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A long binge to get through 52 episodes, this series stretched the K-drama tropes a bit while challenging Korea to move forward. As one daughter complains to her old fashioned parents "...it's 2017.." But the standard boxes are checked; the girls with rich boyfriends, the class struggles, a legal problem, in-law stresses, parental respect, apologies, largely chaste romancing. Not all grim, some laughs and levity thrown in to make for a successful show. Give it a try.

I started at episode 30 where the conflict started and finish it until the end. It was satisfying and the actors were great.

I literally just finished watching the last episode of Father Is Strange today. Even if you're not usually into family dramas, I really do think you might like this one.

It's engaging and well-paced despite its sprawling cast and multiple narrative arcs, and the characters feel like real people, even when things lean a little treacly at times.

I enjoyed almost every character in this show, but my hands-down favorite is Lee Yoo Ri as Hye Young. She is – in a word – Awesome. I think I didn't even know what I wanted in an awesome female character, until Hye Young exploded onto my screen.

In the myriad of romantic relationships in this drama world, the one that stood out to me the most was between Dad and Mum (Kim Young Chul and Kim Hae Sook). Beyond the flush of courtship that their kids went through at various stages of our story, to me, the longstanding affection and care that Dad and Mum had for each other was even more beautiful and moving. I love that in the big and little things, they unfailingly stood by each other, and supported each other, and demonstrated love, care and concern for each other. Even when they disagreed and argued, it was clear that they never stopped caring about each other. If anything, any disagreement they had tended to be rooted in a deep sense of concern for each other. Serious relationship goals, truly. ❤

In this kind of family drama where I know going in, that we're highly likely to get a happy ending all around, it's more important to me how we get to that happy ending, and the nuances around the journey, rather than the happy ending itself. And I have to say, Father Is Strange got us to its happy ending with a boatload of emotional resonance, feeling and heart. Well done, Show. Well done. ❤

This show is a MUST watch! Greatest kdrama ever! It's a perfect blend of comedy, romance, drama... everything! It is so perfectly balanced that the one hour long 52 episodes won't be enough... 💖 I wish I saw this when it aired... Loved it! The characters, dialogues, situation are so real.

Just watch this series must admit skipped a few scenes especially with the aunt and uncled wasnt really interested in there lives . the main couple for me was jung so min and lee joon perfect chemistry the acting was excellent . loved the younger sister as well her interaction s with her boyfriend were beautiful a great series .

I love it✨i just want to say this series was amazing. I wish i had seen it sooner, At first i was like oh 52 episodes it's too much so i didn't watch at the first time i found out about this movie so i delayed it 😆 but trust me it worth it.

I haven't quite finished this drama yet, but I'm almost there. This is a very good, if not overly long, family drama that is well worth watching. The acting is fantastic (even the portrayal of 'bad' acting is good!). It covers so many real life topics and family issues that you almost want to join this family. Even the repulsive mother-in-law is annoyingly amusing enough to be a good watch.

One thing I have to point out is the completely unrealistic portrayal of certain things the writers obviously have zero clue about, such as the LAZIK eye surgery. I've had it and that story was just as wrong as possible. There is pain. There are eye patches. There is blurred vision for at least 48 hours. You cannot drive for a few days. If only real life was like that procedure!!

Well worth watching though. It's long but you won't regret it :)

The Byun family consist of Mother, Father, a Son and 3 Daughters, living in the same building also are the mothers mother and brothers family. Father has a small restaurant and both parents love and adore the children. The children are all of different abilities and temperament and often fall out and squabble, but underneath all the drama they love and support each other whenever needed. I think over the 52 episodes they manage to hold your interest exceptionally well because of the great individual performances of all the cast and the direction and storyline that develops of all the characters and allows lots of time for each family member. Yes at times it is overly sentimental but it does it with a smile and the humour will put a smile on your face whilst watching it.

Okay, I am not saying this is a terrible drama - it just wasn't for me.

I tried watching the first few episodes, and got through three before skipping to episode 30 (as another reviewer said that's where the conflict begins). But I just wasn't interested. The at home scenes were shot like a tacky, low budget soap opera/daytime drama and really just took me right out of the tone and mood of the show. The cast is pretty widespread, and I found it hard to connect with anyone other than Mi-Young (who is one of my favorite actresses and a natural performer) and Jong-Hee (who had a funny and interesting charisma that was very watchable). I think for those that like daily-life dramas focusing on the daily activities like work and relationships with little to no plot might like this. But this just wasn't for me.