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I want to start watching this drama but after Positively Yours and Our Universe I can't stand another love triangle

What's also sad is that when FL told ML about the gossip at work, ML immediately took her side, he didn't tell her to put up with this behavior or keep silent, he got angry for her. And what did FL do in the situation with his father? She didn't take his side, even though she knows him well, since she knew that his brother left him in an orphanage, his father must have left them both earlier. She wanted him to listen to father, because a father is a father. What should she have done? Tell him that whatever you decide, I'm on your side. (I know she did it, but he said it first, it was a long time after this situation, I would like her to take initiative).

I've already droped a lot of dramas and I really don't want to drop another one, but I'm also irritated and I don't know if I can stand it until the end.
As you write, FL showed no interest in ML, they had a few heart-to-heart conversations, but let's compare it to her scenes with SML. How can I believe at this point that her feelings have suddenly changed? Because I don't believe that FL will eventually be with SML and that would be much more logical and in that case it should stop using ML.

Exactly. She's busy and needs a job because you can't raise a child without a job. But where is this balance? ML is back to work too, but he's still around Woo Ju more than FL. And he wasn't the one who committed to raising him.
Yes, now FL is more interested in SML than Woo Ju. And yes, she has the right to fall in love and be in a relationship, because raising a child does not mean that you should give up. But you have to have some priorities and not leave the care of the child to ML. To me this is irresponsible and I'm convinced that if she is left without ML she will not be able to take care of child and work. If then she realizes that she actually has feelings for ML, I will be pissed of. Because for me it will be unbelievable. Will she fall in love with him, or will she miss the comfort she had when he took care of her baby?

If ML and FL will be together at the end (and we know they will be because I don't expect anything else from this drama) I will be pissed of

I agree. It would be such a heartwarming drama, where we have a normal life, spending time together, learning how to care for a child, and for ML learning what a family really is. The romance was really unnecessary here, especially since they made it into a terrible love triangle, which will also continue in episode 9. Now it's not about Woo Ju anymore, not about family, it's about SML and a stupid love triangle that lasts too long.

Exactly! I wrote this a few episodes ago and many people then noticed that ML wasn't perfect either and the child got hurt because of him and she needed a job. And okay, I agree with that.
But after so many episodes, she still hasn't found the balance between child care and work. ML also goes to work and yes, he committed to taking care of the child, but they had agreed terms that FL stopped following. Besides, FL has committed to taking care of the child and will soon be left alone with him. But how she'll do that without ML?

At this point I don't wanna ML be with FL, they should go separate ways
I just wanna ML to heal his trauma and be family with Woo Ju

Yeah, I forgot that he was in the prison, my bad ;)
But I'm still sure he has no good intentions

FL said that Woo Ju inherits the house and insurance policy from his parents. Maybe the father plays protective to get it. Maybe he faked the break-in and will now try to prove that he is a better guardian of Woo Ju than FL and ML. As legal guardian, he will be able to dispose of Woo Ju's funds.
If the father had robbed his neighbors in the past, he had to somehow gain their trust so that they give him the money. He has mastered pretending to be good, humble and trustworthy.

I don't think the father came here out of fatherly love and an attempt to get closer to his son. His behavior seems caring, but it's just an act. The father tries to show himself as caring, kind, and selfless, but ML doesn't believe him. So what does he do? He tries to gain the trust of those around him, tells them stories, takes the blame, pretends to be humble, and makes ML neighbors start to side with him. He did the same with FL. The neighbors and FL say that maybe ML should meet his father, should listen to him. The father says that he was not a good father, that it was his fault, but he does not go into details such as: I robbed people of money, and when I saw how these people were harassing my son, I ran away. The father is manipulative. He wants to get closer to them because of some benefits and he plays humble and nice so that no one will suspect him.

Things get really bad when a sweet kid like Woo Ju tells you that you can't go into his house
SML could finally take the hint and stop taking up more airtime than ML
The writers' obsession with SML has become unbearable and irritating, we are on episode 8 and this madness is still going on

Writing a review explains a lot ;)

I heard that it's a painfully true story and that's why I'm waiting for a good moment to watch it. From what you write, it sounds really emotional, so it's better to be prepared.

Yes! I'd rather watch the father thread than SML. But they'll probably add it up to us and irritate me.

They only have 14 episodes and they still spoil it with nonsense. It used to be that 16-episode dramas were standard, but there were 20-episode dramas and they were still at a high level. Now they have 8, 12, 14 episodes more and more often and they still can't come up with anything good.

WWW has great heroines and their struggles are shown here, they are also enemies, but then women's solidarity and ultimately friendship are created between them. But I watched this series when it was broadcast, so in 2019, and I haven't watched it for a long time, so I don't know what my reaction to the whole drama would be now.

