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The whole thing is pretty solid, but it's also one of those rare dramas that had a better 2nd half. It's funny and cute, and all the mains' lovelines are pretty adorable; there's a refresing lack of love triangle angst except for one support character.

I don't know, those are some fighting words; I think he has some pretty stiff competition for worst "American" actor in a Kdrama. 🤣

So many of them are abysmal.

Haha, which one? Are you referring to one of his lines trying to speak English?

If it's the one I'm thinking, I believe it's closer to the beginning, and definitely in the first half. When he and the FL are pretending to be rich socialites for a fraud scheme is when he says it, I think.

As far as the reference made in this drama, I mean, Soo Cheol is not someone who has tact. The fact that this coment is made by his character should say something as well, don't you think?

While most are saying this episode was filler, we did learn a few things:

1) Hae In is learning to empathize, and it's causing her to do things she wouldn't normally do (my theory is this will catalyze uncharacteristic behavior in Hyun Woo in response, kind of like how his odd behavior in Episode 2 kickstarted her feelings for him again).

2) Hyun Woo is looking less and less enthusiastic about duping his wife into thinking he's a devoted husband for the sake of getting put into her will... (we also found out that for some reason he never tried very hard to shoot pheasants on previous hunts even though he apparently has mad shooting skills. Huh.).

3) We now have AT LEAST four confirmed villain candidates.

P.S. Unfortunately, my hunch is Hyun Woo's intention to divorce will be discovered by Hae In when their feelings for each other have been rekindled significantly and when it will hurt most for it to be revealed... 😬

Yes, they seem so awkward even though they're married, like when they shared a room at the hunt. It's so puzzling!

And the fact that he wanted to divorce Hae In after things went south rather than capitalize on his growing influence in the company tells us something, too. He's not power hungry or ambitious. He just jumped into this mess for Hae In! 🥹

Does it develop the characters further, despite not moving the plot forward, even if it's just more of what we've seen? (I couldn't root for the ML and FL in Go Back Couple until pretty near the end, so this isn't too shocking to hear).

At this point I don't mind the slowness of the plot development as long as the character interactions continue to be interesting because it will be less likely to fizzle out of content. That's my hope, anyway. 🤞

The music is by the same composer/music director, Nam Hye Seung. She did CLOY, too, as well as IOTNBO and Goblin (which is her best, in my opinion). :)

Haha, I noticed that, too, and was curious! Someone pointed out to me that I think the ML's older brother owns a martial arts gym for kids/is a coach, and so they theorized the ML learned to fight there and his skills will come into play later. Some trailers seem to show there will maybe be some gang activity/sinister anti-Queens plotting going on by we don't know who, yet. Maybe that's why?

And you use the app, too? Huh. Sometimes it does do funky things, but the one time I tried it it definitely didn't work. But I might unblock that person anyway because it was only on one comment thread that I wanted to escape their "hamster wheel" commenting. 😂 They've seemed tamer on other drama comment threads.

Haven't seen My Demon, but I agree about Dostoevsky. 😉

I use the app and discovered the "block" feature does nothing to block comments; I still see them. 😓

Yup, that's what I realized! Ghost dramas are just not my thing. I wish I could get into them, but I can't.😩 So it's a "me" thing, not the dramas' problem, haha.

Yep, this is probably gonna be a pass for me; all the recommendations are dramas I should have liked (because they're well done and the actors are all fantastic), but didn't. 😟

Yes, why did you? 😂 It's one of the best of the best as far as sageuks go, and just an excellent drama that tackles a time period done to death with some fresh new perspectives and emphasis (like the emphasis on the queen (and her wisdom and smarts) rather than the king, and all the adorable brothers). Such good stuff!

I'm waiting to see how this one ends before I start it. :)

Yes, still unclear!

It seemed the FL's mom's assistant was involved. I think she wants to break up the ML and FL because they didn't fit into her plans/schemes.

Yup, most definitely.

A couple of her other dramas had sketchy 2MLs who were morally gray rather than evil. But they were definitely not the sweet, likeable guys you get 2ML syndrome for. Her 2MLs at least placate those who hate the love triangles. 😂

Haters of love triangles, never fear; Park Ji Eun's got your back.