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I complain about Sukhee a lot but I was genuinely happy when she reunited with "Tokhee"

But it seems that'll be the only meeting of this family since the good old white truck of death came barreling down the street.

Hongju and Junho's character bios heavily imply that Jangmi is going to be the survivor of this accident. I hope Seorin is in a coma or something. Killing off Seorin right after she meets her mom is insane. Also I like her better than Jangmi. Let her lie in a coma for 40 episodes don't just kill her off 😭

No preview on a Friday episode like this is diabolical

Let me circle back to that when the revenge starts lol

So far it's good. It reminds me of Woman that Swallowed the Sun because there's an interesting parallel between the FLs and their daughters but the scenario here is waaay better written than the one there

Crazy thing is Sehoon did all that for nothing because Taeseok died anyway 😂

Mooyoung is SHAMELESS AF
"I'm not cheating on you I'm doing this for the family!! Now let's get a fake divorce" Like WHAT LMFAOOOO he thinks he can have his cake and eat it too. And not his mom signing off on this "because I couldn't have thought of a better solution" like WHAT

And how funny is it that the Hyebin's "mom" bonded with jeongim over being cheated on when the woman who her husband cheated with was ... Hyebin's mother!

And I'll bet every cent in my bank account that Jeongim is the little girl that Hyebin's step mom met. I've heard this song before lol

Join me!! I'm on episode 18 and this is getting MESSY

Why is it always heart surgery with these dailies? 😭 The Promise, Wife Returns, Mysterious Personal Shopper....

What I also find interesting is Adele Group was formed because Taeho stole money from his (dead) wife and Jeongran got her position by poisoning the wife. so besides the adultery and love triangle angle (both sons like Jinju ) this is making the family from Secret House look like the perfect family 💀

I also like how Adele Group is a jewelry conglomerate! That's not a setting you usually see in dailies

When I tell you that KBS2 is the ONLY entity that can make me look forward to a Monday.... 🤣

So the Parent Trap: Makjang Edition kicks off tomorrow. I was about to write this off when Jangmi couldn't even enter the house but the preview for tomorrow seems like she will figure it out... and went from being too afraid to enter the house to comfortable enough to throw hands with Hwayoung lol

I did find it interesting that Seorin trained Jangmi to act like her but the opposite didn't happen. All Seorin has to do is say "shit" and Taepyung and Taesook will immediately clock it. And tbh I would've rather seen that than the aftermath of Mama Grifter's scamily dinner. Still waiting for this alleged love square with Junho, Baekho, Jangmi and Baby Grifter that teased in the articles leading up to this drama...

I'm joining the rest of y'all in the hoping Seorin doesn't die camp. But she's pretty competent and knows that Hwayoung is going to try to kill Jangmi. Shit, Seorin managed to find the truth without getting clocked by Hwayoung while living under the same roof as her. Seorin is not your average FL. I don't think she'll go down easily...

First of all Youngchae should've left Sehoon in the hospital,

When Jeongwon got the message to meet Taeseok in the parking lot I knew it was a trap so I was relieved when she let Hyera know because he was most likely going to kill her. However I'm sure whatever Jeongwon had planned it would be a bit less risky than vehicular murder-suicide. How funny would it have been if Hyera would've died and Taeseok lived? 🙄

But alas! The preview spoiled us, and the plot armor is putting in work. Taeseok is dead, like actually dead, and Hyera lives! Also it seems like Sehoon (and Youngchae?) is going to be postured as some sort of hero for exposing the financial crimes of Kunhyang? When not even 5 episodes ago he was willing to kill to own the company? okay.

Also how funny is it that Sehoon got the confession from the doctor... off screen 😭 the one time he does something successful we don't get to see it. I would take that over those pointless scenes of Mihyang and Manager Hwang talking lol

The job is to tie up the loose ends in 3 episodes or less and give us a (somewhat) decent ending lol 😭

That first paragraph?!?! lmao it's been a while since we had some good old fashioned toxic chaebol family drama

So Myeonghee had a child with Taeho (making her enemies with Youngran) and Chloe is gonna seduce the son. Not to mention the usual chaebol inheritance drama! There's a lot going on here but I'm standing with Danhee and Chloe 🤣

6 more days!

We're in the home stretch... Lee Dohyeon you have one job with these last 3 episodes ....

I feel like "let's switch for just one day" is going to turn into "Hwayoung kills Seorin thinking that she's Jangmi" and that'll set us up for Jangmi's revenge incarnate era... I'm not seeing it! Jangmi is too soft to get revenge rn. Bokchil dying didn't raise the stakes as much as I thought it would. Seorin and/or Sukhee dying might. Although... The highlight of this episode was watching Seorin and Jangmi hang out with each other.... I really want them both to live to the end, and keep switching places and scheming together. I hope neither of the twins die... they are hands down the most interesting part of the drama rn.

The "wedding" dinner felt waaaaay too long and drawn out. We need to get to the part of the makjang where there's a "planning team" formed so that Hongju can start getting jealous of Jangmi and actually do something of interest. Until then there's only one (1) villain in this drama and that's Chae Hwayoung.

