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I can accept that as an explanation but not as an excuse for ongoing antisocial behaviour. I'm all for balance here.

Just when you think Eun-mi can't be anymore unreasonable, she somehow manages to top herself. I had to laugh even while I was eye rolling because the person who really had to do the most apologizing ended up being apologized to by everyone. I think we all felt Mi-jeong's frustration acutely. It's clear too that the show doesn't condone Eun-mi's antics and in fact, highlight the fact that Jin-hee and Jin-hong are the adults in the room. That said, Eun-mi needs to do a lot more accommodating of her own. It's clear that she did make some steps forward when Jin-hong suggested more assertively that they go for galbi at the end of the trip. There are plenty of abused people in the world and not all of them turn out like Eun-mi. In fact, the vast majority of them don't.

I actually think this is one of the better written rom coms I've seen in a while because at the very least, it's trying to do something a bit different. The genre has become very tired of late (especially in K dramas) but once in a while a new take comes along and gives it a bit of life. This one does a good job of blending the dysfunctional family dynamics with the crime element without jarring tonal shifts. Moreover the writer offer sharp insights into the psychology of the characters and how the ensuing communication issues play out.

While the first half of Episode 7 had many facepalming moments, a lot of the humour did land for me. And while Jin-hee and Jae-won didn't have a lot of moments together, I liked what the writer did. I enjoyed the hints that both have feelings for each other. It's also surprising how much I miss the classic tsundere male.

Park Sung-hoon has three dramas out this year which probably explains why he's had so little screen time. And I believe he's also filming Squid Game 2.

A man's got to know his limitations.

Xiao Zijin is a petty idiot showing himself to have no political savvy. He's divided the sect and made himself the villain of the piece. Not to mention inadvertently playing into the hands of the enemy.

I think Li Lianhua missed his true calling -- he should have been a grifter or a mentalist. He spins tall tales faster than his sword maneuvers.
"I am your master." LOL.

The dialogue in this show is just music to the ears.

Welcome.

The show's main strength is its characters -- protagonists and antagonists alike. It boasts of well fleshed out characters.

It is ironic indeed that all these people rag on Yun Xiang for his dishonesty, playing his cards close to his chest while they keep things from him.

An antihero trickster male lead. My kind of show. It plods but at least it's different to whatever else is on offer.

Someone gets it. :D

Ah, the butler did do it. But then he got done in.

I wonder if Gang Qi is an allusion to the Journey to the West. Every time Sun Wukong misbehaves, Tripitaka does his chant and that ring around his head starts to constrict. When Fan Duobing goes down one of his naggy tirades, his neck gets constricted affecting his vocal chords.
LOL. I love it.

Yup. It's repetitive and fillery. It does improve in the 20s but there's still stuff like that all throughout.

It does get serious but the first five episodes were just unbelievably cringey. Even when the show gets quite serious, I can never take it seriously because the writing is so amateurish.

I don't feel tired but just unconvinced. It feels like the obligatory separation trope that afflicts plenty of C dramas. But honestly the writing about their romance leaves a lot to be desired.
I'm just watching this for the actors. Some wasted chemistry there.

But they will be together eventually anyway, right? So how meaningful is all that? I'm not saying you're wrong but the show is making us feel that their problems are insurmountable when they're not. Forgiveness for the sake of the greater good is possible.

It was boring and anticlimactic.

I find it really hard to buy into all that Romeo and Juliet baloney -- "We can't be together because of the family feud" nonsense. There are ways to spin this politically. Feuding nations/tribes/clans have sent sons and daughters to each other for centuries to broker peace treaties etc. It would actually be a good thing for a member of the Han family to marry a member of the Di family as a show of solidarity and unite the country. Yeah, yeah. I know he wants to give her a choice. Blah blah. Bah humbug. What a waste of time.

She's a hard one to like. Abrasive to say the least. I just find it hard that a grown woman in her late 40s can be this insensitive. But there must be people like that.
The complete disregard for her daughter's feelings at the end of the episode is certainly a shocker.

She's improved a lot since Task Force 38.