more grounded, still cracktastic

ep1 and 2 were absolute rockets of episodes in terms of pacing, intensity, and chemistry. ep 3 slows down a bit and zooms in on the character dynamics, relatively sidelining the thriller and suspense. scenes are more drawn out for this reason, but the fast forward button never looks tempting. there are a few scenes i want to talk about but they obviously contain spoilers.


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[scenes i was less impressed with]

- sae-on crashing the lunch. the pseudo double date with awkward and jealous headbutting feels a bit cringey and childish and is just generally not my thing. it was also longer than i would've liked, considering it didn't add too much to the characters or story. side note: im glad heejo immediately caught on to the fact that sae-on creeped on her private conversations under the excuse of scanning for malware.

- the carpark scene. it was well done in a thriller context, don't get me wrong, but raises some questions. (1) HOW does the mystery man keep hacking the cars? they can't keep getting away with this! (2) after the remote controlling stops, heejo immediately drives off. IN THE COMPROMISED CAR. idk but i'd be getting the fuck out of that carsome


[highlights]

- baek sae-on being confronted for not wanting to confirm his wife's mole. it's a typical npc scene to move the romance for the main characters, but this one is actually well done. "he's a pervert, then." the comedic moment is well-timed and well-acted, and the scene continues to give us visual confirmation of saeon's true feelings towards heejo. the melancholy during his admission that he doesn't want to find out, and the resignation when his friend says that he must love his wife.

- the motorcade scene ofc. this drama really knows when to cue its theatrical music. saeon's epic theme is SO GOOD. the show also cued it in ep 2's insanely charged moment of "do you want to take it off, or should i?" then following it up with the romantic ballad ost "see the light" after.finally i would like to once again take a moment to appreciate how well yoo yeon suk is portraying baek sae-on's pretty standard dominant ceo character. he infuses a vulnerability and passion to him so well.

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Five Stars

The episode behind with a bomb blast in Sa Eon's office. And he rushed home after gaining consciousness in the medical room. Further investigation and scenes reveals that there is not just one culprit but in fact there are two. Hui Ju's having lunch with the SML. And Sa Eon is also there so now it's become a lunch for four. And I love SE's jealous side. And when SML talks with Hui ju by sign language he's jealous even more, ^^. He's upset with her for not knowing much about him saying she knows the SML is a person, but what about him. And Sa Eon's been constantly trying to find out about the arsonist. This feels like his secretary is more into SML impression by his muscles and all. Hui Ju is in hot water now. And quite frightened. Well who wouldn't panic in such a situation. Her car was again hacked. And this time it was much scarier. He's trying to improve their relationship or should I say make it real. Omooooo laying down on the same bed. He just wants her to be safe. Because of someone's death she was asked to pretend to lose her voice. OMG he loves her so much. The kidnapper's calling her threatening her with her dad, to continue calling ml. She's panicking because she's caught up in kidnapper's games and she can't quit now. She's broken at this point . Don't cry babygurl, your Knight in shining Armor is here. He's again flaunting his shining wedding band. He finally admitted Yes she's my Wifey.

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