Aramintai

The last episode's not out yet.

His mother brainwashed him and he loves his mother.

There's something there, but you can't classify it as romance yet.
ML has some feelings towards FL because he definitely got jealous of Park Joon Young character. He even asked him whether he and FL were dating and was relieved they weren't. Maybe he'll start pursuing her in season 2, but with events going on in season 1 later half it's just not the right time, ML has a personal crisis.
And FL seems to care about ML as well as a friend at least. But it's too early to tell if there's anything else. Her mother sure would like for them to get closer though, she's had matrimonial plans about ML since he moved to the house next door 🤣.
But anyway, if you're looking for romance here maybe wait until season 2.

With how fast they film drams it could be 2025. I think it will mainly depend on the actors schedule.

It looked like he was older, 14 maybe. And child killer would not be unheard of. Usually happens because of mistreatment by parents, but some are natural born psycho killers with normal families. Here I'd say the mother was 100% to blame for everything.

Well, this got really dark in the last couple of episodes. I hope ML mother's death will be resolved in season 1 though, I'd like to see new stories in season 2. And I think earlier episodes where ML was goofing off and it was more lighthearted were more fun to watch, even though writing quality got way better only in the later half.

Her father's problem had nothing to do with chaebols though, it's just her character being biased and mistrustful.

They're literally living on a volcano, with frequent earthquakes followed by tsunamis, surviving apocalypses is part of their culture.
That's why, btw, it is said they value community and duty above individual desires. A selfish individual would not survive these calamities. They need each other to rebuild what is being frequently destroyed. Paraphrasing Mariko, they can't control these outside forces and face them on a regular basis, hence this indifferent attitude towards death.
And they take pride in working as a community to overcome these calamities. That's why, for example, it was said that during Fukushima power plant clean-up they didn't want outsiders help.

I wonder how they made it. Sure, the background was CGI, but up close where people got swallowed by the landslide? I hope there will be BTS about it.

Yes, check the news.

She'll eventually warm up to ML after he helps the team a lot. Just gotta watch some more.

Do we though? It wasn't because of some trauma caused by chaebols. She just has bias against them.
In the end, she simply warmed up to ML after him being helpful a lot and accepted him into the team.

I dunno, the step mother denied it was that guy. She said it was somebody else. But she could have been lying, of course, cuz she's a lying bish.

Where are you watching it? Where I've seen it subs were ok.

I'm thinking maybe ML's brother is the son of said unknown party. Step mother was talking about some business man (?) guy, unless of course she was lying and it secretly was the butler, lol.
So maybe that's what the premise will be for season 2? Revenge on that third party?
Personally, I'd like this whole mother murder case to be made simple and to end in season 1. Ain't nobody got time to watch this case being investigated for whooping 4 seasons.

I've just read the synopsis of the og TV series this drama is based on. There's gonna be a third party involved in the murder of ML mother's death? And ML's gonna be sent to jail for attempted murder of said party??
I wonder how close they're gonna follow the og plot 🤔Judging by the more in depth version of the Russian wiki page not a lot has been transferred to SK adaptation, aside from the main premise. But who knows what they'll do next. The og TV series seems to have had a rather draggy story with lots of murdered main and support characters, spanning 4 seasons + 2 extra movie episodes, with 5th season being planned for this year.

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Spoon_(Russian_TV_series)
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мажор_(телесериал)

Мажор aka. Silver Spoon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Spoon_(Russian_TV_series)
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мажор_(телесериал)

Best drama of this year so far globally, no contest.
That's what happens when you take a proven bestseller source material and don't try to rewrite it for the "modern audiences" with activist messages.
Significant time was spent on combing its production to perfection, from sets and costumes to the archaic use of language, all for the sake of real authenticity.

I think all his personal problems will be solved in season 1, with season 2 bringing new stories. And also romance between the leads that should have been here, but there was barely a hint so far.

You and the other guy understood nothing about the plot and weren't following ML's redemption arc close enough. It wasn't a spontaneous change, but I guess subtle hints when he started to change his attitude and when the protagonists started to like each other are lost on some viewers. And disregarding what's been done to ML by other characters is just looking at it from a skewed perspective. There were many characters here who did bad things for the sake of their own selfish gains and most of them even admitted being in the wrong by the end of this drama.
Yea, it's a tropey drama using popular cliches, but many a time it tried to subvert them. It's also been done for entertainment, so of course some things will be over the top. And I can understand being pissed off by some characters behavior, but saying it's nonsense is just too much.
I wrote a review here with more in depth analysis, maybe it will help look at this drama in a new light.