The mother is not as evil as we like to believe she is.I believe in redemption.
I'm not interested in discussing this with someone who thinks in black/white, at least on this matter. I'm not saying I KNOW the mom's motives; I'm saying no one does, and that most people here predictably rush to black/white judgment because it's easier to condemn the mother as "evil" than to take a breath and consider that things are more complicated than that.
On some level, who gives af why the mother let Eun Ah use the card? The result is that the grandmother, who desperately needed a new knee, is getting one and is being cared for. That seems like a good thing to me.
"Evil" mother...lol. This isn't Snow White, though a lot of commenters here are casting Eun Ah's mom as the Wicked Witch.
The mother is not as evil as we like to believe she is.I believe in redemption.
Ahhh...I see you're into trendy, pseudo-psych terms. I see OJH as challenging Eun ah"s thinking on the matter, rather than 100% "justifying" what she did. Again, you're ignoring that OJH was beaten and psychologically abused by her husband at the time she left Eun Ah. Do you think she might have not been 100%, totally in her right mind at the time? You're a black/white thinker on this matter, so I won't go further. Human beings seek black/white clarity in a universe of shades of gray.
I repeat: OJH's actions and words are the reason Eun Ah gathered the courage to tell Choi that she was the co-author. She stopped and screamed on the pedestrian bridge because she was frustrated that her "evil" mother was right, and she hated that. I would hate it, too.
The mother is not as evil as we like to believe she is.I believe in redemption.
Few people are all good or all bad.
Mom knows Eun Ah and Dong Man are an item. Maybe she took Noh Kang Sik's role in Knock Knock Knockk so he would take the part in Dong Man's movie...? Anything's possible here. This would also give her the chance to work with Eun Ah...?
And you're forgetting that the mother let Eun Ah keep the credit card to spend as she wished, knowing she'd spend it on grandma, which does the mom no good in the PR area. Why would she do that if she were "evil?"
Episodes 9&10: This is one of the most extraordinary multi-part, live-action shows I have ever seen, from any country on any continent.
While every episode contains multiple scenes deserving of their own diamond-encrusted freeze frame, the hands-down winner from these two episodes is easily Eun Ah enclosing Dong Man in her still-buttoned cardigan and holding him tight against herself. Just one of many times during this series I have spontaneously teared up over a dialogue-free visual.
If those two ever get down with it, it is going to feel like a holy event.
And both OST main songs were made with STUTS, so dreamy and sad and beautiful 🫶I also prefer these kinds of…
lol, you're right. :)
These supposedly gay-friendly MDL prudes are blind to how enabling they are of sex-phobic, retrograde, shame-based gay storytelling.
I don't know what it is, if I ever did. Are they so starved for gay content that they gobble down whatever rancid crumbs fall from the table? Nah...that might have explained it 30 years ago, but there's no excuse for it in 2026.
It may be related to the general, emerging prudishness of Generation Z in the US. MDL is 60% Western females.
the Series itself has a cute message. But why are they just banging 24/7. Like guys i know you are down bad but…
The 24/7 banging is a huge part of "the series itself," partially because their relationship starts as purely physical before it becomes something else, and partially because they are both young men who are horny 24/7.
Why wouldn't they be banging 24/7? The 24/7 banging is central to the story. :)
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It sounds like you like this film as much as I do, so I'd appreciate if you could maybe help me out with a question…
Ahhh...this makes a lot of sense! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I hadn't even caught that he WAS looking out for her. I was a bit confused by that. Was he spying on her in case she collaborated with the NKs? Was he going to pursue her romantically? lol My mind goes to strange places. Which is why, as you said, open endings that keep us wondering, can be a gift.
I get the selflessness of his choosing not to tell her, and to avoid her perhaps arguing that she doesn't WANT him "looking out for her," but it seems to me it would have been of great comfort to her, knowing that her lover's last thoughts were of her.
Maybe he could have chosen to fib about it, and say, "He asked me to tell you that you are the best thing that ever happened to him," or something like that.