Random thought - I wonder if Hongju's dad will eventually show up. I don't think it was ever mentioned what happened to him lol

As for tomorrow's episode, besides the switch, I feel like Taesook accepting Youngja's settlement money is going to bite the family in the ass and may compromise the investigation. (Since the makjang drama playbook dictates if you're a good character you must reject all settlements no matter how down bad you are 😭) I meant it when I said Taesook is the realest person in that house because she wasn't wrong when she said that the money wouldn't bring her dad back but it will keep the store open. I'm looking forward to seeing the fallout from Youngja buying the Oh family's silence ... you know Baekho won't take this sitting down lol

I feel like she's the center of the entire story in a sense? I feel like she has the strongest narrative of the main characters right now. But maybe that'll change when then revenge starts haha

I agree. The stakes would be higher if Hongju was a cousin of Seorin (and Jangmi)

Right now Samwol and Hongju feel like weak attempts at comedic relief ... there has to be something more than ... whatever their grift is supposed to be because right now I don't care for either lol

My thoughts and this is long because it's 35 episodes worth lol:
-Seorin is definitely my favorite of the twins. She's smarter than she lets on from taking matters into her own hands to questioning why Hwayoung was suddenly softer on Junho. Also I love her "shit!" lol as for her sis I neither like or dislike Jangmi but that'll probably change as the two switch places tomorrow.
-Speaking of, Eunjung is putting in work! Jangmi and Seorin feel like they're played by two different people.
- originally I thought this would be like the promise where the twin switch is triggered by the rich twin dying. (ngl I was holding my breath as Seorin did her investigation) But technology has advanced well enough and Eunjung is a good enough actress that there's a possibility both twins will live to the end? If so, I think this would be a daily drama first.
- I still have beef with Seo Hyunjoo (the writer) and it mostly shows between the "romance" scenes between Baekho and Jangmi. Seo Hyunjoo's dramas always feel so dated when it comes to how the FL and ML bond with each other so I've been using that fast forward button liberally. When it comes to the fluff scenes I honestly feel like I'm watching a drama from 2009 🥴
- this affair storyline with nambong is?!?? I didn't ask for it but I'll never say no to more Jung Chan (even tho nambong is wilding out). I wonder if he's going to simp for Hwayoung so hard that he ends up on the dark side or if he'll repent. Either way he's cooked.
- how about Mr Cold City Man Junho being Hwayoung's son? Admittedly I was getting annoyed by how much he talks back but I got re-interested once Hwayoung called him out for his ambition.... And Junho didn't disagree! I also feel like that scene where he was like "even tho the real son (Baekho) is trying to get dad arrested for murder the parents still listen to him" or something to that effect is foreshadowing...
- side characters... When it comes to Jangmi's family I like Taesook and Bora. Taepyung I'm neutral towards. I still hate Sukhee and it's even more jarring now that Bora is here because Bora acts more mature than Sukhee does. "Fun" drinking game, take a shot every time Sukhee says "Jangmi is pretty" or "Jangmi is my daughter" bet you won't make it past episode 15...!
- bokchil being the first fatality was not surprising considering how he didn't read the makjang drama playbook and tried to let Hwayoung know he knows what's going on. I hope Sukhee is next but she probably won't be... But RIP bokchil I actually liked him lol
- Ma household: I thought I would like Hongju because I USUALLY like the villainous female characters but I don't like her and I REALLY don't like Samwol. I feel like Hongju will become more interesting whenever she realizes Baekho likes Jangmi. Samwol is a joke and I fast forward through her scenes (that clownish music that plays is a dead give away). You're a mother in law without getting married? Don't make me laugh.
- side note but I also find it interesting that the maid keeps showing up with bruises on her face (it's implied that she faces domestic violence) and the Ma family is either critical or apathetic. I feel like Jangmi (pretending to be Seorin) will raise a red flag when she sees it and expresses concern (and maybe she can link her up with Baekho so she can stop getting beaten). That's the only reason why I can think of as to why they keep showing her
- Hwayoung. I feel like this is is her show and she is the main character. I'm not complaining tho because I'm tagging along for the ride. Especially now that her goal has now shifted to acquiring Dream Group for Junho. Oh any scene where she comes for Samwol adds a year to my lifespan. Her reactions to Samwol are literally the same as mine when I can't get to the remote in time 😂. Also it's funny how she positioned herself as a benefactor to the Oh family but no one has thought to question it!
- I like Baekho for sticking to his principles and for questioning the investigation (probably because he feels more like a detective than a lawyer). I think I might end up liking him more than Junho lol. I also find it funny that Yoon Sunwoo has now played the ML to two ex-2nd gen idols - Oh Seungah (the third marriage) and now Eunjung.

My verdict after watching 35 episodes over the past week:
Basically it's a slow burn of slow burns (as expected from Seo Hyunjoo, it takes a while for her dramas to start) but things are slowly starting to pick up. I have to say that I'm liking this way better than the last two dramas that were in this time slot - by episode 50 I had dropped that TWTSTS and I didn't make it past episode 18 of Desperate Ms Seonju. At least with this one I'm looking forward to the next episode.... so an improvement.

Will this be the first MBC daily I finish live instead of abandoning it? 🤔 Its looking like it....

I see I decided to catch up on this at the perfect time because the preview for tomorrow's episode is exciting ...!

I was using asiaflix but that started acting weird so I had to look for a new site... I miss the days when you had lots of sites to choose from and not this needle in a haystack shit 😭


https://dramacool.lat/drama/wife-returns?ep=8

I'm SO looking forward to seeing Junhyuk and Hyewon lose everything

Oh yeah romance can make or break a daily hopefully this doesn't "break" it...

The new teaser looks so good and I've noticed that the name on the urn was Kim Danhee. Myeonghee being the mistress makes this way more interesting to me because originally I thought she was a whistleblower.

Not to mention the teaser quality is giving weekend drama. I'm loving how this and A Graceful Liar are getting a little experimental with their cinematography

Idk who is behind this daily drama Renaissance over at KBS but I hope they work at KBS for a long time 😂

They get a somewhat happy ending but it means they have to leave Korea? Like maybe Sehoon decides to move abroad because outside of SK no one will give a shit that he's not actually the son of Kunhyang and it'll allow Youngchae to get away from Nansook