DramaAjumma

Perhaps he watched the right movies and the right dramas.

Episodes 4 and 5 were especially good. I like what they did with the water side of things -- the abalone divers (that was interesting), the marina and the caves. Song Seung-heon's character is a really good fit and brings a lot of experience with LAPD to the cases.

Woo-yeo is his own worst enemy. Not Seon-woo, not the Mountain Spirit. This whole noble idiocy thing is causing more problems than doing any good. Dam is inadvertently made to feel like she's the one who has to prove her devotion. She's always second-guessing herself, walking on eggshells around him. It's not that I don't root for them but yeah, I wish he'd give her the respect as the woman he loves by telling her what the heck is going on. If he values her freedom than treat her like someone who has agency. Let her make that choice for herself whether or not to help him. It's not entirely up to him to fix the problem. That horse bolted a long time ago. And he's really making a muck of things.

He was slated to be a one-season only character.

I am surprised at the pushback at the aegyo as well. Jeong-won has always been a bit of a manchild. That's why he makes a good pediatric surgeon. The kid in him interacts well with the kids. It's true that he has got great insights to offer on people but he's an unworldly, child-like fellow.
The aegyo is not beyond the pale. It's very much in keeping with his personality and consistent with how he acted around her when he was trying to hide his feelings for her last season.

In all likelihood this is his first real dating relationship and hers too.

Yeah, me too.

For some reason I really miss Chi-hong and I feel his absence more and more acutely as the second season progresses. Especially when I see Su-bin or Seok-min. Or both. I feel that there's an empty seat in the room in need of being occupied. I really liked his dynamic with Song-hwa too.

I don't think it's that easy to move on from anybody. Even if he said he did, I wouldn't believe him and it wouldn't be true. The other thing is if he did move on at the drop of a hat, it would seem like he wasn't that serious about her anyway.
It's a Catch-22 situation. Damn if you do and damn if you don't. This is a balancing act for the writer who has to also demonstrate his sincerity. It's the same with Jae-jin and his women issues too. It's not that easy to move on.

I don't mind the red thread of destiny because its primary purpose is really to force Woo-yeo's hand. To help him find clarity about the benefits of being human and to hurry him along his quest particularly because he's dilly dallying. He doesn't want to do this or that... and yet he's right in the middle of a zero sum game. There's plenty at stake for him and that includes his soul. The Mountain Spirit is not his enemy. He is his own enemy.

The one I feel sorry for is Seon-woo because he is just the prop for the object lesson that the Mountain Spirit is giving in the overall scheme of things. Sure he was scumbag but now he's on a journey not to be one. He may have some kind of fate with Dam but it isn't romance.

As usual Jae-jin and Hye-sun are just adorable.

She's not stupid at all. She has her own kind of smarts.

This forum isn't just for people who like a drama. We're all just fans of Asian dramas here. None of us are professional critics.
Honestly I could do without the condescending attitude of some commenters who like the drama. I'm happy that many found something to like about the drama but assuming that people who didn't like it were too thick to get it is backhanded snobbery.

It's pretty obvious from Episode 1 of Season 1 that the priesthood was never Jeong-won's calling. Pediatric surgery is. It's just that the pain of losing the little kiddies got to him and the priesthood was an escape. But he needed a wake-up call of sorts to remind him what he's good at and Jang Gyeo-ul is that wake-up call.

I'm shocked too. It went from 9.4 to this in a week???

It turns out that truth is superior to both.

Absolutely! It's great. As expected of the writer of Prison Playbook.

Kang Ha-na and her character is almost the best thing about this show for me. I'm so glad that they expanded her role and she's turning out to be a really good friend to everyone. There's nothing I don't like about this show. It's not usually the sort of drama I watch but for some reason this one hits all the right notes and it gives me the feels. I was a bit concerned about the push-pull in Episode 10 but the leads came good. It was all ridiculously half-hearted but I'm glad that they both saw the light.

The writing and directing for it is just super good.

The passionate kissing scene is what's meant.

Each iteration of Voice becomes nuttier than the last. Voice 4 looks more like Batman more than a SK police procedural. But whatever... I'll still be watching. It's Voice after all.

I think you can because they summarized what happened last season at the start. And it feels like an entirely different storyline.