MilicaB

This kdrama goes on the same old sexist trope as usual - he is cold and she melts his heart... but it is different bc the FL is a competent individual and actually HELPS the ML, he doesnt have to babysit her or save her from her own stupidities.
They work well together. She earned his respect by being an excellent professional, and he gained her respect by being excellent too.

So then the personal romance starts. The tea analogy was phenomenally well used.

WHAT IS ROMANCE? TO ME ROMANCE IS ANY TIME THERE ARE FEELINGS OF BEING PULLED TOWARDS ANOTHER. It comes in many intensities - you may flirt with someone on the other side of the restaurant just looking at them, or you may talk and be happy, or you may end up in bed - it is all romance to me......

The audience bickering if there should be any romance in this drama since it is not labeled as romance in the MDL summary, and since it is a "legal" drama, then bickering that FL is too young for the ML, ... was just ... wtf wow how can anyone think in that direction, in such limited ways.... ??? Very MENTAL audience.

Life is romance, thriller, bickering, politicking, horror LOL comedy tragicomedy all rolled into one, and I really APPRECIATE that kdramas mix it all up and produce really fun things to watch.
Any lawyer has a private life and hopefully has some love life so why not include that in a legal drama??? It affect the legal issues.

Haunted Palace drama was about an imugi and a competent shaman working together to bust some monsters, and falling in love in the process, and it was such a great, FUN, kdrama.

I think this drama will be like that. ML and FL are a good match, both smart, educated, kind, with integrity, hard workers, team workers, really capable people ... who will do great cases together...

AND that tea of ep 2.... the tea theme of the entire episode... the tea used in such a PERFCT way, the script was so masterful.... that tea is the opening of a personal and intimate connection between them two.

the romance is brewing already. It might take time to express in physical world, and I expect episodes of them healing their past love traumas, overcoming office politics blaming them for dating and favoritism, etc - but I think they are ALREADY a solid couple energetically, the tea hooked them up forever, and they will be pulled into each other more and more until they become an official couple in "real life" of this kdrama LOL A partner and a star new hire in love. That will be a scandal but also not so much since HE had no gfriends ever :) it will be clear this is serious :)

then I wish then many successful cases, their own law firm, becoming rich and famous, and living happily ever after :)

adn the lawsuit cases... lets not make them soapy like in ep 2... giving birth to a child just bc they resemble you is so narcissistic, destroying the child, so i thought the case in ep 2 was totally fake.
the usefulness of it is that it raised the issue of loyalty and ML and FL got closer bc of it

The romance here is so subtle... !!! and so clever... and so wordy...
FL is so smart and an excellent reader of character... she saw though her boyfriend immediately....

and then ... ML stayed after 6pm and invited her for a tea... and asked her how she was doing. THAT is not his typical behavor. It is already a sign he noticed her as a woman.
and she asked questions on his personal opinions, what HE would do, and that means she already noticed him as a person and as a man... she really asked him personal questions and you dont ask such questions unless you are interested in that person...... which he answered in a way that made her respect him and NOTICE HIM

What he answered was very ... short and very potent, he answered a life dilemma in just a few powerful words... and helped her to see some profound concepts of life.... He answered as a wise smart and reliable person... so she realized she was talking with someone on her level

so yeah ..... this is going to be a love between two capable, functional and very perceptive and wise adults of high integrity.

so that will be fun to watch, how a mature love like that can take two people so much further

I think the few words they exclanged while drinking tea are life changing words, they talked about some profound life CONCEPTS and both reflected and communicated and LEARNED from each other

I am looking forward to more of that

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The ending is appropriate bc they are two very mental and egoistical people and also lawyers so they try to THINK about everything and make sure to make "contracts" - so they are gonna need a LOT of time to melt down, IF that even happens...

THE JUST DO NOT LET GO AND LISTEN TO THEIR HEART. Actually ML and FL turned out quite pathetic LOL and need another 20 episodes to melt down...

They are so... robotic... There is attraction, they enjoy each other's company, but they do NOT explore their feelings, they always stay SAFE. Staying safe is good only for assassins. If you are going to love, you have to step forward and RISK IT.

THEY ARE UNWILLING TO RISK.
meanwhile they are just losing time in loving each other and having a good time together
They should have hooked up and went walking the dog every day and on the weekends, just having a good time

BUT THEY CANNOT LOVE
that was disappointing to me to see at the end - both of them are too stucko in their heads and their own little shells and will NEVER come out of it bc it is inconvenient and they dont want to risk
That is the price of their posh life and their feeling like they "made it" -
THE ARE EMOTIONAL COWARDS
Nah there was attraction pull and she really liked him, she was feeling it - the smell on his hankie, touching his hand in the taxi, etc. SHE KEPT HER HAND THERE NEXT TO HIS TOUCHING HIM
BUT she is dead inside and doesnt pay attention to her feelings and her body and heart...
and she cannot, that is her boss..

He is a lot worse, he is essentially impotent. To believe that you can go for a year without intimacy in a romantic relationship and that it definitely disappears after a while.. well, ... he is just unhealthy and frozen inside.

So their love may never happen, they are too frozen, too egoistical and cowardly :)

Maybe if there is season 100, they might make it by then :) But I doubt it, honestly. I really think they are not human. They are robots.