2013 was indeed a blockbuster..

      his rate card definitely skyrocketed

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      for the reason, atleast this time, i think it is sheer lack of good dramas since quite a while…atleast this one is properly edited with nice cinematography .. plot is as you also said.. fairly run of the mill stuff

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    Glad to have come across this post. QoT is average imo. Neither are the leads giving their best performance. KSH has done better before and KJW does not have the X factor of other PJE leads like Jun Ji Hyun and Son ye jin. I too think that there have been few good dramas that the bar for good dramas has really lowered. After a while, when the hype dies down, QoT may not be remembered as one of the critically good shows unlike other PJE dramas which had more substance than this. This is in a way glamorous makjang.

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      well put.. i concur

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      I agree. I have not been able to wrap my head around its popularity at all. It’s a good watch but forgettable, with nothing that you haven’t seen, and nothing that truly sticks. And it’s one of the rare k-drama that does not have any deep thoughts or philosophies. It does not even have a workplace set up unlike other dramas where you learn something new.

      It reminds me of a few Indian dramas that shot through the popularity roof not because of logical story or a plot (a character dies three times, came back four times, each time with a new face etc etc) but because they could successfully manipulate the emotional graph of the audience. Kudos to QoT for successfully doing that.

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