Not as great as the second episode (my favorite episode out of the three episodes) but Episode 3: Strangers Online…
What bothers me about Pearl is that she hasn't established a proper distance from Gav now that they're not dating anymore. I'm friends with one of my exes and I *never* refer to him by an endearment like that, especially in front of someone who I know he's interested in.
When an ex does that, especially in front of a new love interest for a former bf, it subtly says 'He and I have a history, and I'm close to him in a way you're not yet.'
She tells Gav that his bfs always think she's a threat, which tells me she's been acting like this for a while.
That said, I doubt that the writers really mean to imbue the character with this much complexity. The "Babe" thing was probably there just to create a cliffhanger.
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I can only guess but here's a couple of possibilities.
1. There are lots of different moderators patrolling the pages and they each have their own idea of what's allowed. I've run into only one of them regarding a tag I submitted for a series and she seemed to have quite a sense of self-importance.
2. MDL gets money from ads and the mod who deleted the comment here might have thought that GagaOOlala was getting free advertising even though I don't think that was their intent.
it was ok....i mean all the fluffy and light feelings were ok...i guess i'm not fangirl/boy-ing enuff to go crazy…
I'm about 5 episodes in now and the FL is by far the weakest member of the cast -- and I assume she is a trained professional. She's playing the character like she's 14 years old and it is OD annoying. The guys are all doing really well though.
It's been a long time since I watched this but I'm one of those people who thought she was terrible and ultimately…
The brothers are definitely the heart and soul of this drama. There's a fan-made music video on YouTube for the song 'Remember' that depicts their relationship so well. I still watch it occasionally and it still chokes me up. You've probably seen it -- it has millions of views.
I agree that Lee Hyun is like the king of self-centeredness haha but to me it's more on a professional level than looking out for his own interests. The character strikes me as someone who could easily go through life never dating anyone at all.
The scene where she discouraged her boss (as I think about it maybe it was one of her peers) from going after the break-in assailant takes place when they are driving in the car together. The series uses flashbacks or something like that to depict her thought process, and although I can't remember exactly what is shown I know it made me think there was romantic intent.
Another loony thing she did was break into the serial killer's house to look for evidence. He caught her and nearly killed her, and what I remember about that was thinking it would be okay with me if he did. (I knew there was no chance though.) In the US, the picture book she found there would be thrown out of court because it had been obtained illegally. Gosh, she really needed to go back to police school lol.
I'm two episodes in and of all the unbelievable things about this drama I think the most unbelievable is that the infantile FL is 23 years old. When she said that I just about fell out of my chair.
And whose idea was it that the color of blushing cheeks is hot pink?
I don't get why people are hating on the FL.... this is one of my favs by her, it makes me sad to see the hate…
It's been a long time since I watched this but I'm one of those people who thought she was terrible and ultimately unnecessary. (I suspect the first draft of the script was sent back to the screenwriter with a demand for a romance of some kind.)
I can recall two things offhand.
First, she discouraged her boss from pursuing the guy who broke into her house and attacked her, just so she could keep staying with Lee Hyun. Second, after Lee Hyun gave the lecture at the university and was approached by a troubled student who was clearly distraught and desperately needed to talk to him, she stood off to the side getting all upset over the fact that Lee Hyun wasn't paying attention to her instead.
So, the first showed that as a cop she was incompetent and self-centered (and possibly in violation of ethics) while the second showed that as a person she lacked empathy and again confirmed that she was self-centered.
I was so happy to see your review. I also want to write one because I finished the series just yesterday and loved it. I originally discovered it because I enjoyed Jung Il Woo's star turn in 'Flower Boy Ramen Shop' (his character there could easily be the younger version of Choi Se Hoon) and wanted to see what else he's been in. This guy is a phenomenal comic actor! And you're right about Section Chief Heo, too. I've seen that actor in another series as well, and nobody does the frazzled sidekick bit better than he does.
In this series every character is NICE. Even the rival CEO's villainy is cartoonish and ultimately harmless. And I liked how there was that moment when the female trainees took the FL out of the studio to 'discipline' her as the newbie, only to end up being won over by her and becoming close friends instead. The series could easily have gone the bullying route and created unnecessary tension, but it turned out that the main purpose of the scene was to put the ML in another comical situation where he was all ready to rescue the FL, only to have his hopes dashed when he finally found her. So unexpected and so funny.
