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TV ratings should be out in about 3.5 hours. I wonder if it can hit double digits today. Tomorrow may be more likely as Sunday ratings tend to be higher than Saturday ones, but we'll see.

Rich people like them don't go to Jeju Island for adventure.

Probably wise if you struggle with a villain with nefarious motives. Park Ji-eun loves those. Makes me wonder if he'll be as deliciously evil as Jae-kyung in My Love From the Star.

The whole point was that Soo-cheol is an uneducated moron who can't even make a fire. Which is why he was called out on his stupidity, and how he never even left his hotel room when there.

It's been a while since I've felt like this about a kdrama so quickly. 😍

Why is Hyeri involved at all? In Jun-yeol and So-hee being on vacation in Hawaii?

Confused about why there is even drama. Timeline-wise, it seems Jun-yeol had been single for months when they got together? So why is Hyeri making a stink? Everything about dating in Korea is so dramatic.

It's an adaptation of the Chinese drama, not a straight remake. For one, it's going to be shorter at 16 episodes. I think the 2521 director is en excellent choice for this, personally.

I'm even inclined to believe Park Ji-eun wrote Hyun-woo with Soo-hyun in mind. It plays to his strengths as an actor and is somewhat similar to past roles he's done, as well - especially his character's dynamic with Hae-in, another feisty female lead.

Odd thing to say about someone who's aging better than nearly every other male actor his age. Park Sung Hoon is just three years older but looks like an ahjussi by comparison 😂

This drama feels so fresh. There's something different about it. And Jeon Jong-seo is awesome. Obsessed with her. And Moon Sang-min is even cuter than in Under the Queen's Umbrella. Rooting for them!

Yes, of course. But it has been exacerbated by her memory issues, hence pushing Hyun-woo to the brink, ready to serve her divorce papers.

Hae-in mentioned funding studies abroad on her condition to accelerate their progress. They could provide cutting-edge treatment or medication that could help her if she volunteers for clinical trials.

They were very in love, but Hae-in's oppressive family and several misunderstandings (in part due to her recent memory lapses due to her condition, like missing their time to meet) made them grow distant, and Hyun-woo came to resent her because he felt trapped (her family even insisting that their child should have her family name and never accepting him). So for a long time now, they've been together, but separate. But throughout the drama we will see them survive their marriage crisis (and her illness) and "stay together against all odds" (per the synopsis).

No, that condition refers to a (usually) benign adrenal gland tumor, not a malignant brain tumor. Hae-in's condition sounds similar to gioblastoma, where you have the development of infiltrative tumor that extends from the primary site, resembling threads of a spider's web (somewhat similar to the "cloud" notion in what they described as cloud cytoma in the drama).

They've probably made up a name for it so that they can invent studies (mentioned in episode 2) that Hae-in can fund, which will ultimately probably be what saves her. Would be harder to do for an actual condition like gioblastoma, since they'd have to invent a "cure" for a real illness.

Things really fell into place in episode 2 for me in terms of the story and it looks like it's gonna be another Park Ji-eun masterpiece. It'll be heartbreaking to see Hae-in's condition deteriorate with more memory lapses, and Hyun-woo coming to terms with how he still loves her, but may lose her. And then watching them grow closer again as they fight for her to survive so they can get a second chance at love 😭

I'm picturing the "i'm cute" scene reenacted by a robot now 💀

I've been rewatching IOTNBO and I don't see much of a difference. He looks virtually the same as he did in that, just a different hairstyle. Whatever he might have done (diet, workout, procedures) it's working. He does belong on a billboard, just like the guy said in episode 2. 🤣

I think it's right there in the synopsis:

"Queen of Tears tells the miraculous, thrilling, and humorous love story of this married couple, who manage to survive a crisis and stay together against all odds."

So a pretty strong indication that this miraculous story includes her surviving (the seeds of which they already planted in episode 2 with Hyun-woo looking up successful recovery stories and Hae-in talking about funding studies overseas) and them getting closer.

It's going to be so gratifying when they find back to their true love for each other. Loved the first two eps.