ShortCircuit

I don't know who did the hairstyling and why they chose to do it like that, but his hair looks like a turnip head and I can't even get in the first ep because of that. He's a good-looking guy, what is the new trend, have them look like they're the OG gardener or something? sigh

I'll be honest, this is quite a letdown. We're 60% in, almost nothing is moving in the BL section, while the hetero romance takes most of the screen time. I thought things were going in the right direction with ep5 but they just reverted to the very little BL and way too much het of the previous eps.

I feel bait-and-switched with every set of weekly eps. We're a good bit past the halfway point, I don't think this will have a satisfactory conclusion even if they end up together. With this pace it ends with a half-hearted confession or cheek kiss and that's it. I guess if I need to see what the story is all about I should actually only be reading the manhwa.

...No?

... No. They planned to meet Chairman Cha at SDJ's house, at Chairman Cha's request. But instead of Chairman Cha, the killer came. I mean, it's not that complicated, seriously.

LOL, okay, let's try again. It's not the relationship that is fake. Yeom told Cha that the REVEAL is fake and that they did not just realised they were father and son, but had always known (or for a very long time, anyway), so that HID marrying DeokHui and then later SDJ coming to work for Chairman Cha was all part of a grand plan of theirs.

Sorry, I can't simplify it even more. I hope this is clear enough for you now.

Yeom told Chairman Cha that SDJ is HID's son. Then he added that the reveal of the relationship is fake, that they both planned to enter DaeSan and steal if from the Cha family from the very beginning, that if SDJ gets a foot inside the conglomerate, he and HID will never allow SeonWoo to get the power.

So Chairman Cha and Yeom had a nice little side talk, then when SDJ came to tell Chairman Cha of the fact he just learned HID was his father, Chairman Cha decided to "hear him out" and set up a meeting between the three of them at SDJ's house. There they went unsuspecting and waited for him, while the killer was closing in. They trusted him to play fair and at least listen to them before making any decisions, so that they both drank (and that seriously impaired any meager fighting skills they might have had.) BOTH were supposed to die that night, if HID didn't take a very high risk and died for it.

The main thing though is - Chairman Cha IMMEDIATELY made the decision. He never intended to listen to their side of the story, he and Yeom sent the killer to the place where the victims were waiting.

Again, that's not rational. Not for who these two people are (especially HID, his son-in-law). I first thought it was because the dementia made him unreasonable so it was mostly an impulse, but all the days AFTER he was highly functioning, almost as if he never had the dementia at all. The killing made him more aware, eugh.

He and Yeom agreed and baited both SDJ and HID to wait for Chairman Cha and be killed. Because at that time they both still trusted him.

Even if he didn't ever care for SDJ and considered him an outsider, HID was his son-in-law and the father of his grandson. Both had been by his side for very long years. And yet, he immediately plans HID's death - no shred of remorse - just because Yeom tells him there's some conspiracy between HID and SDJ.

That is not rational. He has dementia, but that's not an excuse. The killing decision is so sudden and out of the blue, it might be his actual true mindset and not just a stress response.

Until he's boss and they come to him for everyday's money.

... I am pretty certain he'll get on top of things. But as in the preview - at what price?

Nah, I think the succession goes exactly as you said, and he becomes chairman of DaeSan Energy but when the time to pick a family heir comes, he picks himself. (He has friends in the board, the family doesn't have a reasonable heir, and he DOES have 2 trillion to back up his ambition.)

There's no other of his own motivations remaining - he said he was going to plan to become Chairman of the whole DaeSan group but was aware that was a pipe dream and thought to aim high in order to settle for some branch of it, at most. And then he planned to marry YEN and they'd be living HEA.

But now Chairman Cha betrayed him, there's nobody on his side, he lost YEN (I really don't see them coming back together, though this is makjang it may yet happen...) He's about to kill Yeom to get his chairman position. Once he sells his soul for that, there won't be any going back. He'll just get there, get the position... and keep it.

And in the background, the family tears itself apart - and I don't even care. Good riddance!

He's a good father in Officer Black Belt, but he doesn't have a lot of scenes. Also very good acting there.

ETA Wait, I meant the actor who plays HID, LOL - Lee HaeYoung. Sorry, my bad.

Sadly, all things point to a sad ending (not expecting death or anything, but general unhappiness.)

I think they're going with every son follows the father's road. Chairman Cha turned into a crazy killer (even if he doesn't do it himself), why shouldn't SeonWoo?

And we have HID and the ending of ep 15. We'll see what happens to SDJ in the end...

All the power, none of the responsibility.

I 100% see his POV. That's the best position - you get to plan and make decisions, but someone else bothers with the paperwork and cleanup. Perfection.

OMG the cheek of Chairman Cha! So he MADE the killing happen and allowed/planned it with Yeom, but now he's going to sell him off to get brownie points with SDJ in order to have him help SeonWoo.

And THEN he says - "I was being carried by my son, not my grandson. There's a difference between the back of a Cha son and the back of a Heo son. Like day and night" - YOU IDIOT SDJ is right HERE and he IS also a Heo son (even if illegitimate). Like, how callous can you freaking be?! Idiot. I hope SeonWoo does serious damage to that house - he likes playing with fire, let's see him do it. I double-dare him. Burn the house down, SeonWoo, you can do it!!!!

Oh and poor sad wet-shoes YEN coming on to say "oooh you shouldn't have apologised to me, when your father killed your mother AND my father". SDJ's dead eyes told us where that little sad bit of romance is heading. He checked out already.

Which leads me to... OMG he's doing it. He's in process of making his first actual kill. Maybe he only planned it just in case the prosecution sent YJS home... but to kidnap, drug and hide him away dead or alive for at least one month... That's not the SDJ we've known. But he would be a son stepping in his father's footsteps. I think he's already lost all hope and is now moving by inertia...

I really really wish someone comes and slaps him awake until it's too late for him to be saved.

Ohsh!t our hero is no more. Truly the son of his father *sad tears*

When YJS got in that car, I knew what was going to happen. I expected him to be booted off the highway at a certain point with relevance to the backstory. We'll see if it happens in the end.

I still think SeonWoo is basically a bad guy (his reactions to his father are pretty indifferent. Also to his mother. Is he playing a double game?...)

I can't see how this ends. This ep was very slow right up until the end, and SDJ's face is already emotionless, you can't tell what he's planning any more... I hope the ending will give it justice.

Promotions starting pretty early. Does it drop all eps at the same time and that's why they're trying to build some hype? (I don't care, I'll be watching it anyway, even weekly and no promo LOL.)

Okay what's their scandal? We've already learned the pattern, LOL.

I think they're establishing that HeeSu is not only oblivious to love interests but also a little bit unaware of present situations, generally - like pouring the water back the drain that had just flooded, OMG I was second-hand embarassed for him :D

But then, it lead to (almost) play-skinship, I'll allow it. As long as he eventually gets a lightbulb moment.

I still think SeungWon gave him the juice, we've seen this ep he's recording each and every one of HeeSu's likes and acting on them :D I can see him watch HeeSu drink the juice and making sure the juice is always available :D

OMG LOL. *hanging head in shame*

In my defense... I already forgot about the carrot juice. And it COULD be taken that way. *flailing around to find more excuses* hahaha~ *sweatdrop*

Better than the previous two, less (not zero) of the hetrom, but they're in a misunderstanding phase, a lot more of HeeSu being oblivious and SeungWon being voluntold to get closer to his crush. Also, forced cohabitation (or not so forced).

It's way better. Let's see if they keep it up.