Youngchae FINALLY gets exposed but it feels slightly underwhelming. But then again, I was absolutely spoiled by the exposé from Queen's House (one of the best ever lmao)
Tomorrow the fall out will be interesting. Youngchae will have a mental breakdown, Sehoon will still bore me and we're still going in circles about how the characters are going to take down Jin Taeseok...
I wonder if tomorrow's episode will end with a CRAZY cliffhanger for us to feast off of during the Olympic break ...
eta: there is no Olympic break but I still hope something crazy happens lol
To follow up on my fashion observation today, Why does YC get the best outfits that fit her perfectly. I see this…
Imo the 2FLs/villainous female characters always seem to get the better outfits than the FLs/good female characters. I want Youngchae's black dress so bad lol
The scene where Chairman Han holds Eundong's hand after he learns that she's Manjong's daughter was really well done. They were just sitting in silence but that it's probably one of the most powerful scenes of a daily
"don't make me hurt a child that doesn't know who his parents are" is probably one of the most chilling threats I've seen in a daily lol if Hyewon is human trash Junhyuk is Trashzilla.
Eundong exposing him to the chairman with the recording was everything 😭 I had to watch it twice
This drama kind of reminds me of Secret House tone wise, it's dark and I'm enjoying it lol
They just dropped the first teaser on YouTube and I'm EXCITED! This looks like it's gonna be AMAZING!!!https://youtu.be/EZBZFrxQF94?si=Svoq5J1uUv8WVBqU
Looks like KBS2 is about to drop another banger 🤞🏾
"shut up and get out" honestly me whenever Sehoon does ANYTHING
Hmmm... Don't really have much to say about the recent episode. I think I'll take a break next week and watch all the episodes on Saturday... maybe by then something exciting will happen
The fact that there's not ONE but TWO toxic chaebol families makes the drama interesting but like you said, way too many characters! I had to actually draw out a relationship chart for this one!
As for why I hate Hyewon? I guess it's because I work in healthcare so I'm extremely biased but Hyewon(and Junhyuk) "playing God" by messing with the surgery priority list is a huge ethics violation. That was part of the reason but the bigger sin was her (illegally) strong arming a MINOR into donating her father's organs.... The robotic way was Hyewon was speaking to Eundong in that scene was borderline sociopathic and it didn't help that it was juxtaposed against Eundong being emotional
Not to mention her blowing off the check up with the chairman (and him subsequently having a heart attack) gotta love patient neglect! Myeonghee ripping her to shreds afterwards was what inspired my original comment.
Hyewon comes off as someone who became a doctor just for the money / status and not because she wants to help people (perfect villain imo). At minimum this drama better end with Hyewon losing her medical license.
Junhyuk is despicable as well lol he matches Hyewon more than Taein ever could. He is the puppet master of this whole thing...
One of the most evil chaebol families I have EVER seen in a daily drama... like, wow.
I will probably be getting snowed in on Sunday so I'm 100% going to use that to watch some episodes.
