Eleison

I haven't seen it much in costume dramas, but I'd like if he did. He would be a good emperor (and Jiayu would be a good empress).

Are you saying he can't do that here because he's being careful with his female costar (because she was a minor when they filmed?)

Haha, a good comparison!

Building suspense is something Kdramas love to do. 😉

Agree. He's good in roguish roles. ☺️ He's channeling charismatic flirt more than rogue so far, but they are adjacent types, so it's working for me so far! The last drama I saw Hye Ri in was My Roommate Is A Gumiho and I thought it was so boring (she was adorable and hilarious in Reply, though). I liked her in this so far, and I'm mesmerized by her glorious hair. 😅

Yeah, and that comment the FL made about the ML taking the beating from the drunk dude without making any noise was clearly pointed out for a reason.🫣

I am sure there will be more to both of their stories. I think it's too early to be mad at anyone yet?

Feels a little more upbeat and hopeful than Our Beloved Summer, which I like. That drama was good, but the whole mood was a little melancholy for my taste.

It weirdly started dubbed for me on Viki (though I never watch dubbed versions), too, but I switched it back to Korean and subtitles.

When was this potentially foreshadowed, please? I must have missed it.

It's also unclear how much he knows about what happened to her and her family? If he had no idea, but she didn't know that, she might feel super betrayed that he was completely MIA during all of that? It seems like a stretch that he wouldn't know anything, though (and it's obvious he at least feels bad for SOMETHING that happened, though it does seem like we don't have all the details yet), but it's a Kdrama, so if they don't want him to have known anything that happened to her, they'll find a way to explain his ignorance without making him an utter jerk. I mean, he wouldn't be putting up with how rude she's being towards him if he didn't feel terrible about something in their past...

Teachers there seem way more involved than they are in the U.S., for instance (that other episode with the mom contacting the teacher is another good example). All that behavior would be a liability in the U.S., and misconstrued, but it seems fairly common in SK (and often a way they show a "good" teacher).

Have you noticed that when high school kids get in trouble in Kdramas off-campus (or caught by the police doing something), they don't call the parents, they call the homeroom teacher? Homeroom teachers will also go to the hospital with students. (This is all based on Kdramaland, so I have no idea if it's really done in real life).

She did seem naive, and got a little too personal with the student, I don't disagree, but I do think that behavior is more normal in SK as far as Kdrama teacher behavior.

It's not really a proper procedural. By Episode 6 the cases start to intertwine more (and callback to earlier cases as well). It still felt cohesive to me.

Her hair in this is absolutely gorgeous!

I haven't! But I noticed that he was an ML in that. It's one of the daily family dramas, right? I've only done one of those (if Reply 1988 doesn't count), and it took me months to finish (My Father Is Strange). 😅

I see that after watching the first two episodes. I guess more episodes will make it clearer! He seems to feature more in Episode 3.

The first episodes were really fun, and well done, but that doesn't mean much for a Kdrama these days. Most have strong beginnings. The real question is, will it stick the landing past the first few episodes? 🤔🧐

Lee Sang Yeob isn't another jerk villain in this, is he?

He's such a great actor; I've only seen him in something as an ML once, and it didn't allow for his range and the romance was just okay (as far as the script).

Yes, I was wondering about that!

Not yet! It's not on a platform I have access to.