Eleison

I need to see EAW, too, I just bungled things by watching snippets on Netflix and spoiling the story for myself, so it lowered my motivation to finish it. Whoops!

But DO watch CLOY, it's not a perfect drama, but extremely beloved for a reason (I think it got many, MANY people hooked on Kdramas (myself included)), and is just so beautiful and heartwarming. If you liked this well enough, I think you'll adore CLOY (it also holds up really well under rewatches, minus some of the side characters who I admit I do skip now when I rewatch it).

If you don't go into this season/part with expectations for what you WANT this season/part to be/do (beyond a happy ending), then you will most likely enjoy it. It's not perfect (neither was the first part), but it's still an excellent drama!

Keep in mind the FL and ML reverse/flip-flop roles from one season to the next.

CLOY is special; it just is, but you'll notice a lot of the same elements from QoT (big focus on side characters, a weaker second half, lots of cliches and tropes, bittersweet ending). CLOY just does such a beautiful job capturing people and their connections and has some beautiful themes. I haven't finished QoTs fully, but what I've seen so far is still not as lovable as CLOY. LOTBS is very endearing and cozy, so cozy, but it does drag a bit later on. Those have been my favorites by her! This drama seemed to lean more into the makjang genre, which I'm usually less into. I was hoping it wouldn't go so makjang, but it seems she went pretty all out minus some of the more sordid elements that are in some makjangs. The Korean audience does seem to love that genre of Kdrama best. 🤷‍♀️

True Beauty took a nosedive (in my opinion), in Episodes 15 and 16, and since this drama and TB were adapted by the same screenwriter, I'm just trying to keep my expectations low as we move further into the Kdrama danger zone where pacing can start to falter. I'm going to keep them extra low once we pass Episode 9 or 10 if they're still going strong by then.

It's rom-coming hard, so you've really got to steel yourself to face the secondhand embarrassment. If you don't mind that, and all the "swoony" moments, then it's a very enjoyable watch. But yeah, won't be everyone's thing, for sure.😉

And honestly, her dramas ALWAYS have a weaker second half. It was true of every other drama I've seen by her (My Love From A Star, CLOY, and LOTBS all had slower/weaker second halves).

Oh yes, it will be chaos on here if one of our mains dies.

I'll guess we'll see. People are already going nuts about Episode 15, so if he dies people will scream to high heaven. 💁‍♀️ I guess in about 24 hrs we'll know...

Again, Park Ji Eun loves filler. Watch CLOY again and you'll see it's everywhere. And she loves focusing on side characters.

Yes, I get frustrated by that, too, but the drama was prepping for stuff about all those other characters from the get-go, though? The screenwriter was laying the groundwork for it from Episode 1. It does seem like it turned more makjang than people anticipated, I'll give you that. :)

I feel like you can only one up that many bad things by having it end happily. I thought it was Hae In everyone was afraid would die, but now it's Hyun Woo? Again, it just seems like WAY too much. Even the amnesia bit shouldn't be a surprise; she had a brain tumor. If anyone would have memory issues after surgery it would be someone who had a brain tumor. It's a Kdrama trope, but here, it still fits into the story. And the actors warned everyone there would be a million twists, I guess they're just not the twists people wanted. 😏

Have him survive a car crash and then follow with him getting shot and killed in the next episode? Unlikely.

She has always done cliches. It's her M.O. CLOY has them, too.

Park Ji Eun has always focused on more characters than just the main romantic leads. I think she's consistent here.

Yes, their chemistry is undeniably good! Both are doing a great job! :)

And I want to make sure I'll enjoy it by waiting to see how it ultimately lands. 😂 I won't subject myself to this whirlwind unless I know the ending will be worth it.

My impression of the craziness right now is that it is everyone's visceral reactions to the evil SML still hanging around wreaking havoc on their couple's happiness. Their frustration is understandable.

I think the only people watching Nam Soon (and who made it to the end) were people who thought he was attractive, and while it's nice for the actors to be good-looking (and I mean, that's a pre-req for any K-actor, since the industry is so intense about looks), I can't enjoy a drama purely on looks, and many of the comments for that drama were getting gross, honestly. Some of the comments here are getting a little much for me, too. I don't spend as much time here as I normally would cause there's not much talking about the story/plot, which I prefer, and more about how attractive Sun Jae is... 🙄 I get it, he's cute.

Whew, Park Ji Eun whipped up a maelstrom over here! People are losing it. So glad it worked out for me to wait until the end to see if I should keep going. 😆

Don't think a Kdrama would go that dark, especially this type/genre. At worst she'd get kidnapped, put in the trunk and tied up with a gag for a while. The serial killer's not social commentary but a plot device, so they won't go there, don't worry.

He's also an evil guy (albeit with a traumatic past, but that doesn't excuse wicked choices as an adult in my book) in Nam Soon, if you don't mind that. I did mind it, and so couldn't watch (it's also a very badly written drama overall). 😬