You say it gets hella messy? 👀Here I was thinking the way Taehee's birth secret was messily entertaining but you mean to tell me it gets even more makjang?? I'm strapping in
Yup, today's episode was pretty much filler. What was Young-chae blackmailing Se-mi with? I'm not sure nor do…
Oh yeah they call it "hell joseon" for a reason lol
A real life case would be Jung Yoora. She was the daughter of Choi Sunshil who more or less was a shaman who influenced state affairs due to her friendship with the then president of SK (Park Geunhye) The whole scandal is a lot and you might already know about it, BUT I'm pretty convinced that Youngchae was partially inspired by her:
More random observations: - Taehyung is such a mamas boy lmao. I really do like how one of the main themes of this show is mothers and sons but his relationship with Sookjin is twisted (and I love watching it) - Jihwan is literally the only person who is in Taehee's corner so I get the obsession. -Taehyung is wild trying to slap Taehee like she was right when she said Sookjin would've gotten exposed anyway - speaking of which, that was one of the best makjang DNA test reveals I've ever seen. Grandpa pulling out the real results after just letting Sookjin talk her shit? Iconic - sorry to say but Kyungsun/Jihwans mom is starting to annoy me. I'm on episode 75 so I have 49 episodes left of this. Highkey hoping either Sookjin clips her or something because I'd rather not hear her squeal about Chanwoo for the rest of the drama 💀 - the scene where Taehyung runs after Minyoung's lookalike was shot pretty well you can definitely tell he's shook up lol - Seo Hajoon and Lee Seungyeon have excellent "cat and mouse" chemistry with each other. I love seeing them go at it lol - this must be Korean hierarchy at work but it's crazy how Kwangmi can say/do shady things but no one says anything to her. (Housekeepers usually stay in the shadows when it comes to chaebol households) Like Sol is pretty smart and she's talked back to adults before, I'm surprised she didn't question Kwangmi taking obvious pictures of Kyungsun lol, or when Kwangmi said OUT LOUD, "I need to send these!" - I don't believe for a second that Sookjin is out the house for good. - I feel like I'm going to like Annie Brown a lot lol. I can't wait to see how she "helps" Jihwan - SPEAKING OF SOL... she just may be my least favorite child character of all time. She talks back WAY too much and it comes off as disrespectful. Her turning down Taehee comes off as bratty. Yeah I said it, I think Sol is a brat (and I don't use that term lightly). Juhong is wild for trying to turn Taehee buying a phone for her into a "you're buying her affection" thing. No, this is a "Sol is being difficult" thing. Taehee *has* tried to talk to Sol before but Sol completely shut her down. That's kdrama weirdness I guess - in real life Sol would have to adapt to Taehee not the other way around... watching Sol get away with this behavior and the story trying gaslight me into thinking she's justified is crazy work. (Can you tell I feel strongly about this? 😭) - yeah Kyungsun needs to be taken out lol, since when was having dementia a free pass to go through someone's stuff? I get Sookjin's anger especially since Kyungsun's rummaging though her stuff, GOING THROUGH HER SAFE, wearing her clothes, etc. But wait, if makjangs taught me anything it's that the best way to handle dementia patients is to let the patient do whatever they want and then be shocked and surprised when they end up in some shit 🙄 the wild thing is in this drama they actually hired a caregiver but she doesn't seem to be doing her job. Ironically, during the phone debacle, Taehee buying the phone for Kyungsun is something I'm surprised that Juhong didn't do/suggest (since she is a doctor and went to med school). I wonder if Juhong would also consider Taehee getting Kyungsun the phone as her trying to buy her affection, instead of like, you know, keeping her safe. (Its giving queens house where Yookyung would just allow Jayoung to roam free despite being a doctor who should know how dangerous it is to let a dementia patient wander around town... alone!) - Not Lee Dong Cheol being played by JUNG CHAN...?! suddenly I'm interested in this storyline -I also realize I can't stand it when Juhong gets self-righteous like it's hands down the most annoying part of her personality... But it doesn't help that I'm a Taehee shooter 😜
Tomorrow the fall out will be interesting. Youngchae will have a mental breakdown, Sehoon will still bore me and we're still going in circles about how the characters are going to take down Jin Taeseok...
I wonder if tomorrow's episode will end with a CRAZY cliffhanger for us to feast off of during the Olympic break ...
eta: there is no Olympic break but I still hope something crazy happens lol
Eundong exposing him to the chairman with the recording was everything 😭 I had to watch it twice
This drama kind of reminds me of Secret House tone wise, it's dark and I'm enjoying it lol
As for why I hate Hyewon? I guess it's because I work in healthcare so I'm extremely biased but Hyewon(and Junhyuk) "playing God" by messing with the surgery priority list is a huge ethics violation. That was part of the reason but the bigger sin was her (illegally) strong arming a MINOR into donating her father's organs.... The robotic way was Hyewon was speaking to Eundong in that scene was borderline sociopathic and it didn't help that it was juxtaposed against Eundong being emotional
Not to mention her blowing off the check up with the chairman (and him subsequently having a heart attack) gotta love patient neglect! Myeonghee ripping her to shreds afterwards was what inspired my original comment.
Hyewon comes off as someone who became a doctor just for the money / status and not because she wants to help people (perfect villain imo). At minimum this drama better end with Hyewon losing her medical license.
