I actually (genuinely) don't think that Seri and Jae-In are related- I feel like that'd be the one thing that…
So admittedly (and I said this in my last update for AWWSTS ）I thought MBC won this round with the dailies bc I lost interest in this drama.... but when I picked it back up around ep 25, that's when things pick up. Like now the tables have turned and I neglected AWWSTS lmaooo. tbh I got annoyed at how often Miso would cry so I took a break and now I'm on the part where Stella (icon btw) is trying to convince Seolhee to go to the US
Also find it amusing that there's a Seri in both dramas, and they're both agents of chaos lol
I also don't want Seri and Jaein to be related - although I find it interesting that their surnames are both Kang, and I think it was said that Seri's mom was a housekeeper for Jaein's family? Meaning that she knew Jaein and probably gave her daughter that name with an ulterior motive.
I actually like Seri as a villain now because she's just so unapologetically evil and scheming (it's giving pretty much any villainess played by Han Chaeyoung lol) I cannot see Seri redeeming herself nor do I think Seri wants to be redeemed. So I hope her ending is not a good one. Still I'm wondering what the secret is. If they aren't sisters could they have been switched at birth? My third theory is that the YL family killed Seri's father or otherwise harmed her family and she's doing all of this as a revenge plot. That would be the best option I think... in terms of narrative. But no matter what route the writer takes, I still want Seri to go out like Hara from Miss Montecristo. No sisterly bonding here!
We're halfway through the drama now and I would say it's picking up at a good pace. Definitely pick it back up - the story completely shifts after Doyun and Jaein start working together, but in a good way!
First of all - seeing Jaein with short hair takes me back to my T-ARA fan days like I was so geeked to see Eunjung with the bob again 🤪 Geumja was fun while she was at YL but Jaein is reborn and she's not playing this time around lol
Doyun, Jaein and Ohsang are my dream team. I'm loving the fact that they're all on the same page. I am also glad that they stopped punishing Jaein for the crime that "Jayoung" committed. I'm loving how the writer is showing Ohsang and Doyun investigating Dohee's death and realizing that Gichan and Seri were involved. It's going to beautiful when the dream team realize that Seri and Gichan were the ones who killed Dohee.
I'm glad the Giman and Yukyung subplot seems to be ending in divorce although I still don't really like her as a character. I guess she's supposed to be good now? What will the writer do with her character? My guess: after divorcing Giman (that's even if they divorce), she'll become Jaein's romantic rival. Idk why but I can't buy her change of heart. Still, I cannot reiterate how happy it makes me that Yookyung wants to divorce.
Either way I think it's lame she showed her ass because her dad worked for Jaein's family. Meanwhile, Mr. Do himself is a standup guy. i loved how he refused to play into Sookja and Giman's mind games when they tried to manipulate him into manipulating yookyung for getting a divorce. "They are adults and they should work it out themselves" class act
I feel like something is missing between the Seri and Jaein backstory that hasn't been revealed yet. Like: they showed the scene of Jayoung confronting Kang Jaein B and her mother but conveniently left out the fact that Kang Jaein B was using Kang Jaein A's likeness and identity to do malicious things like scam classmates... in my last update I thought Jayoung was doing too much but now I see where she's coming from. So either Seri was born evil or there's something missing. And I say that because iirc when this drama was first being teased, it was said that Seri was told a secret by her birth mother which was apparently what triggered her hatred. I had guessed that they were actually half sisters (if so, Seri's mom is actually wild for naming her daughter after the daughter between her affair partner and his wife) but that hasn't been revealed yet...
What else? Honestly, I actually like the chicken restaurant subplot when I usually don't care for the "fast food restaurant" scenes in dailies. I like seeing Doyun's mother, "Misook" and Mr. Do interact. The whole president of the building subplot was cute. I actually like Jayoung so I'm lowkey annoyed by the fact that she seems to be developing dementia when shit is actually getting real. Right when she finds out that Seungwoo isn't actually a love child but Miran's child. Hopefully she gets her name cleared before it gets too bad.
Miran - Miran went from one of my favorite characters to now... Mother of the Year award? I found it amusing how Seungwoo said he didn't want to meet miran because she didn't claim him. But will that make Miran fall back and change her behavior? Probably not. I'm really curious to see how their relationship ends up. Also I wouldn't be surprised if Ohsang was Seungwoo's father. Miran and Ohsang have an interesting chemistry. (In an alternate universe, without the chaebol makjang antics, they'd be a power couple lol)
I appreciate Jaein for continuing to acknowledge Seungwoo as her brother. I mentioned this in the Cinderella Game comment section but I hate hate hate when a birth secret is revealed and characters act like they don't know the character?? Like I've seen other dramas where the people in Jaein's position immediately drop the "Seungwoo" upon finding out that they aren't blood related. But at least Seungwoo has Jaein in his corner, because Miran is 💀
Honestly? If you like the story of this one, I recommend Gold Mask - this kind of reminds me of that one - both Sooyeon (FL of GM) and Jaein are taking an active role in their revenge, and that's always a win in my book. Halfway through, let's hope the second half is lit
So when I left that comment I was on ep 36, now I am on episode 44. Basically Ohsang Doyun and Jaein are all working at YL. Seri is being blackmailed by someone she thinks she Jaein, Yukyung quit her job to try to have a man with Giman, Jaein got accused of leaking trade secrets to competition.
