"A Piece of Your Mind" premiered on March 23, 2020. Unfortunately, ever since its first episode, it has been gaining low reviews. The drama revolves around a music engineer who fell in love with a genius programmer.
TVN network released a statement regarding the show's standing.
"We have decided to cut down the episode-length for TVN's "A Piece of Your Mind" to fasten the pace of the storytelling. To meet the standards of viewers who have shown their love for "A Piece of Your Mind," we will cut down the length of the drama to 12 episodes. In the current story, Han Seo Woo (Chae Soo Bin) changing feelings toward Ha Won (Jung Hae In) will quickly add place to the couple's romance. We want to once again thank viewers for their love and support "A Piece of Your Mind," and we will continue to do our best to create a good product for the viewers until the end."
After the premiere episodes, viewers already commented on the slow pace of the drama series. But the chief producer Kim Jin Yi assures the netizens that the plot will be different after the episodes 1 - 3. He explained that the story will further change and change.
"After the first episode, some viewers said the drama was difficult to understand and unfamiliar. There were certain scenes where there were no explanations to aid understanding, but in planning the drama, we wanted to relay a feeling of unfamiliarity rather than familiarity and comfort. We hope viewers watch for what kind of feelings Han Seo Woo feels towards Ha Won. Who has only eyes for Ji Soo thus far and how her feelings toward him deepen. It slowly revealed how the drama's subject of one-sided-love can be a source of comfort."
However, few episodes have already broadcast but the series's ratings remain low. The latest scores got a 1.2 percent 1.2 % for the management to decide. They will schedule to have the show until episode 12 and take out 2 episodes instead.
Below is the drama's nationwide rating (Nielsen Korea) per episode.
Episode 1 - March 23 - 2.44% (Highest)
Episode 2 - March 24 - 2.122%
Episode 3 - March 30 - 1.5%
Episode 4 - March 31 - 1.5%
Episode 5 - April 6 - 1.450%
Episode 6 - April 7 - 1.25 (lowest)
The lead character took time with their emotions towards Ji Soo. A plot that takes five episodes to tackle, which doesn't give a heavy connection. It is a childhood memory and a love that never takes place until they grow and have their own lives.
