Kai

The rooftop scene was weeks ago. They have been in a long distance relationship while Jin was abroad filming with Judy.

Jin asking Akin what happened that night during that phone call and him asking again during the car scene is maturity. Jin being devastated upon seeing the hickey is understandable. He is not a saint nor is he omniscient. He is allowed to feel hurt and betrayed.

Huh? Should the show ignore everything it has told the audience to avoid ‘romanticizing rape’?

Should the show ignore that Akin is an actor and that him reporting his sexual assault to the police would be devastating to his career? The career which he values a lot so much so that losing one award broke him. Are you suggesting that the show abandon its plot halfway through the series to avoid ‘romanticization of rape’ as you have rigidly defined it?

Also, are we watching the same show? Coz right now the apparent rape is causing devastation, pain and misery. No romantic undertones whatsoever.

Where and when was rape romanticized in this show?

The way the hickey was near the necklace really screamed broken promises.

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The show is fine. Nuances of a character are just lost on some viewers. Too preoccupied with red and green flag characters. Too set on black and white. Only one side character is truly questionable at this point while the main characters are as human as a character can be in a show.

Some of you really expect Jin to be all knowing while some expect Akin to be able to quickly process and verbalize his possible sexual assault the very next day of the said assault. I know they are only characters in a show but give them a bit of grace ffs.

Damn. I was not prepared for Jin’s heartbreak. Anger and jealousy, sure. But heartbreak? No. Add in Akin’s guilt and wow that ep left me speechless.

As a side note, I really liked that they played what sounded like alarm bells in that scene where Johnny started his assault on Akin.

Starting May 1 you can buy the next episode in advance. So ep 8 will be available for VIP and then you can fast track/buy ep 9. Next two weeks you can buy the last two eps. I think someone posted the schedule somewhere in the comments earlier or you can search on twitter.

They did lead the story towards the play and Johnny. They also gave us a quick glimpse of Jin’s jealousy. More importantly, akin’s north star has been introduced in this ep and something was said about stars dimming. This is a clear set up for her death or sickness.

Yes.

Thank you 🥹

If you don’t connect each episodes then yes not winning the award may seem silly.

But prior episodes showed that Akin was losing brand deals, he was essentially forced to take on gemini with Jin as his career was being threatened, when filming gemini his lines and scenes were cut by the director that he became a supporting actor rather than a main character plus he had multiple negative hashtags against him which were turning the public against him.

Akin was slowly being edged out by Jin. He was keeping everything in and him not winning that award broke the damn dam.

I’m on a career slump so ep 5 had hit me hard. My chest felt tight for most of the ep.

Akin was waxing poetic that the number 1 title wasn’t important but dude was spiraling.

Yes, ep 5 is out.

I thought I was ready for the angst. Oh how wrong I was.

The way Jin scooped honey from the jar with his two fingers is very suggestive that indeed they did use honey as lube lmao

Hear hear!

He did say he was taking strong medications and Jin did look a little out of it when Akin was waiting for him outside the tent.