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We've been shown in countless dramas that a divorcée, especially with children, is damaged goods in Korea. Remember "A Gentleman's Dignity"? It made my blood boil. And in some other dramas, where the mother leaves her child in order to re-marry, because the husband says "I don't feel confident to raise somebody else's child"? And it's treated as normal by the writers (most probably also by the viewers). These infuriating stories. So many plots where the mother leaves the husband and also leaves the child behind, to be raised by a grandma or even taken to an orphanage, and often even hides the fact that she ever had him (the origin of so much mom trauma in male leads!)

Let's wait. Sometimes previews are intentionally misleading.

I don't think all of us who like k-dramas are deaf and blind. I am a European, so a great part of Korean mentality, for instance regarding women, is extremely grating to me. For instance, the whole "divorce is shameful and considered a dirty past, which may hinder your career or your ability to have an other marriage", of which we saw two instances in episode 12. The pilot referred to her "dirty past" and I was thinking that maybe she was a bar hostess or something to pay for her sibling's surgery, or something like that. But no, he referred to the fact that she's divorced, and that's the "dirty secret" for which she also cannot be promoted and must "know her place", as her senior said. And then even Ms. Gu, the evil sister, who desperately wants to avoid getting a divorce from her husband until she secures the place of successor of the group, because apparently this would be a dark spot on her CV.
So no, we are not condoning everything Korean, we find lots of things distasteful, and if you follow conversations here you must have seen it too.

Yes, I thought of you while I was watching, LOL!

We heard she would invite her own people, but being invited is different from being a speaker.
Normally there is an event written program, no? Which everyone gets to see and sometimes is even put on the wall.

I get that, it has been said dozens of times. But my point was that he wasn't shown to be an alcoholic, on the contrary, a person who thought a full glass of wine was an exaggeration.

The prince usually wore his nation's attire, but we also saw him in a burgundy suit. We don't know how religious he is or is not, it wasn't addressed in the drama - because it wasn't relevant. But we can safely infer that he probably wasn't very religious, if he drank and partied with women, right?

If that had happened, there would be no material for the next 4-5 episodes. I mean, the lovebirds would get married, he would get the hotel and the whole King group, and then...?

Let's say I like my comedies to be a tad more subtle than that.

Do people in Asia really scream like that all the time? Especially women? Those three always scream when they are together. I'm not young now, but I do remember myself at 30, at 20, even at 15. I never screamed like that, unless I was really scared! Never because of excitement or joy or surprise.

Well, there IS conflict, with the sister. And it's bound to get worse.

Having been married is not exactly dirty...

You do agree that it's grossly exaggerated, don't you? I mean, I understand being surprised, even shocked, whatever (they all knew those two had something going on). But... screaming that way? Come on!

Yes, the Thailand episode could have been a bit shorter. We didn't need to be shown ALL of Bangkok's tourist places.

Plot does not need to equal angst and misunderstandings! Who said that?

We do enjoy it, though. It's just that it lacks something to be just perfect, and we wish it were perfect so that we would enjoy it even more. Is that a bit more clear now?

Remember the pilot's words? That he will reveal her "dirty past"?

It seems she has a "dirty past"?

Usually, in good k-dramas, there's a balance between the romantic plot and the internal politics plot. Here, the "internal politics" is Gu Won changing the direction of the hotel management to one more idealistic. Oh yes, also the mother thingie, which I suppose they will remember in the last episodes. It has been sidelined completely so far. But it's too thin of a plot. Yes, granted, "What's wrong with Secretary Kim" hadn't much plot either, but it was so well-written that you didn't realize it.

Yes, I believe that the writers neglected this part, showing his capabilities in management. We know he got an MBA, but that's about it. We also know that he was indifferent to business but - also because of getting to know Sa Rang and other employees - he started having a purpose and a dream for the hotel. However, we haven't actually seen him take decisions, beneficial measures, solving crises etc. I can only hope that they fill this gap in the next episodes.