EtoileNoire

Great article. Thanks for writing this.

Makes me want to see it more so the "scandal" is good marketing. It works!

The nurse's father has actually been plying Bo Young's father with drinks to keep him soused and angry. It's most obvious in the restaurant scene after nearly shooting Jung Woo.

Wan Er's BFF got a whole personality transplant when they changed actress too I guess. Season 1 Ling Er would never be as naive as season 2 Ling Er. She feels even more like a plot device than before.

Her husband wasn't abusive, but he was emotionally distant.

First role I've ever seen/heard Won Bin speak so much. I'm probably not going to finish this one though. I hate melodramas.

Not bad but too long.

I like the show, but there's something to be said for the brisker pace of J-dramas. I feel like the first three episodes could have been condensed into one. *Sigh* I'm also not crazy about the filter applied to the actors' faces.

I will stick around for Uhm Tae Goo though. I've loved him since "Night in Paradise" and we don't get enough of him for me to skip this series.

That's what I said too. A romance between a 50-year-old and a 17-18-year-old sounds like a criminal act. People go to prison for that IRL and rightly so. To keep the BL they would have had to make the gangster significantly younger like 21 or 22 years old.

You can't satisfy everyone, but I'm glad the writers made the choice they did and hope viewers can enjoy the series now for what it is.

That's a relief because Se Kyung is playing it very "lovesick puppy" in the first two episodes which is why I think the BL is still there.

Also, Lee Seo Jin is looking really good as the gangster. I'm sorry we don't get to see more of him!

So far the series is pretty good.

As far as the BL goes, it's still there. If it gets more explicit, I won't continue. A 47-year-old (even in a younger body) macking on a 17-18 year-old is just not right. To each their own, I guess.

I'm enjoying this one because you never know what to expect. Also the overall tone of the show is quite idiosyncratic.

It seems this series was edited into oblivion to avoid "controversy". Now it makes no sense.

Based on the comment above yours, they seem to object to the portrayal of the homoosexual couple. As if BL dramas aren't rife in Asian TV programming. Some people just like to complain.

This was a decent series. The first 20 episodes I'd say were quite compelling and always left me looking forward to the next one. I thought the actress who played the scarred Yang Cai Wei was better though and the villain was dispatched too easily.

I agree with every word of your review!

I'm on episode 12 and don't find this one in the least bit compelling. The actors' performances are fabulous, but this feels like it's going nowhere. I really like Huang Xuan and Zhou Yi Wei so might watch a few more episodes just in case the story picks up.

Episodes 1-11: near perfect
Episodes 12-16: what a mess

The character comes across as having autism with his social & emotional unawareness and as well as being hyperfocused on details. He becomes much more bearable seen through that lens.