So i saw this show when it aired and i still occasionally keep thinking about this scene in the drama that i have doubts about and haven't seen anyone mention so far, so wanted to know if anyone paid attention to it too or have an explanation (p.s: trigger warning: child abuse⚠️)
Some random thoughts from when I was watching the last ep:
I loved how taehyung doesn't just tell woojoo not to touch things in his apartment but actually explains to him why not to, because it can fall on him and hurt him. Great parenting 101! Treating a child no matter how young they r with respect and not like they r a kid so they should just have to blindly listen to the adults in their life.
I never rewatch entire dramas once I'm done with them but this is a show I know I will have to rewatch at some point outside of all the internet chatter and overblown hate to truly pick up more little details like this that I must've missed
Ahhhh had the biggest smile on my face by the end of ep 9! I knew I was better off having faith in the makers. That compilation right as hyun jin remembers all her moments with taehyung and the rain as a literal symbolic reminder of him was chef's kiss. It showed exactly how an actual relationship forms from being complete strangers to friends and before them even realizing it, family.
I don't think it's even relevant to talk about the sml anymore. Compared to even the most bland moment between hyun jin and taehyung, it was so obvious hyun jin and the sml had absolutely no spark or chemistry between them and it was purely one sided from the sml since taehyung came into the picture. The scene at the daycare event when hyun jin couldn't even hide her discomfort with the sml and how misplaced he looked with her and woojoo couldn't be more painfully obvious
I'm so glad they made hyun jin make the final move this time. It feels like a full circle moment.
Kinda funny how the first ever guy to mistake the both of them as actual husband and wife was also the guy who purely by chance ended up making them finally find their way to each other. Sincerely thankful to the office dude for stepping up to service!!
The preview for next week has me squealing with their family moments. Hoping woojoo is safe and sound and won't end up in any serious trouble!
Those who watched 1 and 2, can I watch 3 as a standalone? And does the series follow the same FL? And so she broke up with the previous 2 MLs? What's this story actually about haha...is it a typical romcom with the usual leads get together, happy ending?
I like your insight. This is all true. Let's not forget that while the girl has been showing discomfort around…
Ya i do think she needs better boundaries at work and in general. Plus she was pretty hot and cold this episode, obviously hurt by taehyung leaving but then choosing to not inform him about woojoo's daycare event 🤦♀️ ig she doesn't want to come across desperate or needy, but it only keeps reinforcing taehyung's belief that she's better off with the rich stable guy
Sml has no tact or awareness of his own privilege. He blames taehyung for hyun jin being hurt and tells hyun jin he can give love because he knows what it's like to have a good family but can't seem to reflect on the fact that taehyung didn't have the privilege of that. And the main difference between taehyung and the sml is that taehyung doesnt force his feelings onto hyun jin, while the sml keeps making decisons for her, without having the awarness to even ask her whether she even wants his "love".
Also frustrating behavior from taehyung in this episode literally paralleling his brother's savior complex by abandoning the two people who came to rely on him thinking it's actually what they want from him. Btw i think the brother's story is tragic but taehyung's hurt is still valid and no amount of justification can negate that.
But alas, i'll still be here, watching to the end lol. Cute baby woojoo was especially adorable in this episode 😍
7 eps r plenty for a thriller if they use it as well as a shop for killers for eg. Hopefully there wont be any last minute changes and compromises to ruin the pacing like the first season.
Lord Kopiko makes an appearance at last! Probably the first 2026 drama to feature it? Really took me out when i saw whj looking all tense and serious only to pop out the whole packet out of nowhere 🤣😆
Omg K mentioned!! I was thinking the same thing! And it got me wishing wi ha joon does a comedy again soon. He's…
Yess apparently he's been looking for a proper romcom for a long time now? I hope makers consider him in them more than melo or thrillers for a change...
I like gong myung no hate or dislike towards him but chemistry between shin hae sun and kim jae wook would have…
This is exactly what i thought too after seeing the casting! And looks like there will be a second couple and hong hwa yeon and gong myung would've made a more age appropriate pairing too, as with the leads too...