Junhyuk is despicable as well lol he matches Hyewon more than Taein ever could. He is the puppet master of this whole thing...
Until then, Jooran and Myeonghee ripping into her will have to do lol
You say it gets hella messy? 👀Here I was thinking the way Taehee's birth secret was messily entertaining but you mean to tell me it gets even more makjang?? I'm strapping in
A real life case would be Jung Yoora. She was the daughter of Choi Sunshil who more or less was a shaman who influenced state affairs due to her friendship with the then president of SK (Park Geunhye) The whole scandal is a lot and you might already know about it, BUT I'm pretty convinced that Youngchae was partially inspired by her:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Yoo-ra
- Taehyung is such a mamas boy lmao. I really do like how one of the main themes of this show is mothers and sons but his relationship with Sookjin is twisted (and I love watching it)
- Jihwan is literally the only person who is in Taehee's corner so I get the obsession.
-Taehyung is wild trying to slap Taehee like she was right when she said Sookjin would've gotten exposed anyway
- speaking of which, that was one of the best makjang DNA test reveals I've ever seen. Grandpa pulling out the real results after just letting Sookjin talk her shit? Iconic
- sorry to say but Kyungsun/Jihwans mom is starting to annoy me. I'm on episode 75 so I have 49 episodes left of this. Highkey hoping either Sookjin clips her or something because I'd rather not hear her squeal about Chanwoo for the rest of the drama 💀
- the scene where Taehyung runs after Minyoung's lookalike was shot pretty well you can definitely tell he's shook up lol
- Seo Hajoon and Lee Seungyeon have excellent "cat and mouse" chemistry with each other. I love seeing them go at it lol
- this must be Korean hierarchy at work but it's crazy how Kwangmi can say/do shady things but no one says anything to her. (Housekeepers usually stay in the shadows when it comes to chaebol households) Like Sol is pretty smart and she's talked back to adults before, I'm surprised she didn't question Kwangmi taking obvious pictures of Kyungsun lol, or when Kwangmi said OUT LOUD, "I need to send these!"
- I don't believe for a second that Sookjin is out the house for good.
- I feel like I'm going to like Annie Brown a lot lol. I can't wait to see how she "helps" Jihwan
- SPEAKING OF SOL... she just may be my least favorite child character of all time. She talks back WAY too much and it comes off as disrespectful. Her turning down Taehee comes off as bratty. Yeah I said it, I think Sol is a brat (and I don't use that term lightly). Juhong is wild for trying to turn Taehee buying a phone for her into a "you're buying her affection" thing. No, this is a "Sol is being difficult" thing. Taehee *has* tried to talk to Sol before but Sol completely shut her down. That's kdrama weirdness I guess - in real life Sol would have to adapt to Taehee not the other way around... watching Sol get away with this behavior and the story trying gaslight me into thinking she's justified is crazy work. (Can you tell I feel strongly about this? 😭)
- yeah Kyungsun needs to be taken out lol, since when was having dementia a free pass to go through someone's stuff? I get Sookjin's anger especially since Kyungsun's rummaging though her stuff, GOING THROUGH HER SAFE, wearing her clothes, etc. But wait, if makjangs taught me anything it's that the best way to handle dementia patients is to let the patient do whatever they want and then be shocked and surprised when they end up in some shit 🙄 the wild thing is in this drama they actually hired a caregiver but she doesn't seem to be doing her job. Ironically, during the phone debacle, Taehee buying the phone for Kyungsun is something I'm surprised that Juhong didn't do/suggest (since she is a doctor and went to med school). I wonder if Juhong would also consider Taehee getting Kyungsun the phone as her trying to buy her affection, instead of like, you know, keeping her safe.
(Its giving queens house where Yookyung would just allow Jayoung to roam free despite being a doctor who should know how dangerous it is to let a dementia patient wander around town... alone!)
- Not Lee Dong Cheol being played by JUNG CHAN...?! suddenly I'm interested in this storyline
-I also realize I can't stand it when Juhong gets self-righteous like it's hands down the most annoying part of her personality... But it doesn't help that I'm a Taehee shooter 😜
I think I got to the part that you're referring to omg this just got SO much more interesting