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I think they just took the data from "What's on Netflix" site.

We are going to get an answer in a week or so, because Netflix will have to release the trailer for any drama set on August 28.

Trusting her husband was reasonable. Why would he want to take her somewhere, if he could just force her with the kidnapper? To kill? But he can kill her right here and now. So yes, a bit of emotional doubt at the beginning and a choice to go with the husband was the best way. I should say the ML doesn't help his cause by saying "I will explain later," "just trust me," "it's not what you think" and so on.

He didn't give her a plausible explanation about being late at the hospital and not wearing his ring earlier though. I am sure he wasn't cheating and probably was doing something shady under the father-in-law's order or self-therapying with that young doctor from the behavioral unit as his secret therapist. So self-explanation and persuasion skill have always be an issue for him.

Isn't 80 million won about 50 thousand dollars? How many people do have such kind of money on their bank account, if we ignore his and his wife's shared finances?

Gemini LLM in Google Search says me an average South Korean household has about 64 million won. Again, a household, not even a person (so at least it's both spouses, maybe occasionally parents/grandparents/adult children). Majority of the people have even less, because the results for "average" salaries, savings, assets and so on shift towards higher values because of small minority of uber reach people. .

I wouldn't say "he is a very poor man." Add his car, his expensive house and so on. He is a solid member of high middle class. But yeah, his father-in-law has all the leverage and he is a truly rich man who can accumulate 3 billion won in cash just in 1.5 or 2 hours.

P. S. I do think the FL is tormented by policy of the hospital and her father. She looked sad and guilty as she was standing at the door of the OR during her husband and father's fight. She just can't confront her father and plays a good obedient daughter, but she understands the things she, and her father, and the hospital do are wrong.

That doctor doesn't seem to be an accomplce, let alone a mastermind of the kidnapping. That's why he was ready to help to the escaped ML at the hospital until the FIL called him.. He didn't know what was happening and wasn't aware about the ML being set up or even suspected. But I do think his actions (and actions of the father-in-law) could have indirectly cause the entire ordeal. There are some conspiracy (malepractice/crimes/unlawful experiments or something like that) in the hospital, the couple of perpetrators became probably victims of this, and he covers it up.

I don't think Kim Daemyung plays a psychopath. He seems to be vety much in love with his wife, he is very fond of her, and was very worried when the ML threatened her. He also would prefer to help her after that fall, but it was her who sent him into another round of chasing the main couple. It means he has emotional life, he has a circle of emotional connections,

But yes, sure, he is cruel and a serial manipulator, kidnapper and killer. He is also quite narcissistic which manifests in blaming others, "You made me do that bad thing, It's your fault." But he isn't totally narcissistic, not all the time. I am not psychologist, so I would say he is a narcissistic sociopath with pretty good impulse control, better than other sociopaths have. Sociopaths are usually not good strategists, but they can be brilliant tacticians (the FL in Dear X was a great example of it: weak impulse control, good-to-great improvisation and manipulation skills, focus on an immediate threat instead of strategic ones and so on). This guy is often good in strategy too. That's what makes his character dangerous.

No Man Hui was very slow as he was chasing the FL. He looked like he really has health issues with his legs. Kim Gyeong Ae complained about her back several times, and one awkward fall made her paralized. Gyeong Ae also was really amused by the FL words she didn't know the kidnapper and didn't recognize him.

I think there might have been some issues connecting the perpetrators' couple to the hospital. Eitheir both of them are victims of mistakes/malpractice/medical experiment gone wrong (remember they had a presentation about a new technology curing paralysis at the beginning of the drama). and we know the FIL who owns the facility isn't really scrupulous about rules and doctor principles, and he acted very suspicously about the ML getting access to patients' files (what does he hide?), or the couple is somehow connected to the death of the lead couple's daughther. We still don't know how the girl got her fatal injuries. Maybe there was some car accident, and both couples' children died, but the FL was physically fine, give or take, and the parents of another child got injured. so now they have been taking revenge.

Netflix releases their original K-dramas every 3 weeks. The last one, The East Palace, was released on July 17. It means we have 7 more slots: August 8 and 29, September 19, October 10 and 31, November 20 and December 11.

Our Sticky Love is set for August 8, Mousetrap and The Scandal are going to be released on August 8 and September 19 (we don't know specific release dates for those two dramas yet).

So we have four time slots in Q4 and four dramas: Dead-End Jobs (allegedly on October 10), Road, Take Charge of My Heart and Tantara. Tantara will premiere on December 11 (at least the first part), and October 31 and November 20 are for Road and Take Charge of My Heart. Everything is fine, all Q4 dramas will premiere in Q4.

I could imagine releasing Tantara in four parts for every week: December 11, December 18, December 25 (Western Christmas). and yes, maybe the finale is going to be on January 1. Well, it's a mix of what Netflix did to When Life Gives You Tangerines and Stranger Things last year.

They probably will be dumb for a week more. The drama has 12 episodes, I can't imagine the police starting to cooperate with the ML 6 episodes before the ending. Maybre somewhere in 8th or 9th one. It's a tiresome, I know.