Love the truck scene with Wi in it😅 he brought K back from bad and crazy. Over all this drama to me is amazing.…
Omg K mentioned!! I was thinking the same thing! And it got me wishing wi ha joon does a comedy again soon. He's so effortless with his comedic timing and has a natural gift for it
Here are my theories after watching the first two episodes: 1. I think the lady Han Seol works for is shady and…
Yaa the boss lady sucking on that fish head was terrifying to watch lol...that foreshadowing couldn't be more obvious... seolah throwing up the fish she was given despite the boss reminiscing on how much seolah used to love seafood when she was young made me wonder if seolah is even seolah?? Like could she be pretending to be the real seolah for revenge like u said? The guy in the lift mentioned seolah could be the boss's secret daughter so there could be something there too?
Also what exactly the boss is upto tho i have no guesses. With kim minju tho i was thinking her being a stalker/jealous would be too obvious so i was thinking along the lines of her being appointed or blackmailed by someone somehow into stalking and tormenting seolah at work? Idk...her keeping tabs on seolah's whereabouts could be to inform someone else?
The bartender seems shady too, i do hope she's just a good friend tho. I didn't think about the syrian bf being kim jung hyun's character but that could be a cool twist!
I'm nitpicking but i keep thinking this show and concept would hit 10x more if it was more mellowed down? Like minimal grandeur and ost and more subtle progression?
Overall tho i really have no idea what seolah is upto. Just cannot get a read on her. I'm as lost as wooseok
Honestly, the biggest issue for me is the lack of clear direction. The synopsis promised a story about two feuding…
No i get that but again i think the fundamental point of difference for me is that i do see a lot of development between the leads' relationship already! From ep 1 when they were bickering strangers to being completely indifferent towards each other at the funeral to barely tolerating each other's presence while sharing a flat to finding a common ground rooted in friendship and shared responsibility...this is already a whole arc that i can definitely buy into when it eventually turns (and already has!) romantic.
After they "sleep" together, the leads r shown to mutually experience attraction, then the ml speeds ahead in recognizing and actually expressing hia feelings, while the fl gets a more slow burn treatment for her own eventual recognition of feelings, which is what I believe the majority of viewers have trouble accepting. But again, the proof is already there in the way she worries about him, cares that he does well at his job and takes pride in his achievements, recognizes and validates his grief, how he is the only person she allows herself to be vulnerable with, the only one she allows to take care of her, something completely novel and uncomfortable for someone like hyunjin, how she actually does prioritize him over the sml (like when he fell sick and she worried the whole day, then another time, her saying if she knew he'd organized a dinner party for her with cake after she did well at her job, she'd have run straight back home) and I could go on and on.
I agree that the problem seems to be mostly in the writing and general direction of the story but it also looks like they ran into problems during post production coz there r scenes they seemed to have cut out of the final edit like an almost kiss between the leads that popped up in the bts videos of ep 7&8.
But my point is also that even with the love triangle i am still totally buying the depth of their feelings for each other, and i actually prefer this slow burn and wish they had more such moments together. It's so refreshing to see a show finally choose this subtle way of developing a relationship instead of the usual cliche fests at least with the leads.
And actually, i do not agree that hyunjin spends most of her emotionally significant moments with the sml. In fact i think if we zoom out and take a real look at how much actual time hyun jin spends with the sml (outside of work) compared to taehyung and woojoo, we can actually see how few and insignificant her moments with the sml actually are...
I cant really defend the seeming lack of direction with the overall story, but considering everything, i still believe they did a great job with actually developing the leads' relationship from scratch and it's definitely worth watching for exactly that reason is my opinion
Days on? Okay that's clearly an exaggeration and i wish viewers didnt share blatant lies like this to discourage and ruin other new viewers from having a fair watching experience with this drama.
She works overtime coz shes a contract employee and needs to prove her worth. She is responsible for woojoo every weekend, mornings, after work, basically all hours except the contract hours the ml and fl both decided together on. She informs the ml every time she needs to work overtime. Other than the time woojoo got hurt, she was never actually negligent of him if u look at this unbiased. Just coz the drama gives the ml more screentime with woojoo, doesnt mean viewers should not infer these details that were already established from the beginning?
Thats exactly what i meant about spoonfeeding details. Coz if u actually look beyond the surface, the drama provides everything to show a slow burn real relationship developing between the leads from the foundation of friendship. This is more real than the superficial dates the sml took her on which was my original point
But again u r allowed to infer ur own conclusions from the show.
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I loved how taehyung doesn't just tell woojoo not to touch things in his apartment but actually explains to him why not to, because it can fall on him and hurt him. Great parenting 101! Treating a child no matter how young they r with respect and not like they r a kid so they should just have to blindly listen to the adults in their life.
