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I already watched it. That's why I know that you are a great expert on dramas. Who doesn't enjoy annoying SMLs and lengthy scenes. One of the best dramas, indeed. Please keep criticising people who have wrong opinions and even wronger tastes. I'm sure they'll eventually grasp that you are the wisest among us with the bestest taste. :)

I think the drama became relatively uninteresting after FL and ML decided to be a couple. The story of the young versions also ended, so there wasn't much story left for the last episodes.

There is a happy ending but it doesn't add anything new or exciting to ML's and FL's story.

I don't know how this trope is called but the FL was a fairly typical K-drama romcom FL. Unlike the hysterical FLs in other romcoms, I liked this one. The only thing that truely annoyed me was the fact that she kept the wannabe-30yo 2SML around even though he acted like a deperate leech, and she didn't like that.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt this way. I fast-forwarded many scenes in the last few episodes. Once FL and ML decided to be a couple and everybody knew about their relationship, all problems were solved.

Thanks a lot for sharing your comment. Since your profound expertise evaluated this drama as one of the best, I know what value your advice has for me. :)

Yeah, that's bad casting. Here's one more: Kim Jung-young , the actress who plays ML's mother, is just 10 years older than her "son". She's 52. Ju Ji-hoon (who plays ML) is 42.

This is not about being old or looking great but about believability.

- FL, ML, SML
- Chef, ex-wife #1, ex-wife #2 (both are ML's brother's ex-wifes)
- Chef, ex-wife #1 (the one with the long hair), the divorced reporter
- ML's niece, FL's brother, FL's brother's best friend (or whoever that guy was)
- FL, SML, SML's fiancée(?)
- FL, ML, ML's ex(?)

Maybe I forgot a constellation. :/

I completed this drama. Finally. Apart from the obligatory Mary Sue, it had some unusual aspects for a sageuk, for example, the rather nice royal family (nice king, nice queen) or the queen dowanger's life. The last seconds of the ending were also quite a welcoming surprise. It's certainly not the worse drama out there.

I really hope Hong Ye-ji will work harder at improving her acting skills because she's extremely underwhelming as a main lead.

Well, that's true for FL and ML. ;)

SML is indeed unprofessional. However, he met FL before he became a teacher, and they were friends back then, so I don't find it surprising that he still tries to be friends with her even if she's his senior.

The problem with the age gap is mainly due to bad casting. In the drama, SML is supposed to be 30 but the actor is 25, looks and acts like a teenager. That makes the whole thing cringey, in my opinion.

Omg, really? I must have missed that part or immediately forgotten it or I didn't realise that he was referring to the student. I'll try to rewatch the scene.

Like you, I hoped for an enemies to lovers drama but it doesn't make sense storywise as FL and ML have never been enemies. The synopsis here is quite misleading because FL and ML were rivals for like 2 minutes as teenagers before dating. However, we cannot blame the writers of this drama for stuff people write on MDL. Just because you don't find the present time part of this drama interesting (and that's fine), does not make this drama bad, in my opinion. At least, I am able to distinguish between my personal preferences and the writing itself.

She does like him but she was hurt as a teenager because she believed for almost 20 years that he had discarded her. To me, it makes sense that she doesn't immediately want to date him just because he materialised as a hot adult in front of her. When she figured out that it had been a misunderstanding, she probably felt ashamed because she had treated him so poorly. See the ending of ep 7.

It makes no sense to proceed with the teenager romance as if nothing has happened in ML's and FL's life during those 20 years. They are adults now, and they are starting a new romance.

What do you mean? He's trying to look nice for his woman. ^^

Exactly. Even though I'd really like to see them as a couple, I appreciated his bluntness. He doesn't nuture false hopes, so she can now move on to someone who wants to reciprocate her feelings.

The teacher student still acts as a third wheel trying to get some boyfriend moments with FL because FL is way too nice and occasionally gives him what he wants.

Why do you feel that the screenplay were bad? This is a fluffy romcom. Almost nobody expects a highbrow drama here.

The ending was so stretched that we can expect a totally "unexpected" plot twist. Otherwise, the father would have entered the room in the last few seconds instead of touching the door. ^^

No, you didn't miss anything. They haven't talked about the past yet. I think ML already knows or suspects everything. That's probably why he told Ji-hye that she should tell FL instead of him when she wanted to confess what she had done in the past.

And FL doesn't need any answers from ML either because she found his messages in the spam folder. She knows that he didn't abandon her and disappear without saying anything.

They'll probably talk later. There are still 4 episodes left. :)

It would be veeeery uncommon for a K-drama to make a nice and charismatic character a pedosexual. In ep 7, when he was talking to the teacher, he suggested that his family is rather difficult, so I think you might be right. The student is probably a family member, maybe the daughter or niece.

He's one of the few fortunate actors who can actively design their career. In my opinion, he choses his dramas wisely and shows his acting skills in a variety of roles. He'll probably still be relevant in a couple of years when he's old and "ugly".