Eleison

Fun and cute! Pretty basic plot and reveals, but with great dynamics between the team (Korea DOES do funny so well; it took me a while to get into the humor when I started watching Korean stuff years ago, but now I find it hilarious.). A fun watch, with a lot of actors you'll recognize if you watch a lot of Kdramas.

My friends and I used to joke that the BBC uses all the same actors for their shows, and so we'd all say that they got actors from the "BBC Manor House." Maybe we can say the "Kdrama Hanok House" for Korean actors because once you've seen the "Hanok House" roster, you'll basically recognize anyone in a drama (and maybe movie?). 😅

But it's on iQiyi 😭😭😭

So true! 😅

The synopsis gives me major "Meet Yourself" vibes, complete with a big tourist brochure to another region of China. 😅

Does it feel "Meet Yourself"-esque for those who have seen it? Cause I loved that drama. 🥰

P.S. Also, an 8 episode Cdrama?! On what planet? 😅 The shortest thing I've seen was 15 episodes, but 8 is concise, haha.

There are so few romance dramas without it (the noble idiocy trope) in some form, though. 🤷‍♀️ It's a Kdrama romance staple at this point. 😅

This does make it feel more "western," as another viewer described this show as.

I kind of dislike the western way first kisses are often done, though, which is fly at each other like wild animals and kiss madly because of some intangible spark/chemistry even though you barely know each other (instinct is definitely another good way of describing this). Most think that makes it "adult" but I usually think that makes it actually feel more superficial (the fact that it's compared to a drunk kiss...). But it also largely depends on how they deal with the aftermath. 🤷‍♀️

This is a very interesting observation. I'm curious, too!

Wow, that is considerably more thoughtful than I would have expected something like this to be! 😅

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I loved it, too!

"I wasn't sure I'd be able to make it through 25 episodes, but I can't seem to look away."

Perfect description. 😅 When I showed it to my sister I prefaced that it had issues but she had to see it. When she finished, she summed it up similar to you: "I liked it a lot, but I feel like I shouldn't have." 😆

Have you seen F4 Thailand? They update/improve/innovate on the story in some fun ways.

Haha, when I rewatch I skip all the scenes of/with Ji Hoo. 😅

Iconic, cozy, toxic, messy. Still one of my all-time favorites despite having lots of issues!

P.S. And the OST is still one of the best I've seen for a Kdrama!

It seems whistleblowing is a really big "no-no" in toxic work culture in SK (and you always respect your senior coworkers and never throw them under the bus unless you want to get fired), so it was highlighting how much of a risk it is for doctors to expose their hospital's underbelly as it often forces them to sacrifice their career and makes it virtually impossible to be hired because of the negative stigma that follows them for being "a traitor."

Maybe those who take issue with whistleblowing see it like this, "If everyone is doing underhanded stuff, if I/my hospital gets exposed then we're just getting unfairly treated like the problem when all the hospitals do what we're getting in trouble for."

But I think the underbelly and anything that fosters it or allows it cobtinue shows a lack of care for integrity and patient care and feeds into the ladderclimbing and money and ambition, unfortunately. There is a lot of money to be had in medicine. 😔

I love Woo Jin for sticking to his guns and not letting corruption go unchecked.

That episode almost made me stop the drama. I didn't sign up for Grey's Anatomy! 😅

Thankfully I kept going because by the end I loved it. One of the few dramas that improves as it goes on.

Well, this couple doesn't start dating until well into the drama. Both Seasons 1 and 2 are slow burn romance, so that helps sidestep breakup stuff since it takes forever for them to get together and doesn't really leave time or space for a proper breakup. 😅 The couples have spats in both seasons but no official breakups (from what I remember). I haven't seen season 3 yet, so I can't speak to that drama.:)

The couples have great chemistry in both once the romance starts taking off. 😉

There's an adorable scene in Season 1 where the ML and FL have a little spat (it's not a real fight) about how they need to do a better job not showing their feelings for each around other staff because they want to keep it a secret at work). They start to tease each other and it gets hilarious when he starts making her cringe. 😅 It's an iconic scene; one of my favorite playful couples banter moments.

Yes, I liked Season 2 more because I liked the leads in that drama better from the get-go. Dong Joo took forever to grow on me because he was such a piece of work! 😅

And considering she's all about finding people having affairs who are married who work at Haemu, it doesn't really seem to add up if she's having an affair herself.

😅😅😅 So true!