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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.

Yes, my favorite kind of stuff that good Kdramas do, so I'm eager for more!

Oh yes, this will come back to haunt them for sure.

Oh yes, grandpa's gf feels super shady. She's a slippery fish and clearly excellent at manipulating people, and grandpa honestly seems a bit dense.

I wonder if the 2ML has a bigger scheme afoot, and "romancing" the FL has something to do with it? He needs to get her where he wants her, or something like that? But he most certainly seems shady.

I liked the way you described this: lovers to enemies to lovers. 😂

There's definitely more to it than what appears to be the case; this is a classic Kdrama move of withholding important information that will be pieced together later, but also, some of this is the black comedy coming through. You're supposed to see that he felt like a caged, trapped animal looking for an escape in Episode 1, and now he sees a way out. THAT'S what he's happy about. It's not like he's plotting her murder.

Also, when you get distanced from a spouse (and so jaded in your connection to them) to the point that you want to divorce them, you're probably not going to be that bothered by the thought of them dying, especially if they don't seem sick at all. So, to him at this point, it doesn't feel real (which is what the drama is taking advantage of to showcase some tweaked humor so that we're aware of how desperate he is and start squirming for him to change and become a better person). So yeah, instead of going the obvious route and making it heavy and serious, they're playing it for laughs; but I'm confident he will feel VERY differently soon.