Kathryn_51

Haha, just realized my mistake. Will delete.

Just now getting to the last scene w/hoodie person and the photo shows GTS and his mom hugging - but they never hugged. Writer goof?

I guess I'll have to wait for Eng subs - I thought Mom recognized her and knew she was up to no good w/the disguise.

GTS's mom knows her from long ago. Mom left for France the same year GTS graduated from college (2016) and before he became a celebrity. So Mom knows her as a rich/wealthy woman.

If she is wealthy, no need for anyone to hire her. Since she has adopted some sort of disguise, I assume that she is plotting something. In fact, I wondered if she "returned" to cooking for GTS after his mom announced she was returning to S. Korea?? If I have time, I'll re-watch to see sequence of events.

So, my take is that they agreed to keep things secret for now? And I couldn't tell if she told the reporter the name of her secret crush/love - Haha, maybe the reporter gal created the GTS/lawyer rumor to distract from the Real Couple - that would be fun.

Thanks for the link you posted last week. I got up early this am to watch and - of course - had streaming issues at the most critical scene. Looking forward to re-watching it again. And again. And again. 🥰🥰🥰

Even without subs, I could figured that one out. But still don't understand Mom and Cook.

Pre-release for Ep. 9 from TVN. Title: "kim yong-dae, what is the secret of smoke dripping honey from your eyes?" I'm going to try and get up super early (my time) and watch real time before the English sub is released. 😊

http://program.tving.com/tvn/shootingstars/7/Vod/View/CLIP/EA_D811725

The ghosts are the fun part. But I can't handle the violent/evil parts - I FF through them.

I thought I was the only one who analyzed the clothes in the previews. I think you are correct. However, another thing I have learned from previews is that the voice-over dialogue frequently does not match the particular scene they are showing. 😕

If you like light-hearted romance, at this point, there are at least 4 probable couples, all with assorted jobs and personalities. I'm looking forward to how it all shakes out by Ep. 16.

1. Main Couple
2. "New" (young actors)
3. Young (manager and young PR gal)
4. Unrequited Love

And somehow, I believe our reporter gal who goes through a new "boyfriend" (that we never see) most episodes will find something a bit more permanent - I hope it is NOT the lawyer.

Would love to see someone put together a video of scenes w/this music, but I suppose there might be copyright issues involved.

Previously, commenters mentioned a prior drama featuring the actors playing Yoon Jae Hyun (Shin Hyun Seung) and Yoooooo-naaaaah (Lee Shi Wood). After their kiss-with-a-twist in Ep. 8 (loved their shocked faces at the end of scene) , I decided to look them up. For those, like me, who never heard of them before, the drama is “Be My Boyfriend” – a rather frivolous high school “contract date” TV series and after binge watching earlier today, I gotta say they are a couple of talented young actors and I look forward to seeing more of them. I don’t think I will ever re-watch “Be My Boyfriend” (high school dramas aren’t very appealing to me), but it was a easy way to spend the afternoon.

There's a good chance I am wrong, but my current thought is that Loser Lawyer is there for a different reason than to provide much of a weak triangle/romantic tension. WHO is his Mom? WHY did he move into THAT penthouse (funded by his Mom) recently (after GTS returned from Africa)? His secretary/assistant said something like: I started to work for you 3 years ago (hmmmm, there are a couple of other things that happened "3" years ago - coincidence?). If he doesn't need to work in order to "earn" $$$, why does he work with a celebrity-oriented profit company rather than working for non-profit?

As always, your analysis of love relationships is spot on.

Let me add a bit for you to ponder.

From the beginning, the "movie theater" is obviously a connection between ML and FL. But in Ep. 7 and 8, we discovered that it is their love of film/film-making ae a major connection. Movies were and continue to be an escape for both of them.

Apparently he never told her that he recognized her from their first meeting, but he immediately sat up when he recognized her during her presentation on the movie "Love Affair" and wrote her name down in his notebook with a ⭐. Then deliberately skipped a group meeting so that she would come looking for him.

I think he has valued their early friendship so much that he didn't want to dig any deeper and risk losing that connection, however tenuous. If he had simply treated her differently when he returned from Africa, that steel wall around her heart might have melted earlier. But then, we would have been at this stage in Ep 3, not Ep 8.

BTW, when re-watching first few minutes of Ep 8 on Viki, I noticed a fleeting comment about "idiots", re-wound and yep - it was a comment by "bloomingtide". 😉

We don't have a clear picture on how long GTS and Lee Yoon Woo (Actor Luca) knew each other, but it was clear in Ep 6 (?) that Ajumma Hwang Myung-ee and
Eun Si-woo (Mom) have a past relationship. Since Mom has been out of Korea for over 6 years, their relationship pre-dates GTS and Actor Luca being at Starforce together.

That being said, the "mother of dead friend" is a good guess.

Maybe she's the rich mother of our Loser Lawyer?? That's my theory.

I always enjoy reading your reviews/analysis of similar shows. Still miss my weekly Crazy Love fix.

Agree with you about the SML/love triangle. On the other hand, it seems much too early for Chawoong to be giving a ring to Seul Hae.

I'm unhappy that the 2nd couple is only on screen for about 2 minutes each episode. They are on the POSTER for crying out loud - when I saw these two "extra" faces on the poster in the first weeks of watching the show, I figured they must have a story of their own.

I need to re-watch the historical scenes more carefully because different viewers seems to have different perception of which characters were in love and which character killed historical Seul Hae.

I call him Loser Lawyer. His "wealth" is from his mom. He hasn't earned his wealth - he merely dabbles in his "profession" . GTS grew up w/wealth, but as far as we know, he has earned every penny since graduating from University.

I had the same thought re: Lawyer's Rich Mom - I thought it would be hysterical if she turned out to be Loser Lawyer's (that's my name for him) mother. The contrast between Lawyer and GTS is significant. Loser Lawyer doesn't need to work and he's dependent upon Mom (whomever she may be) for penthouse apartment, car, stylish clothes, etc. GTS grew up with money, but he has EARNED everything since then with hard work that requires long, strenuous days.

Lots of "coincidences" between the two. Lawyer's mother just happens to purchase the penthouse condo on the same floor. as GTS? Lawyer "just happens" to provide legal services to Starforce where GTS is their biggest moneymaking star.?