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It's rated a 7.0 before a single episode has aired? Why does MDL even allow that?

I thought that at first, but he appears to have a definite, fluffy tail (which hamsters don't).

What was the animal in a far-too-small cage that Young Min called his baby? Some kind of squirrel?

Thank you.

At the beginning of episode 14, who is the character who stops Ro Seo from approaching Nam Young and Shi Heum on the cliff (he puts his hand over her mouth) and then lets her go?

Wow, stacked cast.

After a very slow start, this really warmed up. I love that, although it's not free of tropes, it does also subvert them. The FL is the polar opposite from a damsel in distress, regularly saving the MLs life, the 2nd FL is an absolute delight - funny, brave and not trying to steal the FL's man - many of the side characters are fab (even the baddies). And everyone is doing actual acting.

I don't think his character was particularly unbearable in Nevertheless, but his acting - and the FLs - was very low energy. Looking back I think the programme makers were trying to sanitise the (for kdramas) somewhat racy nature of the storyline by making them more 'romantic' than sense suggests.

None of those left me yearning for a season 2, but MLSHR is particularly egregious. Would you resurrect the female lead? Moon Lovers: the zombie edition?

I'd like to see more literary Korean novels made into dramas. The reliance on 'toons and other things aimed at teenagers/very young adults is not showing the breadth and depth of this amazing culture.

My favourite Korean actress 100% and she has good range. Plus, she picks good projects.

ha ha yes!

He was decent in Sweet Home.

I'm actually enjoying some of the recent shows which show 30-something (and older) people doing things like being physically intimate (doesn't have to be graphic and lets face it, in kdramas, isn't) rather than the unrelenting, twee, umbrellas and funfairs. And staring. Lots and lots of blank-faced staring.

His range is excellent, he really does inhabit the characters he plays.

Only one episode in and I'm hooked already. It was soooooo good. I kind of knew it would be decent with that cast but it's better than that.

Amazing cast. Not one bum note (so far).

Isn't it just?

I liked this and think it's quite underrated. The story, acting and look of the drama were all excellent. I get that the MDL audience is skewed towards teenaged/older/elderly people who've never been in a relationship and who think that running around funfairs for dates and sterile kissing is 'romantic' or people who think that all dramas ought to be morally upright, but that doesn't do it for me. I'm more concerned about acting, story arc, enjoyment. And this fired on all cylinders. I didn't find the main/overarching story as interesting as the side stories, and the hairdresser husband was so egregiously unpleasant that it was jarring, but some of the others were really entertaining. My favourite was 'lunchbox wife', closely followed by headache wife.

So, is Kang Hoon playing the Professor Friedrich Bhaer equivalent?