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Really liked the first episode, though I do hope future episodes delve a lot more into Ayumi's pov, as she barely had any screentime so far. Though I do like how she's not just sitting around waiting for Katsuo to change and is actively living her life. She looks so free. This story definitely has a lot of potential. He's willing to change, but will that be enough?

I mean, it's not like Jae-pil is any better. The drama needed to explicitly spell it out for him to finally do something. At least Jong-hee has an excuse, as she was gone for 7 years (and I'm pretty sure Jeong-hyeon was overseas too for a while).

You know what, I think we've lost the plot. And I don't mean the romance plot, because that plot was never good to begin with. Sorry not sorry, but for a drama that wants to be about a love triangle, why does the love triangle just feel so unconvincing and poorly developed?

And Jae-pil's confession wasn't even good, I'm sorry. It honestly feels like a "you've always been by my side, so now I'm obviously in love with you" situation, and that doesn't really convince me of his feelings. Like, not being able to live without somebody does not mean you need to be in a romantic relationship, I'm sorry. His second half of the confession was slightly better, but all around, this wasn't it.

And what little other plot there is: why does it feel like Young-rye is now getting a plot that really should've been just about about Jong-hee? Why does Young-rye literally have no plot of her own aside from the romance? Did the writer just forget about her dream? Or did the writer just want to throw more conflict at the friendship?

Not people trying to paint Jong-hee as the bad guy here. The heck did she even do wrong? Asking Young-rye to help her get back with Jae-pil? Sure, maybe, but did she actually know for sure if Young-rye still had feelings for him? Like, to me, it seems like she was making her feelings clear, while also trying to find out once and for all if Young-rye had any objections to that. It's about honesty, and both were honest in that moment, as they were mostly just trying to ignore the elephant in the room before that moment. Jong-hee's response actually says it all: saying it's up to Jae-pil. That's the mature response. There's no malice there, and I find it ridiculous how people act like there is.

I don't even care about this love triangle, but putting that aside, I'm not about to dislike a character because they did one thing that may or may not be flawed, especially when the whole situation is just a mess to begin with.

Well, the tone totally did a 180 compared to the first two episodes. Like, it's a total comedy show now, but at least it's a funny one? This'll probably prove divisive though (as will the comedy).

Though based on the character chart, Dong-min's friend might end up having a crush on Hye-ji, so maybe I'm wrong. Kinda disappointed, because I actually love her dynamic with the lawyer.

I can totally see Hye-ji and the attorney ending up together. It literally feels set up that way. Both have their quirks, but I don't really see either of them betraying Young-ran honestly.

I'm not arguing that it doesn't make sense, or that it's illogical. I know 7 years passed, and things changed, but the problem remains that in those 7 years the relationship between Young-rye and Jae-pil changed drastically, and we saw none of it. We are supposed to believe that these two have a deep relationship, despite having seen none of that. Their relationship is entirely carried by the chemistry and the fact that they look cute together, and not by the story the drama is telling, because that story is litterally missing. This drama needs to show us these things instead of merely telling us. The writer already made the mistake you described by not doing this in episode 7.

Yes, suddenly, because their entire dynamic did a 180, and we saw none of it. That is sudden. You can explain it all with logic, but the problem remains that the entire development of these two happened off-screen. They had all of episode 7 to fill in the gaps, but instead of doing that they were too busy speedrunning through clichés to make it obvious this was still a romance.

Here's the problem with that: none of that happened on-screen.

Last time we saw him before the time jump, he was head over heels for Jong-hee, and when we see him again after 7 years he's suddenly besties with Young-rye and may or may not have feelings for her. Their dynamic did a whole 180, and there's a huge part of development missing here because we just did not see it. It's no wonder people don't believe this, or care about him all that much, but the drama brought it upon themselves.

I do hope the tone doesn't completely change next week when we're dealing with the main villain and we still get to see some fun shenanigans. And it seems like next week might be fully original and not based on a case from the jdrama, so I'm curious to see what they make of it.

It's clear where the writer put the most effort in, and it certainly ain't the main romance, but it's the friendship. The friendship has everything the romance (or love triangle) does not: actual plot, substance, and depth, and it doesn't just rely on empty cliches to cover up a severe lack of on-screen development. I feel actual emotion with the friendship, but the romance just leaves me cold. They look cute, and they have chemistry, I'll admit that, but it's all visuals and no substance. Whenever the drama focuses on the friendship, it shines. But when it focuses on the friendship, or love triangle, the cracks really start to show. It all seems to be headed for the obvious ending, but I feel like the best thing right now would be to not go for that obvious ending.

That's why I don't want her to end up with any of those guys because none of it is convincing.

"They look good together."
"They have a very strong spark."

If those are really the only things you can say about them, then you're kinda just proving my point. You want to explain to me why they have a strong bond, but the only reasons you're given me is that they have chemistry and look good together, and I'm sorry, those are not very convincing reasons. Chemistry and looking cute together alone do not build a meaningful strong connection. Those things alone are as empty as the cliches the drama is using if there is no proper development or story to back it up. The things you said are a basic necessity for a romance, but that alone is just not enough for anything meaningful, it's just empty.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but a bunch of empty cliches do nothing to show me how two people got close. And you can say it's not in a romantic way, but those cliches are clearly pushing them towards it, which happened immediately, giving the viewers no time to actually adapt to how close they got, especially if it wasn't necessarily supposed to be romantic. And what strong bond? A bunch of cliches do not convince me of a strong bond, especially when the drama has never taken the time to build anything meaningful there, because guess what, all of it happened off-screen. Story-wise, none of this is convincing, primarily because the drama took the easy way out by skipping over all the development. And now the drama wants us to believe they have a strong bond, but they have nothing to show for it except for empty cliches.

I just knew Kim Tae-hoon was the big bad the second I heard his voice in episode 6. He just has one of those voices you recognize immediately.

Yup, and I think that's been a problem for the whole drama. All they've gotten are cliches and tropes, but the drama has never actually taken the time to build anything meaningful there. At least in the first half you could argue that it was intentional and they'll develop it later, but now I'm just thinking that it's lazy writing. Like, tropes and cliches alone do not build a romance, but that's literally all we're getting with these two.

I just... don't care about Young-rye and Jae-pil romance they're trying to push. I've seen people saying that the Jong-hee and Jae-pil pairing was surface level, but honestly, this is worse? Like, now they're suddenly besties, and it's not like we actually get any time to get on board with that, because the drama immediately starts to put them into situations that are clearly pushing them towards romance. Their dynamic might as well be the definition of surface level, because all the depth and substance happened off-screen. Their whole dynamic did a 180 in 7 years, but we literally saw none of it, because instead of actually properly developing this dynamic and potential romance, the drama seems to have taken the easy way out. They have chemistry I'll give you that, but that's about all they have.

Like, maybe I wouldn't find this such a big problem if the 3 leads weren't so entangled with each other and the romance was a seperate thing alltogether, but here we are.

Also, logically speaking, considering everything, I'm not sure it'd be possible to have both this "big romantic" ending and have the "Min-ju runs for president" ending. I feel like these things conflict, and the writer had to make a choice, and at least in my opinion, I think this was the right choice.

Please don't tell me people actually think San-ho is dead? Like, come on, if they wanted you to think he was dead, they would've quite literally killed him on screen. He's clearly still watching over her from the shadows, and I don't even need to see that to believe it. I actually like the ending, and I think it suits the drama. Though I might be slightly biased because I actually wanted her to run for president, so I'm happy that actually happened.