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Losing love and changing fates in The Wife I Know

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I’m always down for a good rom-com with a dash of fantasy to it, so I’m super excited for this show to premiere. Han Ji-min (Mistress) plays the titular wife in tvN’s upcoming The Wife I Know, and Ji Sung (Defendant) joins her as her time-traveling husband who makes a fateful decision in the past that alters his present. The drama is presented as a “what if†story and romance, and I’m sure there will be plenty of rom-com staples and sizzling chemistry, especially with this creative team and main leads.

 

I will be really happy if the show carries on the tone of the trailer that’s just been released. It begins on a close-up of Ji Sung, who’s singing a hilariously emotional rendition of Kim Kwang-seok’s 1991 hit “Love Has Gone†at karaoke. Scenes of the couple’s happier days intercut with his needlessly soulful singing, when they would study together in the library, or take breaks outside with him resting on her lap. Right when we get to a sweet moment of them kissing, the clip fast forwards through scenes of their wedding to an irate Han Ji-min yelling at Ji Sung at the grocery store. I would be just as terrified as he looks if she roared at me like that, too. The trailer ends at the karaoke bar with Ji Sung sobbing through the end of the song.

 

I’m getting some Go Back Spouses vibes from the trailer and plot description, which is a positive thing, and I’m excited to see the story given the writing and directing talent behind it. Credits like Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-juOh My GhostessHigh School King of Savvy, and Shopping King Louis can only be good when you’re hoping for a cute and genuinely funny rom-com.

 

We also get a glimpse of what the changed present holds for Ji Sung in the posters that have been released. His poster asks, “Things really are better now than before, right?†And Han Ji-min looks over her shoulder and questions, “Do you like me?†In the group poster, Jang Seung-jo (Money Flower) and Kang Hanna (Just Between Lovers) join Han Ji-min in the mirroring images, where all three characters look like they get an upgrade in life after Ji Sung’s fateful decision.

 

I honestly can’t believe we’re this far along in 2018 already, but we only have about two and a half weeks until The Wife I Know’s August premiere. The fantasy rom-com will follow What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim in tvN’s Wednesday-Thursday slot, and will premiere on August 1. Let the countdown begin!

 

Via iMBC (1)iMBC (2)

 

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So unlike Go Back Couple, only the male lead travels to certain event in the past and what ever he changes will effect the future.

 

erm its more similar with tomorrow with you, im not sure if watch that hurrplz.png

 

 

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In DRAMA

[Knowing Wife] Ep 2 Ji Sung manages to change his wife from Han Ji Min to Kang Han Na

 

 

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Article: Naver 'Knowing Wife' Ji Sung, Han Ji Min â†’  Kang Han Na, he changes his fate

  • Cha Joo Hyuk (Ji Sung) wakes up in the morning and realizes that he's back to the present. 
  • Seo Woo Jin's mother (Lee Jung Eun) is suspected to have dementia, and Woo Jin (Han Ji Min) is thinking of sending her to the old folks' home. But they do not have spare money. 
  • Cha Joo Hyuk realizes that he could change his present life and decides to go back to the past once more to be able to make it in time for his date with his first love, Lee Hee Won (Kang Han Na). 
  • He managed to be there. Lee Hee Won confesses to him. Joo Hyuk wakes up in the morning with Hee Won sleeping by his side. He is elated to have switched wives. 
 
1. [+1856,-40]
Watching today's episode, it seems to be different from Confession Couple. ã…‹ã…‹ It was unpredictable. Very fun. ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹
 
2. [+589,-38]
Those people who said it was similar to Confession Couple, come out. ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ There are so many dramas with time slip as their plot... The idea of changing his wife was fresh!! ã…‹ã…‹ So there was a reason to the title being "Knowing Wife".
 
3. [+558,-26]
Different from Confession Couple!!!! So this was the reason for the title "Knowing Wife" ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹
 
4. [+272,-12]
This one is interesting!!!??? It was unpredictable??
 
5. [+262,-22]
Interesting. Han Ji Min is pretty in the preview.
 
6. [+230,-3]
For me, I would choose Han Ji Min again. But even if Ji Sung is having a good life with Hee Won, Han Ji Min looks well-off and free. Fate is mysterious.
 
