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Why is this a scandal for Han So Hee? She's not responsible for her mother's behavior and there's no evidence she had anything to do with anyone else's breakup. This is absurd, mean spirited gossip.

Queer-baiting downer.

Lol! Thanks for the laugh! That's a whole lot of projection going on there!

Wacky comment from a viewer who couldn't make it clearer that they're thriving watching what pleases them.

I deeply, deeply appreciate those who take the time to subtitle The Loyal Pin so it can be enjoyed internationally. Before the release of TLP, I read a lot about the mid 20th century style of Thai language that was used in the script to make the dialogue more historically accurate. I was looking forward to seeing how that would translate to English, so I'm disappointed that the English translation doesn't reflect the historical language of the time period. It's like I was anticipating Cherry Garcia and got store brand vanilla. I like vanilla, but I really wanted more flavor.

Generally, I would agree with you about the overuse of jealousy scenes in GL, but I'm okay with it in TLP. Pin is essentially an outsider to the royal family; has little to no control over her own life; is left at home while Anil travels overseas; of lower social status, not quite a servant, but still in service to the family; and has to watch from the sidelines while higher status women compete for her lover's attention. In these circumstances, Pin would be a saint if she wasn't jealous.

I think a 16 episode series could easily become 12 if Idol Factory got rid of the long, long, long stares the characters give each other. It's a flaw in all their dramas.

There was a lot to pack in. The Loyal Pin was two volumes in book form. Even so, they've dropped a lot of detail that was in the books.

I keep reading "explicit" and "porn" without examples of what puts this drama over the line. Given how conservative kdrama generally is, what are we talking here - open mouth kiss? An inch of cleavage? Two people on a bed together less than fully dressed from head to toe? Nudity below the clavicle?

The outrage machine seems to be at full throttle, but does anyone who is caught up in that really know why? If so, please share with the class.

Finished the series... and it's aggravating that the only two people who completely got away with, in fact got rewarded for, their habitual criminal behavior were a corrupt civil prosecutor and a corrupt military prosecutor.

If you missed this part, "ML treated a victim of an horrific rape with utter contempt and tried to stomp on her for money without even a moment's hesitation", then we are indeed not watching the same series. The scenes depicting the rape and its aftermath were explicit and clear. If you blew it off, that's your prerogative, but it's lame to pretend it didn't happen just because you're okay with it.

Through 14 episodes I've been thinking that the most fair resolution of this drama is that Doh Bae Man ends up being arrested and prosecuted as a willing and enthusiastic actor in the endemic corruption that he only begins to resist in the later episodes. I'm afraid the script is headed toward making him a hero instead of the amoral opportunist he really is.

Yes, it's great that DBM realizes what a class A ass he's been all along, but that shouldn't bring complete absolution and total immunity for the character's past actions. People were grievously harmed by him and at least one person died directly as a result of his callous, greedy behavior. DBM should experience real consequences for that, but I get it that doing the right thing might totally screw up the feel good HEA vibe of popular drama.

I admit I'm speculating about Doh Bae Man ending up a script hero instead of the villain he actually is, despite his change of heart. I'm just beginning episode 15, so it's possible he gets a just comeuppance, but I'm not betting on it.

Always amusing when someone throws up their hands in faux innocence, "hey, it's just fiction," like the direction of that fiction couldn't possibly be a choice that reflects the values of the producer, director, and writer. In this case, it's also a choice that reflects the values of its apologists.

A valid defense would have been that this is a plot device to show the depths of how immoral and avaricious Doh Bae Man is at the outset, that it creates a stark contrast to his growth and awakening throughout the course of the drama.

Apparently, it also serves to show that some viewers are on the moral level of the pre-awareness Doberman.

Lucky me, I got to watch all seasons back to back - one of the benefits of being a janie-come-lately to kdrama is there's so much available to binge. I was a little disappointed at first with the cast changes from the first 18 eps, but ending up liking Lee Joon Gi for a mature Eun Seom | Sa Ya. Shin Sae Kyeong did an excellent job with the character of TanYa. My personal preference would have been for Kim Ji Won to continue in the role because I've seen her in so many roles where she nails strength and vulnerability - she's able to make me both want to hug her characters and hide from them.

And ... speaking of the hug/hide dichotomy, I don't think I've ever seen anyone achieve that better than Kim Ok Bin as Tae Al Ha. As bone deep evil as the character was, my heart broke when she said to Ta Gon, "That was my most sincere desperation [eng subtitle]." I could see every word vibrating anguish in her character.

Maybe because in one of the earlier episodes she walked up on him kissing someone else.

Some type of serious illness was foreshadowed from the beginning. It makes sense that something traumatic occurred that led to Seok Ryu taking a 1 yr leave from her job and eventually moving back to Korea to be closer to her family.

It also explains why Seok Ryu, despite acknowledging her feelings for Seung Hyo, hesitated to tell him how she feels, perhaps believing it would be unfair to saddle him with a girlfriend with a potential cancer time bomb.

Without the cancer (or something else that threatens their developing relationship), there is no external agent to introduce tension and the story would go flat.

Wasn't there a pool party scene a few episodes ago where Seok Ryu walked up on fiance kissing another woman? Possibly Hyeon-Jun began bailing on Seok Ryu because he couldn't handle her illness, but now he's changed his mind.

Isn't it stage 4 that's terminal?

I really enjoyed Jung So Min's acting in Alchemy of Souls and This is My First Life. I'm watching Love Next Door now. Random thought: I got distracted when I saw her in shorts from behind: JSM is in serious need of custom orthotics to fix the overpronation that has her ankles and knees out of alignment. See, told you it was random.

Kind of a random thought, but Jung So Min is in serious need of custom orthotics to fix the overpronation that has her ankles and knees out of alignment. See, told you it was random.