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Oh, it was done terribly, for sure. I think the writer had kinda given up by that point. They knew they couldn't fix it, so they didn't even bother trying.

Probably not intentionally. But they basically wrote themselves into a corner, especially with Seon-woo, so they just kinda threw in a time jump to try and fix that (which obviously just ends up feeling random & unsatisfying).

Tropes & cliches are usually not the problem, but rather, it's how you use them. This drama did this well... right up until they ran out of ideas in the second half. If you just use tropes & cliches to cover up that you ran out of story to tell, it's not exactly a surprise people don't like it. Heck, even the secondary couples were done dirty, because the drama literally just gave them a time jump instead of actually developing them on-screen (and don't tell me that they didn't have time, they had 14 freaking episodes).

Also, did they really just remember Da-rim's sister only to then immediately forget again? Like, come on...

Episode count is definitely relevant though. But the thing is: do writers these days actually have enough proper story planned for 12 episodes? And obviously, the more episodes, the worse it gets. Because these days it often feels like writers planned out 4 or so episodes, and after that they just kinda start throwing things at the wall and hope it sticks.

Sooner or later people will stop celebrating when they see a new drama has more than 12 episodes. Because that's usually not a good sign these days.

Not sure how realistic the resolution to this case was (probably not very), but I prefer this over what happened last week. At least we didn't ignore the woman, or the actual issue this week, so the resolution actually works on an emotional level and feels kinda satisfying, even it's not fully realistic.

Also, Nan-hui slamming those things on the table was exactly what I wanted to do during this episode. Because, damn, this episode infuriated me (exactly as it was supposed to).

Episode 5 felt overly long and slow (don't think it needed to be 75 minutes long), but the How Long Will I Love You scene was cool.

Yeah, the lack of team work is one of my main problems this season. Heck, Kim Eui Sung has like 2 or 3 scenes an episode at this point. Even in the previous case which initially started with him and his backstory he ended up becoming irrelevant.

I honestly don't know why people are confused about the story? Putting aside the fact that the sci-fi story is kinda ridiculous, I don't really think this is a surprising movie, as the movie simply makes everything too obvious. You knew a sci-fi "twist" was coming because they kept talking about it in the first half. And An-na literally spells out the entire plot of the second half of the movie in the space shuttle before the second half even properly begins, so at that point you're just waiting for her to find her son, a journey that sadly never becomes as emotional as it should, as most of the emotion is saved for when she actually finds him. What follows is a predictable ending I figured out 50 minutes in.

Long story short: Kim Da-mi does her best in a ridiculous yet overly predictable sci-fi story, that is never quite emotional or intense enough to really make it work. But at least it looks cool?

I don't think that really works because he started ignoring her immediately after they bought the shirt, when he realized the price of it was the same amount his mother earned in a month. That's what started it all. Fitting in that group photo (and the episode 2 epilogue) in that whole scenario doesn't really work imo.

I don't think she ran away to New York at that point, because that introduces a rather big plot hole. We know because of episode 2 that at one point during the play rehearsal they took a group photo where he was wearing that shirt. This can't have happened yet because the conflict happened immediately after buying that shirt. So unless there's a giant plot hole, this can't be the end of their 2007 relationship.

Yup, I think they bit off more than they could chew, but even then: it should've just ended it in a stalemate. But the drama's insistence on forcing a happy ending here ends up undermining everything it tried to do. It couldn't solve the actual issue, but instead of addressing that, it instead quickly introduced another issue (the school) so they could fix that instead. It's just that by doing this it ended up ignoring the core problem and ended up making the guy that's part of the core problem into the hero.

Honestly, it was a complex situation, but I thought it was doing a decent job of walking a fine line of "this woman should've gotten the abortion she wanted" vs "this kid was born, so his life matters". I don't think these things are mutually exclusive. So when mother & son made up, I thought we'd circle back to the abortion issue, which they kinda did, but then they made the anti-abortion guy the hero in the whole thing which just misses the entire point.

Like, this guy is literally using his money from the anti-abortion group to build a special school (this issue makes sense, but also kinda comes out of left field at the very end) and adopt the mother that was refused an abortion by his hospital, all the while ignoring this actual problem and the fact that he's a part of it. Basically, this guy used anti-abortion money to fix a seperate problem just so he and the drama could ignore the fact that this woman's choice was ignored (and that he's part of that problem).

Yeah, same. I thought they were doing very well with a complex issue, but then they resolved it in such a convenient and unrealistic way that kinda ignores most of the issues the drama raised. Like, these issues don't have miracle solutions, so them suddenly pulling one out of their hat in the last 20 minutes just feels fake and unsatisfying.

Also, these are complex issues, and they require nuance. I didn't need this anti-abortion chairman to be some bad guy, but why are you suddenly making him out to be the hero in a way that glosses over most of the issues you raised regarding abortion? That doesn't entirely sit right with me honestly.

Miscommunication isn't my favorite trope either, but I can look past it to a certain degree as long as I'm invested in the story and characters, which I very much am here. This can totally become annoying later, but I don't think we've gotten to that point yet, at least for me.

I feel like half the people who are complaining here aren't even properly watching the drama. Both of the leads are deeply damaged, and it's pretty darn clear neither has actually moved on. And, no, the FL being stuck in a loveless marriage that probably wasn't even her choice does not count.

But, whatever, I'm loving this drama. There's a mix of rom-com & melodrama at play here, and while this doesn't always mix well, I think it really works here so far.

Well, I will surely be watching tomorrow, that's for sure. Honestly can't remember the last time I've been so invested in the first episode of a romance drama.

Unknown as far as I know. But the plot & character details seems to line up a bit too perfectly for it to just be a coincidence.

I'd say it is, it just doesn't really tell you anything about the story, as it's mostly just basic character descriptions.

If this an adaptation of the British series (and it seems to be), then no. People might be in for a very rude awakening if they're expecting this to be a romance.