Korean and other Asian films have taught me that open endings can be a cool thing, I agree. I was raised on Hollywood stuff, in which we almost always got clearly defined endings, and usually ones that were in some way happy/positive, everything tied off in a neat bow. Over the last seven years of obsessive Asian movie-watching, I've learned how that can be an insulting thing to do to an audience, over and over again.
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On some level, who gives af why the mother let Eun Ah use the card? The result is that the grandmother, who desperately needed a new knee, is getting one and is being cared for. That seems like a good thing to me.
"Evil" mother...lol. This isn't Snow White, though a lot of commenters here are casting Eun Ah's mom as the Wicked Witch.
I see OJH as challenging Eun ah"s thinking on the matter, rather than 100% "justifying" what she did.
Again, you're ignoring that OJH was beaten and psychologically abused by her husband at the time she left Eun Ah. Do you think she might have not been 100%, totally in her right mind at the time?
You're a black/white thinker on this matter, so I won't go further.
Human beings seek black/white clarity in a universe of shades of gray.
I repeat: OJH's actions and words are the reason Eun Ah gathered the courage to tell Choi that she was the co-author. She stopped and screamed on the pedestrian bridge because she was frustrated that her "evil" mother was right, and she hated that. I would hate it, too.
Mom knows Eun Ah and Dong Man are an item. Maybe she took Noh Kang Sik's role in Knock Knock Knockk so he would take the part in Dong Man's movie...? Anything's possible here. This would also give her the chance to work with Eun Ah...?
And you're forgetting that the mother let Eun Ah keep the credit card to spend as she wished, knowing she'd spend it on grandma, which does the mom no good in the PR area. Why would she do that if she were "evil?"
Shows not over yet.
The question being, what does she do to earn it?
I believe in redemption.
This is one of the most extraordinary multi-part, live-action shows I have ever seen, from any country on any continent.
While every episode contains multiple scenes deserving of their own diamond-encrusted freeze frame, the hands-down winner from these two episodes is easily Eun Ah enclosing Dong Man in her still-buttoned cardigan and holding him tight against herself. Just one of many times during this series I have spontaneously teared up over a dialogue-free visual.
If those two ever get down with it, it is going to feel like a holy event.
Just outstanding.
These supposedly gay-friendly MDL prudes are blind to how enabling they are of sex-phobic, retrograde, shame-based gay storytelling.
I don't know what it is, if I ever did. Are they so starved for gay content that they gobble down whatever rancid crumbs fall from the table?
Nah...that might have explained it 30 years ago, but there's no excuse for it in 2026.
It may be related to the general, emerging prudishness of Generation Z in the US. MDL is 60% Western females.
Why wouldn't they be banging 24/7?
The 24/7 banging is central to the story. :)
Thanks in advance.
Thank you.
I don't hate this dude. I don't know this dude.
The reasons I wrote what I wrote are right there in the comment.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I hadn't even caught that he WAS looking out for her. I was a bit confused by that. Was he spying on her in case she collaborated with the NKs? Was he going to pursue her romantically? lol My mind goes to strange places. Which is why, as you said, open endings that keep us wondering, can be a gift.
I get the selflessness of his choosing not to tell her, and to avoid her perhaps arguing that she doesn't WANT him "looking out for her," but it seems to me it would have been of great comfort to her, knowing that her lover's last thoughts were of her.
Maybe he could have chosen to fib about it, and say, "He asked me to tell you that you are the best thing that ever happened to him," or something like that.
Korean and other Asian films have taught me that open endings can be a cool thing, I agree. I was raised on Hollywood stuff, in which we almost always got clearly defined endings, and usually ones that were in some way happy/positive, everything tied off in a neat bow. Over the last seven years of obsessive Asian movie-watching, I've learned how that can be an insulting thing to do to an audience, over and over again.
You wrote this, correct?
You asked "what the hell" in regard to my comment.
I replied by answering "what the hell" my comment is about.
I don't see how this is confusing. :)