MadelineMaureen

Episode 11 Lui finally sees the light of her own ways...no progress on the Faye front yet.

The petty urge in me to time out all the episodes to see screen times and scene partner breakdowns is so strong...but I don't got the time to be that petty...right now. I do not have the time to hyper fixate on this...come on brain...don't do it.

Whiplash...bro...It's all lovely that Lui and Saint realize they are the villains of their own story...but does the entire episode need to be their heart to heart?
I sometime forget that Guy is a lead character in this show. She's the lead lead, but shouldn't he have the second most screentime? We get no development from them without Saint or another character popping up.
It doesn't help that the actor playing Saint is naturally charming as all hell. Like come on writers, you're making it very hard to root for the OTP when they are never together. I swear i think there have been more scenes with Guy and Saint than Guy and Lui.

Also, anyone else shocked as hell when Sebastian Roché came on screen in episode 5? Cause I was like that voice sounds familiar, and then I had a holy shit moment. Love it when shows have actors from other countries cameo.

The fact that Hyun Woo is the linchpin of Queens Group, and the family still treats him so poorly is wild. He has saved them so many times and they have their noses so high in the air they can't see all he's done for them.

From what I can remember at the time of airing as we were all in lockdown and chronically online, there were a few reasons.
1. The advertising was a lot a lot...for the time that this show was airing. As the budget was super high they had to put more in-scene advertising than normal. And what they were advertising was making people laugh/fall out of the drama...it's a bit jarring if you aren't used to ignoring that aspect of commercial-less dramas.
2. Lee Min Ho is playing a similar character to his 3 most well known dramas. Aka rich arrogant. There were complaints about his lack of range, as most of his roles had similar character beats. (he has since gone on to expand on the type of roles he takes for shows, but at the time it felt very much "same-same but different.")
3. The writing went a little wonky in the back half. This is a common problem with 16 episode shows. Seriously it's the most common complaint I've seen about 16 episode romance themed shows. As the plot itself was more complicated, many people got fixated on small details or unfinished loose ends.

Personally I remember waking up to watch the new episode and vibing to the soundtrack. Again 2020 lockdown...there was nothing to do for those of us who were "let go" of their employment. So...in short, a whole bunch of unemployed, couped-up, bored af people felt the need to overshare their opinions about a show online.

It looks like he's focusing on his DJing and music

please tell me it wasnt just me that read Fumi as not a pedophile, but as someone who was told he could never be an adult, and thus interpreted it as not being able to be attracted to adults?
The little girl even points it out that he likes Sarasa as an adult. I think it was the first time he didnt feel like a "failure".
I understand that 19 year old Fumi liked 10 year old Sarasa, but 34 year old Fumi likes 25 year old Sarasa....so im just like, but was he though....?

the actors 6 years. i think she's a senior in high school at the oldest....& he would be like 23/24ish maybe older because he's completed his military service by this point.

I'm just sad this means they most likely wont be co-staring in that drama mentioned a few weeks back.

I'm going to need season 2 to cover what JinMan was up to while his niece was fighting for her life. I was hoping that they had already filmed that side of the story to release at a later date. I wonder what more they could add to the story. The writers did such a good job with keeping the story moving with the nonlinear story telling.

Their father was in the car either driving it or in the passenger seat when it crashed. Ji Han was in the back seat of the car when it crashed. I believe that the grandfather was more responsible for the accident than we currently know. And because Ji Han was present at the accident the grandfather can't look at him without remembering what he did to his daughter. Whether that is make it so she ran away from him or a direct cause of her death...but that's just my theory.

I think the only reason he didn't think about it was because he was so drunk when she talked about knowing something about Do Han. If the grandfather knows or finds out he would be the one to remember that car ride conversation better.

The mother is the daughter of t he chairman. Her marriage was a political one for business purposes. She had 2 children with her husband, a son and a daughter. She wanted a divorce from her husband, but he wouldn't give her one. She left him and got with the man who would become Do Han and Ji Han's father. Timeline wise we don't know when the mother met DH and JH's father.

Does Thailand have studio contracts instead of their own agency deals...like old Hollywood? I only just started watching Thai shows again after like 10 years and the two shows I watch before started the same two people and I never thought anything of it, but now with how much overlap I'm seeing it had me curious. Like is the industry just that small or are the only actors used ones signed to a network.

She was, but she wasn't as "girl boss" as they've made Lui. Lui has a lot more anger than her Korean counterpart.

Okay so...if Lui likes Guy at all why isn't she taking his feelings into account in the least? Like he has stated MULTIPLE times that he does not like nor trust Faye, but Lui is like "well she likes you so she can have you, because I can't take people who don't matter talking about me."
Ma'am, I'm going to need you to at least respect your other friends wishes instead of just going along with whatever Faye says.

Yeah, this isn't the type of slow burn I enjoy the most. Just when things seem to be okay they throw it away and there is very little time spent with the romance side of things. This is more of a "working toward your dreams" kind of show. I realize that a lot of slow burns also have this element, but with only 24 episodes it's more weighted on the work and career side than the relationship building side of things. Which was a bummer.

I kind of want either Do Han or Ah Jeong to have the "Bi/pansexuality is a thing" conversation with Ji Han or anyone else who finds out Do Han has an ex-boyfriend. I know Do Han is a gay man, but for arguments sake and a funny back and forth it's a valid argument.

I kind of want to place bets on whether or not they'll get interrupted or the episode ending before contact. Because that's something that I could see the writers pulling.