was one of my favorite moments as well, it's crazy how all this seemingly stems from Seri being forced to change her name (which was extra to begin with, Jayoung shouldn't have done that) ... and it escalates to her trying to steal Jaein's life. Like, girl 🤣
ah but it makes sense!!!!! to GC it makes perfect sense. HE was trying to get rid of JI so of course quoting that…
That's something I noticed too! At the beginning, GC was treated as the "dog" of the family but now that things have shifted, SR is now in that role. To add to the karma, she is getting comparisons to Jaein, who knew how to carry herself as a representative of YL. 🤣
Considering how she tried to suicide bait GC into presenting her as his wife, it's safe to say this was not the life she envisioned - it's the perfect karma!
i always wondered how the Dr got a father like that, or vice versa... HOW did she turn out that way.... ???
My guess is - since she doesn't have a mother (I don't think they mentioned her so I'm assuming she passed away) she really wants female approval from a mother figure which would mean Sookja.
Yookyung frustrates me because she's proof that being book smart =/= being people smart. Like you're a doctor! You're way too smart for this lol
Geumja!!!!! I miss her. Does drunken husband begging wife to return count for affection?? Well I for one felt…
Yes I'm catching up rn! I'm about to start episode 32 ... hopefully I can get to episode 45 by the end of the weekend so I can watch it live with the rest of y'all!
Episode 31: I like how this drama subverts the whole revenge glow up trope with Geumja 🤣 whatever plot Jaein and Doyun is cooking up will be interesting
Oh and because I must drag Yukyung in every comment I leave (she's just so draggable) - her attitude towards her father's part time job is abhorrent. Like it's a good thing that he's at least being constructive with his time and most of all, he enjoys it! (As a doctor Yukyung should know that having an active lifestyle is healthier.... lmao) Not to mention, working at a chicken place is a way better way to spend your time than forcing yourself into a family that doesn't like or respect you... lol!
now that I think about it, I don't even think Giman and Yukyung have been affectionate towards each other ONCE.... (correct me if I'm wrong!)
Not Eunho getting hit by the truck after Jaein explicitly told him to stay on the sidewalk....... 😐 when she…
that's one way to do a Friday cliffhanger! It happened so fast I can only imagine the speculation (I thought it was a dream sequence myself until the next episode started)
This drama needs to be tagged with comedy. Gichang is seriously going to forgive Seri for hiring a hitman (who ended up killing his son!) because Jiho cried?
"I didn't want Eunho dead, i wanted Jaein dead!" Like that makes it any better? LMFAO this feels ridiculous even by makjang standards
"I had no idea you were this stupid" I'm yelling omggg Jayoung is harsh but SOMEONE needs to tell Jaein the truth so she can stop crying and start scheming
Great job working on catching up and you’ve got great takes on the happenings so far but as of ep45 there’s…
Thank you!!! Tomorrow I have a lot of free time so I should be able to really binge watch this... but ... Thanks for the heads up 😬 her Stockholm syndrome is by far the hardest thing for me to watch, even moreso knowing there's no reason behind it lol
Catching up (on episode 24) and I can't believe Miran turned out this way??? I actually liked her character but…
Not Eunho getting hit by the truck after Jaein explicitly told him to stay on the sidewalk....... 😐 when she said that I actually felt relief like, there's no way he would get hit by the car, right?
much to the surprise of nobody, circus clown seri decided to play murder-for-hire and is surprised when the murderer for hire actually murders 🤡 .... its amusing watching her sweat. But also disgusting watching her trying to manipulate Jiho from telling the truth...
It sucks Eunho died btw. He wasn't bad as far as daily drama children go, but I guess the story needed this... Once Jaein gets over her grief and shock, she will go postal, plus her grieving will humanize her in the eyes of Doyun....
