AnicsiRoscoe

I started watching yesterday and even though it's in the first episode, someone does commit suicide, we see it, so it's not actually a flashback of something that happened long ago. But yeah, it should get a suicide tag.

that's not true actually.

I started watching it yesterday and watched four episodes (full one hour eps). I really liked the first two episodes, it was nicely done albeit sad and quite dark there was still some comedy sprinkled in. But episodes 3 and 4 were a bit hard to watch so I've started skipping scenes. I hate ML's aunt/chairwoman, she's one of the worst mother-in-law characters in dramaland, and FL's father is a lazyass douche who keeps telling his daughter she's useless and she should just die. I really loved Seol Ah in the beginning but she turned out to be selfish and cruel, abandoning her family for money and fame and then blaming everything on her little sister. The way everyone treats someone who is obviously a victim and scarred from the past, who could end up taking her life because of the pain she had to suffer, is beyond me. That's no way to treat someone. I hope FL gets a break soon and finds comfort with ML, because at this point all she gets is hatred.

Does someone actually commit suicide during the show or is it a suicide attempt? Or was it something that happened in the past as a flashback?

The thing with long Korean dramas is that it keeps people from watching, when we do it readily with western shows. I've seen the Gilmore girls with its 153 episodes several times, same back in the day with shows like Buffy, Friends or Charmed. I mostly switched to watching Korean series ten years ago so I don't have any current examples, but anyway, I think they should break long dramas into several seasons to keep people engaged. Then again, you probably cannot compare a makjang to an international sitcom or comedy show... I am undecided on whether to watch this, I love Kim Jae Yeong actor but not a fan of 'ahjumma melodrama' and too long shows.

I'm counting the days until this drops! I need another Kim Jae Yeong drama ASAP. I don't think I can watch this while airing though...

Yeah, I'm not dropping because of this scene only obviously. Things just kept adding up and I wasn't enjoying it anymore. This was just the final straw for me personally.

I took an emergency course when I did my drivers license, and in case of such a big fire in any enclosed space, they said it would take only two breaths for an adult person to become unconscious. And because the cyanide and carbon monoxide in the air are toxic enough to lead to death within less than five minutes, all of this is absolutely ridiculous. I know it is common for movies and dramas to disregard this fact, but at least usually after they exit the building, paramedics immediately rush in to provide oxygen and treat the CO poisoning, which is crucial as even if you've only inhaled a little bit, it can still lead to death hours later. But here we don't only have a heroine magically carrying ML, neither he (he would've been unconscious in that fire for at least 15 minutes considering the evacuation) or she show any signs of aftereffects from the fire and smoke, and instead of informing the paramedics and fire fighters (who would go in, endangering their lives to save any missing people) we have a sappy love confession and make-out session. Ever heard of time and place? Now I know people will come after me defending it for being a romcom and fantasy and not to take it so seriously --- I can't. This is so bad, dropped.

I am still undecided about watching this but your comment made me stop because I can really relate to that. I'm in my thirties now but in my teens and twenties my friends were really everything. And most of my favorite shows from that time were about friendship, not necessarily romance. Like NANA... I guess I'll watch this when I'm in that kind of mood.

No. I'm complaining because it's poorly written. I have nothing against a good romcom, if it has fantasy, all the better. The 2010ish dramas was when I got into Kdrama and I still have many favorites from that time. This is different, unfortunately, it lacks substance. If you enjoy it, by all means do, in my opinion romcoms don't have to be shallow or repetitive or whatever, there are some great shows out there that tick all the boxes.

To your thirst remark, she knew neither of the two had money to spend on a motel/hotel, and out of a sense of responsibility for her team (and especially her bf no doubt) she offered them to stay at her place for a while as she had two vacant rooms. In my opinion that's perfectly understandable.
And the fight, yeah it's true that 2ML is a people pleaser but I did see him as someone with a childish nature who could be impulsive on occasion. I think the way they filmed and edited it was really nice, like his vision just zoned in, the audio in the room becoming muted and all he could see was ML...