Will The Judge from Hell have a 2nd season? I didn't know, great! I didn't like Park Shinhye, so I approached this drama with the principle: I'll watch the episode to test. Well, it turned out that she acted great, the drama was great, Kim Jae Yeong was great and had chemistry with Park Shinhye.

Yes, you are critical ;) But a 10/10 drama will be something different for everyone. I have a lot of 10s because I look at whether I would watch them again and I am also guided by the emotions that accompanied me while watching them. Because there are dramas that were good, but something irritated me, some plot hole was unforgivable, which I wouldn't watch again - I give them a lower rating.

I haven't watched When Life Gives You Tangerines, but I'm going to catch up when I have time because I've heard so many good things about this drama.


But we'll probably have the return of ML's father, who got out of prison. It won't mess things up romantically, but it will give SML a chance to make defensive speeches and show ML how unworthy it is to be with FL.

Yes, amnesia. How could I forget? I want to watch Dynamite Kiss because such dramas are perfect for winter weather and I just heard that they put this cliche in there.


Exactly! There are always the kind of dramas that I start watching without great expectations and then I love them. I had this with Search: WWW, Love Scout, The Judge from Hell, Find Me in Your Memory, Sell Your Haunted House - I didn't give them all 10, but they got high ratings because I had a lot of fun.

Mine too! Yes, it was very cliche, but I still gave it a 10. I forgave them because overall it was a great drama.

It's true, they could have taken a slightly older child and it would still have worked. What did Love Scout do well? They didn't introduce a mother figure who suddenly comes back and wants to rebuild the family, because the creators of Our Universe would certainly do so.

What annoys me is that many dramas continue to rely on the same clichés. Such as first love that lasts a hundred years, even though they don't see each other, they don't keep in touch and this guy is still so in love that he has never had a girlfriend - okay, maybe it happens, but in dramas they have used this cliche so much that it is enough. The same with those childhood acquaintances or cases where one guy is someone's employer, first love and apartment owner.

I can forgive a lot if the overall drama is great, but if something is dragged out to the point where it becomes irritating, then I can't fully enjoy the drama. I believe that Korean romantic comedies need a breath of fresh air, leaving behind patterns that no longer work.

Exactly! There is so much to unpack on this topic, but instead of focusing on that, they threw in a love triangle and SML getting a lot of airtime.
I watched "Love Scout" (I highly recommend it) and there was also a story about a child's mental problems after her mother left her. However, the single father took paternity leave from work, took the child to a psychologist, and this topic was treated completely seriously. In this drama, I also feel like they want to show that one trip will change everything.
At the moment FL has very few scenes with the child even though she wants to raise it. Because instead of showing how she builds a relationship with Woo Ju, we have her meetings with SML. So far, Woo Ju is mostly polite, only in episode 6 we got a scene for a few seconds where they get up to see him at night because he is crying for his mother. (And that's only because they had to show the guy wearing a hat). Why aren't there more scenes like this?

I agree. All these years later he was still in love with her and that was fine. I will not dwell on the fact that, despite this great feeling, he did not try to contact her for 7 years, and we live in times when it is not impossible.
If I remember correctly, he lied. He said that he did not know that FL would work for him, but it was shown that he hired her himself. Then the situation in episode 6 where she tells him that ML is moving out and he says that makes him happy, when moments earlier FL tells him that she was worried about how he would manage with the baby without ML. And then SML says he felt uncomfortable with FL living with a guy. By what right? She's an adult, she makes decisions, he's not her boyfriend, they haven't seen each other for 7 years.
SML adds nothing to the story except annoyance. It's only 12 episodes, it could have been given a demanding boss and FL trying to find a balance between his demands and taking care of Woo Ju.
And so in the trailer of episode 7, SML interferes again, by some right (I don't know what right he has) he warns ML, gives him advice behind FL's back. If he is so brave, he should confess his feelings to FL.

After Positively Yours, I'm already allergic to SML's behavior and SML in this drama irritates me more and more. The scene at the bowling alley table really irritated me. When SML said he wanted to meet ML, I asked the same question as him: why and what for? SML then asks ML to take care of our FML. Who is he to ask for such a thing? Why add "our"? It's been 7 years, not 7 months, 7 weeks, 7 long years. What is the point of this open provocation and pretending that he is closer to her than he really is? Currently, SML is her supervisor and they are at a company dinner, touching her lips is inappropriate. There are other people from the company there, why make such a show. I understand that FL and SML are each other's first loves, but SML acts like it hasn't been 7 years. A lot can change in so many years, a person can change. For example, 7 years ago I didn't like certain dishes, now I like them. I don't deny that SML knew her well 7 years ago, but we are in the present after years of no contact, so any thanks, pretending to be closer than you really are, is bad.

Scene with peper spray 😂 I knew it would happend since it didn't work but it was still so funny 😂

Watching this drama is like swimming in a sea of ​​absurdity