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I have to disagree about him faking affection. Up to episodes 5 and 6, the person who kept saying he'll be happy with the death of his wife was his best friend. Not Hyun Woo. Hyun Woo would just mumble, "yeah, you're right, I did say that", and change the subject over and over. This happened multiple times.

And what didn't make it a red flag is how he didn't act on it. Had he stopped her from getting treatment, yes, 100% he wants her to die. But that wasn't what happened. Did he rejoice at the thought of her death initially? Yes. But then, did he go out of his way to make sure she got the treatment she wanted? Also yes. Did he hinder her treatment plan? Not at all.

To me, I believe their marriage didn't fail because of miscommunication, but lack of communication from both their end in addition to her toxic family.

I understand why people are harsh on her, and I don't believe it has anything to do with her sex. I believe people are harsh on her because she didn't protect her husband from her family. In this day and age, you have to stick up for your spouse and go no contact with your family if they are toxic towards you and your spouse. She let him become their slave. She clearly trusts him. She thinks of the two of them as partners (why else would he be the only person she tells about her health?), but doesn't protect him from her family when she can. If you switch up the genders, the person who married into the family would still be more of a victim.

She's a victim of her toxic family, and he married into that toxic family and was treated like a second class citizen. If you noticed, her brother stood up for his wife, but she never stood up for Hyun Woo.

I'm asking this out of curiosity but... What are Hyun Woo's red flags? He was joyful over hearing about his wife's potential death because he gets to leave his miserable life with minimal damage and he no longer has to be the slave of "The family". But based on the episodes, he clearly wants her to survive and he keeps trying to convince himself that he hates her. - It's like when you hate your job and you hope you don't have to go to work. If they tell you the building is on fire, you're happy for a second before you hope no one got hurt and you start thinking about what the loss actually means.

From what I gathered, they both handled the grief differently. He wanted to grieve, she didn't. She wanted to forget and erase all signs of the child, he didn't. They are both incompatible on how they deal with issues. She wants him to reach out without saying that's what she needs, and he waits for her permission, because he's unsure if she wants help.

So, I'm curious... What did he do wrong? What were his red flags?

I... don't think you understand the impact a horrible, intrusive family has on any marriage. In real life most marriages fail because of a horrible mother-in-law. Either a mother who mistreats her daughter and makes her unhappy or a mother who treats her son like a golden child who can do no wrong. Statistically, marriages rarely survive when the couple lives with either one.

She's a happier person without her family. He's a happier person without her family. And the show hasn't shied away from showing how much they love each other.

The fact that they live with her family is the biggest problem in their marriage.

It's the in-laws. She changes when she's with them. She becomes cold hearted and calculating because that's how she survives in that family. And he is treated like a servant by them because of his social status. - Considering how most marriages fail because of meddling in-laws, this is not surprising.

None. This is not like Doctor Romantic. There are no interesting surgery cases. 99% of the drama happens outside an OR.

I was wondering the same thing... Korea is probably hitting their Hollywood smoking era via soju in kdramas.

Yes!!! That was a lot of booze in that drama too.

LOL. Accurate. The booze is plenty in this show.

I think they are all aspiring alcoholics. LMAO.

Ahhh. That makes sense.

Wow. The soju worship and consumption in this drama is unreal. Happy? Soju. Sad? Soju. Want to say thank you to someone? Soju.

All the characters have professed that they prefer soju over everything else.

And... I think it's obvious. This show should have ended at 12 episodes, without the white truck of doom. We're going into Telenovela territory now.

Honestly, this is well written, which is more than I can say for so many rom-coms the past few years. The dynamics are interesting, the dialogue is great, and the comedy comes at unexpected moments. The best part... It doesn't feel forced like so many other rom-coms.

I like this one. I'm excited to see the next few episodes.

I appreciate the drama outright saying that getting cancer is an allegory for getting married to a selfish, cheating, man-child, only to sit back and take the abuse.

Only two episodes are out, so it's too early for me to judge this drama... But the directing style is unique and fun!

I don't think you perceived her wrong at all. She was super whiny and childish, throwing temper tantrums like a 12 year old. Half the time I wondered whether the ML has a kink where he wants to look after her, because they didn't act like they were partners.

Writer: How many times can you show the same scene over and over so I only need to write enough content for 10 episodes?

Director: YES!!!

I think it has a lot to do with the standard in which we hold each genre.

Eg:- Slice of life has to feel like a warm hug, or it fails; comedies HAVE to be funny or it fails;

Thriller/mystery have to be intelligent with a well-written cat and mouse story, and as for rom-coms... tbh, rom-coms have the lowest standard imaginable out of all the dramas. A lot of viewers who watch rom-coms only care about the chemistry between the couple and really don't care about consistent writing. Mystery/thrillers on the other hand, have a higher standard. People want intelligent characters and a smart storyline that fits perfectly and makes sense. But in a rom-com, someone falling to death and declared dead by the police even though there's no body makes perfect sense. LOL.

This was a conflicting watch for me. Some moments I really enjoyed, but for the majority of it, I was bored. If I had a cliché bingo card, I would have hit BINGO 5 times over for how hard the writer tried to hit every trope imaginable, even though the story didn't need it (Eg:- useless love triangle, fake break up, fake death trope etc.)

What I liked: The characterisations for secondary characters were some of the strongest character studies I've seen for a fantasy rom-com kdrama in a while. The villain was honestly a strong villain. (even though I feel like they underutilized him in the end) And the cinematography was honestly too pretty for words.

I see this drama more like a drama of wasted potential. It could have been amazing with fewer episodes, a better written script and more of a push pull between Do Hee and the villain. And of course, not every drama needs a break up when they will get back together 5 mins later. Seriously, this trope makes me drop one point every time when I rate a show.

Slow start. For a while, I only watched it to see the downfall of the assistant. Then the show started to feel warm and fuzzy, which is how I love my slice of life dramas.

My only criticism is that the useless love triangle was not needed. They should have just kept him like a brother tbh. What was even the point of that storyline???

This drama is underrated. Great characters, great acting and the chemistry between the entire cast is amazing.