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At this point, I think there are two stalkers and (probably) one mastermind working with one of the two. Stalker 1 is probably just some fan/the manager driver who wants to hurt Ha Jin out of hate, but the "usual" fan-idol hate, with no actual motive and only wants to scare her. While Stalker 2 is a real one who has some grudge or is crazy (like Moon Soon Ho) about Ha Jin and actually wants to harm her deeply. I think the director is indeed obsessed about Ha Jin and is probably psychotic too, but not to the point of harming her (and the preview we had of ep 19 is him going to defend/save her or something.

It would be kind of twisted to think that the Tae Eun's father is plotting something against Ha Jin in particular, so if he's actually part of it, it's definitely against Jeong Hoon. His attitude in the latest episode was very suspicious and I'm inclined to think that he's collaborating with the real stalker (Stalker 2) to try to harm Jeong Hoon by bringing back a similar traumatic experience just to contribute to his research. He seems crazy enough to do something like this just for research purposes, so he could be the mastermind helping Stalker 2. Also, Tae Eun pointed out that he had been missing the university meetings, meaning that he's up to something.

I don't think Tae Eun is the stalker at all, he just doesn't have the personality to be it. I think his purpose in the drama (besides connecting Jeong Hoon and Ha Jin more) is to be the son of a psycho professor.

Likewise, Il Kwon is definitely not the stalker either. His purpose is to be Ha Kyung's love interest, to be a cute guy with nice chemistry with the SFL. The incident with his girlfriend who told him he had changed probably doesn't mean more than just to make him miserable, so that Ha Kyung can take him for who he is, etc. I have a great feeling that he's just there to ease the tension in the drama (and make Ha Kyung and the viewers happy).

Either way, I love this drama so much and I love how everyone agrees that we all started to watch it out of curiosity and boredom but ended up absolutely loving it and anticipating each weekly episode. Moon Ga Young and Kim Dong Wook are really doing great things!

They introduced so many characters in ep 11 and 12, it's so unnecessary. I don't even know who is who anymore. I don't think making Dong Baek the Eraser is a good thing. I've no idea about the webtoon so maybe he is, but there's just so many things that wouldn't match with the time of the murders and DB's alibis. The person in the SWAT team is obviously not him and he was always with Sun Mi or somebody else whenever the other murders happened. I guess the only way to make it more interesting would be by revealing he's actually the Eraser, but I feel like many things don't add up. Also, I've been thinking that the killer is actually a woman, so I even suspected it could be Sun Mi but her alibis are confirmed too. I feel like I won't like the ending of this drama, lol.

Also, I can't believe they cut out the scene where Dong Baek tells Sun Mi why her death would hurt him the most. We were robbed.

Everything you're saying is still a spoiler to people who may not be updated on the show or are only now considering to watch it, but I guess thinking about other's viewing experience is too much lol, whatever.

Especially Sun Mi, lol. The team leader and Sehoon were probably forced at first to be around him and eventually became fond of him but Sun Mi chooses to be around him. A truly strong girl.

I thought I was the only one who felt that way! Ever since we discovered Jae Gyu was not who we thought he was the episodes feel a tiny bit draggy. It feels like they're not making any progress even though they actually are and obviously are closer and closer to get the Eraser. A part of me is starting to think that it'd be better if Dong Baek is actually the killer simply for shock value lol, still don't want that tho! And yes, Dong Baek is so suspicious when he keeps memory scans for himself and doesn't even share them with Sun Mi. Sometimes he just wants to investigate on his own, but to this point I don't think he should be doing that, lol.

It was pointless lmao also my theory about the Superintendent Byun being the suspect was debunked I think, because he got to the scene safe and sound while the killer was badly hurt. I'm going crazy because it looks like the killer will be a new character? I still hope it's one of the people we've seen the most and never suspected, because otherwise introducing an entire new character now will take away all the effort to guess who it is.

Ep 11's cliffhanger came as a surprise to nobody. I hope they are trying to deviate us from the real killer by making us think Chief Lee is the killer because it's been just too obvious since his very first appearance, so he's either an accomplice (the contact from the police doesn't necessarily have to be the killer) or just bait for us to stop looking at the real killer. But I'm just kind of underwhelmed by this cliffhanger because they tried to throw this as a bomb that could shock us with the unpredictable truth but the actual truth is that everyone suspects Chief Lee lol

Tag the spoiler!

The actor playing Baek San Ho young is so handsome!!

I came to the comments looking for this! There's really no way Hyung Jo is actually the serial killer, neither did he kill Bae Jung Tae. BJT was shocked that at the thought of Detective Ji jumping him like that and that's why he said "detective..." but truth is, he never actually saw his face, so even though Detective Ji was the only one he was waiting to meet, that doesn't mean the killer is him. Detective Ji went to BJT's house because they were supposed to meet anyways, for whatever the picture is.

I admit the attempted plot twist, cliff-hanger and preview shocked me for a good while (I was literally in shock for about 5 minutes), but after clearing my head it just doesn't make sense. Detective Ji has alibis for most -if not all- the other deaths. Ga Hyun just had a hunch and wanted to confirm it, doubting him yet again. But as you pointed out, Detective Ji's clothes and shoes don't match the ones shown from the killer. Also, his face when Ga Hyun yet again doubts him (from the preview) looks like he's genuinely disappointed that not ever her would trust him. I rooted for this relationship, though. I'm sad.

Standing ovation for the writers, directors and editors of this drama, they're all honestly doing an incredibly amazing job with this drama.

I think so too! I think both Ga Hyun's accident and Sun Ho's death in the first timeline that we were introduced to actually ended in the death of Ga Hyun and Hyung Jo

- Eun Seob is the best boyfriend.- Hwi and Young Soo are ultra cute.- Jang Woo's crush on Eun Sil is extremely pleasant to see.

- Shim Myung Yeo and Cha Yun Taek.

Highlights of this week's eps:

Kim Dae Geon, he's from 1992 lol much older than he looks.

Same! I personally have been against this entire drama since the very beginning because there's just so much nonsense and plot holes and just dumb writing in general, but after ep 6 (12) I've been more interested in some parts, but I still don't see how it's good that Sol Ah and Hong Jo end up together. I bet something will happen that will make Hong Jo become human for good and that will be the way they'll solve the kind of zoophilia that may arise (I know this sounds tough but it was a weird plot from ep 1). Still, I'd rather the three of them stay as friends, especially because Jae Seon and Hong Jo are forming a nice friendship, than her ending up with either of them.

This drama keeps me on edge. While watching ep 5 I literally had to stop a minute to breathe because of how intense it is. Ep 6 was crazy, I can't believe we're not even halfway through this drama and it's already so intense and so many things have already happened. Hadn't been this tense about a drama in a while!

I'm only on Ep 7 and all I can say is that Baek San Ho is super scary, what a psycho.

Lee Jae Sun is kinda annoying but I still ship Sol Ah with him more than with Hong Jo, lol.

You have a point when you say that the dramas I mentioned have other plots involved beyond the romance line and that romcoms used to be more popular before, that's definitely true, but APOYM is still not a romcom, it's more like a melodrama that has a weird plot (a device with the voice and personality is fine, but consciousness and memories? Nonsense. I like how their romance is developing and I'm sure it'll get better as it's slowly getting more interesting, but the core of that drama is just nonsense), and Welcome is a romcom about a catboy with unlikeable male characters, full of weird cliches and miscommunication... I mean, they're not the best examples to say that the romance/romcom genre is losing audience appeal.

Well, OP said people don't like romance dramas anymore which isn't the case and I presented some examples of dramas with good romance lines that are doing just well, I'm not pointing it out as a fact.