Replying to HIRAI MOMO • 16 days ago
Title The Secret Friends Club
The second group was given almost 5 whole episodes and the 3rd group should be getting the last 4 episodes. The…
I didn't understand the unfair episode distribution at first, but once I watched the episodes for DEX and Jennie, the first lineup's Manitto time was cut short after their identities got revealed too quickly. Choo Sunghoon had an unmuted microphone error during their Zoom call. Noh Hongchul spoke too loudly at Lee Sooji's makeup place, revealing himself as Fox to Raccoon dog. Then at the HQ meeting, Noh Hongchul's questions and Choo Sunghoon's answer revealed that Choo Sunghoon is Rabbit. DEX brought his friend to deliver Choo Sunghoon's gift, but Noh Hongchul recognized DEX's friend from their YouTube videos so Bull to Rabbit is caught. That's four people's identities uncovered meaning that Jennie had to be the gifter for DEX as Panda to Bull. There's no suspense left for the production to film. So considering the schedule of when each lineup would film, the production pretty much had to use the second lineup to cover for the first lineup. It's not the second lineup's fault so you can't blame them for having more footage. In fact, the pressure was greater for the second lineup to carry the show long enough until the third lineup films their part. In terms of timeline, from my observations, the first lineup filmed around Christmas, the second lineup filmed in between when Go Younjung's drama Can This Love Be Translated started airing (January 16), and the third lineup filmed a few days before Park Boyoung's birthday (February 12).