I have been sure Kim Gyeong Ae. who is going to meet the FL in the next episode, is an accomplice of the kidnapper. She also was messing with the FL mind at the beginning of her imprisonment. We are on episode 5 and 6. less than a half of the drama, it's not the time for the FL to escape.

I am not sure the kidnapper was exactly a patient of the ML. He probably faked his symptoms to get close to the doctor. The kidnapper didn't even come back to the clinic, because the note about the lost button is still in his file.

I don't think the ML was cheating. The female doctor works in the behavioral unit, it was on the nameplate at the door of her office. The ML might have visited her as a therapist to deal with his family and mental/emotional issues, including death of the child, of course. Maybe it began even earlier when he was late and his wife asked questions. I think he did it unoffically, because he generally deals badly with his emotions and doesn't want to reveal it. It's very likely the female doctor has feelings for him though and may or may not give him some bad advices, whether it was intentional or not, to get him eventually.

Of course, the ML is fond of her and grateful to her, because she doesn't treat him as shit and consloes him during his hard moments. It doesn't mean he has romantic feelings to her or sexual relationships with her. At least not yet. It could have ended by them getting together eventually, but the ML isn't here at the moment. Remember, he has never asked the female doctor to help him in this difficult situation, it wasn't even in his mind.

No, it will be two episodes every Wednesday for five weeks, because that's what Disney+ usually does.

It doesn't make sense, because Disney+ releases its original K-dramas on Wednesday, and October 31 will be Saturday.

I literally wrote I was undwhelmed by the revelation,

I agree. Like I wrote in my commentart just above yours (I hadn't seen it as I was writing mine). it probably was his end of their unspoken marital bargain -- she deals with main social interactions, and he at least could come in handy with his doctor talent. And the FL subconciously (and then conciously) decided he hadn't help up his end of the bargain. And yes, he has avoided dealing with the problems in the marriage. I do think he is on spectrum.

But the ML wasn't just slient why the FL were accusing him in public. He was crying without making any sound. By the way, that reaction reminded me the FL, Chae Won-bin's character. in Doubt, an acclaimed K-drama from 2024 (the actress, Chae Won-bin, got a Baeksang award as the best new actess for this). Everybody thought she was a psychopath and murderer. And at some moment they just showed her being alone at their huge house, lying flat on her back, staring at ceiling and two wet tracks on her temples. No faces or grimaces, no tears in public, no loud cries into the pillow, just this. It's just who she was in that drama and he is in this drama. The characters have the speicific way to express emotions (if one could call it this), and many other people, especially emotional and extraverted percieve it as being aloof and callous. But it doesn't mean there is no hell inside. And I do think the ML didn't say anything, because he does blame himself too.

Spoiler. Don't read, if you aren't okay with it.

IIRC, there was a line about the kidnapper wanting to test people how far they can go, how pressure they can endure somewhere in the promo materials. The kidnapper has already made the ML to find billions of won in a few hours, escape the police station, attack physically several people, partake in a reckless street race. What is he able to make the ML to do? In the trailer for episode 4 he says something about ability of Kang Tae-ju to murder somebody, and we see the ML holding the father-in-law at gunpoint and demanding those aforementioned 3 billions.

So the lead couple did lose their own daughter, the FL didn't run over anyone, let alone someone's else child, You just didn't like her, so you made the scenario up about her being a villain (maybe because the character was treating the oppa/ahjussi harshly).

Yet the explanation of their bad marriage feels very underwhelming. Like, is that it? So his entire fault was him performing surgery on another patient, just doing his job and being busy in his working hours? I mean it was an unfortunate set of circumstances, and I am not sure even a brilliant surgeon should be allowed to perform surgery on their family member. Chances to think irrationally and/or make a mistake are way too high.

I understand blaming the ML was the FL's way to protect herself, and he is a bit autistic and she had (still has had) to deal with main social interactions for both of them (including the start of their relationships), so she used to hope at least his doctor talent would come in handy, and, alas, it hadn't had. I mean he didn't hold up his end of their "marital deal," maybe implied and unspoken, or even subconcious one. However I expected something more ambiguous and debatable. Like they were both in their right and had their own reasons.

It's a Disney+ original, they usually release two episodes every Wednesday.

Two episodes every Wednesday.

Lee Sung Min didn't have a lot of material to show his talent in that drama. You should watch Reborn Rich, he played a chaebol owner, a complex character, and has a lot of opportunities with some powerful scenes. Shadow Detective was also his masterclass of acting. Concerning movies, I wouid highly recommend The Spy Gone North (he played a North Korean military general and got critical acclaim and quite a few awards) and No Other Choice (he had a supporting role, but just steals every scene).

He is your typical handsome talented and/or rich, but emotionless/traumatized/reserved/uptight ML She is your typical competent and smart, but spirited and jolly FL. He will be a former surgeon in a fish-out-of-water situation, she will be his professional and spiritual guide (and may or maynot be his opponent/competitor/frenemy at the beginning).