The cast was & is amazing, they are 10 stars easy. The directing/producing, scene changes, alludes to past events at the beginning and near the middle needed a little something. The writers were doing great for the most part, lines were solid in some areas but the actors really shined through making it felt! It was a challenge & a mystery, with clear distinctions in each character's past & present selves. Hence the 9. The most moving & truthful part for me was how Jang KiYong & the little boy conveyed the pain & psychological trauma people who are abused go through. That they "put up with it" in hopes that the ones they love would stop, get over it & go back to loving them without the pain & abuse. They put up with it so much, for so long some... die with that hope. T__T