Eleison

Yes, Ki Ho is Bo Geol, played by Chae Jong Hyeop. :) Some of us were a little worried there for a bit, but it was confirmed in Episode 6.

After posting my second comment to you I noticed that I had pushed back on two of your posts in the same thread and realized it might have felt like I was ganging up on you, @ally. I'm sorry if it felt that way. I didn't mean to make you feel cornered or invalidate your frustrations. I can agree that being spoiled when you didn't plan on it IS annoying. My apologies!

Oh! Well, I guess we'll see! ☺️

Yes, I get where you're coming from. I imagine I'll come around to the events of Episode 10 with time after processing it and rewatching it. 😭 And I also think/hope we'll see a change in Woo Hak. I think this was the crisis episode for him (and for everyone, honestly, which is why it was hard to watch), and it will hopefully be smooth sailing for MokGeolli here on out! 😅 Maybe instead of creating suspense in the preview which is what's typical, maybe they thought, "The audience will need a pick-me-up after this, let's give them a little surprise (an incentive to keep watching) and some hope for the end!"

But the person who responded (I'm referring to your response to BWMDL) did use a spoiler tag, and I'm not sure how were they supposed to know you were having a live reaction and not asking a genuine question? There are probably better platforms for live reactions than here, since I've observed this platform is usually used more for discussing the drama after watching the epispdes or getting recommendations based on people's overall impressions of episodes or the drama as a whole, not usually a space where people give their impressions scene by scene as they watch. I'm not saying you can't do that, but there are probably other places that are better suited for that kind of viewing so you can avoid spoilers and experience it with others at the same time. Just a thought!

There's a few, but do you mean which guy ends up in a romantic relationship with the FL? Or just which guy is the main male character featured?

Also, on MDL you can find out who's the main ML from the way the cast list is set up, too. :)

I keep seeing stuff about guys being "green flags" and I kind of get what people mean by it, but I'm also still not 100% sure I know why people are saying this rather than, "These characters are such good, sweet, selfless people." I would love to become further enlightened by what people mean by the phrase and why it's become such a big deal as a descriptor. 😅

Yeah, hoping Episodes 11 and 12 will give us quick relief from the pain that is Episode 10. I agree that the "cut ties" situation, and the way it was handled, felt overly dramatic and in being overly dramatic, it felt unnecessary. Just temporarily distance yourself and keep in touch secretly, why turn it into this huge thing? 😩 I love this drama to pieces and am so into it, which is why this part bummed me out cause it's the first part I can't figure out why it had to happen. 😭

Yeah, I never come here unless I'm okay with being spoiled. It's easier to avoid spoilers if you wait until a drama is finished because then people usually just share what their impressions are of the drama as a whole after watching it in its entirety so there won't be as many details mentioned which is more likely in the comments while it is airing. I personally can still enjoy a drama even if I "know" what will happen because the way people explain it in a comment never does the scene justice, and sometimes I hate the suspense more. 😅 Anyway, now you know, I guess! 😏

Yes, Park Eun Bin has been lovely in this!

Yoon Doo Joon was so lovable and adorable in this! He did such a great job. 👌

Yes, he definitely is, 👍 but my understanding is that 2MLs are always placed second (for male actors) in the lineup of the cast list for a drama, and if it's a romantic drama, they never end up with the female lead. I can't think of any exceptions out of the 100+ dramas I've seen. I don't know why this is a rule in Kdramaland, but it is. 🤷‍♀️ Thankfully I don't ever get 2ML syndrome, so it hasn't been an issue for me. 😅

Well put! I think Woo Hak's character makes sense if you see him as a character with his own arc, rather than just as a plot device. This screenwriter is too thoughtful to just use him as a third wheel that creates romance angst and nothing else. We're used to seeing 2MLs (and love triangles) used as plot devices but this screenwriter always gives her 2MLs more depth, and I think what characterizes her 2MLs is that they always grow BECAUSE of their relationship with/to the FL. She is always a part of them becoming a better version of themselves, and integral to their character arc. This is true of all the dramas I've watched by her, except I can't really remember Pinocchio as well, haha.

Also, I'm hoping the cutting ties will be fleshed out more in the next episodes cause it felt so... dramatic? Kind of out of nowhere? I anticipated the Kang family's identity being revealed would make for difficulties, but I didn't think it would go this way!

Yes! Also, he's the main lead, folks. If you've watched even just a few Kdramas, you know that only the main lead ends up with the female lead if they end up together at all, and the tags make it clear if they will or not. Why the discussion? There is no discussion. You can want things to be true, but if you want what the formula can't/won't deliver you're setting yourself up for frustration. Why watch Kdramas if you can't enjoy the formula? 🤦‍♀️

This is nicely explained! I found Episode 10 kind of deflating because it was painful from start to finish, and a bit confusing (still don't know why some stuff happened, though I don't think it was a bad episode, just hard to watch), but I'm hoping this is our low for our characters and things just look up from here.

Also, the voice over at the end made me think that Mok Ha abandoning the Kang family was being compared to her eating her seagull friend's eggs. I think the drama is making us question: will she betray a friend again or will she find a way to "swim" first this time without sacrificing those she loves?

Yes, it is, but I'd recommend you wait until after next weekend. Not because it might not be good, or because I think you should see how it will end first, but because the last episode you can access so far will leave you feeling frustrated. I'm still confident the writer will pull everything together, so you might want to wait until she does to binge this. 😏

Not going to lie, Episode 10 confused me and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I don't understand why Mok Ha couldn't say goodbye, even if she was going to cut ties. Why couldn't she secretly keep in touch? 😖

I will say this. The reason the Kang family is going through all this now is because they chose to help Mok Ha, knowing the risk it posed to their family. She wanted to hide, and they pulled her out of hiding (technically it was Ki Ho, but the family ended up joining him) so she could fulfill her dream. They knew the risk they were taking. Wouldn't it be more of a slap in the face to them if she gave up on her dream or tried to be wishy-washy in the way she pursued it after everything she made their family go through? The family getting pulled out of hiding and having their secrets exposed would have been wasted then, no? She has to do this for all the people who sacrificed for her to get here.

I still don't know how I feel about the "cutting ties" and all that (it DOES feel more dramatic than it needs to be), but I think Ran Joo was making sure Mok Ha knew that there would be a cost. What did she really want? And would she be willing to make the significant sacrifices required to get there?

I have a whole week to think through what this episode was doing and hope our final two episodes will put everything in its place.

Happy to clarify! That leaves only one psycho dad left to deal with. 😉

Yup!