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Those not on your list: mixed genres ones include Welcome 2 Life, Judge vs Judge, Feel Good to Die, You Are My Spring, Hospital Playlist, Face Me (not bad), jdrama Silent Truth, and romcoms like Another Miss Oh, Marriage Not Dating, Suspicious Partners, Doctors

I am currently watching The Good Detective season 1 where absolutely zero mention about romance in tags. Yet every episode the 2 leads met, starting with misunderstanding then quickly helping/saving each others, then after mid episodes the ml detective kept seeing fl reporter with whatever reason, and confessed! One of the most natural love relationship development on dramas. So people are just turning blind eyes on what they don’t want to see.

100% agree. Way too many romcoms are trash. Rarely any good one. Agreed on those good romance ones you listed above which I have watched and will certainly watch those I haven't watched yet. Thanks.

With thef final episode coming no point to make any guess now. A great drama, like a great movie, always have the climax at the end. This reminds of the great fun old movie The Mad Mad Mad World, where the suitcase of money finally found at the end of the movie, and then!!!

I just recalled what Park Hae Gang told Ha Ri after the fake wedding in episode 1, that he paid for a kiss but had only a fake one, so Ha Ri owed him one.

Or a big meal with everyone together

Probably too much to ask if this drama can follow up on the plotline development similar to a 2026 jdrama, a failed (fake) kiss in the beginning, a near kiss in middle, and a real one at the end!

Correct. So a little bit nervous on how it would end.

Yes, the relationship side of The Husband is ridiculous. No drama should end as how it started, meaning there is no story at all. That's a great example of not trusting the tag. I just hope The Apartment Job can land it's ending, there are too many bad examples.

My simple definition of romance is there is non-platonic relationship growth between 2 leads in a drama. And quite often character growth is part of the equation. The Husband is a great thriller, full of twists and turns and no dragging like many other thrillers. But all sign of character growth in middle goes back to naught at the end, so no growth in relationship. It can be compared to the ml's One Dollar Lawyer where the same happened at the end. So only watch it as a pure thriller.

The Husband drama just finished has romance tag but practically zero romance between the real husband and wife. This one has no romance tag but cannot be disputed has many more times of 'romance' scenes bewteen the fake husband and wife.

Romance seems to be different to everyone so is it better to look at the storyline, what the director intended to show us so far? The 1st few episodes there are the fake kiss, the face to face proximity in the kid's playpen, and Ha Ri's crush after witnessing Hae Gang's saving the store keeper. It seems to show hints of what to come but no progress at all in mid drama. Then came episode 9 with all secrets reviewed, emotional confrontation and understandings finally achieved. It also seems Hae Gang moving towards a law abiding character to suit Ha Ri. Now the umbrella scene, plus Hae Gang's telling his dying 'father' that he choosed someone else (Ha R'si scene right after) , all seems to indicate the relationship progressed to a different stage. No idea about the ending just my interpretation.

A relationship money can't buy. And unlike romcoms, no need for any mid drama breakup.

Episode 9, what else can you say? It is everything you asked for, everything you want to see. The plotline moved so smoothly, and at the same time unexpectedly. It is inventive. Excellent job from the whole team.
How can the fake family part way, and can't see how Hae Kang can let Ha Ri go at the end! The villain has totally underestimated their relationships.
Anyone noticed Hae Kang is undergoing a character growth/transformation, under the ever increasing, and sole influence of one person?

The climax of the drama based on its setup/plotlines to begin in less than a day, finally.

A preview on ep 9 (with spoiler) by a facebook account might give you some answers on the relationship between the fake couple (better just wait for episode 9). But ending unknown of course.

In fact you are totally on point here. When truths finally reviewed there will be huge confrontation betwen the fake husband and wife. Ha Ri is the only law abiding character here other than the apartment residents and she wouldn't stand any consman/gangster. So the path Hae Kang choose at the end very much determine if there is any future for the pair.

The drama shown multiple times in the early episodes the leads basically rushed into marriage (kind of love at first sight) without any indepth understanding of each other. So their relationship is not built on solid fundation. Also the ml is shown as more an action man than a communicating man. On top the drama used the usual romcom trope of 'protecting the others by not telling the truth' which is annoying.

Well said

No matters how many haters for this drama here, The Husband attracted so many online reviewers updating their recaps/reviews weekly right after new episodes are released, which is rare, and they are all excited by this drama without exception. For me most thriller type dramas, especially the 16 episodes ones, all became boring in the middle with the same plotlines dragged on and on, not this one.