On Air - Summary

Genre: drama, romance

Episodes: 21

Leading actor: Park Yong Ha 朴容夏

Other leading actors/actresses, refer to DramaWiki.

Motivation: thought the plot sounds interesting. And it seems very popular, so gave it a try.

Sypnosis: romance story between 4 people in the media industry: female popular actress, her manager, a popular scriptwriter, and a 1st time director. Subplot details the drama serial the actress is leading in (written by the scriptwriter & directed by the director) - how a mentally slow young woman finds true love in her lawyer & reconciles with her long lost sister.

Faves: Loved the 2 male leads! ;) And the romance story is wonderfully woven: a 4-way love triangle with all the nuances you can ask for...........
It's also quite interesting to see how the media industry in Korea works.

My fav clip: the 4 leads were attracted to each other & were trying to guess how the other party is feeling about him/herself........


Hates: The 1st 3~4 episodes are a bit slow, cos still spinning the story of how the 4 leads are related. Since the leads don't know each other yet, the romance factor is quite low (unless you enjoy knowing how couples meet), & all the details are on how difficult it is to decide to film a drama serial. I almost gave up watching the show! Luckily persevered till episode 5, when the sparks just burst, & it's wonderful since.....

Another irritating bit for me: too many flashbacks used. Sometimes I wasn't even aware it was a flashback, & got puzzled on the obvious difference in timeline (thanks to the show's efforts on the leads' changes of image). I suppose it works for the actress/manager storyline, since they meet again after 7 years, hence the need to flashback to understand their past. However, why use it on the director/scriptwriter love story?????

Chaseability: Why don't they screen an episode everyday?????? It's plain torture having to wait a whole week for 2 episodes!!!!!!!!!!!

Re-watchability: the romance factor is definitely worth re-watching again!!!!!! However, since this isn't a purely love story, this means have to go through all the broadcasting drama again.........