The Fiancé She Rejected Is a Legend

This is the kind of guilty-pleasure serial that knows exactly what it is. On the surface this is a Underdog Rise / Secret Identity serial, but underneath it is a story about obsession, loyalty and consequences — and "The Fiancé She Rejected Is a Legend" plays both layers for all they are worth.

Ethan Reed is raised at a remote training base and sent to Jeston with one order: honor an engagement. He saves Claire Harper on the road, gets rejected by the intended fiancée Vivian, and accepts Claire's convenience engagement to save her family's company. Every hired killer sent after them peels back another layer of who Ethan actually is — and the truth about his murdered parents is the show's real endgame.

Tropes on the menu: strong-willed, playing dumb. Watch it in one sitting or savor it nightly; either way, the hooks do their job.