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The only one sounding agitated here is you.

I didn't really see anything from *Kwak Dong Yeon or Park Sung Hoon's very limited screen time in the first two episodes that made them "much more interesting" than the leads, but I have noticed that people do this a lot with dramas, claiming the second couple is more interesting or the SML is more interesting or some side plot is more interesting. People are free to like what they like of course, but sometimes it's giving a little bit of "i'm not like other girls".

At least IU has been in some great films, like Broker. And Bogum was in the military after his previous drama. He should return this year with Good Boy. It'll be good to have them back!

Episode 1 rating on tvN: 5.85%
Episode 2 rating on tvN: 8.66%
This is going to be huge. Double digits next week already, possibly. Rightly so. Excellent start! 🤩

The new English title is terrible. Hopefully they'll change it again before airing.

Great actor. Now we need them to confirm his casting for Good Boy with Park Bo-gum and Kim So-hyun.

If I remember correctly, they already confirmed they are editing it and minimizing Yoo Ah-in’s appearance, so I’m not watching it even if they do release it. Trying to cut down ML scenes will be disastrous.

Most dramas have "top reviews" with lower scores because those who didn't like a show vote them up, and they accumulate more votes because there are much fewer of them. (Some of them are hard to take seriously as well, like the ones giving it 1.0 because it didn't resemble the book it was just loosely inspired by).

I guess I'll have to take your word for it. Though I suppose it wouldn't surprise me if some people struggled with a complex drama written by the genius behind some of Park Chan-wook's best films. Its audience reviews do not suggest very mixed feelings, but there are always some detractors.

That sounds like a rather subjective assessment. The finale hit double digits in ratings in South Korea and it did very well on Netflix, spending several weeks in the non-English Top 10. It's well-rated both here and on IMDb despite being review bombed by angry Vietnamese people. It was nominated for four Baeksang awards, including Best Drama. So I'm not sure what metric you use when you say "many" people were underwhelmed, other than something purely anecdotal.

Her direction of Little Women was excellent and rightly Baeksang nominated.

Seems a bit similar to Han So Hee's most recent project, at least in historical period. But other than that, perhaps it's completely different (although monsters vs. vampires?) They'd look good together though.

First saw Jung Hae-in in DP last year (I know, I'm late) and recently watched (and loved) One Spring Night. Will probably watch Something in the Rain next - and I can't wait for this in August!

Bogum posted this on his IG story today. Seems there may have been a script reading. Should start soon!

Later today, yeah. Airs in Korea in 90 minutes.

Clearly not. This drama has already telegraphed in its first two episodes that the way forward for him to be honest and then be accepted by those who care about him, which is how the webtoon went as well, from what I've heard.

Oh I'm fully expecting it to be My Demon all over again with haters being obsessed and camping in the comments. Not even talking about quality, just hype and watchers. Big hits make people defensive and many love to pretend they are above and "better than" what's popular.

This was originally meant to air late last year, so there wasn't really that much of a hiatus. Filming just took longer. They've been filming since early 2023. Also, actors as high-profile as the two leads here won't just do any project; they will wait for the right one to come along.

They forgot to bring the Lee Do-hyun cutout this time 😂

I can't blame her (or him for picking her scripts).