I totally respect your opinion, but I wish you'd give some of the characters another try. I think this is one big difference this show has compared to weakly written dramas these days: these characters actually have depth, and they have a story there. We're not mouth-fed this story by pointless monologues or insight to their thoughts, we have to actually work to get to know them and read between the lines. We have to ask ourselves: What could be the reason for daughter and wife to act so cold to a father who spent 14 years supporting them? Why would the sister not date anyone seriously? How could a guy dump a woman as great as FL after 10 years without a second thought? If you care enough to know about their past, their feelings and troubles, you'll appreciate the conflicts and changes throughout show, and there's great character development here for everyone, not just the leads, and I truly love this about the drama. It's really well written.

I dropped this the first time I watched it at episode 8 or so but recently started from the beginning and sort of fell in love with it. Why 'sort of'? Well, I still think it has its flaws, but overall I had a new appreciation for the drama that I didn't have before. There are so many superficial or lighthearted romances out there these days, that it's rare to find one that actually teaches us things about life. Some parts felt like poetry, others just like every day life. I loved how the drama shows there's not one universal truth to a relationship or happiness. Marriage might not be for everyone, and that's okay. All the characters in this are flawed, but that's what makes it so real. Song Kang and Park Min Young have excellent chemistry with all their fellow actors, and I was curious to see how the age gap would affect their game, but personally I think they made a sweet and believable couple.

I do have to say I am torn about second lead couple: The show made us hate them so much at the beginning, that I found it hard to root for them throughout the show. I also think they were forgiven too easily by the leads, (especially FL and SML, how they could go back to being friends after he betrayed her like that is beyond me) Maybe it would've helped to have some flashbacks earlier on about how their affair started, on how they perhaps fought to not fall into it, but couldn't help it in the end, yet with feelings of guilt. Because the way it was portrayed, they were just dirty little cheaters with no regard for anyone else's feelings. So even though their struggle and pain was understandable, I wished they didn't have that much screen time.
I did love the romance of the sister and neat-freak, it was adorable! All in all a 8/10 for me, for memorable life-lessons.

I actually think it's part of the problem, her whole demeanor and looks changed after Jeju, she was sloppy and in sweats/not really nice clothes (studying and busy making a living, I get it) and it seemed like she barely owned anything else. Now, while her wardrobe is conservative, it's nice, and she seems like a different person. It's not like I don't support her character change, I just think it was too sudden and unbelievable (considering she has no money and is up to her neck in debts) and also character wise.... Plus, I don't think it makes sense her mother is still in the hospital btw, did they ever explain that? It just seems it's more convenient to have her there because of married couple facade. I just think there's a lot of lazy writing going on and i'm not enjoying it.

Even though the first two episodes were a huge cheesefest and somewhat cringy, I still enjoyed the setup of the following episodes. But now it's getting boringly repetitive and FL falling into some kind of disaster with ML rushing to her side in EVERY SINGLE EPISODE is seriously annoying. She's like those 2010 heroines: poor background, all smiles, clumsy and needs saving all the time. I really loved 2FL so far, but her childishness is reaching levels of epic proportions. Steadily dropping my rating for this and wondering if I should even continue.

I dropped after episode 3, didn't really like the drama.

Even if you like complex and flawed characters, this is incredibly boring. It didn't live up to what it promised in the first two episodes, which seemed promising. I'm not saying it's the worst drama ever, I even made it to episode 9, but even the touching bits aren't touching, the thoughtful things barely matter, and most of all, some of the deep talks seem so terribly forced that I wonder where the good acting suddenly disappeared to. Perhaps I catch more of it than others because I know some korean and lived in Korea for a while, but... seriously, in episode 9 they're just reciting lines. I would still say give it a go and drop if you cannot take it anymore.

I really wanted to love this (I'm a sucker for small-town dramas, friends-to-lovers and painful past). But it's an absolute snoozefest. I don't even know what I'm watching here. There are some funny and cute scenes, but it could have been easily condensed into a movie, there's not enough substance for a 12 episode drama. I mean, even the architecture work-aspect, which I was really looking forward to, is too plain. The 'mystery guy' plot is forgotten somewhere in the silly love-triangle and just--- It's just really really boring and there's zero chemistry. Very disappointed, I love Lee Jae Wook, but even he cannot save this.

Junho really knows how to pick a project and he's such a great actor himself. None of his films or series are below a 8.0, that's a feat! He's one of my fav actors ever since Good Manager.

I am usually the same and hate tragic endings, and it did sting a little. But the ending is bittersweet, we know they loved each other. I would still recommend watching it. Junho is great, and he actually doesnt have that many scenes with FL. It's also about his growth as a character.