You and Everything Else Review: A Moving Tale of Friendship Spanning Decades

You and Everything Else Review: Two childhood friends, brought together by love but separated by jealousy, find themselves back together after years when one of them is asked to accompany the other during her final days.

The series has 15 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 60 minutes.

You and Everything Else Review

Netflix K-drama You and Everything Else showcases the friendship and rivalry between two friends, Eun-jung and Sang-yeon, and its 15 episodes discuss that in great detail. For viewers who enjoy binging dramas, this one’s going to be a heavy watch that will make your heart overwhelmed. However, the storyline will completely enchant you from its first episode, thanks more so to Kim Go-eun and Park Ji-hyun’s fantastic performances.

The series follows these two characters, who start as enemies and then turn into friends and then, throughout the decades, they switch between the two. Their relationship is quite toxic, and more often than not, you are left extremely frustrated with them. Both women are quite immature, but their shared past is so tragic and heavy that you can’t help but give them concessions. Both women are terrifyingly dangerous in their own ways, but then again, their shared history is so terribly heartbreaking that you can’t help but relate to their plights.

That’s the thing about the series – it’s extremely relatable. From the characters to their situations, everything just makes sense. The series goes extremely in-depth with breaking down these situations and bringing forth their complicated nature. But more than that’s it’s extremely interesting to watch their personal struggles and how they perceive themselves in front of each other. Not a lot is discussed about these feelings in the media, and neither are they discussed in real life, but I loved how the series portrays these feelings as somewhat natural and sometimes even going against who the women are as people.

As they grow up, the women confront themselves over and over again, and it’s just so tragic that it’s hard to overcome these heartbreaking feelings. Viewers will find themselves relating to both women over and over again; however, it can sometimes get a bit tiring after a while. While I related to most of the women’s thoughts and feelings, I think the conclusion is a bit rushed, which is shocking considering this is a 15-episode series.

I think that’s one of the only complaints I have of You and Everything Else – I think it really needed the conclusion and the two women forgiving and forgetting to be a bit deeper. Although I get that one of them has a dangerous disease, I don’t think that’s the only reason why they should be forgiven for destroying someone else’s life.

Either way, I enjoyed watching these characters come together in the most surprising of ways. However, it’s not just Eun-jung and Sang-yeon, the reemergence of Kim Sang-hak is also an interesting part and somehow binds these characters together. And lastly, the tragic twist regarding Cheon Sang-hak’s character and the way these characters are connected to one another will leave most viewers’ mouths agape!

Final Thoughts

I really enjoyed You and Everything Else. It’s very moving and extremely heavy sometimes, but it can get a bit repetitive and a bit boring. Although I enjoyed watching it a lot, the pacing could’ve been better, and the characters’ conclusions needed more depth.

Also Read: You and Everything Else Ending Explained: Do Eun-jung and Sang-yeon Remain Friends? What Was Sang-yeon’s Request?