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Initially I started watching this because the MDL rating was pretty good and I liked the concept. I found most of the characters and their anime-ass haircuts annoying, but I generally give a drama 3-4 episodes to reel me in.

I’m glad I did because it got really good after a few episodes. I’m still annoyed by the anime haircuts but I’m over it now.

I love how this is different from a conventional legal drama because the cases and trials aren’t won on evidence or knowledge of the law so much as confidence schemes and working the refs, which seems much more realistic IMO.

The drama’s tonal shifts are a little awkward but I can forgive a lot for any drama that has Kang Tae-oh acting kind of neurotic and speaking in satoori.

Came to watch Cha Hak-yeon hamming it up: stayed for the deft maneuvering between LOL and FEELS.

OMG yes I was hoping this wouldn’t end up like Heartbeat

It’s something you see a lot in dramas, people who are skint having a Samsung Galaxy Flip or something, because product placement is so important.

Remember when dramas used to show people with different phones appropriate to their economic circumstances? Those days are long gone.

The way I show my love for you
is making weapons for our coup

Happy Valentine’s Day!

it kind of feels like they lost their way a bit with that bigger production budget.

Mrs. Heo (the chairman’s wife and the owner of the real estate agency) is just such a perfect petty antagonist - smug, deeply insecure, uptight, and casually nasty. her whole “expensive early 90s fashion crime” aesthetic is just the cherry on top.

Watched this for Yeo Jin-goo, who was very good in it. Bang Min-ah too. But boy, this drama is stupid in several different ways, especially after the halfway point.

Of course, I will crack the same jokes about wanting a Yeo Jin-goo boyfriend android that I did the first time around.

Coincidence. It doesn’t really matter why they are dead ringers for each other - it’s just a way to show how terrible and absurd the whole concept of hereditary monarchy is.

We got the 15 plus version, waaaah

You can change it to use Korean audio and English subtitles. Prime keeps changing my settings for this stuff though and I have to change them back.

Also since ML is a doctor who does patient examinations and surgeries he absolutely cannot wear bracelets or rings all day without taking them off.

Shin Min-ah probably has some clause in her contract about getting paid a certain amount for each kiss and the fee is less for a “stage kiss” than something more intense. They are probably budgeting for a better kiss later, LOL

It’s what she named her, ahem, special toys

that was a “stage kiss” which isn’t uncommon in TV and film. Look it up.

Unfortunately doctors being curt with their patients and abusing the concept of informed consent is pretty common IRL and they do not usually get fired for it.

The thing I notice about Yeon Woo is that he doesn’t want to be perceived as caring for too much about anyone, including So Jin, because the truth is *he doesn’t want to end up pathetic and clingy like his mother.* So he avoids saying things like “this is not a good time, I’m on a date right now.”

Kang Hoon reminds me a little of my husband in terms of having an old-fashioned (but not toxic) attitude about romantic relationships. But my God, he’s such a hot mess. He’s so overcommitted and unable to establish healthy boundaries that I can’t see him maintaining a serious romantic relationship (like he says he wants to have).