Kathryn_51

Thanks for response. For me, it didn't matter what would happen to the ML or the FL because I don't like their story/plot. I'm just surprised that it was inserted at the half-way point. I'm here for the adorable Seo Ji Hoon and I now adore the 2nd couple (as does much of the internet). Plus, I have said this many times: I am convinced that Kim Seok-ju is half-brother (not step) to Sunwoo Hae and if I am correct then stem cell solution is possible. 😊

The low ratings in Korea are more likely due to presenting both episodes back-to-back on Friday night. Plus. . .a very boring main couple that takes up at least 50% of the screen time. MDL ratings mean zero (905 MDL users compared to a a million Korean viewers? Pfffftttt.)

Is it normal to have this sort of twist this early in a drama? I don't usually watch "melodramas", so I'm not aware of usual pace. Now, if this was a rom-com, a viewer can predict pretty easily what will happen and when.

It's not a feud. Seok-ju is Tae-rin's first love/crush but she kept it a secret all these years. All of sudden, he's back in her life and she doesn't want to get her hopes up that he might like her.

Here's descriptions from the character posters (found his on Reddit)

Watching the drifting bubbles, Mo Tae Rin smiles with tenderness and excitement as if sending it to the first love known only to herself back then. Kim Seok Joo’s voice once again unsettles Tae Rin, who endured the harsh years of being a child star and has since established herself as an adult actor. Some of Tae Rin’s lines read, “Maybe I couldn’t say what I really wanted because every encounter was so sudden. There were times when your voice was a comfort. I wanted to say thank you. But why do you keep making me mad!”

Kim Seok Joo’s poster shows the changes he experiences after Mo Tae Rin intrudes on his otherwise perfect, flawless life. Through Tae Rin, who becomes stranger the more he knows her, yet impossible to ignore, Seok Joo discovers emotions he never realized he had. One of the lines paired with Seok Joo’s warm smile reads, “The part of myself I once ignored feels okay now, and maybe it’s fine if we never stop being adolescents—as long as we’re in front of each other.”

According to the JTBC website, CEO fell in love with him when she first visited the fishing village and then later returned. "When Pil-du finally confessed [her] love, Chan felt like his world was collapsing. For me, who was waiting for my soon-to-be-born child, it was an inappropriate confession."

I'm convinced that Seok-ju is Sunwoo Chan's biological son. I think she returned to the village to tell him she was pregnant but found out that his wife was about to give birth.

If true, then it's possible that stem cells from a sibling could help cure Amyloidosis. 100% Speculation.

Dad is/was a "poet" and apparently had a variety of flings with various women. Hae's mother was in his life first and it's not clear if he was married to her when Pil-do (CEO) happened to visit the fishing village. Spoiler below.

MDL ratings aren’t really very relevant – it’s the ratings in Korea that matter and unfortunately (for the drama), the Korea Nielsen’s continue to show ratings going down.
Ep National Seoul Metro
5 1.9 2.0
6 2.3 2.3

Episode 5 was lowest of all episodes; Ep. 6 wasn’t lowest, but not close to the highest.
I’m watching for the 2nd couple – their dialogue today was On Fire.

I'm pretty sure this is what happened. Chan (and Hae's mother) lived in a fishing village. They might have been married - hard to tell. Pil-do visits, is charmed by him and they have a brief fling. When she returns to the village to tell him she is pregnant [pure speculation on my part], she discovers that his son (Hae) was just born. A few months later, Seok-ju is born and there is no father identified (Seok-ju has mother's last name). I think Seok-ju suspects that he is Chan's son, but Sunwoo Hae does not.

I posted the hints in the "discussion" page because I didn't want to worry about spoilers on the main comment page.

Tae-rin does deep diving - we saw that in Ep 3 or 4.

I just posted some predictions in the Discussion page (and they include spoilers regarding past episodes), but here's a quick summary:

1. Seok-ju and Hae are half-brothers (not step-brothers).
2. Seok-ju is colorblind
3. Tae-rin should stay away from that deep dive tank
4. Seok-ju, the quiet white knight, also came to FL's rescue when her family went bankrupt.
5. The financial debt is due to Sunwoo Hae's medical issues, not the Harry Potter scam.

I'll keep score and admit when and if I'm wrong. 😊😊

Setting the alarm for Friday morning my time (PDT) to watch the moment new episodes are released on Viki.

I thought the niece/daughter was in high school. Im Se Ra disappeared 25 years ago. What am I missing?

Yes - she does not recall anything from the last 25 years (altho teeny, tiny fragments have apparently come bubbling up into her current conscious, altho the viewer doesn't know if these fragments were recent or long ago. )

Behind The Scenes for Ep. 3 and 4. You have to watch to the end to see how they planned the last scene. 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOQ956uxuLY

They grew up together - both with rich parents until Je-yeon's family went bankrupt. I bet he was instrumental in getting his mother to hire Je Yeon when she dropped out of college

I don't know why she dislikes him so much - he wasn't a bully in highschool. I keep wondering if we are still missing some scenes that would explain it.

All the promos/teasers/PR for this drama show that Seok-ju and Tae-rin are destined for each other. 😊

Are you talking about MDL or Nielsen? MDL might be due to some hatred towards the ML actor. But Nielsen is disappointing. (down from last weekend).

75% of the drama is focused on the main couple. I'm not a fan of that plot (high school first love/separation/reunion 15 years later) but if you like that type of romance, this is the one for you and you should try it.

Meanwhile, I ❤️😊❤️the 2nd couple (NEW story and opposites attract) and watch for them. If that's your genre, I think it will be great ending. [But. . . I could be wrong. 😊)

According to the character bio, Tae-rin had a crush on Seok-ju (or his voice) in highschool, but she never told anyone - she has kept it a secret from everyone (even the FL) all these years.

Yesterday,, both episodes were available on Viki about 1 hour after Ep. 4 ended in Korea. [I was watching on phone while sitting in hospital waiting room so I'm not sure if Ep. 3 was released earlier than 4].

Noone will die, but to me the tea leaves are saying that Tae-rin will be in danger and Seok-ju (the one who has been silently rescuing people for years) will save her.

I am over-analyzing the 2nd couple - as in, why are they even a "couple". Seok-ju could have been the classic 2ML with a crush on the FL. Tae-rin could have simply been the plot device to reunite the main couple.

Not that I'm complaining, because I like them far more than the main couple. Anyway, it struck me that it is going to be Mo Tae-rin who would be in danger - she's adrift, seeking "adventure", nominally depressed about her career and that deep dive tank is just waiting to put a kdrama character in peril.

She won't die - Seok-ju will talk to her and bring her out of the coma or whatever. That's my story and I will stick with it until the next episodes prove me wrong. 😊

The children have left and gone home. 😊