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Ah. I think I blocked the frat bro making those comments. The trope of holding onto "first love" and never getting into any other relationship in kdramas needs to die a natural death. It's grounded in fantasy and doesn't happen enough irl to explain why it's such a popular trope. Sam-dal dating is actually healthy and I was happy at least one of them wasn't doing the "first love or no one else" thing.

If I was a crier I'd be bawling by the time ep 13 ended. So many emotions mahn. The actor playing Yong-pil's dad (Yoo Oh Sung) is fantastic. Bodying the role. And of course Kim Mi Kyung is just exceptional. Go Mi-ja is the tough cookie, rough around the edges but you sense she feels a responsibility to hold it together for everyone else. And some of that can be traced back to losing her best friend the way she did. She internalised her grief like crazy. Glad to finally see her let go.

The way I phrased my statement was deliberate. She started off the chain of reactions that led to the accident. I'm acknowledging that same as you just did with "Yes, if she didn't decide to back in the water then she would still be alive..."

He's not even a bad father per se. At least from the little shown of his relationship with Yong-pil, he is present. He's just been stuck in his pain and grief for too long. Letting go of grief can sometimes feel like you're letting go of you loved one. Like he said, he worries his wife will be forgotten. Unfortunately he's hurting others in the process.

It's not ego. It's grief/pain that has not been dealt with.

Obviously that's the character. He's been carrying grief for 20 years. It'll show physically.

Only 15 minutes into ep 13 and I have to pause to say that I hadn't really thought about the pain and guilt that Sam-dal's mum must have been going through all these years. To bear the responsibility for putting your best friend in a situation that caused her death. To see her husband and son suffer. To replay the moment over and over and wish she'd taken a different decision. Her pain does not in any way pale beside the pain of Yong-pil's father. And she's been atoning and will probably continue to do so for the rest of her life (as she should). While I still believe one should not dictate how others grieve, he is using his grief as an excuse to hold innocent people ransom and that's just all shades of wrong.

I wanted to like this drama. Dropped it for four weeks and came back to it but it's just not working for me. The FL's fixation on the male lead and some of her choices even when she knows she's in danger just irk me to no end. Plus I have a killer in mystery/romance fatigue. Every mystery does not have to revolve around a murderer out to get the FL.

Hopefully Like Flowers in the Sand sticks.

There is nothing like a perfect victim. Kinda funny that you'll probably change your tune if the smallest scandal about Yoo Ah In appears. Media literacy means nothing if you can't separate immorality from criminality and look only at the facts.

No difference in the two cases. They were both accused of drug use and the media and police turned the whole thing into a circus. We should be grateful that Yoo Ah In is still with us but the truth is his career may never bounce back. There is no perfect victim. He paid sex workers, so what? If it's against the law then he should be booked for it not hounded to death.

Again, not ugly. People in villages (fishing and farming communities, etc) from different parts of the world have outfits like those for every day use. I've seen rougher clothing in the English countryside. And it's mostly middle-aged and older people. Even in this drama, the younger people/people in offices dress with a little more style.

There's no "origin". People are dressing for comfort/ease.

I know you really can't decide for anyone when they should forgive but the dad is taking out his grief and anger on innocent parties and that's all shades of wrong. Hopefully he lets go of some of his pain and becomes happier.

Can't wait for Bang Eun-ju to unravel completely and get her comeuppance. Crazy how it's happening without Samdal raising a finger. I wasn't agitating for Samdal to get revenge because she needed the time away from all the toxicity and fakeness in her Seoul life. She's going to recharge and restart her career even stronger.

Comfortable clothing. And yes, that's how Koreans in the countryside dress. There's is nothing ugly about it. Not everything has to be color-coordinated and fashion-coded. Real people have variety in their outfits.

I'm usually a fan of police procedurals but this isn't quite hitting the mark. I'm seeing too many things that could be better handled and the police dialogue falls on the meh side. The "As you know, Bob" is quite heavy

That said, I'm still invested in how the cases turn out so they're getting some things right. The actors are really carrying this series. Even Montree had a presence and he wasn't onscreen for very long.

How is Tharn not seeing that the doctor is provoking Phaya deliberately? For someone with precognition, he doesn't see far.

That explains things then.

"Deserves"? "Stole"? What "things" specifically? Did you see the original script?

This show was a little difficult to watch as someone who comes from a country that was colonised. Colonisation is violent, no matter how you look at it. Histories are lost. Languages are lost. Lives are lost. A people's right to self-determination is taken away and the effect reverberates for decades even after "independence". If you think the treatment of Koreans in this show is exaggerated then you're unfortunately an ignorant idiot. There is an adage that says "the story of the hunt always glorifies the hunter". Much of the history available is whitewashed and the atrocities watered down. We will never really know how bad things were (and continue to be if we look at what's happening in the world today).

Park Seo Joon was a happy surprise. I've always had the opinion that he's not the best at emoting, and that there's too much Park Seo Joon in his characters. The last few episodes proved me wrong. Every one of the actors pulled their weight. Kim Su Hyun was a revelation and I'm going to be paying more attention to her going forward.

(Can someone explain why the Yakuza had knives and not guns? I'd think someone with Maeda's power would be able to arm a few of them.)

In all, a well-written properly executed drama. Looking forward to season 2

Kwon Joon Taek is a necessary supporting character. Rich boy turned independence fighter. Heart in the right place and useful to the lead characters in their quest. Take him out and how do they gain access to the hospital in the first place? Or escape from the hospital? The story needed a character with such a pull to move the plot forward. Pretty sure Wi Ha Joon saw the role had little screen time and still decided to take it on. If you're disappointed, that's because of your expectations and not a fault in the writing.

Blocking a user means you don't get to see their comments again, right? I get the feeling this drama will require liberal use of the block button.

compared to the rest of the cast he is almost a giant lol

No. The solution is for society to better protect women with violent partners. In the absence of that women have to find the best way to leave such situations with the least chance of them ending up dead. Because they're fucked either way.