7. [+231,-9]
In the end, the wife is living that way because of the husband. This was the answer. I want to reset my life too. Seriously...
 
8. [+193,-2]
From taking care of kids on her own, Han Ji Min has reborn and became a goddess.
 
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1. [+166,-4]
Tunnel, Nine, Queen In Hyun's Man, Operation Proposal, Manhole, Tomorrow With You etc. There are so many dramas with time slip as plots... Without time travelling, this is really similar to Confession Couple.. The changed present is its core... He has changed his wife to Lee Hee Won now.
 
2. [+109,-5]
The ending is daebak. ã…Žã…Žã…Žã…Ž Today's episode was really interesting. I wish next week comes quickly~~~~~
 
3. [+49,-0]
Are you tired? If your wives didn't meet you, she'd be living like that.
 
4. [+50,-3]
Han Ji Min is pitiful.  Husbands want to rest when they come home from work. But wives don't even dare to think about that. Because of the kids. Husbands may have rest days, but mothers don't have any at all..
 
5. [+38,-3]
Different from Confession Couple! ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ The game console.. ã… ã… 
 
6. [+33,-0]
Wow, I had goosebumps at the end seeing the wife change.  ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ But it's a bit sad too.
 
7. [+35,-3]
Interesting to watch. Seems like the butterfly effect. ã…Žã…Ž

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Familiar Wife: Episode 1

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I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect From Familiar Wife (aka The Wife I Know), tvN’s new time-travel drama, but so far, so cute. We have a husband who is unfairly henpecked (in his opinion) by his shrill, red-faced wife, and an unplanned encounter with his past makes him wonder what could have been. Just as he decides that he wishes he’d done things differently, he gets an unusual opportunity to change everything. The setup is solid, so let’s dive in and see if the execution can live up to the hype!

 

 
EPISODE 1: “There’s a monster in my bed who beats me.â€

A car drives down a lonely, desolate road, while the radio reports on a nearby star that’s rapidly turning into a black hole. Scientists worry about the effects this black hole will have on Earth and its gravitational pull on the moon, anticipating earthquakes, tsunamis, or worse. The driver pays at a toll booth, then suddenly, the car disappears.

At a different time, that same car weaves through heavy traffic towards Incheon Airport as the driver scrambles to grab his ringing cell phone from where it’s slid out of reach. A voice laments the strange nature of the world, such as why forced winter strawberries taste better than summer ones, or the fact that it costs three cents to make a penny.

The driver causes an accident while reaching for his phone, and as he tries to rouse himself, the voice muses, “Among all the strange things in the world, the strangest is love. You marry because you love each other to death, but you end up becoming enemies you want to kill. You run into many enemies in your life, but the strongest and most atrocious one is…â€

 

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The driver picks up his phone, which is still ringing shrilly, to reveal the caller: “My Wife.†His eyes roll back in his head, and he passes out as the plane he was rushing to catch takes off.

Sixteen hours before the accident.

A baby cries until its mother rouses to comfort it, while the father helpfully hides under his pillow. Later, Mom kicks Dad out of bed, literally, so he can feed the baby while she takes care of the toddler. Dad seems pretty bad at this, and the baby obviously knows it.

 

===read more: http://www.dramabeans.com/2018/08/familiar-wife-episode-1/

 

 

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Familiar Wife is a little darker than I anticipated, but I like the setup so far, which feels realistic and painful with its depiction of Joo-hyuk’s dissatisfaction at how his life has turned out. There are still funny moments, which feel more gritty and High School King of Savvy-like than bright and Weightlifting Fairy-ish (more on that later), but I appreciate that the show isn’t making light of the misery and regret Joo-hyuk is feeling. He’s kind of a terrible husband, though it’s not deliberate and I think he believes he’s doing his best, but that’s the beauty of it all — he has no idea how much he’s contributed to his current situation. I can’t wait to see the horror on his face when he realizes how much of his life is his own dumb fault.