Catching up (on episode 24) and I can't believe Miran turned out this way??? I actually liked her character but what she's doing is grimy af especially since she couldn't even do the bare minimum of raising Seungwoo - who's she's willing to betray Jaein over... when Seungwoo has no idea that's his mother. All of this drama between Miran and Jayoung over Seungwoo could've been avoided if Papa Kang decided to be honest from the jump. But hey, if he did that, this wouldn't be a makjang now would it 🤪
Also had to laugh at the gangster trying to solicit Gichang's services after he got appointed as chairman. I love when a character in a makjang drama is genre savvy
Real talk... whenever Jayoung gets out of prison, she's going to go absolutely nuclear on Gichang and Friends and I can't wait. For those who watched Miss Montecristo I hope she ends up as badass as Hwang Jina minus the dementia... But Jaein might be able to hold her own, even without her mother's help...
Not surprised at all by Yukyung betraying Jaein btw ... I hope she loses her medical license for that crap she pulled with the sleeping pills. Now for a hot take. I actually dislike Yukyung the most of the characters (outside of Giman) like... your life is shit because everyone treats you like shit so instead of trying to find a way out you choose to betray the one (1) person besides your father who is on your side? I am busy with school rn so I may have missed the reason why Yukyung is putting up with being the punching bag of the Hwang household, but damn I wish she would take ownership of her life and leave. At least Seri owns her evilness.... Yukyung is still trying to play both sides and be cordial towards Jaein while stabbing her in the back. Idk. I'm just ready for that entire family to go down. The script writer did a VERY good job at making the people on Gichang's side detestable. Like Nara is the only one I'm neutral towards ... meanwhile, I can't wait for Sookja to lose everything lol
"Congratulations on having an attempted murderer as your daughter in law" 🥂
Also find it amusing that there's a Seri in both dramas, and they're both agents of chaos lol
I also don't want Seri and Jaein to be related - although I find it interesting that their surnames are both Kang, and I think it was said that Seri's mom was a housekeeper for Jaein's family? Meaning that she knew Jaein and probably gave her daughter that name with an ulterior motive.
I actually like Seri as a villain now because she's just so unapologetically evil and scheming (it's giving pretty much any villainess played by Han Chaeyoung lol) I cannot see Seri redeeming herself nor do I think Seri wants to be redeemed. So I hope her ending is not a good one. Still I'm wondering what the secret is. If they aren't sisters could they have been switched at birth? My third theory is that the YL family killed Seri's father or otherwise harmed her family and she's doing all of this as a revenge plot. That would be the best option I think... in terms of narrative. But no matter what route the writer takes, I still want Seri to go out like Hara from Miss Montecristo. No sisterly bonding here!
We're halfway through the drama now and I would say it's picking up at a good pace. Definitely pick it back up - the story completely shifts after Doyun and Jaein start working together, but in a good way!
First of all - seeing Jaein with short hair takes me back to my T-ARA fan days like I was so geeked to see Eunjung with the bob again 🤪 Geumja was fun while she was at YL but Jaein is reborn and she's not playing this time around lol
Doyun, Jaein and Ohsang are my dream team. I'm loving the fact that they're all on the same page. I am also glad that they stopped punishing Jaein for the crime that "Jayoung" committed. I'm loving how the writer is showing Ohsang and Doyun investigating Dohee's death and realizing that Gichan and Seri were involved. It's going to beautiful when the dream team realize that Seri and Gichan were the ones who killed Dohee.
I'm glad the Giman and Yukyung subplot seems to be ending in divorce although I still don't really like her as a character. I guess she's supposed to be good now? What will the writer do with her character? My guess: after divorcing Giman (that's even if they divorce), she'll become Jaein's romantic rival. Idk why but I can't buy her change of heart. Still, I cannot reiterate how happy it makes me that Yookyung wants to divorce.
Either way I think it's lame she showed her ass because her dad worked for Jaein's family. Meanwhile, Mr. Do himself is a standup guy. i loved how he refused to play into Sookja and Giman's mind games when they tried to manipulate him into manipulating yookyung for getting a divorce. "They are adults and they should work it out themselves" class act
I feel like something is missing between the Seri and Jaein backstory that hasn't been revealed yet. Like: they showed the scene of Jayoung confronting Kang Jaein B and her mother but conveniently left out the fact that Kang Jaein B was using Kang Jaein A's likeness and identity to do malicious things like scam classmates... in my last update I thought Jayoung was doing too much but now I see where she's coming from. So either Seri was born evil or there's something missing. And I say that because iirc when this drama was first being teased, it was said that Seri was told a secret by her birth mother which was apparently what triggered her hatred. I had guessed that they were actually half sisters (if so, Seri's mom is actually wild for naming her daughter after the daughter between her affair partner and his wife) but that hasn't been revealed yet...
What else? Honestly, I actually like the chicken restaurant subplot when I usually don't care for the "fast food restaurant" scenes in dailies. I like seeing Doyun's mother, "Misook" and Mr. Do interact. The whole president of the building subplot was cute. I actually like Jayoung so I'm lowkey annoyed by the fact that she seems to be developing dementia when shit is actually getting real. Right when she finds out that Seungwoo isn't actually a love child but Miran's child. Hopefully she gets her name cleared before it gets too bad.
