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Yes, Jin Yoori has a happy ending with YMK (Ryu Soo Young). They start officially dating in the final five or ten episodes. There's no break up or anything like that. She chases him first but once he starts liking her he falls hard

ML got moved to a different team and gave FL his handover notes so she could assign the case to someone else (his new team doesn't handle cases of that nature). He probably hasn't realized that the case stopped with him

She thinks he's there for art class. It was mentioned earlier in the episode when they're in the hotel room. And she even tells him that she doesn't mind him taking the class when they're waiting in front of the elevator together

Same director as Sh**ting Stars! No wonder it's so fun

I think they are all well suited to their roles. Kim Jae Wook is a good fit as the mature CEO, while Gong Myung works really well as the more junior employee (when compared to FL and the CEO). ML is the ace of the audit department prior to the FL's arrival, so it wouldn't make sense for him to be stuck in a junior role if he was the same age/older than her.

I get the feeling that she's playing chess while everyone else plays checkers. Like she might do shady things now, but it's setting up for a bigger catch down the line

I saw it more about preventing inappropriate behavior in the workplace (meeting room, parking lot) and preventing power imbalances (executive with low ranking employee), both of which will get you fired in lots of countries lol

Thanks!

Does the show spend more time showing the past life or the present, or is it about the same amount?

That's what I assumed. His mom was probably sitting in the back seat instead of riding shotgun in the car because he was back there. Also one of the people at the funeral made a comment about him being the only survivor while both his parents died in the crash

They call each other partners and they've very protective of each other. There are a couple of hugs, they hold hands once... but those things usually happen during very intense scenes

Binged it in 3 days. Solid drama. But RIP to anyone who was watching it while it aired because the suspense probably killed you

She knows how to pick a project

I assumed early to mid 20s since in the childhood scenes (15 years ago) she looks to be between 5-10.

I liked the versions of the main characters from seven years ago. They seemed more like real people (grounded, quiet in their struggles, etc). But then there's the time skip and they've become these obnoxious versions of themselves. I know there's going to be character development and they're going to become more grounded people as the plot progresses. It will take time but they'll get back some of the traits they lost from 7 years ago. But I hope the obnoxiousness gets toned down sooner rather than later.

Can you recommend other dramas where the ML lets himself be manipulated? I'm highly interested

Drags until the end. These are some of the clingiest second leads in history who feel entitled to the main leads for no other reason than the fact that they've known each other forever. Like, each of the second leads got turned down MULTIPLE times and were like "I'll pretend I didn't hear that" or "Stop I don't want to hear the rest."

There's one specific catholic church that is heavily featured in the show. The priest there has an underground network that helps refugees from North Korea defect to the South. The ML lives/works at this church when he first meets the FL. She's there for an event. The church is the setting for a lot of dramatic scenes throughout the show and also serves as a sanctuary when characters are on the run. Aside from that, there are two necklaces/pendants with catholic symbols that often come up. But they are only important because of the people the FL associates with them. One is a gift from her late husband and the other is a gift from the ML. You see her wear the gift from her late husband when he dies, then wear both pendants for a while, and then only wear the ML's pendant etc. The pendant shows the progression of her feelings essentially

The tone was all over the place. One second it was dark/serious and the next humorous and the next romantic etc etc.

I liked the first two episodes too, mostly because the focus was entirely on the main characters. Too many characters get introduced as the story progresses