 

I fully expected this show to present Joo-hyuk as a well-meaning man who works hard to be a good husband, but whose picky, shrieking wife never gives him the benefit of the doubt. I’m happy to see that things are a lot more complicated than that. Joo-hyuk is a good guy, and he does his best as he understands it, but he’s not as thoughtful or helpful as he could be (example — his only taking care of himself and leaving Woo-jin to get the kids and herself ready for the day). On top of that, he’s got pretty unrealistic expectations of what it means to be a family… he truly believes that his wife should take care of the kids, work a job of her own, AND have dinner waiting on the table for him at the end of the day. I don’t blame Woo-jin one bit for turning shrewish and screamy under those circumstances, because she’s doing most of the work and still being judged lacking. Neither of them are bad people, or even necessarily bad spouses, but they just get angry and fight instead of sitting down and talking about expectations versus reality.

 

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I wondered what it was that Joo-hyuk originally saw in Woo-jin, and then we got to see her as a teenage girl, and holy moley, it’s no wonder he couldn’t resist. She was a firecracker, a girl who knew what she wanted and set out to get it without playing coy games or pretending to be what she wasn’t. Now I wonder what on earth Joo-hyuk did to her to make her so angry and resentful, though I imagine that years and years of unrealistic expectations and thoughtless behavior can turn even the brightest spirit dark. It actually hurt to see what Woo-jin was, because she was so happy and bouncy and optimistic, and the thought of that spirit being stamped out is painful. We know that Joo-hyuk is a good man at his core — we’ve seen him repeatedly be the only person to offer help to someone in need — but neglect can change a person as thoroughly as outright abuse, under the right circumstances.

It’s no wonder Joo-hyuk is so blown away by his reunion with Hye-won, the way she starts flirting and doting on him right away. What Joo-hyuk fails to understand is that Hye-won is like that, not because she’s a nicer person or likes him more than Woo-jin, but because she doesn’t have Woo-jin’s years of history with him. Nobody can remain as romantic as a new couple all the time for years on end, and if Hye-won was juggling a job, two small babies, and an irresponsible husband, I doubt she’d still be beautifully put-together and sweet as pie, either.

 

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I gotta admit, while I generally only give passing notice to a show’s behind-the-scenes crew (writer, director, etc), when it comes to Familiar Wife, 95% of my excitement is because the people behind this one have been responsible for some of my all-time favorite dramas. You tell me that the writer of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-juOh My Ghostess, and High School King of Savvy (source of my very favorite drama quote, “You’re just needlessly tall!â€) banding together with the PD of Shopping King Louis to make a supernatural drama starring Ji Sung, and I’m so in that I’ll probably never get out again. This also means that my expectations are sky-high, but I have faith that this band of merry creators can meet, and even exceed my expectations.

This first episode was all setup, so I’m looking forward to diving into the second episode where hopefully I’ll find some back-in-time school shenanigans and omg-what-have-I-done regrets back in the present. Is it too much to hope for to see Joo-hyuk and Hye-won married in the present, and Hye-won turned into the shrewish wife while Woo-jin is the glamorous one that got away? I’d love to see that, and watch Joo-hyuk realize that it’s not that he chose the wrong woman, but that it was his own selfish actions and borderline neglect that would cause any woman to turn angry and resentful. Overall the show looks like it will be sweet and funny, but also a little wistful as Joo-hyuk tries to regain the life, and wife, he didn’t appreciate when he had them.

 

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I avoided reading anything about the drama so I had no idea about the time travel plot. It was a good surprise.

I find Joo-Hyuk unlikeable, I'm more interested to see how Woo-Jin's life turned out not being married with kids. 

 

i just watched the latest eps, and im somewhat curious with the preview.

 

 

how on earth would WJ saw the selca of JH with hyewon? perhaps she checked his phone? im suck at time travel drama.  0u0plz.png  imstupid.png 

 

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Yeah I think she just picked up his phone or something.

I've watched it more closely now and I wonder what their relationship is in this alternative reality, cause it seems WJ and JH did end up knowing each other in the past. Whose hand was it with the ring? JH proposing to HW or perhaps something else?

 

 

 

 

well im not gonna put hope too much on this drama, since it may have some plot twist. and i found myself love the 2nd lead girl, HW

 

probably since the actress (kang hanna) always appear in running man these days, makes me love her character as well lol  imstupid.pnglaugh.png

 

 

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