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The writing on him is inconsistent and too plot convenient. Him treating the FL like her only value is to be his supportive partner, being controlling and pushy, violent, and utterly selfish contrasts so much with how soft and compassionate and non-assertive and generally self-controlled he is in every other aspect, even many scenes when he's in private. And the excuse that he just loves her soooo much that he acts insane isn't realistic. People in love def do crazy things but it's just more extreme versions of things they do in other areas of their life. So I can see why you can't hate him, because we're being shown essentially two different people.

I think the MLs having a past actually makes the relationship more romantic. It shows that there is truly something special about this particular relationship, because this is the one that the writer felt compelled to explore. Even in this drama, the ML had never really been this thrown off by a relationship or it the possibility of it ending, but he was drawn to her in a way he hasn't experienced. That's way more swoony than him never having had a GF before.

I watch K dramas because of the format --its nice to enjoy a short run series of 8-16 eps that you know will tell a full story with two eps airing every week vs having to wait 3 years between seasons only to have later seasons inevitably turn to crap, like western TV.

I really liked the character development and realistic relationship exploration, but I also did miss the charming humor we had before. I hope they can bring it back in the following weeks.

They had enough chemistry for the past scenes where we could believe they dated, and 2ML is older so there's that aspect, but their nice chemistry does not hold a candle to her and ML's dynamic chemistry. And the ML is just soooo good for her, too. 2ML is a train wreck and she is too smart to even consider getting back wit him. I was lowkey annoyed we were wasting time on so many scenes between them.

Some people prefer a cold, damaged male lead and so want the FL to get with him cause of that? Idk man.

Enjoyed your thoughts! I really agree about JJY and In Ah not being a good match, they would be one of those couples who seem content but are secretly unfulfilled because they don't get truly intimate enough to actually deal with their real issues because they're both more comfortable not going there. They'd be like a business partnership after not too long, and in fact Je Yeol even pretty much suggests that. I love you pointing out the detail about the "baggage" cause I hadn't connected that but you're so right.

I was really happy they didn't string out the break up over episodes, or make In Ah act out in a way that was needlessly cruel. I know a lot of people IRL who deal with emotions like her, and it was very realistic, same with Ki Jun's reactions and actions. It felt like they were actually growing instead of it just being angsty drama for drama's sake, they never lost sight of their humanity.

I also really liked the development that she hushed the investigation out of a sense of loyalty to someone who had been meaningful to her and who she wanted to support. That is still an act of integrity, just centered on different values than those that would influence her to honestly expose the issue out of a sense of duty for the company. In a way it made me admire her even more.

I disagree with you calling Ki Jun simplistic, though, I think that's a mistake a lot of people make about him even in the show, and is evidence that he IS complex since he actually has a lot of depth and emotion that he doesn't always show. He is someone who doesn't overcomplicate things if he doesn't need to, whereas In Ah overcomplicates a lot of things needlessly, so it makes her seem all conflicted and angsty and dramatic, but we shouldn't mistake that for more complex. They are a really nice pair of opposites who connect BECAUSE they both have so much more depth than what their exterior might suggest. Ki Jun internalizes all of his complexity while In Ah externalizes it.

Even with the whole coverup you're misrepresenting him. When they talked about it he asked if that was the case OR if there was something else going on, because he fully grasped that her motivations might be complicated and not just as simple as her still liking her ex. He just wanted the truth, whatever that was.

I love Ki Jun and I really enjoy how the romance is developing despite both of their flaws, it feels natural an realistic. But man he shines his brightest when he's given comedic moments. I really missed that from him this week, like where are all his over the top expressions and silly antics, the soccer scene was just kinda cringe TBH he was just being a childish punk and the comedy didn't really land like the writers were going for.

JJY is trash. His line telling her she should just stay with him out of loyalty was so gross. He doesn't see her as a person, just an extension of his own needs. If he truly loved her he would want her to be happy, regardless of who it was with, and would step back after seeing how Ki Jun has brightened her life instead of forcefully trying to insert himself.

Found another one to block guys

Yeah I can't help compare them because I was really digging PC at first, it was the show I was most excited for each week, but this past week I was so excited to watch MRN right when it dropped and didn't feel motivated at all to watch PC even though it was the last episode. And this show has been executed so well it just makes PCs poor quality more glaring when you watch them in the same day.

I wish I had your patience, truly

The final scene between I-AN/Wan and the PM was one of the best of the whole show. And it made me wish so bad that they had made them actual peers who liked and admired each other , who started out as actual close friends in school, and then had a tragic falling out by the end, and that their conflict was ultimately over ambitions or politics versus being over a girl. Like the amount of wasted potential there is mind boggling

This became the show of wasted potential. Her brother and SIL, her father, the Queen, the PM, the plot itself, all sooo underdeveloped. But man those two had rad chemistry and it was fun watching them fall in love.

If anyone is feeling a hanbok-shaped hole in their heart since this has ended may I suggest My Royal Nemesis? You will be hooked from the first ep and the lead couple, I dare say, has even more chemistry than BWS and IU here. And the execution is almost perfect. Cheers!

I agree he relies too much on a set of expressions (smirks being one he overuses), but there were scenes where he was phenomenal. The last scene with the PM was quite well done, he really surprised me there, and the scene where he first saw HJ awake after she collapsed actually made me cry. I think he has more potential than this script gave him.

Does anyone else feel like Se Gye punching his cousin was more calculation than an angry reaction? Despite whatever persona he likes to make people believe he does not seem like someone who loses control like that in a violent way. I feel like the comment did upset him but he also saw some benefit to acting out like that, and so that's why he followed through with it.

Respectfully disagree. I love IJY and she's wonderful and obviously talented, but I think you're over-selling her. Her role is much easier to make an impact, his is much more challenging. He's the straight man to her absurd comedienne, like he has to do what she does but with 1/10th the energy of expressions and movement. He actually makes her shine brighter as well because of their interplay. And IMO he stood out more than her in episode 3. She was great, but he was better at times. If you look at the comments from that episode everyone literally raved about every single thing he said and did pretty much. And while CYW was good in Lady Ok he was just ok in Head over heels and I do not think he could remotely pull off the role HNJ is playing here.

I think despite his efforts to plan and control everything in his life he longs for the type of vitality and fun she brings. He hasn't even allowed himself to have sunshine in his office, she is just such a vibrant entity that he couldn't resist it

Despite being a total loser in denial he does have a strong assertive, practical side and that's what came out here even with his feelings. You could see him considering it it all in those few moments before he said it, which was a nice touch by the actor

I would really really really love it if they went the route of them both teaming up to take his cousin down instead of the cousin causing some misunderstanding between them that drives them apart. They both know how horrible he is so it would be wildly inauthentic esp for SGs character to believe literally anything that man says about her working with him or not immediately assume he manipulated her somehow. I could totally see them both making him think that they've broken up, but then we find out they were just using that to throw him off his game, that would be so a really amazing way to subvert that trope

OHMYGOD that had my heart fluttering like MAD, this man has been down bad from the start

My exact thoughts. I was realllllly hoping the drama wouldn't go there, cause both SR and SG knows what a snake MD is, so I just can't buy either of them believing him if he tries to manipulate them.

the way he delivers those little pithy lines is so satisfying I have to rewind every damn time