Eleison

What does the poster have to do with the drama? 🤔 It looks like it's attached to the wrong synopsis. 😅

Thanks! 👍

So, wait, is this done airing, or still going? The dates on MDL say it has a few more weeks but people in the comments make it sound like they saw the whole thing...

Ah, good old mooc. Loves getting a rile out of people and is on a crusade to change the world one post on MDL at a time. 😆 (But I've got to admire his persistent pluck; but like all contrarians, the more annoyed people get with him, the more the insults and trash-talking fuel him to keep beating his drum 🤦‍♀️).

I think blocking him on the app is finally working and I no longer see his comments. It's great! 😉

Thanks for fixing the glitch, MDL! 👍

And the cast can't out-act a bad script and bad directing... 😬 The premise is already a tricky one to do well...

Concur 🙋‍♀️

They haven't been the most subtle, have they? 🤭

Any actual female teacher who wanted to not get slandered and/or keep her job would never DARE to interact with a teenage boy/student like this. Kids notice EVERYTHING and will talk about Every. Little. Thing. Nope, nope. But it's over-the-top fiction and we know (and she knows) he's not a teenage boy, so... we're rolling with it! 😅 In fact, if gossip didn't spread about them, I feel like that'd be the most unrealistic thing so far in this drama with many unrealistic things. 😉

I think so, too, about the uncle. But I can't think of who else the mole could be unless it's kind of obvious and won't be much of a surprise? 🤔

I will second My Perfect Stranger!

The beginning of Come and Hug was too dark for me so I never got past the first few episodes. The dad CREEPED me out.

After five years of waiting... it's now on Viki! Do I dare watch this, and risk the heartache? 🫣The two dramas I also really want on Viki are Six Flying Dragons and Eighteen Again. 😏 Still waiting...

Also why I've never seen Pachinko. 😅 There's a fine line between "serious dramas" and dramas that deal with serious issues/ideas but don't weigh down the viewer and make them feel heavy after watching. Reply 1988 or Stranger or I Hear Your Voice or Castaway Diva deal with serious/thought-provoking issues and can pack a punch, but don't make you feel burdened or overwhelmed or more depressed than before you watched them (unlike My Mister or Mr. Sunshine, for instance). Some people (not usually me) want "serious dramas," others (me, usually 😉) want dramas that deal with serious/thought-provoking themes which still feel hopeful and lighthearted and can be enjoyed without feeling overwhelmed by sadness. (And then sometimes I want pure fluff and fun. 😂)

I don't know which type of drama When Life Gives You Tangerines is, but I know enough to stay away until it's completely done airing before I even consider dipping my toes, haha.

I don't know, Weak Hero is much darker, but I don't know if that equals "deeper and more impactful." In what way is it "deeper"? It's certainly grittier and more serious, and it addressed a lot of concerning issues, but it didn't say anything super meaningful about them besides, "school/government systems suck," "some parents are terribly selfish," "friends should stick together when life gets hard," "people can be mean and cruel" and--"did we mention life is hard?" 😅 How is that particularly deep? Study Group says just as much if not more because it adds, "Learning and growing matters" and "people can change for the better if you believe in them, root for them and sacrifice for them." The acting was stellar in Weak Hero, but the story and egregious "serious" violence didn't do it for me. I prefer Study Group because it didn't take itself too seriously.

But have you seen Weak Hero? There's no way in heck what we see in that drama (or this one) is happening in classrooms and adults are just standing by watching and going, "Eh, kids be kids." Of course I believe there's bullying in schools (that happens everywhere, and it's one of the worst parts of mass, public education), and probably violent bullying in bathrooms, in secluded areas and off-campus, but not in the middle of a classroom with adults looking on and just going 🤷‍♀️. Weak Hero is based on a webtoon just like this drama, and it's stylized fiction all the way.

You can try to prove to me otherwise, but you'll need to show me evidence that's not based in a webtoon or a Kdrama, cause neither of these reflect real life. 😉

Now that they ML and FL are working together, their interactions are much cuter and more relaxed (still extremely goofy, but so far it's working for me).

Also, the brief moment they show Yu Jeong's reaction when Hae Seong is modelling... 🤣

I feel like they're trying to make us think he's the one in cahoots with the Chairwoman, but I think it's a red herring. I do think he knows more than he's telling Hae Seong, but I don't think he's the NIS mole (especially after what happened to Hae Seong's dad).

A few more:

While You Were Sleeping
I'm Not A Robot
Oh My Venus
Dr. Romantic, Seasons 1 and 2
It's Okay To Not Be Okay
Healer
Weightligting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
At A Distance Spring Is Green
Hometown Cha Cha Cha
Our Beloved Summer
Thirty But Seventeen
Go Back Couple
Another Ms. Oh
King 2 Hearts
My Father Is Strange
Alchemy Of Souls
Sassy Go Go
When The Weather Is Fine
My Perfect Marriage Revenge
Flower Of Evil

There have been several episodes of Kdramas filmed "in the U.S." and they were dreadful, and some American/European characters in Kdramas that were also quite bad (not just as actors, but as characters), so, I don't know if I agree with you on that entirely. 😅

How does it compare?

True, they have plenty of fodder in just SK, 😅 but it might still be too soon and too close to home. 😬

Also, to be fair, not a single country portrays other countries in their entertainment media accurately. There's always cringey syerotypes and poor representation, reducing types of people to things they're not, over-simplifications and sometimes stuff that's just plain wrong. Eh, what can you do? 🤷‍♀️

It just proves media is out to entertain, not to inform. And no one wants it to do that, either. That's what they watch documentaries for. 😉

They ever-so-slightly hint at a maybe-something between the two non-fighting friends of the study group. It could be budding romance, or a special connection over not being able to fight. 😅