Review of Familiar Wife

Familiar Wife (2018)
9/10
A couple rescue themselves with the help of some time traveling.
26 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Watching this was kind of like reading a Japanese Rom-com manga. I didn't like the male MC at first, and kept watching just to find out what happens. The story was entertaining enough throughout to keep me watching.

Male lead was pretty much absolute scum that would take the self-serving action in any situation. He's a terrible friend, husband, family, and employee. He managed to ruin his wives' lives, his friend's life, twice, and sabotage a place of business. With the time traveling, he did something worse than cheating on his wife. He got a great, new wife, but he proceeded to do the same thing to her too. He acted like her dog, never stood up for anything, and completely neglected his friends and family. I could tell that his failure to give her any security, warmth, or morals caused her to become a frickle, spoiled fool, and at that point, I just kept watching hoping that these womens' lives would somehow improve in spite of him.

Male lead proceeded to sabotage his friend's love live, again, completely neglect his new wife, and focus on his OLD wife(face palm), but the twist is that his Old wife was so obsessed with him that she had vague memories of their erased life together. Most of the story revolves around their interaction as she inevitably brings herself back to him.

It's only near the end that the male lead's actions are justified and I stopped disliking him. Because once he got close to his wife, I could see that she's actually an Enabler. She would do anything for him and even point him in the wrong direction just to make him feel good. He did go down the wrong path, but she helped him get there, so they WERE perfect for each other. At the very end, male lead DID manage to become a more responsible person, but he didn't really change much.

16 is like the magic number for Korean shows, and they kind of padded the show quite a bit. The last 3-4 episodes were more like omake that show off the couples' lives after they got together, but I still found them to be fun to watch. In this series, everything and everyone's relationships were wrapped up, and they all got happy endings. Interesting to note that everyone's fate seemed inevitable, as they basically traveled down the same path as before, except for the main couple, whom managed to change from a disastrous relationship to a good one.
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