Michelle Topham

Very good. Recommend it as it's a more realistic romance drama, IMO, than a lot of what we get out of S. Korea. Love the main leads too.

Absolutely true. Sometimes I find myself rewinding two or three times to figure out what's going on, as I don't know much about Korean politics and worry something I missed might be necessary for the plot, but the scenarios in this are very well explained by the writer.

Wow, could you be more vile.

Thanks for the explanation. Had heard it several times too, but didn't know where it came from. Much appreciated :)

Me too! And it's crazy because all these companies complain about the pirate sites while doing everything they can to force consumers to pirate sites :)

Like you, I pay for Viki (then use VPN most of the time, as about 30% of the dramas I want to watch aren't available in Austria), and Netflix (still annoying, like you said, as dramas sometimes arrive later in Austria although we DO have The Atypical Family).

I also stopped paying for Crunchyroll as 40% of the anime I want to watch isn't available in Austria, AND they recently announced they will be using AI for subs. That means, they'll be firing actual human translators who spent years studying so they could translate correctly, for AI translation that is incorrect 50% of the time. At this point, Crunchyroll is the last company I would ever pay for. They've also just increased their prices -- massively, in some parts of the world -- yet still offer sub-standard service.

I also pay for HIDIVE when I'm in the U.S. (it's no longer available in Europe), watch anime on Netflix and pirate the rest. (And yep, Disney is the last company I would pay for -- they're abysmal with anime/Kdramas, to the point that they buy the exclusive license, it's never available to half the world, they don't promote it, and the anime/K-drama just goes there to die).

And btw, as an American living overseas, it pisses me off when other Americans complain about people "stealing money from anime/K-drama companies by pirating".

IF THE BLOODY ANIME/KDRAMA WAS AVAILABLE IN EUROPE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PIRATE IN THE FIRST PLACE :)

Rant over :)

He's another idol, which is why all his shows get rated high because of obsessive fans who will rate anything he's in high as long as he doesn't fall over. I've heard he's brilliant in The King's Affection though, and he wasn't bad in She Will Never Know, but I didn't particularly care for him in Destined with You either.

With a different actor, I probably would have stuck with it, but with both Rowoon and Jo Bo Ah, it was a definite No for me. :)

Anyway, not going to continue ragging on Jo Bo Ah -- she and her dramas are just not for me (disappointed she's in Hong Rang tho, as that's a definite watch for me with both Lee Jae Wook and Kim Jae Wook. Will just have to fast-forward thru her scenes :)

Do hope Kim Shi Eun gets the female lead in this though, as what I've seen of her so far, she has superb acting skills.

Why is every opinion that is opposite to what snowflakes believe now "hate". Grow up.

It will make it an easy Not Watch if Jo Bo Ah ends up starring in it. She is the only Korean actress I cannot stand (terrible acting skills, the weak link in everything she stars in), and the only reason I dropped Destined with You, as I couldn't watch another 8 episodes of her awful acting.

But they're still released at different times. I'm in Austria and, much of the time, what's available in the U.S. isn't available here, or available weeks later. It's the same on streaming services like Crunchyroll for anime (we only get about 60% of what the U.S. gets, the rest we never get), on Viki (far less than in the U.S. - ), and even on Netflix.
All these streaming services pay for licenses in different areas, and sometimes they don't bother paying for them for smaller countries. Even here in Europe. It's annoying, but the pirate websites definitely make their money :)
And what's even more annoying, btw, is a lot of the time we pay the same/similar subscription fee, but only get access to 60 percent or less of what an American would get access to.

Even in America apparently (I'm American but don't live there right now), they release dramas slower than in other places. Asia gets some of them faster, while American audiences sometimes have to wait a month. None of the way they do it makes any sense, and don't get me started on how terrible they are at promoting them. Worse than Netflix, and that's saying something :)

I'm about to lobby every Korean production company to stay away from Disney. :) They license dramas and then they're only available to 10 percent of the planet. I end up watching most Disney K-dramas on bootleg sites, as they're just not available in Europe. Or, if they are, they premiere weeks later.
I use this site, by the way -- https://myasiantv.ac/ -- have done for a long time, but there are plenty of others.

That's how law enforcement works. Teams.

No. So far it's way better than Frankly Speaking. I dropped that after Episode 1.

These twits almost always go after the woman/the actress too, and ignore the man/actor.
While thinking of themselves as "feminists", on drama after drama they're screeching about how the woman isn't "acceptable" or doesn't play into their incredibly narrow values. Values, IMO, the vast majority of the planet does not agree with. It's just so tiresome.

Me too.
The ones leaving negative comments though seem to be predominantly the "permanently offended". -- "teacher/student relationships offend me", "supporting Joseon values offends me", "being a feminine woman who likes men offends me", "an age gap offends me".
Honestly, I'm so tired of the permanently woke and permanently offended attempting to destroy everything THEY disagree with. It's bloody annoying, and they must be so incredibly unlikeable in real life.
And yep, the show is hilarious, and incredibly fun light entertainment.

Do give it a try. I'm not usually into the over-the-top Korean humor at all, but this is hilarious. It's all done in a very tongue-in-the-cheek way and, so far, is just cute and sweet. I was just in the mood for something that's simply brilliant light entertainment, and episode 1 delivered in spades for me.
I like the sub plot too about the stealing of Korean historical treasures, as it's a massive problem in South Korea (and all over Asia, for that).

I'm not always into this type of humor, but absolutely loving this so far. Incredibly funny.

Hahahaha, I was sold 1.51 seconds in when the waitress says "Miss, please take the aggressive confession somewhere else". Died. This is hilarious :)

It's insane in Korea. I knew Korean parents living in Thailand who were thankful their kids were going to school in Bangkok, as there is nowhere near the pressure to "excel". They always said they felt their kids grew up happier, more emotionally healthy people, who put more emphasis on enjoying their lives with family and friends, while studying with reasonable effort, rather than the 15 hour days of education so many Korean kids have to endure.

I mean, it's amazing that Korea has basically gone from a dirt poor country in the 1950s to one of the world's wealthiest in just 70 years, which is incredibly admirable, but at what cost? One of the world's highest suicide rates, and with so many people where work is their life.

Kinda sad really.

Yawn. It's the same with every drama where there's more than a year between the actors or the characters. Boring, dull people.