I never rewatch entire dramas once I'm done with them but this is a show I know I will have to rewatch at some point outside of all the internet chatter and overblown hate to truly pick up more little details like this that I must've missed
I don't think it's even relevant to talk about the sml anymore. Compared to even the most bland moment between hyun jin and taehyung, it was so obvious hyun jin and the sml had absolutely no spark or chemistry between them and it was purely one sided from the sml since taehyung came into the picture. The scene at the daycare event when hyun jin couldn't even hide her discomfort with the sml and how misplaced he looked with her and woojoo couldn't be more painfully obvious
I'm so glad they made hyun jin make the final move this time. It feels like a full circle moment.
Kinda funny how the first ever guy to mistake the both of them as actual husband and wife was also the guy who purely by chance ended up making them finally find their way to each other. Sincerely thankful to the office dude for stepping up to service!!
The preview for next week has me squealing with their family moments. Hoping woojoo is safe and sound and won't end up in any serious trouble!
Also frustrating behavior from taehyung in this episode literally paralleling his brother's savior complex by abandoning the two people who came to rely on him thinking it's actually what they want from him. Btw i think the brother's story is tragic but taehyung's hurt is still valid and no amount of justification can negate that.
But alas, i'll still be here, watching to the end lol. Cute baby woojoo was especially adorable in this episode 😍
Also what exactly the boss is upto tho i have no guesses. With kim minju tho i was thinking her being a stalker/jealous would be too obvious so i was thinking along the lines of her being appointed or blackmailed by someone somehow into stalking and tormenting seolah at work? Idk...her keeping tabs on seolah's whereabouts could be to inform someone else?
The bartender seems shady too, i do hope she's just a good friend tho. I didn't think about the syrian bf being kim jung hyun's character but that could be a cool twist!
Overall tho i really have no idea what seolah is upto. Just cannot get a read on her. I'm as lost as wooseok
After they "sleep" together, the leads r shown to mutually experience attraction, then the ml speeds ahead in recognizing and actually expressing hia feelings, while the fl gets a more slow burn treatment for her own eventual recognition of feelings, which is what I believe the majority of viewers have trouble accepting. But again, the proof is already there in the way she worries about him, cares that he does well at his job and takes pride in his achievements, recognizes and validates his grief, how he is the only person she allows herself to be vulnerable with, the only one she allows to take care of her, something completely novel and uncomfortable for someone like hyunjin, how she actually does prioritize him over the sml (like when he fell sick and she worried the whole day, then another time, her saying if she knew he'd organized a dinner party for her with cake after she did well at her job, she'd have run straight back home) and I could go on and on.
I agree that the problem seems to be mostly in the writing and general direction of the story but it also looks like they ran into problems during post production coz there r scenes they seemed to have cut out of the final edit like an almost kiss between the leads that popped up in the bts videos of ep 7&8.
But my point is also that even with the love triangle i am still totally buying the depth of their feelings for each other, and i actually prefer this slow burn and wish they had more such moments together. It's so refreshing to see a show finally choose this subtle way of developing a relationship instead of the usual cliche fests at least with the leads.
And actually, i do not agree that hyunjin spends most of her emotionally significant moments with the sml. In fact i think if we zoom out and take a real look at how much actual time hyun jin spends with the sml (outside of work) compared to taehyung and woojoo, we can actually see how few and insignificant her moments with the sml actually are...
I cant really defend the seeming lack of direction with the overall story, but considering everything, i still believe they did a great job with actually developing the leads' relationship from scratch and it's definitely worth watching for exactly that reason is my opinion
She works overtime coz shes a contract employee and needs to prove her worth. She is responsible for woojoo every weekend, mornings, after work, basically all hours except the contract hours the ml and fl both decided together on. She informs the ml every time she needs to work overtime. Other than the time woojoo got hurt, she was never actually negligent of him if u look at this unbiased. Just coz the drama gives the ml more screentime with woojoo, doesnt mean viewers should not infer these details that were already established from the beginning?
Thats exactly what i meant about spoonfeeding details. Coz if u actually look beyond the surface, the drama provides everything to show a slow burn real relationship developing between the leads from the foundation of friendship. This is more real than the superficial dates the sml took her on which was my original point
But again u r allowed to infer ur own conclusions from the show.