Kathryn_51

This is crazy! They just used the actors to promote Viki Drama Day last weekend! I submitted a request for information as why this happened - hope they explain

I'm usually pretty good with my words, but not this time. I should have said: "Korean viewers who watch dramas". 😊

I agree with you about the writing. Reading the official character descriptions has helped me to interpret/sort through the dialogue and figure out character motivation, but many viewers continue to ask the question - why are they doing this? This doesn't make sense (especially CEO's obsession with Chan).

2nd lead couple is a slow burn romance. She had a crush on him in high school. 15 years later (when the drama begins), fate throws them into each others orbit time and time again, with no plan or intent.

Many viewers prefer them far more than the on again-off-again romance of the OTP/main couple. 2nd lead couple is primary reason I'm continuing to watch the moment the episodes are released.

Anyone else re-watch that beautiful bubble scene between Mo Tae-rin and Kim Seok-Ju.??? I think I've re-watched at least 10 times. - adore the look of wonder and joy and each face.

The BTS for Ep7/8 includes a few minutes of how they shot that scene - and many takes it required. See Mark 6:00.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAwYc0eZAPk&t=7s

I always wonder how Korean drama fans view these matters. The fact that Sunwoo Hae was in a hospital after his mother's death is mentioned on the JTSB website. He has been shown to be taking medicine and getting regular "annual" blood work. So, do Korean drama fans read the PR/public information? Or. . . .note that he is taking pills and note that he is getting reminders to come in for scheduled blood work. The hints were there all along,but viewers who are 100% focused on the romance or the cinematography or a particular actor probably missed it.

She thought she had heartburn or something, but obviously in pain on her right side. My bet is appendicitis. Also, beginning to wonder about that left hand of Sunwoo Hae - I think it was the one that was injured when that heavy box fell on it (but. . . maybe it was the other hand, but then. . . why have a scene where a box falls on a hand???)

washed? or wasted? REgardless, to each his own.

6.0. My final rating will totally depend on how the 2nd couple story ends.

It all depends upon your individual definition of romance, but after 8 episodes, it is on/off/on-again/off-again. . . w/4 more episodes to go.

The 2nd couple on fire? Heck yes! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

"I could feel the joy between the two of them "

Those were my exact thoughts - absolute joy in both of their faces. I know I will be re-watching their scenes every day until next week.

Nielsen Korea ratings (the only ones that really matter

Ep. 7 1.5 1.4

Ep 8 2.1 1.9

JTBC took a gamble that a big name celebrity (SJK) would entice viewers to watch back-to-back on a Friday night. It might have worked for an exciting or mystery drama, but lovely (cinematography) plus slow-mo plot isn't enough.

As always, the best part of the drama (for me) were the scenes with Tae-rin and Seok-ju and I adore them more than ever, but writer still treats them as mere filler in between long, boring scenes of main couple angst.

However, for the very first time, we find out the last name of Je-yeon's mother (Kim Su Jin) and wonders of wonders - it's the same as CEO Kim Pil-do. Are they sisters? Mom didn't seem to want Je-yeon to date Seok-ju - she wanted Seok-ju to set her up with a co-worker accountant.

If Je-yeon and Seok-ju are cousins, then this would explain their quasi-sibling arguments which seemed out of place if they were mere classmates. He also called the mother "auntie" - so perhaps they were simply very close neighbors growing up. Anyway, I like this twist very much. 😊

Also we finally got some insight in Seok-ju's childhood growing up with his mother - someone I rather sympathized with previously, but boy she went into bitch overdrive today.

Jo Han Chul is a great actor - able to transition from fool to anger to anguish in one scene. But it fell short for me as well because the viewer still doesn't get much insight into what was happening with him mentally/emotionally back then (when Hae was 13 years old - 20 years ago).

I'm here for Seo Ji-hoon and the promise of a witty, sparkling, lovely plot line with his character (Kim Seok Ju) and Mo Tae-Rin. Thus far, the writer/director/actors are bringing it home for these two lovelies.

Crazy, but the last two weeks, I have been watching on my phone while daughter was in hospital (she's okay) so I've FF through the "slow" scenes because I don't have time/energy to invest. But. . . . . . any scene with Seok-ju or Tae-rin is definitely NOT slow or boring.

I'm engaged to the end for both their separate and united story line, but if they didn't exist, I would have dropped long ago.

What @aeducan15 said. Plus the 2nd episode doesn't end until 11:30 pm (Korea time) on a Friday night.

If you want viewers to stay up late, better give them a reason more than soft, slow-pace, beautiful cinematography, and messy story. Messy story will probably clear up by the end, but viewers need a good reason to watch in real time to affect the Nielsen ratings..

I think marketing/PR relied or focused way too much on the two main supposedly "bankable" leads/celebrities and their character "past love" story line. But I don't live in Korea (although I've been to that seafood market!) so it's always difficult for me to understand why one drama vs another gets high or low Nielsen ratings.

What I’ll be looking for in Eps 7/8

High school flashbacks with Tae-rin and Seok-ju. They are supposed to model three different designs for uniforms so I’m counting on at least two more flashback scenes.

Will that scrapbook appear again? Placing it on a shelf in Seok-ju’s means that SJ will probably find it and look through it. What clue/plot twist will it lead to?

Is there a plot point of Seok-ju not having his driver’s license? Thus far, it has meant filler dialogue (with Je-yeon) and intro to Bang Han-na’s new employee. Waste of time unless it leads to something more.

Final words: I'm still convinced that Seok-ju is Sunwoo Hae's half brother (but Could Be Wrong, lol). Plus: Seo Ji-hoon has the dreamiest eyes and softest smile in all of kdramaland. 😍

Thanks for clarification. To be honest, I was watching mainly for SSH, but was worried they would lay a plot twist near the end that the "actress" had been faking amnesia for the past 25 years.

I haven't watched 11/12 yet, but do I understand that she was faking amnesia the entire time? Fooling/lying even to Cheol - a nice detective trying to help her?

You are correct - it is my opinion, lol.

The Nielsen ratings in Korea have Gone Down! The highest rating for the drama was the first weekend so that tells me that viewers were willing to give it a try but they weren't charmed enough to return and devote their Friday nights to it.

I'm watching for Seo Ji Hoon and by extension, the quirky couple Seok-ju and Tae-rin and I'll watch to the very end. 😊