Miran - Miran went from one of my favorite characters to now... Mother of the Year award? I found it amusing how Seungwoo said he didn't want to meet miran because she didn't claim him. But will that make Miran fall back and change her behavior? Probably not. I'm really curious to see how their relationship ends up. Also I wouldn't be surprised if Ohsang was Seungwoo's father. Miran and Ohsang have an interesting chemistry. (In an alternate universe, without the chaebol makjang antics, they'd be a power couple lol)
I appreciate Jaein for continuing to acknowledge Seungwoo as her brother. I mentioned this in the Cinderella Game comment section but I hate hate hate when a birth secret is revealed and characters act like they don't know the character?? Like I've seen other dramas where the people in Jaein's position immediately drop the "Seungwoo" upon finding out that they aren't blood related. But at least Seungwoo has Jaein in his corner, because Miran is 💀
Honestly? If you like the story of this one, I recommend Gold Mask - this kind of reminds me of that one - both Sooyeon (FL of GM) and Jaein are taking an active role in their revenge, and that's always a win in my book. Halfway through, let's hope the second half is lit
Btw, Park Yoonjae? Loving him as a villain!!
was one of my favorite moments as well, it's crazy how all this seemingly stems from Seri being forced to change her name (which was extra to begin with, Jayoung shouldn't have done that) ... and it escalates to her trying to steal Jaein's life. Like, girl 🤣
Considering how she tried to suicide bait GC into presenting her as his wife, it's safe to say this was not the life she envisioned - it's the perfect karma!
Yookyung frustrates me because she's proof that being book smart =/= being people smart. Like you're a doctor! You're way too smart for this lol
now THAT'S how you expose cheaters in a daily drama... had to watch that twice 🥂🤣
And yes, I don't count that either 😭
I like how this drama subverts the whole revenge glow up trope with Geumja 🤣 whatever plot Jaein and Doyun is cooking up will be interesting
Oh and because I must drag Yukyung in every comment I leave (she's just so draggable) - her attitude towards her father's part time job is abhorrent. Like it's a good thing that he's at least being constructive with his time and most of all, he enjoys it! (As a doctor Yukyung should know that having an active lifestyle is healthier.... lmao) Not to mention, working at a chicken place is a way better way to spend your time than forcing yourself into a family that doesn't like or respect you... lol!
now that I think about it, I don't even think Giman and Yukyung have been affectionate towards each other ONCE.... (correct me if I'm wrong!)
"I didn't want Eunho dead, i wanted Jaein dead!" Like that makes it any better? LMFAO this feels ridiculous even by makjang standards
"I had no idea you were this stupid" I'm yelling omggg Jayoung is harsh but SOMEONE needs to tell Jaein the truth so she can stop crying and start scheming
Tomorrow I have a lot of free time so I should be able to really binge watch this... but ... Thanks for the heads up 😬 her Stockholm syndrome is by far the hardest thing for me to watch, even moreso knowing there's no reason behind it lol
much to the surprise of nobody, circus clown seri decided to play murder-for-hire and is surprised when the murderer for hire actually murders 🤡 .... its amusing watching her sweat. But also disgusting watching her trying to manipulate Jiho from telling the truth...
It sucks Eunho died btw. He wasn't bad as far as daily drama children go, but I guess the story needed this... Once Jaein gets over her grief and shock, she will go postal, plus her grieving will humanize her in the eyes of Doyun....
Also had to laugh at the gangster trying to solicit Gichang's services after he got appointed as chairman. I love when a character in a makjang drama is genre savvy
Real talk... whenever Jayoung gets out of prison, she's going to go absolutely nuclear on Gichang and Friends and I can't wait. For those who watched Miss Montecristo I hope she ends up as badass as Hwang Jina minus the dementia... But Jaein might be able to hold her own, even without her mother's help...
Not surprised at all by Yukyung betraying Jaein btw ... I hope she loses her medical license for that crap she pulled with the sleeping pills. Now for a hot take. I actually dislike Yukyung the most of the characters (outside of Giman) like... your life is shit because everyone treats you like shit so instead of trying to find a way out you choose to betray the one (1) person besides your father who is on your side? I am busy with school rn so I may have missed the reason why Yukyung is putting up with being the punching bag of the Hwang household, but damn I wish she would take ownership of her life and leave. At least Seri owns her evilness.... Yukyung is still trying to play both sides and be cordial towards Jaein while stabbing her in the back. Idk. I'm just ready for that entire family to go down. The script writer did a VERY good job at making the people on Gichang's side detestable. Like Nara is the only one I'm neutral towards ... meanwhile, I can't wait for Sookja to lose everything lol
"Congratulations on having an attempted murderer as your daughter in law" 🥂