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Not boring at all...I'm just confused too, LOL. It's a very vivid example of how sacred the family tree is in Korean society, vs. ours here, where it's more of a "well, whatever, as long as you're in love".

You know, maybe that's how they'll play it? She pushes EH and EA so much that they just go back to CY and JA is left as she was at the beginning of the show, except now she's lost SW as well?

You made it further than I did.

This would work in a 1-hr format show, but again, in this 30 minute runtime format, there just isn't enough room for all these arcs. I wonder if this was originally pitched as a weekend drama? But, as I posted before, the writer's track record isn't exactly stellar, so maybe bad forethought is part of his work?

That's why I thought maybe they told him she died? He's too smart to know otherwise? The fact that he never mentions her is odd to me.

I've wondered about that as far as EA goes. JA's relationship with her is so fragile at this point, I almost wonder if she would say, "OK, he's not my first choice for you, but if you love him and are ready to be a mom...." all the while thinking, if I push her too far, she'll run back to CY.
I'm pretty sure she'd have no trouble telling SJ to forget it with MG, unless she just wanted to get her out of the house at this point.

HY is in an interesting bind (I use "interesting" loosely). Of course, she would LOVE to be able to fire ES (she's tried before to get her fired). But now, she knows she's on thin ice at the company, and she simply can't fire her. And, if she were in a plan to get ES fired, she must know SW would come after her as a prime suspect. HY needs to figure out a way to save herself from a no-win situation.

I think right now....EA has the inside track because of her relationship w. GR. But when GR's mom returns, all bets are off. What's dumb is that we don't know (do we?) what they told GR about his Mom. Does he know she abandoned him?

That actor does that throat clearing "Harrumpf"...it's part of his persona. He was that way in BML too.

He hasn't mentioned it to SW. And in the times we hear his voice talking to himself, he never mentions it.

I noticed in the opening credits, EH & HY are seen running away from something/someone, holding hands, and then embracing as if they've made an escape. I wonder what that's all about? I gotta believe it ties into their storyline - who would they be running from?

You make an excellent point. By now, our "Ace Detective" should have put 2+2 together and figured out that ES is HY's enemy. Everything in this is unfolding so slowly, it's infuritating. When EH met SW at the cafe, there was no inkling that "this is the guy HY is interested in". I get that this will be a key moment in the series, and would be very dramatic, but to keep putting it off makes the characters look stupid.
They wrote his character as a detective for a reason: To have someone on the show who could figure out what is going on. The fact that he hasn't just makes him look dumb. He's no smarter than his Dad. He should have been written as a cook at the chicken store.

I get the reason they are bringing in Grandpa so much: The want to set up the romance w. him and JS. But then we get a FOURTH couple! It's like the writers are stuck in a loop: creating more and more couples. Two couples max in a 30 minutes series, please! One reason this show is so choppy is they are trying to fit in 3 couples story now at the same time. This attempt at bringing in a 4th couple is simply filler, I guess. Who knows with this bunch of writers?

She's so insecure in that relationship that she's petrified to do anything wrong. Hence, her fear of saying anything and their lack of communication. We saw this from SangJi too in BML where she would shrink before her boyfriend's adopted Mother. It wasn't until much later in the series, once the truth about her brother's accident came out, that she was able to stand up to his family.
In her next role, I'd like to see a reversal for SangJi, where she is the one with the clout in the relationship and not just a meek, subservient doormat.

I really, really like Loelha's suggestion that it's HY. It would fit so well and be so shocking. But I just can't see them going that dark in a daily drama- with a lead character being a deliberate murderer , despite the U-15 warning in the opening credits.
Honestly, I think they've dropped the idea, since there is little to no sense of urgency at the detective bureau about the case, while EH is their "Ace" detective. We'd see him busy working on it and not just sitting around chatting with his partner at their precinct desk.

So, 77 episodes in, and we're finally at the whole premise of the series. Despite my disappointment, Monday's episode should be interesting. Also, what happens when ES learns that HY is the woman that's broken her brother's heart? Maybe ES's temper will get the better of her? This should happen in 2 weeks, I'd guess.

This would have made a good candidate for a 50-episode show. A daily 120-episode layout doesn't work for a concept that's so thin.

That's what threw me too. SW is EH's "nemisis" of sorts, or at least contender for HY's heart. I can only assume the shock of seeing ES there > shock of seeing SW. There should have been an "And you....." moment.
But still, they need to address that on Monday.

The writer for this show is credited here as "Moon Young Hoon", with 2 other shows credited to him/her:

Here's a quote from a review here from MDL member "ParkMin" of this writer's previous work (2016's My Mind's Flower Rain - 7.3 MDL rating):
"It's unbelievable how insufferable and stupid these characters are. The writer of the show does the laziest trick to prolong the series by re-skinning the exact set of events every 15 episodes or so."

The following year the writer got another series produced (2017's Dal Soon's Spring - with a VERRRY familiar-looking cast). It had an even lower MDL rating: 7.2. It didn't even get anyone with enough interest to write a review! Check the last two comment's on its MDL page here....you'll get the picture.

So, his 7.5 rating at this point is a definite step up! LOL

Most-often said quote at the daily writers meeting: "The audience won't know the difference".

Their disregard/disrespect for us is terrible.

What a great show. Whoever did the casting for the supporting cast was a genius.
Would love to see a mini-series season 2, just to see their married life with kids.