Drama Review: Happy Ending Outside The Fence

8

Rating

★★★

Episodes

8

Drama digest

This is a proper love-triangle story in the form of a boys’ love drama. The main lead is stuck between two people and it is important for him to decide whom to choose.

 The Feel-good part

An important thing of the series is a healthy love triangle story. Love triangle stories are normally toxic, but this one is sweet. The cinematography of the series is pretty good. The actors are quite good-looking and charming.

The disappointing factor

The timeline of the series is pretty confusing. It begins in the past, but keeps jumping between past and present scenes which confuses the viewers. It also portrays a bit of harassment which can be disturbing for some viewers.

 In-depth analysis

The series starts in the past, somewhat three years ago. The series’s protagonist, Cha Jung Woo, is a literary genius. He has always dreamed of being a well-known writer and still perseveres in doing so. His higher intelligence quotient is a gift to him, so writing comes naturally. However, he is a person of justice. He cannot handle injustice no matter where he goes. This sense of justice has led to many problems in his academic career. In college, he had once stood against the corruption being caused by his seniors. This led everyone to rebel against him, and it took no time for those seniors to pull him down and defame his name. His defamation came as a severe trauma to his writing career and he struggles to make a name for him till date due to that. Through all this, he has his writer friend, Kim Jung Hyun, standing beside him. Junghyun is a very successful writer and a charismatic person. He isn’t concerned about Jungwoo‘s reputation and decides to stay by his side no matter what. He always supports him. But he learns that his feelings towards Jungwoo are confusing after Jungwoo is approached by a renowned book publisher, Han Tae Young. Taeyoung and Jungwoo are instantly drawn towards each other and start to hang out a lot more. Taeyoung falls for Jungwoo’s personality and offers him to publish his book despite his tarnished reputation. Things become really confusing for Jungwoo as he doesn’t know how to choose one among the two most important and helpful men in his life. The series is about whom he chooses in the end.

Star power

The second lead of the drama, Kim Jung Hyun, played by, brings a different kind of charisma to the table due to his distinctive good looks. But all three leads play handsome amount of good roles.

Overall opinion

In all, it’s a sweet and cute watch. It’s a feel-good series with the portrayal of a healthy relationship between three people.