AthenaTheStorierX

The writing was pretty bizarre. But the actors seemed to have a firmer grasp of their characters, and they were more comfortable with each other. Not a bad watch, but probably wouldn't go back and rewatch honestly.

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Okay. That actually has me quite intrigued. Thank you so much!

Yea, I stopped part of the way into episode 6. After the ex and his mother steal her phone. I feel like i know exactly where this is going. I'm glad she outsmarts him. But does he at least get barred from the industry? Revealed to everyone else? He's had multiple chances to shut up and get out of the way, so it seems weird that he would suddenly disappear just because he got shown up again.

At least half of this comment section finds him sus. You're not alone.

I have 2 questions that I need the answer to please. I do not mind spoilers at all.

1.) Does the ex and his mom actually get the proper consequences for all the actions they've taken?
(This is going to be a determining factor in if i drop or not).

2.) How long till the leads get together?
(This is so that I at least have a countdown for something to look forward to while I trudge through this ex and miscommunication mess).

Mm. Maybe.
It's just that the scene where she gives the card to him, she finds out that he has a girlfriend, and meets up with her brother feels very much like a "getting off work" kind of scene.

Same. And that has equal potential for comedy. And the same stalker/"in love" misunderstanding that keeps popping up.

Or she could be involved because he knows something and isn't willing to share the info. You know, since her mother told him to stay away. And he doesn't want her involved in the danger either. That would be much more tolerable in my opinion. Probably for a lot of other viewers as well.

Because the corrupt cops arranged it for the ML to be fall guy and framed him. Not for the murder, but essentially being an accomplice. That his criminal profile purposely led the cops astray, let the murderer get away, etc. There might also be something in there about tampering with evidence that led the brother to getting murdered in the first place. The flashbacks are a little incoherent right now. I'm sure it'll become clearer when the FL finally gets her head out of her prejudices.

I mean, she looks to have been in late middle school while he was a few years into the police force.

Yea, I think a large part of her character is being used as a comedic foil (plus the whole "in love"/stalker scenes).

I tend to get annoyed by her kind of characters a lot. The "best of the best" types that stick to their prejudices even when they actively acknowledge that the prejudice doesnt make sense with the facts they are presented with.

And come on. She supposedly has already exposed several corrupt cops and their operations before the events of this show. She knows that the case that was just solved was the result of a corrupt cop operation. She's willing to believe ML is corrupt cop. Is it really that bizarre to think that maybe the corrupt cops WEREN'T her brother's friends?

I've been thinking it since the first time we saw him. He is presented to us as way too squeaky clean. Someone who goes through a lot of effort to keep FL's trust. Like he's keeping an eye on her. He's also way too interested in the Nam Joon developments. And seemed happy that FL wasn't going to sit down and talk with him.

Unless the burn scars are higher up or he's using prosthetic makeup to cover them up, I don't think he's Gopuri. BUT I've been playing with the idea that Gopuri isn't the top dog either. Such a big operation; a top dog would want as little chance of being caught or caught in the blowback as possible. Gopuri is probably just someone in on it all or for hire.

Oh! That might be it! I have a lot of his stuff on my PTW and they do look very similar.

Besides the ones others have listed:
I havent finished, but User Not Found strikes me as similar. And up until the final few episodes, Love Equations is really similar in a lot of ways (personalities, roommate dynamics, etc.).

If you're okay with BL, i recommend Light On Me. It has some similar tones and dynamics to this, with a prominent theme around first love. And Enchante has that whole secret/mystery identity and Friends To Lovers component.

Lee Jung Sik looks familiar, but i havent seen anything he played in. Is he well-known for something else? Or does he have a sibling or lookalike?

My friends, Hank and Aaron's characters were left open to interpretation. They were never named. They made references, sure - but so did ALL the other cameos (including Li Gong's actor himself) even when they had alternative names. So unless someone has a social media post or interview from someone on the crew or cast, stop going around saying it was confirmed.

Interesting. Like I heard characters and people refer to themselves as such, but I thought it was just one of those widespread exaggerations that we do here in the US sometimes. I didn't know that it's an actual way they view themselves. Thanks for the info.

And I'm not complaining. I love the crossovers, cameos, and sly references to each other.
For one, it excites fans and creates lots of fodder for imaginary scenarios.
It also feels like a way to pay homage to the shows and roles that came before.

I watched on GagaOOlala bc they upload with full subs right off the bat. But i saw that it was on viki already for me (in the US).