It was fun to watch a show with a more mature character cast and have the whole thing belong to them. This is something you should watch if you like shows like HBO's Big Little Lies. I expected the show to be mostly about revenge ( I mean..... what it says on the tin ) but it actually had a huge emphasis on motherhood. Most of the revenge stuff was actually very comedic, but some of the themes of the show are very serious. The way domestic abuse and child neglect are depicted were very realistic at times ( even if the portrayal of a neglectful/abusive mother mostly seems like a total parody ). I feel like the heart of the show can be condensed into one quote, "The more precious a thing you have in your hand, the stronger the fist you make." It's a story about women finding strength in their love for each other & their children, and building this new form of a family and wanting to make better lives for each other.

This is one of those shows I mainly kept watching for the characters rather than the plot in general. Hong Do Hee is such a realistic & joyful single mom and she sort of becomes the mom friend for the group as well, she's the poorest and has no political power so all her strength comes from years of surviving in tough conditions and I absolutely loved her. She's willing to do the dirty work with her own hands. She's the one I'd most like to have as my own mother. Lee Soo Gyum also became more and more likeable as the show went on and his motivations became clear and understandable. He was my favourite of the kids and although I don't watch any kind of high school drama etc. and I thought the school scenes would bore me to death, it was genuinely interesting to see how the lives of the kids mirrored the lives of their parents.

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