Those people who call the series cliche ..... Grrrr. The story can be called cliche only if you think an 'opposites attract' trope is cliche. Yes, it is a common trope, but the fun is always in seeing how a particular series pulls it off. This one does it perfectly.
The only thing I didn't like in all 20 episodes was that the ML never had to account for his flirtation with the woman at the launch party, or explain to the FL that he'd done it only to make her jealous. (It was also rather mean of him to say he wanted to make her cry.) Other than that: flawless.
By now I've heard what happens in episodes 5 and 6 so i'm holding off on watching until next week when the rest of the series is available.
If there's a sad ending I might not watch at all. But what gives me hope is that the story has reached a crisis moment where it looks like everything is falling apart, and in terms of classic storytelling that usually means that things come together in the end and we will get a happy conclusion.
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When an ex does that, especially in front of a new love interest for a former bf, it subtly says 'He and I have a history, and I'm close to him in a way you're not yet.'
She tells Gav that his bfs always think she's a threat, which tells me she's been acting like this for a while.
That said, I doubt that the writers really mean to imbue the character with this much complexity. The "Babe" thing was probably there just to create a cliffhanger.
There's a rumor of a director's cut movie version in the works. I hope that's true!
1. There are lots of different moderators patrolling the pages and they each have their own idea of what's allowed. I've run into only one of them regarding a tag I submitted for a series and she seemed to have quite a sense of self-importance.
2. MDL gets money from ads and the mod who deleted the comment here might have thought that GagaOOlala was getting free advertising even though I don't think that was their intent.
I agree that Lee Hyun is like the king of self-centeredness haha but to me it's more on a professional level than looking out for his own interests. The character strikes me as someone who could easily go through life never dating anyone at all.
The scene where she discouraged her boss (as I think about it maybe it was one of her peers) from going after the break-in assailant takes place when they are driving in the car together. The series uses flashbacks or something like that to depict her thought process, and although I can't remember exactly what is shown I know it made me think there was romantic intent.
Another loony thing she did was break into the serial killer's house to look for evidence. He caught her and nearly killed her, and what I remember about that was thinking it would be okay with me if he did. (I knew there was no chance though.) In the US, the picture book she found there would be thrown out of court because it had been obtained illegally. Gosh, she really needed to go back to police school lol.
And whose idea was it that the color of blushing cheeks is hot pink?
I can recall two things offhand.
First, she discouraged her boss from pursuing the guy who broke into her house and attacked her, just so she could keep staying with Lee Hyun. Second, after Lee Hyun gave the lecture at the university and was approached by a troubled student who was clearly distraught and desperately needed to talk to him, she stood off to the side getting all upset over the fact that Lee Hyun wasn't paying attention to her instead.
So, the first showed that as a cop she was incompetent and self-centered (and possibly in violation of ethics) while the second showed that as a person she lacked empathy and again confirmed that she was self-centered.
In this series every character is NICE. Even the rival CEO's villainy is cartoonish and ultimately harmless. And I liked how there was that moment when the female trainees took the FL out of the studio to 'discipline' her as the newbie, only to end up being won over by her and becoming close friends instead. The series could easily have gone the bullying route and created unnecessary tension, but it turned out that the main purpose of the scene was to put the ML in another comical situation where he was all ready to rescue the FL, only to have his hopes dashed when he finally found her. So unexpected and so funny.
Those people who call the series cliche ..... Grrrr. The story can be called cliche only if you think an 'opposites attract' trope is cliche. Yes, it is a common trope, but the fun is always in seeing how a particular series pulls it off. This one does it perfectly.
The only thing I didn't like in all 20 episodes was that the ML never had to account for his flirtation with the woman at the launch party, or explain to the FL that he'd done it only to make her jealous. (It was also rather mean of him to say he wanted to make her cry.) Other than that: flawless.
If there's a sad ending I might not watch at all. But what gives me hope is that the story has reached a crisis moment where it looks like everything is falling apart, and in terms of classic storytelling that usually means that things come together in the end and we will get a happy conclusion.