Eleison

Entitled in the sense that he feels too special for tasks he deems beneath him, and feels like he deserves more than he gets and should be treated as indispensable. He certainly thinks he's the best, but there are always a lot of great employees at a company. To think you're the best amongst thousands is... entitled.

I'd love a list of these memorable, cliche-less and trope-less classics you speak of. I guess I haven't seen them!

I think low budget productions do the tropes/cliches poorly, but the Kdrama was birthed from soap operas and makjangs. They've gotta have those tropes and cliches embedded in their bones, or else they're something else entirely.

My experience is many people (many of which are Kdrama watchers) love a tried and true formula done well (creatively and with innovation, but fundamentally the thing stays the same at its core).

I feel like frustration over cliches in dramas is like getting annoyed by sand at the beach. Now, some beaches have softer sand and better waves/clearer and warmer water and those are obviously the nicer beaches (and everyone has their besch preferences). But the sand is there to stay. There's no separating these two, sand and beach, Kdrama and tropes. 😉

I think they're also implying that as the youngest boy amongst a bunch of older sisters, he's been spoiled and pampered. Totally explains his entitlement at work. His family was adorable, but their dynamic was telling. 😉😅

So, the ML with his mom and sisters filled in a lot of his story. He's entitled and egotistical and has apparently just had to sit around and wait for girls to throw themselves at him (and apparently it's happened a decent amount 😅). If people complain about MLs never having a past, this drama's for you!

Anyway, he's the golden child. 😉 That's all that needs to be said to encapsulate his character (so far).

Definitely ready for some development in his character since the first two episodes don't make him very appealing so far (the character, that is; the actor is doing fine).

The FL has a growing mystery about her and maybe she demoted him for other reasons... I think they want us to think she's trying to cover up something shady but I'm pretty sure it's a red herring.

Cracked up when the ML shot himself in the foot regarding his promotion. 😅

Kdramas wouldn't be Kdramas without their tropes and cliches. 😉😅

Also not my favorite!

Never explained! I like to assume he magically becomes human/morphs so it's a happy ending because being in an relationship with an actual robot is not romantic. 😅

The leads have pretty, matching eyes. 😅

I was like, "Whoa!" She came on so strong and out of nowhere! I'm not sure how I feel about the fact that it can be funny when a girl does it to a guy but not the other way around. Probably partly due to the power differential maybe?

I also like that it doesn't feel like only 15 people work there and somehow run a skyscraper office building like so many other dramas. 😅

It ways seems like those 15 people do all the work, so I like that they are showing all kinds of different people and teams so it feels like a real corporation.

Haha, I kind of like that we have no idea. 😅

Also, I hope all the ambiguity around the FL's view of the ML's encounter with that girl on the staircase is intentional. I kind of like not knowing yet how she interpreted it and what she thinks it tells her about the ML and why she "demoted" him.

It seems gutsy of the 2ML to bring her around, then, if he is indeed having an affair, and the FL is notorious for digging up dirt on people. 🤔

That confused me, though. She seems to be against corruption and poor ethics, so if she thought the ML was someone in that category (willing to get involved with a married woman), giving him the job of finding affairs would seem counter-productive, no? Why would a guy who is engaging in an affair be a good investigator of them and handle them properly? My thought is he wouldn't.

I'm hoping she saw the whole exchange where the ex girlfriend (or fling, or whatever she was at some point to the ML) came on strong and he rejected her. I wonder if his, "I'm not that kind of guy" made an impression? The ML had nothing to prove when he rejected her, which means he does have some semblance of morals. Maybe she noticed that?

Yes, so true! The roles are reversed. 😅

Yes, it does feel a bit different. I like it, too.

The FL is already cool; the ML not so much, 😅 but he's clearly being set up as a character with a growth arc on the horizon.

I get a kick out of dramas making fun of dramas/drama tropes while repurposing those very same drama tropes. 😉

The first episode was pretty entertaining! Never seen this ML in anything so I'm interested to see how he'll deliver. So far so good!

She does act more subdued in My Mister, but be warned, it's a somber, heavy drama that just oozes melancholy.

The acting was fabulous, but the story was not my cup of tea.

So true!

Don't forget Vincenzo and Hometown Cha Cha Cha and Goblin (I think?). Honestly, the list is practically endless. 😅