Green Mothers Club

I quite enjoyed this series and thought it is good that they're tackling different issues in these type of series now. It might be slow for some but overall its a good drama and you should give it a chance if you're into the type of TV series.

The main lead in this story is Eun-Pyo, a woman with two sons (8 and 4) married to a detective inspector. She is an educated woman, a professor of arts with a lackadaisical approach to her children's education, believing that they should have a happy and carefree childhood without any interference from her. Her stance is: if they're clever, then they will do well regardless. Her mother in law is concerned that the grand kids are going to miss out on a decent education, so she buys them an apartment in an Uber competitive borough and bullies her into moving.

The parents of the primary school her older son attends each have their own dark secrets and they all live in the same catchment area, ie a group of tall apartment blocks.

All the mums conspire against each other ditto the children, to get into elite study groups and "gifted child programs" via endless competitions and tests.

Jealousy, envy, greed, infidelity, backstabbing, harmful gossip, domestic violence, murder, pathological liars, child abuse, bullying, just about every nasty thing you can think of is woven into the story.

Reminded me so much of Desperate Housewives.

My only beef is with the Eun-Pyo character ( IMO undiagnosed ASD) who is eternally resentful and sullen. She is capable of just staring at someone for minutes at a time without saying a word or responding. Throughout the series, we never see her smile. Her behaviour was extremely irrational and irritating (to me and every other character on the show) especially during the last 4 episodes when I was wishing someone would give her a resounding kick up the backside or just kill her.

Main takeaway: Aside from having to fast forward every time I saw Eun-Pyo's ugly mug mooning and staring, I found the storyline quite entertaining.

This is a good series, some people with children can definitely relate. It showed how mothers go all out for their children altho it can also backfire as is it really for the kid or for her own feeling to be on top of the other mothers that are struggling.

So I watched episode 10 and if the series continues like this the rating of 10 stands.

I rank it right behind sky castle .

About korean series. I watched a ton for a westerner and at this point squid game is the worst I have seen.

There is 1 issue and that is the french speaking. That is unnecessary. But other than there is little to fault it.

Well the character Eun-pyo sometimes her acting is subdued. She looks pale according to where she is in the story. I personally don't like this choice but otherwise there is not a single thing I find distracting

The relationships between the women change constantly and we the viewer are confronted with their personal struggles and successes.

For me the series is about finding happiness. Real happiness and not the superfluous one that they chase.

Joo ye-rim (violinist) and Park ye-rin ( the girl that got accepted) do deliver great natural performances and while the focus isn't on them they do an excellent job at delivering the story in such a gripping way.

I would give too much away if I said more as the twists and the way they are delivered raises this from an average series to one of the best.

The director did an excellent job. And because of this it is a 10 and not an 8 or a 9.

Anyway check this out. It should get more attention than it does.

Maybe one more thing korean series are often darker ( both in color and the general story ) than western series so it might take some time to get used to. But when you do you will get rewarded.

EDIT: the french of the father got to me.... I had a hard time finishing episode 13 because of it... it also started to drag.... so ATM an 8.

I finished this hot mess. It wasn't so bad. But man, who is directing this poor actress??? Was the direction, "do not ever answer when people ask you a question. Look expressionless. And action! Or no action in this case!" There are other ways to convey what is going on in her head to act this way. It was puzzling to me to see why anyone would want to be friends with eun pyo. Only time she was interesting was when she was interacting with Chun Hye. And wow, the French couple. No thank you. Yes he's hot. But they were the least interesting in this whole show. I needed a couple of comics doing an episode by episode podcast. This would have been so fun to listen to!!! Such a mess of a show but i enjoyed watching it! Lol.